Inventory of the Louis Round Wilson Papers, 1833-1985

Collection Number 3274

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

Collection Information

Descriptive Summary

Administrative Information

Online Catalog Headings

Biographical/Historical Note

Collection Overview

Detailed Description of the Collection

Items Separated

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: Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-

Title: Louis Round Wilson Papers, 1833-1985.

Call Number: 3274

Language of Materials: Materials in English

Extent: Items: About 66000; Linear Feet: 84.0

Abstract

Louis Round Wilson (1876-1979) was librarian and first director of the School of Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1901-1932, and dean of the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago, 1932-1942. From 1901 to 1932, Wilson served on many University of North Carolina committees and was instrumental in founding both the University Press and the Extension Division; he also edited the Alumni Review for twelve years, 1912-1924. When he returned to Chapel Hill from Chicago in 1942, he resumed his many activities at the University, serving on numerous faculty and special University committees until he retired in 1959. He was a consultant to the president of the University from 1959 to 1969.

Wilson's papers, which reflect his career as educator, librarian, and writer, contain personal and professional correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed material, clippings, minutes of meetings of both University and professional library association committees, typescripts and reprints of Wilson's published and unpublished works, photographs, and volumes. Volumes include family diaries and albums, as well as writings relating to Wilson's genealogical research about the Wilson, Round, and other families; his role in the administration of the University; and his activities as a professional librarian. There are very few papers pertaining to his years as dean of the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. Additions of 1989 and 1997 contain personal correspondence, chiefly with his wife, Penelope Bryan Wright Wilson, and his daughters.

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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: Addition of July 1997 is RESTRICTED during the lifetimes of Elizabeth Wright Wilson and Penelope Wilson.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy available.

Autobiography (Series 2, Folders 118-126) available on microfilm.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Louis Round Wilson, 1957-1977, from Penelope Wilson in 1989, and from Dean Edmonds in July 1997 (acc. 97098).

Processing Information: Processed by: Fran Weaver and Lee Dirks, February 1990; Encoded by: Joseph Nicholson, March 2006

Additional Descriptive Resources: See Series 1, Folder 1a, for a chronology of Louis Round Wilson's life that was created when the papers were processed in 1977. Note that this chronology was derived from the papers and so is not exhaustive.; See Series 4, Folder 1a, for a list of selected correspondents that was created when the papers were processed in 1977. Note that this list draws names from all series.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Louis Round Wilson Papers #3274, 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.

Academic librarians--North Carolina.

Academic libraries--North Carolina.

Adademic libraries--United States--History--20th century.

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

College administrators--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Educators--North Carolina.

Library administrators.

Librarians--North Carolina.

Librarians--United States.

Library education--United States.

Library schools--United States.

Library science--North Carolina--History.

Library science--Study and teaching.

Library science--United States.

Round family.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.

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

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library--History.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Information and Library Science.

Wilson family.

Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-

Biographical/Historical Note

Louis Round Wilson (1876-1979) was librarian and first director of the School in Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1901-1932, and dean of the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago, 1932-1942. During the years 1901-1932, Wilson served on many University of North Carolina committees and was instrumental in founding both the University of North Carolina Press and the Extension Division. He also edited the Alumni Review for twelve years, 1912-1924.

Wilson was one of the pre-eminent librarians of his day. In addition to his duties as librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was active in state, regional, and national associations. He was an early advocate of public support for libraries in the South and worked with various regional educational associations to establish standards for school libraries. As dean of the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago, he directed a program in graduate education for librarians which was a milestone in the history of professional librarianship in the United States.

Wilson was a prolific writer throughout his professional career. He contributed many articles to professional and education journals, wrote several books in the field of library science, and was author of two histories of the University of North Carolina.

When Wilson returned to Chapel Hill in 1942, he resumed his many and varied activities in the University. He was appointed to a number of faculty and special University committees until he retired in 1959. He was a consultant to the president of the University of North Carolina from 1959 to 1969.

Collection Overview

The papers in this collection document Louis Round Wilson's career as educator, librarian, and writer. They contain personal and professional correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed material, clippings, minutes of meetings of University and professioinal library association committees, writings, photographs, and volumes. They contain materials that relate to his genealogical research on the Wilson, Round, and related families; his role in the administration of the University of North Carolina; and his activities as a professional librarian. There are very few papers pertaining to Wilson's years as dean of the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago.

Additions received in 1989 and 1997 contain family papers, including correspondence between Wilson and his wife, Penelope Bryan Wright Wilson, and his daughters, Penelope, Elizabeth, and Mary Louise.

Wilson had arranged and reorganized his papers some time after 1942. He divided them into three categories: family and personal papers; papers which related to his role in the University of North Carolina; and papers which reflected his activities as a professional librarian. Wilson also maintained a general correspondence file of incoming and outgoing letters that contains substantial material relevant to both the University of North Carolina and professional librarianship. This system was retained in processing and the papers were organized into six series, reflecting separate facets of Wilson's life and work. The additions of 1989 and 1997, which contain family correspondence and other family papers, are filed at the end of the collection.

