School of Information and Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1924-1993

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School of Information and Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1924-1993

1924-1993

Library science was first offered in the university's summer school shortly after the turn of the century. In 1931 the School of Library Science was established to offer a baccalaureate program in librarianship. It was the second such school in the Southeast. In 1951 a master's degree program was established. In 1987 the name of the school changed to School of Information and Library Science. Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and academic programs in the School of Information and Library Science. Deans of the school who are prominent in the records include Louis Round Wilson, Susan Grey Akers, Edward G. Holley, Evelyn H. Daniel, and Barbara B. Moran.

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Moran, Barbara B.

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Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979

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Louis Round Wilson (27 December 1876-10 December 1979) was born in Lenoir, N.C., and, in the 1890s, attended Davenport College in Lenoir; Haverford College in Haverford, Pa.; and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., from which he graduated in May 1899. After teaching for a few years, Wilson embarked on a long and distinguished career in librarianship, library science education, and university administration. Wilson served as librarian and first director of the School of Library...

Akers, Susan Grey, 1889-1984

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Susan Grey Akers was dean of the School of Library Science at the University of North Carolina from 1932 until 1954. A native of Kentucky, Akers received a Ph. D. from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago in 1932. She had worked in public libraries and in college and university libraries before receiving her Ph. D. and her appointment to the faculty at the University of North Carolina. In 1950-1951, Akers served as a library science consultant in Tokyo, Japan. In 1954-1955, s...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Library Science

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Library science was first offered in the university's summer school shortly after the turn of the century. In 1931, the School of Library Science was established to offer a baccalaureate program in librarianship. It was the second such school in the Southeast. In 1951 a master's degree program was established. In 1987 its name changed to School of Information and Library Science. From the description of Records of the School of Information and Library Science, 1924-1993. WorldCat re...

Daniel, Evelyn H.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Library Science

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Library science was first offered in the university's summer school shortly after the turn of the century. In 1931, the School of Library Science was established to offer a baccalaureate program in librarianship. It was the second such school in the Southeast. In 1951 a master's degree program was established. In 1987 its name changed to School of Information and Library Science. From the description of Records of the School of Information and Library Science, 1924-1993. WorldCat re...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Holley, Edward G.

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Edward G. Holley (1927-2010) was dean of the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1972-1985, and president of the American Library Association, 1974-1975. From the description of Edward G. Holley papers, 1970-1990s [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 35923005 From the guide to the Edward G. Holley Papers, 1970-1990s, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Information and Library Science

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Library science was first offered in the university's summer school shortly after the turn of the century. In 1931, the School of Library Science was established to offer a baccalaureate program in librarianship. It was the second such school in the Southeast. In 1951 a master's degree program was established. In 1987 its name changed to School of Information and Library Science. From the description of Records of the School of Information and Library Science, 1924-1993. WorldCat re...