Records, 1843-1899, 1922-1928, 1940-1995 (bulk 1950-1970).

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Records, 1843-1899, 1922-1928, 1940-1995 (bulk 1950-1970).

Administrative records relating to the operation of the Carolina Inn and oral history interviews (51 audio tapes and 2 videocassette tapes), photographs, and other materials assembled, 1989-1992, in preparation of a history of the Inn. The bulk of the administrative material dates from the 1950s and 1960s. Financial records include expense and revenue ledgers and employee pay records. There is also material relating to the Inn's food service, room rentals, and various renovations, and a series of logbooks kept by front desk clerks, 1987-1990. Material dated prior to the Inn's construction consists of photocopies of deeds and other documents pertaining to the property on which the Inn was built.

3,400 items (3.0 linear ft.)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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...

Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

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For many years Chapel Hill's only hotel, the Carolina Inn was built in 1923-1924 by John Sprunt Hill, a trustee and benefactor of the University of North Carolina. Hill operated the Inn as a private business until 1935, when he donated it to the University, which placed it administratively within its Business Organization (later the Division of Business and Finance). Until 1993, the manager of the Inn reported to the officer responsible for auxiliary enterprises. In accordance with Hill's gift, ...