The university's official observance of its Bicentennial began in August 1993 and ended in June 1994. Planning for it, however, began in the early 1980s. The Bicentennial Observance Planning Committee, appointed in 1985, set goals for the celebration. In 1987, the Bicentennial Commemoration Planning Office was created to carry out detailed planning and implementation of events. Within the next year, the name of the office was changed, first to Bicentennial Observance Planning Office, then to Bicentennial Observance Office. William P. Massey was appointed general secretary of the Bicentennial and was put in charge of the office. When Massey left the university in 1991, Steven J. Tepper, who had been assistant general secretary, assumed direction of the office's day-to-day operations. Tepper's title became associate general secretary, then executive director of the Bicentennial Observance. The Bicentennial Observance Policy Committee served as the advisory body to the office. The office was disbanded at the close of the Bicentennial celebration on 30 June 1994. Records include files of William P. Massey, Steven J. Tepper, and other members of the Bicentennial Observance Office pertaining to planning, publicity, finances, logistics, and other aspects of the university's celebration of its Bicentennial. Many of the files relate to individual events. The Addition of February 2012 consists largely of audio and video recordings of Bicentennial publicity and events, and footage used in the production of the public television documentary about the history of the University of North Carolina. Included are 219 videotapes, 27 audiocassettes, five audiotapes, and one audio compact disc. Also included are the musical score and recordings of Richard Adler's and files related to the Davie Poplar Project, which distributed saplings from the iconic campus tree to schools and other institutions across the state. Crossroads on the Hill, The University of North Carolina Bicentennial Commemorative Suite