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(includes online finding aids and web pages with information about the Department and online exhibits)

FINDING AIDS

SHC, SFC, and General Manuscripts finding aids:
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University Archives finding aids

A finding aid is an inventory of an archival collection. The finding aid provides contextual information about the collection and its creators, and it also outlines the collection's arrangement.

A finding aid may include the following components:

• indication of the collection's size, date coverage, and formats;
• biographical note or organizational history;
• scope and content note;
• descriptions of record series;
• container lists.

A large percentage of the Manuscripts Department's collections are represented in the online finding aids, but these inventories vary greatly in depth and detail. In some instances, a more complete inventory is available only in paper copy through the Department. For a copy of a more complete inventory, please send your request through the online inquiry form.

In addition to searching this site, please search the Library's online catalog where almost all of the Department's collections are represented.

How To Proceed, a procedures manual for the Southern Historical Collection and General Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2006 edition).