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University Archives
Background
map Campus records were first deposited with the Southern Historical Collection, but in the 1950s, the University record groups were separated from the SHC's collections. In 1978, the University Archives and Records Services was formally established and recognized as the official repository for the University's records.


Overview
Size
  • More than 250 record groups organized by administrative divisions and units.
  • More than 6600 linear feet of shelf space.
Scope
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus records.
  • UNC system (President, Board of Governors, etc.)
Time Period
  • Late eighteenth century to the present.
  • Strongest coverage in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Subject Strengths
  • Higher Education
  • Public Education
  • Academic Freedom
  • Speaker Ban
  • Desegregation
  • Title IX
  • Buildings and Grounds
  • Curriculum Development
  • Student Intellectual Life(19th century)
  • Student Conduct and Discipline (19th century)
  • Town and Gown Relations
Online Finding Aids: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/uinv.html
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