Personal papers are contained in Series 1 and Series 2. Series 1, Family History, 1833-1977, contains family letters and genealogical material. Series 2, Personal Papers, 1895-1985, contains correspondence, a subject file, and newspaper clippings. Personal correspondence in this series includes letters to and from faculty members of the University of North Carolina and the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago as well as other correspondence with friends, professional colleagues, and family members.

Series 3, 4, and 5 contain professional papers. Series 3, University of North Carolina, 1901-1976, contains subject files, which reflect Wilson's career and his contribution to the development of the Alumni Association, the University of North Carolina Press, and the Extension Division, as well as his activities as University Librarian. Series 4, General Correspondence, 1915-1976, contains letters to and from University colleagues, librarians, former students, friends, and prominent public figures. Most of it is dated after 1942. Series 5, Professional Librarianship, 1904-1977, contains files that document Wilson's role as one of the notable professional librarians in the United States in the twentieth century. They relate to his activities as librarian, educator, pioneer in the development of school and public libraries in the southern United States, and active member of library associations. There is, however, little material about Wilson's years at the University of Chicago.

Series 6, Volumes, contains writings, papers of the University of North Carolina Library, and volumes of professional material.

Arrangement of Collection

1. Family History, 1833-1977
2. Personal Papers, 1895-1985
3. University of North Carolina, 1901-1976
4. General Correspondence, 1915-1976
5. Professional Librarianship, 1904-1977
6. Volumes
7. Additions
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Items Separated

Glass Negative (SF-P-3274/1)

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Family Papers, 1833-1977.

About 1000 items; 6 volumes

These family papers were drawn together by Louis Round Wilson when he was compiling a genealogical study of his family. They contain an 1833 letter from Wilson's paternal grandfather, Jethro Starbuck Wilson, which lists the names of his children and gives information about his brothers, Joseph and William Jesse Wilson. There are notes by Louis Round Wilson about the descendants of the people mentioned in the letter. There are also manuscript autobiographical sketches of Jethro Reuben Wilson and Louisa Jane Round Wilson, Wilson's parents. Louisa Jane Wilson's sketch contains descriptions of life in Lenoir, North Carolina, during the Civil War, and an account of her father's trip across Confederate and Union lines when he went back to New York state to claim land belonging to the Round Family. Jethro Reuben Wilson's sketch describes his life as an apprentice in Lenoir, North Carolina. There is one 1836 letter from Wilbur Fisk, president of Wesleyan University, to George Hopkins Round, Wilson's maternal grandfather, and a genealogical record of the Round family of Otsego County, New York, compiled by George Hopkins Round, who had settled in Lenoir, North Carolina.

There is also correspondence about the Hoyle family of Shelby and Lincolnton, North Carolina, the McCants family of South Carolina (Mary Louisa McCants married George Hopkins Round) and the Puette family of Lenoir. There is some correspondence with members of the Puette family who had settled in Glen Flora and Wharton, Texas. There are also some letters which indicate Wilson's kinship with the Worth, Wood, Mendenhall, and Folger families of North Carolina.

These papers also contain information about the Wright family of Coharie, Sampson County, North Carolina, and the Herring family of Duplin County, North Carolina. Mrs. Louis Round Wilson was Penelope Wright and she was descended from the Herring family.

This series also contains Dr. Wilson's personal correspondence with his three brothers and one sister. There are letters from Edwin Mood Wilson, for many years headmaster of the Haverford School; Robert North Wilson, professor of chemistry at Duke University from 1910 until 1948; and George Wood Wilson, an attorney of Gastonia, North Carolina. Alice Wilson, a 1900 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taught science at East Carolina's Teacher's College for twenty one years and her letters contain some references to that institution. There is some additional correspondence in this series between Wilson and the children of his brothers.

The volumes in this series include the diary of William Capers Round, Louis Round Wilson's uncle, which he kept when he was a student at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and during his brief service in the Civil War. There are descriptions of camp life at Camp Pickins in the diary. William Capers Round was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor on June 27, 1862.

Series 1 also includes William Capers Round's autograph book as well as a souvenir album kept by Louisa Jane Round which contains commonplace entries and autographs. There is another autograph album which belonged to Bettie Vaiden Herring Wright, the mother of Mrs. Louis Round Wilson.

Wilson's own small diary and account book for the years 1895-1900 is in this series. There are not many personal entries; the book is largely a running record of expenditures and the payments of a debt owed to his brother Edwin.

Wilson's unpublished volume, "The Jethro Reubens Wilson Family", a very complete narrative genealogical study, is also in this series.

There are a number of photographs of Wilson in this series, taken over a period of years, beginning in 1886.

