Inventory of the Marcie Cohen Ferris Sound Recordings, 2003-2004

Collection Number 5177

Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Descriptive Summary

Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.

Creator

Ferris, Marcie Cohen.

Title

Marcie Cohen Ferris Sound Recordings, 2003-2004

Call Number

5177

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Extent

Items: 8

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.

Usage Restrictions

Use of audio cassettes may require production of listening copies.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Marcie Cohen Ferris of Chapel Hill, N.C., in October 2005 (Acc. 100236).

Processing Information

Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2006

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2006

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Marcie Cohen Ferris Sound Recordings #5177, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Ferris, Marcie Cohen.

Jews--Southern States.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carolina Center for Jewish Studies.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.

Biographical Note

Marcie Cohen Ferris (1957- ) was born in Blytheville, Ark., to Jerome and Hudda Cohen. Ferris received her B.A. from Brown University in 1981, her M.A. from the College of William and Mary in 1985, and her Ph.D. from George Washington University in 2003. In 2004, she joined the American Studies faculty at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where she regularly teaches seminars exploring the history of the Jewish experience in the American South, American Jewish women, and the meaning of food in American culture. She also serves as the associate director of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. Before moving to Chapel Hill, Ferris worked in the field of museums, public history, and oral history for over twenty years in Maine, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Mississippi.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of sound recordings of guest speakers from a fundraising event hosted by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies (CCJS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from interviews conducted and classes taught by Marcie Cohen Ferris, an American Studies faculty member and associate director of the CCJS. The recordings discuss the CCJS, the history of Jews in the South, and the practice of Jewish history research.

Items Separated

Audio cassettes (C-5177/1-8)

Detailed Description of the Collection