Special Collections

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An Evening with NPR’s Carl Kasell, April 16

National Public Radio newscaster and radio personality Carl Kasell will be part of a free public program on April 16 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Continue reading »

Program Celebrates Recent Additions to Rare Book Collection

On April 9, the UNC Rare Book Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library will host a display of additions to the Collection from the past two years. Continue reading »

Director of National Library of Cuba to Discuss Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Dr. Eduardo Torres Cuevas, Director of the National Library of Cuba, will give a free public lecture March 26 in Wilson Library. Continue reading »

Event Teaches Student Organizations to Document and Preserve Legacies

“When I Was at UNC”: Preserving the Work and Legacy of Student Organizations through Documentation Tuesday, March 26, 2013 5:30 p.m. Program | UNC Student Union Room 3201 Free and open to the public Information: Jay Gaidmore, UNC Archivist, gaidmore@email.unc.edu, (919) 962-6402 Student organizations have long been integral to the UNC experience, with more than … Continue reading »

Persian Culture Collections Receive New Endowment

An anonymous donation of $25,000 will help build Persian Studies collections. Continue reading »

Southern Historical Collection Accepting Visiting Scholars Grant Applications

The Southern Historical Collection in UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library is accepting applications for five visiting scholar awards in fall 2013: Continue reading »

Fugitive Slave Who Became First Black Man Elected to N.C. Legislature to be Subject of March 7 Lecture

Historian David S. Cecelski will discuss the life of one of the most significant black leaders in the South during the Civil War during a March 7 program at Wilson Library. Continue reading »

Encyclopedic Impulse Exhibition Examines the Quest to Organize Knowledge

The human desire to assemble and organize the world’s information is the inspiration for The Encyclopedic Impulse, an exhibition at UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library. Continue reading »

Mythic Quest for the Universal Library is Topic of Feb. 27 Lecture

UNC professor Ken Hillis will deliver a cautionary tale about humanity’s quest for a universal library. Continue reading »

Folklorist Alan Lomax Will Be Topic of Feb. 22 Lecture

Folklorist Alan Lomax, who recorded music of the American South in the 1930s and 1940s, will be the subject of an evening of lectures and performances Friday, Feb. 22. Continue reading »

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