University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Manuscripts Department

The Manuscripts Dept. had its origin in the establishment of the Southern Historical Collection in 1930. A collection of mostly private manuscripts from the states of the former Confederacy, the Southern Historical Collection was assembled by Dr. J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, who became its first director. Though housed in the University Library, the Southern Historical Collection was supported through its early years by grants and donations. In the 1940s, however, it began to receive partial support from the Library, and gradually it was integrated into the Library's administrative structure. In 1958, the Library created a more comprehensive unit called the Manuscripts Dept., and made the Southern Historical Collection part of it. Today the Manuscripts Dept. administers not only the Southern Historical Collection, but also the Southern Folklife Collection, General Manuscripts, and the University Archives and Records Service.

From the description of Records of the Manuscripts Department, 1926-2006 (bulk 1926-1996). WorldCat record id: 26782151

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