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Revised Finding Aids

These collections are ones that have had their finding aids recently revised.
REVISED:

Coker, William (#3220)
William Chambers Coker was a botanist, teacher, writer, who taught at the University of North Carolina, 1902-1945, serving as chair of the Department of Botany and editor of the journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.
The collection includes correspondence and other personal [...]

Langston Hughes in Chapel Hill, December 1931

Chapel Hill has seen its share of notable visitors throughout its history. Some of these notables have been welcomed to town with open arms, others…not so much. In December 1931, writer Langston Hughes received one of these colder varieties of welcomes to the Hill.
Hughes had been invited to Chapel Hill by Milton “Ab” Abernethy, one [...]