Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System): William C. Friday Records, 1957-1986

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Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System): William C. Friday Records, 1957-1986

Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System): William C. Friday Records, 1957-1986

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William C. Friday succeeded Gordon Gray in 1957 as president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, which included the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina State College in Raleigh, and Woman's College in Greensboro. During the 1960s, three more campuses were added to the Consolidated University. In 1972, through a major reorganization of higher education in North Carolina, the Consolidated University became the University of North Carolina, and Friday became president of the new system. Eventually the system was expanded to include sixteen schools. Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and academic programs at the campuses of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and its successor, the University of North Carolina (System). Notable in these files are records relating to desegregation of the University and the related lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (later Department of Health and Human Services), against the University, as well as material relating to the speaker ban law.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service