Records of the Manuscripts Department, 1926-2006 (bulk 1926-1996).

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Records of the Manuscripts Department, 1926-2006 (bulk 1926-1996).

Correspondence and other files relating to the establishment of the Southern Historical Collection and, later, to the development and administration of the Library's Manuscripts Dept., including General Manuscripts, the Southern Folklife Collection, and University Archives and Records Service. Heads of the Dept. who figure in these records include J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, James Welch Patton, J. Isaac Copeland, Carolyn A. Wallace, and David Moltke-Hansen. Included is a series of audiotapes from the Southern Sources Symposium, 18-19 March 2005, held to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the SHC.

About 25200 items (36.0 linear ft.)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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The Southern Historical Collection is home to over 5,000 distinct archival collections. These are each comprised of unique primary documents, such as diaries, correspondence, photographs, maps, and oral histories. We offer robust documentation of all periods of Southern history since the late eighteenth century, particularly the Antebellum era through the Civil Rights Movement. Some of our traditional subject strengths include: Communities and Families Business and Labor Slavery and the ...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service

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University Archives and Records Service is a unit of the Academic Library's Manuscripts Department; repository for the official records of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the major administrative offices of the University of North Carolina System...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library

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Moltke-Hansen, David

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library

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Wallace, Carolyn Andrews, 1919-2013

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Patton, James Welch, 1900-1973

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James Welch Patton (1900-1973) was the director of the Southern Historical Collection, 1948-1967, and history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1948-1973. The papers contain correspondence and manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, 1948-1973. From the description of James Welch Patton papers, 1948-1973 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25264859 James Welch Patton (1900-1973) grew up in Tennessee. He was graduated from Vand...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library. Manuscripts Department

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The Manuscripts Dept. had its origin in the establishment of the Southern Historical Collection in 1930. A collection of mostly private manuscripts from the states of the former Confederacy, the Southern Historical Collection was assembled by Dr. J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, who became its first director. Though housed in the University Library, the Southern Historical Collection was supported through its early years by grants and donations. In the 1940s, however, it began to receive partial suppor...

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 at Chapel Hill. Library. Manuscripts Department

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The Manuscripts Dept. had its origin in the establishment of the Southern Historical Collection in 1930. A collection of mostly private manuscripts from the states of the former Confederacy, the Southern Historical Collection was assembled by Dr. J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, who became its first director. Though housed in the University Library, the Southern Historical Collection was supported through its early years by grants and donations. In the 1940s, however, it began to receive partial suppor...

Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961

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J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) was a historian; founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and professor and chair of the History Department at the University of North Carolina. From the description of Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton papers, 1895-1961. WorldCat record id: 27190178 Joesph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, son of Daniel Heyward and Frances Gray Roulhac Hamilton, was born in Hillsb...

Copeland, J. Isaac (James Isaac), 1910-1995

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J. Isaac Copeland (1910-1995), a native of Clinton, S.C., was graduated from Presbyterian College in 1931. Copeland then entered George Peabody College for Teachers in 1932, where he earned a B.S. in Library Science and an M.A. in history. In 1936, Copeland became the library director at Furman University. He returned to George Peabody College in 1942 and remained there for more than six years. He then became the head of the documents department in the Library of the University of North Carolina...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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