Daily Tar Heel Records, 1990-2021

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Summary

Creator:
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Abstract:

The Daily Tar Heel is the student-run newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The newspaper published its first issue on 23 February 1893. Originally a University sponsored organization, the newspaper incorporated as an independently operated non-profit in 1989. Images created by student staff photographers comprise the bulk of the collection. Many images created between 1990 and 2001 and between 2007 and 2017 appeared in The Daily Tar Heel and the University Gazette, and other University publications, but the majority of these images were never published. Also included in the collection are digital copies of newspaper issues published between 2011 and 2017; office files; letters and special issues of the The Daily Tar Heel and The Chronicle related to friendly betting by newspaper staff on Carolina-Duke basketball games; and issues of The Daily Tar Hole and The Daily Tar Hell, spoof newspapers created by newspaper staff at Duke University and North Carolina State University.

Extent:
210,000 items (21.5 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

The Daily Tar Heel was established at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1893 to publish a daily student newspaper for the University community. In 1989, the newspaper was incorporated as a non-profit organization, and now operates independently, both financially and editorially, from the University. For more detailed information about The Daily Tar Heel, see Daily Tar Heel Newspaper Website: About.

Scope and content:

The Daily Tar Heel is the student-run newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The newspaper published its first issue on 23 February 1893. Originally a University sponsored organization, the newspaper incorporated as an independently operated non-profit in 1989. Images created by student staff photographers comprise the bulk of the collection. Many images created between 1990 and 2001 and between 2007 and 2017 appeared in The Daily Tar Heel and the University Gazette, and other University publications, but the majority of these images were never published. Also included in the collection are digital copies of newspaper issues published between 2011 and 2017; office files; letters and special issues of the The Daily Tar Heel and The Chronicle related to friendly betting by newspaper staff on Carolina-Duke basketball games; and issues of The Daily Tar Hole and The Daily Tar Hell, spoof newspapers created by newspaper staff at Duke University and North Carolina State University.

Acquisition information:

Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.

Processing information:

Processed by: Jessica Venlet and Patrick Cullom, January 2018; Jennifer Coggins and Nancy Kaiser, February 2018.

Updated by: Jessica Venlet and Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021; Hannah Southern and Laura Smith, November 2023

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, January 2018

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
College student newspapers and periodicals--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
College student newspapers and periodicals--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--Photographs.
Sports rivalries--North Carolina.
Names:
Daily Tar Heel.
Daily Tar Heel--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Administration--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Awards--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Baseball--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Basketball--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Buildings--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Campus--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Commencement--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Employees--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Football--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Foreign students--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Newspapers.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Newspapers--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Societes, etc.--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Sports--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Students--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Students--Political activity--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Students--Social life and customs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Student life--Photographs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Student housing--Photographs.
Places:
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright for these materials are held by The Daily Tar Heel. Contact The Daily Tar Heel with questions regarding rights or use.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Daily Tar Heel Records #40148, University Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu