A new video highlights the extraordinary Civil War collections at UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library and “The Civil War Day by Day,” a website that presents one item from those collections daily for four years, each related to the corresponding day of the war. Continue reading
An exhibition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill featuring many of the most outstanding illustrated books from the the Wilson Special Collections Library is on view now through Sept. 28. Continue reading
Installation of fire sprinklers in the Wilson Special Collections Library stacks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will begin during the summer of 2011. The project will affect the availability of research materials during the 2011-12 academic year. Continue reading
On April 12, treasures will come out of the stacks at the Rare Book Collection in UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library in the second annual display of recent acquisitions.
In the free public program at 5:45 p.m., Curator of Rare Books Claudia Funke will survey modern rare book culture and this year’s acquisitions, highlighting the inclusivity of rare books. Participants will have the opportunity during a reception beginning at 5 p.m. to view additions to the Rare Book Collection from the past year. Continue reading
The opening of a new Reference Center and consolidated reading room in the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not take place in March, 2011, as previously announced. Continue reading
William Wordsworth expert Paul Betz will lead a collective deciphering of “Laverna,” left unfinished and unpublished by the poet. The free public program will be Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 5:45 p.m. in the Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A reception will precede the program at 5 p.m. Continue reading
Michael F. Suarez, S.J., director of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, will give a poetry reading in a free public program Feb. 24 in the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The reading inaugurates the Poets in Person and on the Page series, sponsored by the Rare Book Collection in Wilson Library. Continue reading
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library has recently made the following appointments: Phil Vandermeer as Head of Branch Libraries; Tiffany Allen as Director of Library Human Resources; Elizabeth McCraw as Special Projects Cataloger; and John Vincler as Rare Book Research Librarian. Continue reading
Filmmaker Win Riley will present his new movie Walker Percy: A Documentary Film on Feb. 17 in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of the Wilson Special Collections Library. The event, which begins with a reception at 5 p.m., will also feature a Q and A with Riley and Percy scholar Linda Hobson. Continue reading
The 150th anniversary of the Civil War will be the topic of exhibits, programs, and a website from the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill beginning Feb. 1, 2011. Continue reading