Inventory of the William de Berniere MacNider Papers, 1905-1962

Collection Number 837

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

MacNider, William de Berniere, 1881-1951.

Title

William de Berniere MacNider Papers, 1905-1962

Call Number

837

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Extent

Items: About 25000

Linear Feet: 27.5

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

No restrictions.

Acquisitions Information

Received from William DeBerniere MacNider and Sallie Foard Shadrack of Chapel Hill and Wilmington, N.C., in 1947 and 1953, with additions from the North Carolina Collection and the Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 1983, and from the Walter Reece Berryhill Papers (#4174) in 1987.

Processing Information

Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom and Winifred Fordham, February 1987

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, November 2006

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the William de Berniere MacNider Papers #837, 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.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History--19th century.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

MacNider, William de Berniere, 1881-1951.

Medical colleges--North Carolina--Faculty--History--20th century.

Medicine--Societies, etc.--History--20th century.

Medicine--Study and teaching--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.

Pharmacology--Study and teaching--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Public health--Study and teaching--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Medicine--History--20th century.

Related Collections

Walter Reece Berryhill papers (#4174)
Isaac Hall Manning papers (#4369)

Biographical/Historical Note

William DeBerniere MacNider was born in Chapel Hill, N.C., 25 June 1881, the son of Virginius St. Clair and Sophia Beatty Mallett MacNider. In 1918, he married Sarah Foard, with whom he had a daughter, also named Sarah (Sallie) Foard.

MacNider received an M. D. from the University of North Carolina in 1903. He was named Kenan Professor of Pharmacology at UNC in 1905 and Kenan Research Professor of Pharmacology in 1920. He served as Dean of the UNC Medical School from 1937 to 1940 and held numerous lecture and research appointments at universities and hospitals in the mid-Atlantic region.

MacNider was an active member of many professional organizations and a frequent contributor to medical and biological journals. He died 31 May 1951.

(Source: Who's Who in America, 1950-1951.)

Collection Overview

The papers of University of North Carolina Medical School dean and professor of pharmacology Walter de Berniere MacNider consist chiefly of correspondence, personal and professional, of MacNider (1881-1951) and his friends, relatives, students, and colleagues, relating to his work and the research of others, to the University of North Carolina, and to local affairs in Chapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina materials include discussions of University consolidation, athletics, honorary degrees, faculty activities, the University library, and the medical school and the public health school. Family correspondence (1931-1950) appears as Series 1.2. Series 2 includes manuscript volumes, lecture notes, and laboratory notebooks.

The official records of MacNider's tenure as dean of the University of North Carolina Medical School are not included in this collection.

Arrangement of Collection

1. General Correspondence
2. Family Correspondence
3. Volumes
4. Pictures
Addition of June 1987

Items Separated

Pictures (P-837/1-31)

Detailed Description of the Collection