Box 1

Folder 1a

Chronology of Louis Round Wilson's Life, 1977

Folder 1

Jethro Starbuck Wilson

Folder 2

Jethro Reuben Wilson

Folder 3-4

George Hopkins Round

Folder 5

Round Family

Folder 6

Louis Jane Round Wilson

Folder 7-11

Alice Virginia Wilson, 1913-19611

Folder 12-17

Edwin Mood Wilson, 1908-1968

Folder 18-19

George Wood Wilson, 1822-1939

Folder 20

Louisa Wilson, 1947-1973

Folder 21

Robert North Wilson, 1941

Folder 22

Robert North Wilson Family, 1961-1972

Folder 23

Wright Family

Folder 24-25

Penelope Wright Wilson

Folder 26-27

Hoyle Family

Folder 28-29

Puette Family

Folder 30-32

McCants Family

Folder 33

Mendenhall-Folger Families

Folder 34-36

Miscellaneous Family Correspondence

Folder 37

National Ancestral Societies

Folder 38-40

Family Clippings

Folder 41-46

Photographs of Louis Round Wilson, Family, Friends, and Associates

Volume 1

William Capers Round's Autograph Book, 1861

Volume 2

Louisa Jane Round's "Souvenir Album," 1860-1865

Volume 3

William C. Round's Diary, 1860-1862

Volume 4

Louis Round Wilson's Diary and Account Book, 1895-1900

Volume 5

Bettie Vaiden Herring's Album, 1859-1962

Volume 6

"The Jethro Reuben Wilson Family," by Louis Round Wilson

2. Personal Papers, 1895-1985.

About 10000 items.

The first component in this series is Wilson's personal correspondence, arranged chronologically, with friends and professional associates, especially those who were members of the faculties of the University of North Carolina and the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. There is correspondence about Wilson's decisions not to accept appointments at the University of Georgia in 1904 and the University of Texas in 1911. There are letters from Wilson to Edward Kidder Graham, written by Wilson when he was a patient at the Trudeau Sanatorium, Saranac, New York, in 1916.

In 1926 Wilson was offered the deanship of the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. He corresponded with Max Mason, president of the University of Chicago, and consulted friends in the University of North Carolina and librarians around the United States before declining the offer. In 1932 he was offered the position again, and accepted it. A few months after Wilson moved to Chicago in 1932, a subcommittee of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina recommended him for the position of vice president of the newly consolidated University of North Carolina, with administrative responsibilities for the campus at Chapel Hill. The position never materialized.

Wilson's correspondence for this period, 1931-1933, is extensive. Wilson corresponded with friends in the University of North Carolina and librarians around the United States before he accepted the appointment in Chicago. The letters from friends in Chapel Hill, written to Wilson when it was thought he might return to the University in 1933, are especially significant for the insight they provide into the condition of the University during the depression and the attitude of the faculty to consolidation.

There is little general correspondence for the period 1932-1942. Most of it relates to Wilson's 1935 trip to Europe to attend an international conference of librarians and the several consulting jobs he had at academic libraries during the period.

Wilson returned to Chapel Hill in 1942. The correspondence from then until his death in 1979 deals principally with personal matters, and with Wilson's many and varied interests at the University of North Carolina and in the state.

The second component in Series 2 is a subject file of personal material, including autobiographical notes, memoranda and notes for Maurice F. Tauber, Wilson's autobiographer; letters of appreciation for his various books and articles; birthday letters; and congratulatory letters when the University library was named for Wilson. Much of this material comprised Wilson's self-designated "ego file."

This section of Wilson's papers contains typed copies and reprints of Wilson's articles, reports, essays, book reviews, and speeches, arranged chronologically, under the heading "Papers." Many of these may also be found in the bound volumes of Wilson's papers in Series 6. Series 2 does not contain all of the material found in Series 6, but it does include a few items not in the bound volumes, especially short articles Wilson wrote for the Alumni Review, 1912-1924, and some book reviews he wrote for the Greensboro Daily News in the 1920's.

A third component of Series 2 is a clipping file of newspaper articles either about Wilson or written by him. They are arranged alphabetically by subject.

The correspondents in Series 2 include: William S. Bernard; Kemp D. Battle; William Warner Bishop; Eugene Cunningham Branson; Pierce Butler; Lenoir Chambers; Harry Woodburn Chase; Donald Coney; Robert Diggs Wimberly Connor; Jackson Davis; Frank Porter Graham; Edwin Greenlaw; J.G. deRouhlac Hamilton; Luther Hodges; Robert Burton House; Robert Maynard Hutchins; Gerald Johnson; Federick Keppel; Edgar Knight; August Frederick Kuhlman; William DeBerniere MacNider; Carl Milam; Edwin Mims; Howard W. Odum; M.L. Raney; Maurice F. Tauber; Maurice Van Hecke; Henry M. Wagstaff; Douglas Waples; Carl White; Edwin Mood Wilson; Robert North Wilson.

