Samuel Moyle Boone Photographic Collection, circa late 1940s-early 1960s

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Samuel Moyle Boone Photographic Collection, circa late 1940s-early 1960s

Samuel Moyle Boone Photographic Collection, circa late 1940s-early 1960s

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Samuel Moyle Boone (1919-2008), native of Gates County, N.C., and son of William Jordan and Minnie Belle Williams Boone, received his A.B. degree in 1949 and his Masters of Library Science in 1964 from the University of North Carolina. Boone served as a member of the staff of the Academic Affairs Library (now the University Library) at the University of North Carolina for 30 years. He was appointed head of Photoduplication Services in 1952, in which role he is credited with building the Library's microfilm collection. Also a photographer, Boone shot local events, portraits, campus scenes, and scenic views, and photographed for the during the 1950s. Alumni Review The collection consists of photographs, circa late 1940s-early 1960s, depicting the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill; people (primarily staff and faculty of the University Library and other departments, also including portraits of authors Betty Smith, Manly Wade Wellman, and Kermit Hunter, and some shots of UNC football); Chapel Hill community groups and events; and scenic views, including the Blue Ridge Parkway. A significant subset of negatives document the construction of the 1952 addition to the Louis Round Wilson Library.

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