New Finding Aids for University Archives

Below is a list of new and revised finding aids to collections held in the University Archives. These finding aids include a brief description of the contents of the collection, historical information about the department from which the records originated, and a container listing of the collection’s contents. For questions about these collections, please contact Wilson Special Collections Library at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library (#40366): http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40366.html

Kathrine R. Everett Law Library (#40246): http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40246.html

Health Sciences Library (#40247): http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40247.html

Office of Information and Communications (#40244): http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40244.html

Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research (#40266): http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40266.html

Xi Chapter of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (#40352): http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40352.html

UNC Dorm Life, 1947

Think you’ve got it rough in your dorm? Check out these pictures of dorm rooms from 1947.

Don’t like your new roommate? What if you had two dozen new roommates? Here’s a room of twenty-four-or-so prison-grade beds.

Student Health Service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40127, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

More after the jump.

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New and Revised Finding Aids for University Archives

Below is a list of new finding aids and revisions to existing finding aids for collections held in the University Archives. These finding aids include a brief description of the contents of the collection, historical information about the department from which the records originated, and a container listing of the collection’s contents. For questions about these collections, please contact Wilson Special Collections Library at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

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South Building Cornerstone Laid

On April 14, 1798, the cornerstone was laid for Main Building (now known as South Building). The structure, however, was not completed until 1814.

The animated .gif above was created from a stereograph of South Building (and Playmaker’s Theater, then known as Smith Hall) taken from Cameron Avenue some time between 1870 and 1904. You can view the original stereograph here (from the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives; P43: Stereograph Collection; image no. 43.68.5; negative no. 77-227).

God Cancelled!

(From the Program in the Humanities and Human Values records, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.)

One of our processors, Jennie Halperin, found this unintentional (?) pun while combing through the Program in the Humanities and Human Values records.

1960 Sit-In at Colonial Drugstore

Chapel Hill’s first sit-in took place at Colonial Drugstore (now, West End Wine Bar) on February 28, 1960, led by students from the all-black Lincoln High School. If you haven’t already, check out Wilson Library’s online exhibit from 2007, “I Raised My Hand to Volunteer,” where you’ll find this and other gems:

(March 1960: Leaflet, "Wanted: Picketers". Records of the Office of Chancellor - William B. Aycock Series (#40020), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.)

Update: A.T. Morris of New London, NC

New London mayor Calvin Gaddy sent us this comment to our recent blog post on A.T. Morris. Here’s what Gaddy had to say:

Albert Taylor Morris was born in New London 06 March, 1893, in 1930 he lived in Greensboro. He died in Durham on 12 July, 1980. He was the son of Adolphus and Eva (Evinn) Taylor. His first wife Margaret G. was 37 in 1930. His second wife was Gladys Lawson born 24 June, 1912 in Person County and died 13 Nov., 1998 in Durham.

Well, I think that settles it. Thanks to Calvin Gaddy for his genealogical research. Albert Taylor Morris is buried alongside his wife Gladys north of Durham about where NC-57 hits US-501.

Now we’d love to get some pictures of Albert and find out about that reward.

(Also, honorable mention goes out to Doug Brown from the North Carolina State Archives, who found an Albert Taylor Morris on ancestry.com. Unfortunately, we’re a little stingier than Albert, so there’s no reward.)

Beat Dook! . . . Duke University Archives, That Is.

UNC cheerleaders with Ramses before the Duke game
(From the Hugh Morton Collection of Photographs and Films, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives)

We’ve entered into a friendly competition with Duke University Archives: See who can get the most NEW “Likes” on their Facebook page between now and the March 3rd UNC-Duke basketball game. We’ve only got until tipoff, so head on over to our Facebook page and like the UNC University Archives.  Also tell your friends, family, and any UNC fans you know.

Help Us Find A.T. Morris of New London, NC

On February 11, 1992, workers renovating a Old West found the above letter buried in a wall. It offers a reward to whoever finds the letter (with the stipulation that the author is still living). I wonder what the reward was.

We’re looking for any information on A.T. Morris of New London, Stanly County, North Carolina, born around 1893, who worked as a metal lather for a dollar an hour (about $13.00/hour now) to renovate Old West where he hid this letter on August 4, 1923.

Traces of King at UNC

Front page of the Daily Tar Heel, April 5, 1968. (The Daily Tar Heel, 75(143), 1. Courtesy of the North Carolina Collection).

Earlier this week, we celebrated the life and vision of Martin Luther King, Jr., and we here at University Archives found some documents that add a sort of immediacy to the event that for many of us is situated in the distant past. Continue reading “Traces of King at UNC”