Box 2

Folder 1-74

Correspondence, 1895-18 December 1941

Box 3

Folder 75-100A

Correspondence, January 1942-1975

Folder 100B

Correspondence, 1976

Folder 100C-D

Correspondence, Birthday, 1976

Folder 100E

Correspondence, 1977

Folder 100F

Correspondence, 1978

Folder 100G

Correspondence, 1979

Folder 100H

Correspondence, 1980-1981

Folder 100I

Correspondnece, Undated

Folder 101

Interview with Louis Round Wilson, 1975

Folder 102

Activities, 1909-1955

Folder 103-107

Autobiographical Notes

Folder 108-110

Awards and Citations

Folder 111-114

Bibliography

Box 4

Folder 115-116

Biographical Notes

Folder 117

Biographical Sketch

Folder 118-127A

Biography

Folder 127B

Biography: Writings of Robert S. Martin

Folder 128-134

Biography: Tauber Manuscript

Folder 135-136

Birthday: 1966

Folder 137-138A

Birthday: 1966 (Orne Letters)

Folder 138B-138C

Birthday: 1976

Folder 139-142

Chicago: 1951

Folder 143

Children's Book

Folder 144-145

"Ego," 1889-1973

Folder 146-153

Geography of Reading, 1934-1939

Folder 154-156

Libraries of the Southeast

Folder 157-159

Libraries of the Southeast

Folder 160

Medical Records

Folder 161-169

Papers: Early Literary Papers

Folder 170

Papers: Librarians Reports, 1901-1904

Folder 171-189

Papers, 1905-1973

Box 5

Folder 189a-230

Papers, 1905-1973

Folder 231-232

Papers: Book Reviews

Folder 233

Papers: Book Reviews

Folder 234

Personnel Form: American Library Association (ALA), 1957

Folder 235-236

Personnel Forms: UNC, 1952-1967

Folder 237-251

Reprint Acknowledgements, 1906-1961

Box 6

Folder 252-254

Retirement, 1959-1960

Folder 255

Spencer, Cornelia Phillips

Folder 256-260

University of North Carolina, 1900-1930

Folder 261

University of North Carolina Under Consolidation

Folder 262-265

Wilson Library Named, 1956

Folder 266

Clippings: American Library Association Meeting, Richmond, 1936

Folder 267-268

Clippings: Campaign for Higher Education

Folder 269

Clippings by Louis Round Wilson, 1911-1969

Folder 270

Clippings by Louis Round Wilson: North Carolina Good Health Movement, 1966

Folder 271

Clippings by Louis Round Wilson, 1971

Folder 272-276

Clippings: "Does North Carolina Read?"

Folder 277

Clippings: "Doodlebugs and Hoppy Toads"

Folder 278

Clippings: Libraries

Folder 279-288

Miscellaneous Clippings about Louis Round Wilson, 1900-1976

Folder 289A

Clippings: Ninetieth Birthday, 1966

Folder 289B-D

Clippings: One Hundredth Birthday, 1976

Folder 289E

Clippings: Death, 10 December 1979

Folder 290

Clippings: Resignation from the University of North Carolina, 1932

Folder 291-304

Clippings: Reviews of Wilson's Writings

Folder 305

Clippings: Tributes to Louis Round Wilson

Folder 306

Clippings: Vice Presidential Nomination, 1932

Folder 307

Clippings: Chapel Hill, 1976

3. University of North Carolina, 1901-1976.

About 42000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject

These are subject files, alphabetically arranged, which contain correspondence, reports, notes, memoranda, and clippings about the University of North Carolina, 1901-1932, and 1942 to 1979. The files reflect Wilson's activities in a number of different University enterprises, especially the Alumni Association and the Alumni Review, the Extension Division, the University Press, the Development Council, the Plans and Projects Committee of the Faculty Council, the Faculty Retirement Supplementation Fund, the Sesquicentennial Celebration and subsequent study made of the needs of the University (this was essentially an effort at long-range post-war planning), the sequicentennial publications of which Wilson was general editor, and the building of Graham Memorial. There are also files on the many faculty and special University committees on which Wilson served. These files contain correspondence, notes, memoranda, and minutes of committee meetings. See alphabetical list below.

Wilson's files on the University library, the School of Library Science, and the Friends of the Library are also in Series 3.

There are a number of folders in this series labeled "University of North Carolina," which include Wilson's files on the Commission on University Consolidation, 1931-1932, of which he was a member, as well as his files on the Faculty Committee on University Government, 1945-1952. There are other folders with this heading which contain miscellaneous correspondence, memoranda, and notes about University people, buildings and events. This material was brought together by Wilson when he was working on his articles and books about the University of North Carolina.

Series 3 also contains notes, memoranda, and correspondence about Wilson's two histories of the University. The notes for The University of North Carolina, 1900-1930 are alphabetically and topically arranged. Those for The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963 are arranged by chapter. There are similar files for Wilson's study The University Plans for the Future (the "needs" book) and The Selected Letters of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, which he edited. There are letters, notes, and various drafts of chapters of Wilson's book, Louis Round Wilson's Historical Sketches, filed under the original title of the book, Men and Movements.

While on the staff of the University and a resident of the town of Chapel Hill, Wilson was active in the Methodist Church. He served as chairman of the Board of Stewards for a number of years and helped in the building program of the present University Methodist Church. He helped to start the School of Religion in 1926, which was housed in the Methodist Church, and which was a forerunner of the University Department of Religion. Wilson was one of the founders of the Wesley Foundation in Chapel Hill and served on the Board of Directors for a number of years, retiring in 1965. Wilson's files on the church are located in Series 3.

The final section in Series 3 is a newspaper clippings file of material relating to the University of North Carolina which Wilson kept while he was working on The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation and Louis Round Wilson's Historical Sketches.

