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Copyright is held by the Universal Press Syndicate, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal, Inc.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Mini Page Collection #5437, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Betty Debnam Hunt of Raleigh, N.C., in August 2009 (Acc. 101159) and October 2010 (Acc. 101364: Volumes 42-44).

Additional Descriptive Resources

Searchable digitized images from the Mini Page Collection are available online at http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/minipage/index.html.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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• Debnam, Betty.
• Mini page.
• Newspapers in education.

The Mini Page is a weekly feature delivered through newspapers across the United States. The Mini Page covers a different topic each week and teaches readers through puzzles, recipes, activities, and pictures. First published in 1969 and targeted mainly at children, their parents, and educators, The Mini Page is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal, in about 500 newspapers. In May 2007, The Mini Page was purchased by the Universal Press Syndicate, which had distributed it for 30 years.

Betty Debnam Hunt, a native of Raleigh, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina with a political science degree in 1952 and obtained her master's degree in education at Duke University in 1963. She worked as an advertising copywriter, alumni secretary, public relations professional, and second-grade teacher before creating The Mini Page in 1969. As creator of The Mini Page, she took on the roles of author, reporter, editor, artist, and salesperson. Debnam Hunt received the North Carolina Award and the Newspaper Association of America Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame, the Newspapers in Education Hall of Fame, and the Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame. She was married to retired Marine Colonel Richard Hunt (d. 1998).

The collection consists of volumes of weekly editions of The Mini Page, 1969-2007, and other Mini Page publications and products, including joke and activity books; greeting cards; bookmarks; and booklets and resource guides on topics including the United States government and history, environmentalism, learning foreign languages, and healthy living habits. The collection also includes a mat book of reproduction proofs of Mini Page characters featured in local advertising campaigns and data digital video discs of Mini Page elements, 1996-2007.

Searchable digitized images from the Mini Page Collection are available online at http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/minipage/index.html.

• SV-5437/1-44
• DDVD-5437/1-11