Category Archives: New and Noteworthy

God Cancelled!

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Lawrence Giffin, Records Services Archivist

One of our processors, Jennie Halperin, found this unintentional (?) pun while combing through the Program in the Humanities and Human Values records.

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Hey kid, I’m a computer.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Matthew Farrell, Graduate Assistant

A new University Archives collection is available as of last week. Academic Technology and Networks (ATN), a predecessor of  Information Technology Services (ITS), includes many of the files of Judith Hallman, who worked for the university in a number of … Continue reading →

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And We’re Live in 3… 2… 1…

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Lori Neumeier, ESOPI Fellow

Among the fresh crop of collections now open for research are a few which display two of UNC’s most publicly visible institutions, radio station WUNC and television station UNC-TV.  Their records provide a glimpse into the inner functionings of these … Continue reading →

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New and Revised Finding Aids for University Archives

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jay Gaidmore, University Archivist

Below is a list of new and revised finding aids to collections held in the University Archives. These finding aids include a brief description of the contents of the collection, historical information about the department from which the records originated, … Continue reading →

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“A Dialogue Between Old and New” and “Knowledge Building(s)”

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Jennie Rose Halperin, Graduate Assistant

Two new exhibits featuring University Archives materials are on display in the North Carolina Collection Gallery and the Davis Library Gallery starting this week!

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Selected Dialectic Society Records Digitized as Part of a Documenting the American South Project

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Jay Gaidmore, University Archivist

As part of the digitization of the Joseph Lawrence Dusenbery’s journal for “Verses and Fragments: The James L. Dusenbery Journal (1841-1842)“, a few selected documents  from the records of the Dialectic Society held in the University Archives have also been … Continue reading →

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Electrifying the UNC Campus

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jennie Rose Halperin, Graduate Assistant

Though electricity now seems to pump endlessly and uninterrupted through the university system and hospitals, the role that Energy Services at the University of North Carolina has played over the past forty years has changed significantly.  From approximately 1895 to … Continue reading →

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UARMS Welcomes New Staff Member

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jay Gaidmore, University Archivist

University Archives and Records Management Services would like to announce that our newest staff member, Lawrence Giffin, started on October 31, 2011.  He assumed the position of Records Services Archivist and will serve as the primary contact between UARMS and … Continue reading →

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Speaking Bans and Speaking-Out

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Jennie Rose Halperin, Graduate Assistant

As a graduate student, I feel a bit removed from student organizations, but yesterday I talked with some students with a banner and a loud boombox right outside of Wilson Library entreating the University to “Occupy UNC.”

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New Acquisition

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Jay Gaidmore, University Archivist

Thanks to the generosity of Jennifer Manning (’89, ’91 MSLS), a founding member of UNITAS, a multicultural living and learning program at UNC, the University Archives now has material documenting the history of this organization, including a photograph of the … Continue reading →

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