University Committees on which Wilson served, with inclusive dates indicating the years of Wilson's appointment to the committees:

1915-1932	Advisory Board
1912-1924	Alumni Association
1912-1924	Alumni Review
1955	University President Appointment Committee
1955-1956	Chancellor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Appointment Committee
1953-1954	Dean, School of Library Science, Appointment Committee
1959-1960	Dean, School of Library Science, Appointment Committee
1953-1954	University Librarian, Appointment Committee
1957	Aycock Installation Committee
1952-1955	Development Council
1912-1920	Extension Division
1954-1959	Faculty Council
1948-1951	Faculty Retirement Supplementation Fund
1950-1956	Ford Foundation Grant Committee
1932; 1945-1960	Friends of the Library
1952-1953	O. Max Gardner Awards Program Committee
1919-1931	Graham Memorial Building Committee
1953	Graphic Arts Committee
1950	Gray Inaugural Committee
1927-1931; 1946-1948	Honorary Degrees Committee
1924-1932; 1948-1958	Institute for Research in Social Science
1951	Joint Committee of Faculty on Library Needs
1944-1949	Koch Memorial Theater Committee
1957	Elisha Mitchell Memorial Committee
1952-1959	Plans and Projects Committee
1953	Pro-tem Committee on Educational Television
1952-1954	Public Occasions Committee
1958	Relation of University to Board of Higher Education
1943-1946	Sesquicentennial Celebration
1943-1949	Sesquicentennial Publications
1953; 1954	State of the University Conference Committee
1944-1952	University Government Committee
1922-1932; 1942-1959	University Press Board of Governors

Box 7

Folder 1

Academic Freedom

Folder 2

Advisory Committee, 1928-1932

Folder 3

Alumni Association, 1921-1945

Folder 4-9

Alumni Book Club, 1930-1931

Folder 10-14

Alumni Ideas, 1924-1931

Folder 15

Alumni Loyalty Fund

Folder 16-18

Alumni Review, 1913-1963

Folder 19

American Council on Education

Folder 20

American Negro and His African Heritage

Folder 21-22

Annuities, 1926-1927

Folder 23-24

Association for the Aging, 1955-1956

Folder 25

Association of American Colleges, 1943

Folder 26

Athletic Policy

Folder 27-38

Board of Higher Education, 1957-1958

Folder 39

Board of Higher Education, 1969

Folder 40-41

Campaign for Higher Education

Folder 42

Case Study Method

Folder 43

Chapel Hill

Folder 44-50

Harry Woodburn Chase, 1919-1955

Folder 51

Chicago, University of

Folder 52-53

Chicago University Press

Folder 54-62

Class of 1899, 1924-1949

Folder 63

Cleveland Conference, 1955-1960

Folder 64

Colonial Press, 1967-1968

Folder 65

Columbia University Press

Folder 66-68

Columbia University, 1944

Folder 69-70

Committee on Appointment of Librarian, 1953-1954

Folder 71

Committees, University of North Carolina: Miscellaneous

Folder 72

Connor Manuscript, 1950-1951

Folder 73-74

Counselor, 1923-1924

Folder 75-77

Cresap, McCormick and Paget Report, 1955

Box 8

Folder 78

Development: Alumni Annual Giving, 1951-1952

Folder 79-86

Development Council, 1926-1959

Folder 87

Development: Paul Davis, 1951-1952

Folder 88

Development: Curtis Fields, 1951-1952

Folder 89-102

Development: Plans and Projects Committee, 1951-1958

Folder 103

Development: Public Relations

Folder 104

Droughts, 1921; 1968

Folder 105

Thomas Dunstan, 1899

Folder 106-108

Education and Libraries, Correspondence, 1966

Folder 109

Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1949; 1960

Folder 110

Edwards and Broughton, 1917-1923

Folder 111-112

Evolution: 1926

Folder 113-127

Extension Division, 1913-1968

Folder 128

Faculty Council

Folder 129-130

Faculty Council, 1954-1959

Folder 131

Faculty Council Committee on Presidency, 1956

Folder 132-134

Federal Relations, 1917-1919

Folder 135

Fiber Industries

Folder 136-137

First Book Presented to the First State University, 1960

Folder 138

Ford Foundation Advisory Committee

Folder 139

Freshmen, 1921-1922

Folder 140-142

Friends of the Library, 1931-1944

Folder 143-144

Friends of the Library: John Sprunt Hill Files

Folder 145-161

Friends of the Library: 1945-1974

Box 9

Folder 162-184

Friends of the Library: 1945-1974

Folder 185

Friends of the Library: University of Chicago

Folder 186

Friends of the Library: Duke University

Folder 187

Friends of the Library: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Folder 188-192

