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History on the Hill is a hub of resources for learning about the history of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.This Day In History
- 1953 Following the dedication ceremony of a Venable Hall addition, University alumnus Andy Griffith presented his original monologue, "What it was, was football."
- 1959 The Ackland Art Museum made its first purchase--"Cleopatra and the Peasant" by Eugene Delacroix (1838).
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Category Archives: Women
What is a Community Archive?
Community archives and other community-centric history, heritage, and memory projects work to empower communities to tell, protect, and share their history on their terms. In 2017, the Southern Historical Collection, a part of Wilson Library Special Collections, within UNC Libraries … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Violence, Hardship, and the Southern Response
The South has witnessed unspeakable historical violence, hardship, and unrest. Whether it is a system developed over hundreds of years or the single act of one person, Southerners have used these circumstances as fuel to protest for a better reality … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Activism, African American, Business, Civil Rights, Digital SHC, Education, Family, Featured Collections, Finding aids, In the News, Journalism, Labor, Links, Politics, Race Relations, Religion, Southern Culture, Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina, Women
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Violence, Hardship, and the Southern Response
The South has witnessed unspeakable historical violence, hardship, and unrest. Whether it is a system developed over hundreds of years or the single act of one person, Southerners have used these circumstances as fuel to protest for a better reality … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Activism, African American, Business, Civil Rights, Digital SHC, Education, Family, Featured Collections, Finding aids, In the News, Journalism, Labor, Links, Politics, Race Relations, Religion, Southern Culture, Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina, Women
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New Collections: Activists, Educators, Families, and War
We have over a dozen new collections that are preserved, processed, and now available for research. Some highlights: New materials span from 1764 to 2010 Subjects geographically range from Mexico to China (with plenty of Alabama and North Carolina in … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Activism, African American, Civil Rights, civil war, Collections, Education, Family, Journalism, Labor, New Collections, Personal archives, Politics, Race Relations, slavery, Southern Culture, University of North Carolina, War, Women
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New Collections: Activists, Educators, Families, and War
We have over a dozen new collections that are preserved, processed, and now available for research. Some highlights: New materials span from 1764 to 2010 Subjects geographically range from Mexico to China (with plenty of Alabama and North Carolina in … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Activism, African American, Civil Rights, civil war, Collections, Education, Family, Journalism, Labor, New Collections, Personal archives, Politics, Race Relations, slavery, Southern Culture, University of North Carolina, War, Women
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Doris Betts, a Greyhound Bus, and an Academy Award
Did you know that one of Doris Betts’ short stories was adapted into an Academy Award-winning short film? In 1969, the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts was published in the Red Clay Reader, an annual magazine focusing … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in University of North Carolina, Women, Writers
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Doris Betts, a Greyhound Bus, and an Academy Award
Did you know that one of Doris Betts’ short stories was adapted into an Academy Award-winning short film? In 1969, the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts was published in the Red Clay Reader, an annual magazine focusing … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in University of North Carolina, Women, Writers
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Creator of the Month… Guion Griffis Johnson
[Each month we feature a “creator” or one of the SHC’s manuscript collections. In archival terms, a creator is defined as an individual, group, or organization that is responsible for a collection’s production, accumulation, or formation.] Guion Griffis Johnson of … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Africa, African American, Asia, authors, Carnegie-Myrdal, Civil Rights, Collections, community service, desegregation, Featured Collections, Guy Griffis Johnson, Guy Johnson, missionaries, North Carolina, North Carolina Fund, organizations, Politics, professors, Race Relations, research, social justice, sociologists, sociology, South Carolina, United Nations, University of North Carolina, volunteerism, Women, World War II, Writers
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