George Watts Hill papers, 1859-2000.

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George Watts Hill papers, 1859-2000.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25696964

The collection includes professional, personal, and family correspondence; photographs; clippings; reports; financial and legal information; and other material. Many items relate to the University of North Carolina and address general planning issues, medical and veterinary school planning, the sale of public utilities in the 1970s, the Speaker Ban debate of the mid-1960s, consolidation, and other issues faced by the boards of trustees and of governors. There is also information about North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges, professional organizations and businesses with which Hill was affiliated, Hill's Guernsey cattle operation and home at Quail Roost Farm, and Hill's service in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Organizations documented in the collection include the Hospital Care Association; Watts Hospital; the North Carolina Forestry Foundation; the Research Triangle Institute; and the Black Solidarity Committee, a North Carolina group that addressed racial problems. Also included are architectural drawings for buildings of personal or professional interest to Hill, many of which were built in Durham. The Addition of November 2008/April 2009 is includes correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings relating to Research Triangle Park, Central Carolina Bank, the Chapel Hill Weekly newspaper, the Hospital Care Association, and the Health Planning Council (HPC), and other organizations. Correspondence and related materials, 1913-1992, include early letters from George Watts Hill's mother and sister; correspondence, 1939-1945, received by Hill during his service in World War II; and later correspondence documenting the wide variety of Hill's activities in the Durham area. There are also five propaganda posters illustrated by the British cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), who used the pen name Fougasse; materials related to Hill's ten-month honeymoon around the world with his first wife, Ann McCulloch Hill, in 1924; genealogical, legal, and financial materials relating to members of the Watts and Hill families, including George Watts Hill, George Washington Watts, John Sprunt Hill, John Sprunt Hill II, and others; and clippings and other printed material. Audiovisual materials relate to George Watts Hill, the Hill family, and Durham. There are some family photographs, including one of John sprunt Hill taken in Puerto Rico in 1898. Many photographs were taken by George Watts Hill while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1918-1924, and apparently as a photographer for Yackety Yack, the campus yearbook; they document athletic events, student organizations, campus buildings and athletic fields, and other aspects of campus life. Other photographs appear to have been taken in Europe where Hill traveled in 1922 and 1924. There are also later photographs, including aerial photographs of Durham and the Research Triangle Park area.

ca. 25600 items (28.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7148611

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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United States. Office of Strategic Services

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The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...

Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993

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George Watts Hill (1901-1993) of Durham, N.C., was the son of John Sprunt Hill (b. 1869) and father of George Watts Hill Jr. (1926-2002). He worked in hospital administration, banking, insurance, and other industries. A University of North Carolina alumnus, he served on the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees and later the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors, and was involved, with other Hill family members, in much financial support for the University of Nor...

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On 1 July 1972, the Consolidated University of North Carolina was expanded to include 16 campuses, and its Board of Trustees was replaced by the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors, made up of 32 members elected by the North Carolina General Assembly, was given responsibility for the general determination, control, supervision, management, and governance of all affairs of the constituent institutions. A preliminary Planning Committee met from January to June 1972 to establish the organiza...

Central Carolina Bank & Trust Company

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Hospital Care Association, Inc. (Durham, N.C.)

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Fougasse

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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...

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The University of North Carolina system is comprised of seventeen public universities located throughout North Carolina. From the description of North Carolina State University, Committees, University of North Carolina (System) Committees records, 1949-1998 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 698382450 From the guide to the North Carolina State University, Committees, University of North Carolina (System) Committees Records, 1949-1998, (Specia...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Board of Trustees

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The Board of Trustees, elected by the North Carolina General Assembly, was the governing body of the University of North Carolina from its chartering in 1789 until 1932, when the Consolidated University of North Carolina system was created. From the description of Records of the Board of Trustees, 1789-1932. WorldCat record id: 56071309 This forty-member board, elected by the North Carolina General Assembly, was the governing body of the University of North Carolina from its...

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Health Planning Council for Central North Carolina

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Black Solidarity Committee (Durham, N.C.)

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Hill family.

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North Carolina Forestry Association

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Hill, John Sprunt, 1932-1991.

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Hill, John Sprunt, 1869-1961

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Banker, lawyer, and legislator John Sprunt Hill (1869-1961) founded the Durham Loan & Trust with his father-in-law, George Washington Watts. A University of North Carolina alumnus, Hill was a major figure in Durham, N.C., business, politics, and philanthropy for almost 60 years. In addition to his business career, he served in the North Carolina Senate, 1933-1938. Much of his philanthropy was directed at the city of Durham and the University of North Carolina, including the donation of the C...

Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974

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Watts Hospital (Durham, N.C.)

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