Funds for Research in Universities, 1953

Folder 193

O. Max Gardner Committee, 1952-1956

Folder 194

Gimghoul Castle

Folder 195-196

Goldsboro Library

Folder 197

Graduate School Alumni Research Fund, 1954-1956

Folder 198

Graduate School Library Committee, 1947

Folder 199

Graham, Edward Kidder

Folder 200-203

Graham, Edward Kidder: Memorial Volume, 1919-1930

Folder 204

Graham, Frank P.: Graham Portrait Committee, 1955-1956

Folder 205-225

Graham Memorial Building Committee, 1918-1932

Folder 226-229

Grant, Daniel L.: Report

Folder 230-232

Graphic Arts Services Committees, 1953

Folder 233-235

Gray Inauguration Committee, 1950

Folder 236

Greensboro Daily News, 1921-1929

Folder 237

Hanes Foundation

Folder 238

Haverford College, 1952-1969

Folder 239-243

Honorary Degrees Committee, 1927-1959

Folder 244-245

Hume Cup

Box 10

Folder 246

Ideas

Folder 247

Index and Typing Guides

Folder 248-260

Institute for Research in Social Science, 1924-1967

Folder 261-264

Instructional Staff Report, 1950-1951

Folder 265

Knoxville, 1950

Folder 266

Koch Memorial Theater, 1944-1949

Folder 267

Lenoir Public Library

Folder 268

Library: Administrative Board, 1945-1962

Folder 269-275

Library: Alexander Boyd Andrews, 1919-1924

Folder 276

Library: Appropriations, 1952

Folder 277

Library: Bain Memorial Fund, 1915

Folder 278-279

Library: Kemp P. Battle Library, 1920-1923

Folder 280

Library: Begging

Folder 281A

Library: Book Plates

Folder 281B

Library: Budgets

Folder 282-286

Library: Buying

Folder 287-289

Library: Cameron Fund, 1908-1918

Folder 290

Library Celebration, 1960

Folder 291-292

Library Collections

Folder 293

Library: Customs Correspondence, 1920

Folder 294-310

Library Dedication, October 1929

Folder 311-330

Library: Dedication of Addition, 1952

Folder 331-332

Library: Di-Phi Agreements

Box 11

Folder 333-336

Library: Endowment Memoranda

Folder 337-354

Library: Engstrom Committee Report, 1951

Folder 355

Library: Exhibit at State Fair, 1901

Folder 356

Library: Expansion

Folder 357-364

Library: History

Folder 365

Library: Lantern Slides

Folder 366

Library: Material on

Folder 367A

Library: Miscellaneous Correspondence

Folder 367B-D

Library: New Orleans Collection

Folder 368-383

Library: North Carolina Collection

Folder 384-386

Library: Philology Bibliography, 1951

Folder 387

Library and the Philological Club

Folder 388

Library Planning: New Building, 1925-1929

Folder 389

Library Plans, 1948; 1970

Folder 390

Library Policies

Folder 391

Library Prints, 1922

Folder 392-398

Library: Proposals

Box 12

Folder 399

Library: Reading Prizes, 1901

Folder 400A

Library: Reclassification, 1901

Folder 400B

Library: Reorganization, 1901; 1927

Folder 401-406

Library: Report of the Librarian, 1913-1932

Folder 407

Library: Sales

Folder 408

Library: Service

Folder 409

Library: Southern Historical Collection

Folder 410

Library: Staff Association

Folder 411

Library: Staff Manual, 1929-1930

Folder 412

Library: Staff Memos

Folder 413

Library: Statistics

Folder 414

Library: Status of Library Staff

Folder 415

Library: Subscriptions Agencies

Folder 416A

Library: Undergraduate Library

Folder 416B-H

Library: Weeks Collection

Folder 417-439

Library School, 1921-1968

Folder 440-441

Library School: Appointment of Dean, 1953-1954

Folder 442

Library School: Master's Degree Program

Folder 443

Library School: Doctoral Degree Program

Folder 444

Library School: Scholarships and Fellowships

Folder 445

Library of Congress: Correspondence

Folder 446

Mason Farm

Folder 447

Mason Portraits

Folder 448

Medical Extension, 1967

Folder 449-451

Memoranda

Folder 452

Men and Movements: Notes

Folder 453

Men and Movements: American Negro and His African Heritage

Folder 454

Men and Movements: Awakening of Social Consciousness

Folder 455

Men and Movements: Bonus Services

Folder 456-464

Men and Movements: Health Affairs Correspondence

Folder 465-477

Men and Movements: Health Affairs: Notes

Folder 478

Men and Movements: McCorkle Place

Folder 479

Men and Movements: North Carolina Board of Public Health

Folder 480

Men and Movements: North Carolina Symphony

Folder 481

Men and Movements: Notes on Chapel Hill

Folder 482-484

Men and Movements: Public Welfare Programs

Folder 485-486

Men and Movements: Research Triangle

Folder 487

Men and Movements: Student Activists

Box 13

Folder 488-506

Methodist Church: Correspondence and Budgets, 1910-1969

Folder 507-513

Methodist Church: History Committee, 1949-1953

Folder 514-515

Methodist Church: Committee on Literature, 1950-1962

Folder 516-518

Methodist Church: Wesley Foundation

Folder 519-523

Methodist Church: School of Religion

Folder 524

Elisha Mitchell Memorial

Folder 525

Elisha Mitchell Society

Folder 526

National Economic League

Folder 527

Negro Background Studies, 1926

Folder 528

Newbern Academy

Folder 529

News Bureau Services, 1965

Folder 530

North Carolina, 1935

Folder 531

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Folder 532

North Carolina College Centers

Folder 533

North Carolina Folklore Council

Folder 534

North Carolina State College

Folder 535-548

North Carolina Symphony

Folder 549

Nursing Homes, 1969

Folder 550

October 12, 1970

Folder 551-552

Outdoor Drama

Folder 553A

Periodicals

Folder 553B

Personnel Action Forms

Folder 554

Pictures of University of North Carolina Faculty, 1903-1904

Folder 555

Polk, James Knox

Folder 556

Public Welfare

Folder 557

Professional Training of Teachers, Undated

Folder 558

Quotations on Books and Libraries

Box 14

Folder 559

Race Relations

Folder 560

Rare Books

Folder 561

Reading Committee, 1927

Folder 562

Reading Courses

Folder 563

Religious Literature, 1924

Folder 564-583

Request for Information and Opinions, 1925-1932

Folder 584-587

Research Triangle of North Carolina: Acknowledgements, 1967

Folder 588-591

Research Triangle of North Carolina: Distribution

Folder 592-597

Research Triangle of North Carolina: Documents and Notes

Folder 598-604

Research Triangle Institute: Correspondence, 1965-1967

Folder 605-609

Research Triangle: Organization

Folder 610

Research Triangle: Regional Planning Commission

Box 15

Folder 611-627

Retirement Committee (Faculty Retirement Supplementation Fund), 1947-1952

Folder 628-667

Retirement Committee: Correspondence

Folder 668-681

Retirement Provisions of College and Universities, 1947

Folder 682

Reynolds Distinguished Professorships

Box 16

Folder 683-686

Selected Papers of Louis Round Wilson (Education and Libraries)

Folder 687-696

Service to Mankind through Librarianship

Folder 697-700

Sesquicentennial Celebration: Accounts

Folder 701-706

Sesquicentennial Celebration: Agenda, Minutes, and Notes

Folder 707

Sesquicentennial Celebration: Alumni Association

Folder 708

Sesquicentennial Celebration: Alumni Committee

Folder 709

Sesquicentennial Celebration: Cantata

Folder 710-715

Sesquicentennial Celebration: Clippings, 1939-1945

Folder 716-754

Sesquicentennial Celebration Correspondence

Box 17

Folder 755-756

Sequicentennial Day, 12-13 April 1946: Art Exhibit

Folder 757

Sesquicentennial Day: Caps and Gowns

Folder 758-762

Sesquicentennial Day: Delegates

Folder 763

Sesquicentennial Day: Invitation Lists

Folder 764-770

Sesquicentennial Day: Letters of Acceptance

Folder 771-772

Sesquicentennial Day: Miscellaneous

Folder 773-775

Sesquicentennial Day: Refusals

Folder 776

Sesquicentennial Day: Reservations

Folder 777-778

Sesquicentennial Day: Thank-You Letters

Folder 779

Sesquicentennial Fund Raising

Folder 780-781

Sesquicentennial: History of the University of North Carolina

Folder 782-783

Sesquicentennial: Memoranda

Folder 784-790

Sesquicentennial: Pictures

Folder 791

Sesquicentennial: Playmakers

Folder 792-796

Sesquicentennial: Programs and Forms

Folder 797

Sesquicentennial: Publicity

Folder 798-799

Sesquicentennial Publications: Accounts

Folder 800-804

Sesquicentennial Publications: Acknowledgements

Folder 805-809

Sesquicentennial Publications: Correspondence, 1943-1958

Folder 810-811

Sesquicentennial Publications: Front Matter

Folder 812-824

Sesquicentennial Publications: Mailing Lists

Folder 825

Sesquicentennial Publications: Miscellaneous

Folder 826

Sesquicentennial Publications: Books from Chapel Hill

Folder 827-838

Sesquicentennial Publications: The Campus of the First State University

Box 18

Folder 839

Sesquicentennial Publications: A Century of Legal Education

Folder 840-872

Sesquicentennial Publications: Chronicles of the Sesquicentennial

Folder 873-883

Sesquicentennial Publications: Departmental Histories

Folder 884

Sesquicentennial Publications: Documentary History of the University of North Carolina

