William W. Prouty Photographic Collection, circa1955-1961

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William W. Prouty Photographic Collection, circa1955-1961

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William W. (Bill) Prouty moved with hisfamily to Chapel Hill as a child in 1919. He graduated from Chapel Hill High School,Oak Ridge Military Institute, and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,N.C. Prouty worked as a sportswriter, columnist, and photographer for and He died on 23 January 1996. The Chapel Hill Weekly TheChapel Hill Newspaper. The collection consists of approximately 7,500 imagesdocumenting community organizations; events; businesses; churches; schools; sportsteams; newsworthy people of local and national significance; and scenes and activitiesin and around the towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough in Orange County,N.C., between 1955 and 1961. The collection also contains some images of theUniversity of North Carolina, including a set of 35mm color copy slides of theOctober 1961 University Day visit of President John F. Kennedy. A few North Carolinacoastal and mountain locations are also depicted.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.

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Prouty, William W.

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William W. (Bill) Prouty was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., circa 1913, and moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1919. He graduated from Chapel Hill High School, Oak Ridge Military Institute, and the University of North Carolina. He was a veteran of World War II. Prouty worked as a sportswriter, columnist, and photographer for The Chapel Hill Weekly and The Chapel Hill Newspaper. He died on 23 January 1996. From the guide to the William W. Prouty Photographic Collection, circa 1955-1961, (Unive...