William Emsley Hipp photographs and related materials, 1976-1987.

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William Emsley Hipp photographs and related materials, 1976-1987.

The materials consist of photographs, most of which are William Emsley Hipp's working photographic portraits of persons commissioned for busts and images of his finished pieces made between 1976 and 1985. Also included are manuscripts, drawings, and paintings on paper related to the sculptures. Many of the subjects of his works have connections to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Included are former United States Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr., North Carolina legislator Thomas J. White, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice William H. Bobbitt, playwright Paul Green, director of the Institute of Government and law professor Albert Coates, UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus Roger N. Kirkman, and basketball coach Dean E. Smith.

ca. 680 items (2.0 linear feet)

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Hipp, William Emsley.

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William Emsley Hipp III graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1974 with degrees in drama and sculpture. During his brief career, he was awarded a number of prestigious commissions to create sculptures of some of North Carolina's most distinguished citizens. From the description of William Emsley Hipp photographs and related materials, 1976-1987. WorldCat record id: 746945858 ...

Bobbitt, William H. (William Haywood), 1900-1992

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William Haywood Bobbitt was a lawyer who served as resident judge of the 14th judicial district of North Carolina between 1938 and 1954. In 1954, Bobbitt was appointed associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. In 1969, he was promoted to chief justice of the Court. He retired in 1974. From the description of William H. Bobbitt papers, 1938, 1974-1974 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 31908602 William Haywood Bobbitt, a lawyer and judge, was born in ...

Coates, Albert, 1896-1989

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Albert Coates, founder and long-time director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, was born in Johnston County, N.C., in 1896 and died in 1989. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina in 1918 and an LLB from Harvard University in 1923. Upon graduation, Coates joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina School of Law and taught there until 1969. In 1931, Coates founded the Institute of Government at the University ...

Smith, Dean, 1931-

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Green, Paul, 1894-1981

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Paul Eliot Green(1894-1981) was a Southern playwright, poet, and novelist. Born in Lillington, North Carolina, Green lived in the state all of his life and tried to capture in his writings the culture and heritage of the American South, concentrating on the experiences of tenant farmers, mill workers, Native Americans and African Americans. Green studied at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill under folk dramatist Frederick Koch of the Carolina Playmakers. After an interruption of his ...

White, Thomas J. (Thomas Jackson), 1903-1991

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Thomas Jackson White was a state representative and senator for Kinston, N.C., in the 1950s and 1960s, serving as chair of the Senate Finance Committee and the Advisory Budget Commission in the 1960s. From the description of Thomas J. White papers, 1933-1977 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25723841 Thomas Jackson White, Jr., was born in Concord, North Carolina, 6 March 1903. Upon graduation from Concord High School in 1920, White attended North Carolina State ...

Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985

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Ervin was a North Carolina member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. From the description of TLS, 1968 October 8, Washington, D.C. to Bishop Earl G. Hunt / Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 43052717 Samuel James Ervin, Jr., was a Burke County, N.C., attorney, North Carolina legislator, judge, U.S. senator, and long-time champion of civil liberties. Ervin was first appointed to the N.C. General Assembly in 1923, where he also served in 1925 an...

Kirkman, Roger N., 1949-

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Roger N. Kirkman, active alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1975, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation; he served as president of the Foundation 1976-1978. From the description of Roger N. Kirkman papers, 1967-1986 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 37839939 From the guide to the Roger N. Kirkman Papers, 1967-1986, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical ...