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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the J. Isaac Copeland Papers #4455, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Received from James Isaac Copeland of Chapel Hill, N.C., November 1986, April 1990, May 1992, and December 1993. Additions from the estate of Isaac Copeland in March 1997 (Acc. 97034) and from Dorothy McSwain through George B. Tindall in January 1999 (Acc. 98305). Addition of September 1999 (Acc. 98443) transferred from University Archives.

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• Archivists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Copeland, J. Isaac (James Isaac), 1910-
• Historians--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.

• Fletcher Melvin Green Papers (#4265)
• Southern Historical Association Records (#4030)
• Academic Affairs Library. Manuscripts Department Records in University Archives

J. Isaac Copeland (1910-1995), a native of Clinton, S.C., was graduated from Presbyterian College in 1931. Copeland then entered George Peabody College for Teachers in 1932, where he earned a B.S. in Library Science and an M.A. in history. In 1936, Copeland became the library director at Furman University. He returned to George Peabody College in 1942 and remained there for more than six years. He then became the head of the documents department in the Library of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he earned his Ph.D. in history. In 1952, Copeland returned to George Peabody College as the head of the library and a history professor. In 1967, Copeland became the director of the Southern Historical Collection and a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he remained until 1975. Copeland died in 1995.

Papers documenting the life of J. Isaac Copeland. The papers relate chiefly to Copeland's personal life, civic service, and activities as an archivist, librarian, and historian at various institutions including the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Items separated include pictures (P-4455).