Folder 885-894

Sesquicentennial Publications: Graduate School Volumes

Folder 895

Sesquicentennial Publications: In Search of a Regional Balance

Folder 896-898

Sesquicentennial Publications: Library Resources

Folder 899-900

Sesquicentennial Publications: Pioneering a People's Theater

Folder 901-905

Sesquicentennial Publications: Research and Regional Welfare

Folder 906

Sesquicentennial Publications: Research in Progress

Folder 907-908

Sesquicentennial Publications: Secondary Education in the South

Folder 909

Sesquicentennial Publications: A State University Surveys the Humanities

Folder 910

Sesquicentennial Publications: Studies in History and Political Science

Folder 911-912

Sesquicentennial Publications: Studies in Language and Literature

Folder 913-914

Sesquicentennial Publications: Studies in Science

Box 19

Folder 915A

Sesquicentennial Publications: University Extension in Action

Folder 915B-D

Sesquicentennial Publications: Reviews

Folder 916-924

Smith, C. Alphonso: Library

Folder 925

Social Forces, 1926-1927

Folder 926

Southern Conference on Education, 1928

Folder 927

Southern Conference on Education, 1930-1932

Folder 928-929

Southern Humanities Council, 1948-1951

Folder 930

Southern University Conference, 1943

Folder 931-939

Speaker Ban Law, 1963-1965

Folder 940

Speech Notes

Folder 941-948

Spencer, Cornelia Phillips: Manuscript

Folder 949-955

Spencer, Cornelia Phillips: Notes

Folder 956

State College Name Change

Folder 957

State Departments of Education

Folder 958-968

State Highway Commission

Box 20

Folder 969-973

State of the University Conference, 1953-1954

Folder 974-975

Statistical Reports on Southern Universities and Colleges, 1923-1926

Folder 976

Statistical Reports on Southern Libraries, 1966-1967

Folder 977

Students and Assistants of L.R. Wilson

Folder 978-1010

Summer School, 1910-1932

Folder 1011

Tauber, Maurice F.

Folder 1012-1015

Teacher's Assembly, Department of Higher Education, 1921

Folder 1016

Teacher's Insurance and Annuity Association

Folder 1017-1020

Theory of Administration: Notes

Box 21

Folder 1021

Theory of Administration: Notes

Folder 1022

Things to Do

Folder 1023

Time, Inc.

Folder 1024

University Microfilms

Folder 1025-1027

University of Denver, 1932-1933

Folder 1028-1029

University of North Carolina: 1927

Folder 1030

University of North Carolina: Admission Committee, 1931

Folder 1031-1033

University of North Carolina: Battle Park

Folder 1034

University of North Carolina: Bibliography

Folder 1035

University of North Carolina: Buildings

Folder 1036

University of North Carolina: Buildings: Commons Hall

Folder 1037

University of North Carolina: Buildings: Person Hall

Folder 1038

University of North Carolina: Buildings: First President's House

Folder 1039-1040

University of North Carolina: Buildings: South Building

Folder 1041

University of North Carolina: College of Arts and Sciences

Folder 1042-1056

University of North Carolina: Commission on Consolidation, 1931-1932

Folder 1057-1060

University of North Carolina: Consolidation Memoranda: 1956-1964

Folder 1061

University of North Carolina: Consolidated University Library, 1962

Folder 1062

University of North Carolina: Educational Television

Folder 1063

University of North Carolina: Gifts and Grants

Folder 1064-1070

University of North Carolina: Committee on Government (The Booker Committee), 1944-1945

Folder 1071-1075

University of North Carolina: Committee on Government (The Van Hecke Committee), 1949-1951

Folder 1076

University of North Carolina: Graduate School

Folder 1077

University of North Carolina: History: Notes and Quotes

Folder 1078-1079

University of North Carolina: Ideals of Presidents and Deans

Folder 1080-1090

University of North Carolina Press, 1943-1969

Box 22

Folder 1091

University of North Carolina: Committee on Public Occasions, 1952

Folder 1092-1098

University of North Carolina (Quadrangle Manuscript)

Folder 1099-1101

University of North Carolina: Religion Department

Folder 1102

University of North Carolina: Research Council

Folder 1103A

University of North Carolina: Student Health Services

Folder 1103B

University of North Carolina: Summer Session

Folder 1104

University of North Carolina: Television Pro-Tem Committee

Folder 1105

University of North Carolina: Travel Regulations

Folder 1106-1108

University of North Carolina: Trustees

Folder 1109A-B

University of North Carolina: War College, 1941-1943

Folder 1109B

University of North Carolina: War Extension Service, 1917-1918

Folder 1110-1111

University of North Carolina: Woman's Building, 1923

Folder 1112-1165

The University of North Carolina, 1900-1930: Notes

Box 23

Folder 1166-1174

The University of North Carolina, 1900-1930: Notes

Folder 1175-1176

The University of North Carolina, 1900-1930: Note Cards (Alphabetically and Topically Arranged)

Folder 1177

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes

Folder 1178

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Copies of Material on Consolidation from the D.H. Hill Library

Folder 1179

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Copies of Material on Consolidation from the Frank Porter Grant Papers

Folder 1180

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Notes, Correspondence, and Printed Material for Chapters IX-XXVII

Box 24

Folder 1181-1187

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Notes, Correspondence, and Printed Material for Chapters IX-XXVII

Box 25

Folder 1188-1194

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Notes, Correspondence, and Printed Material for Chapters IX-XXVII

Box 26

Folder 1195-1196

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Notes, Correspondence, and Printed Material for Chapters IX-XXVII

Folder 1197

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Note Cards

Folder 1198-1199

The University of North Carolina Under Consolidation, 1931-1963: Typescript

Box 27

Folder 1200-1201

The University Plans for the Future: The "Needs" Book: Francis F. Bradshaw Files

Folder 1202

The University Plans for the Future: William D. Carmichael Files

Folder 1203-1204

The University Plans for the Future: Robert Burton House Files

Folder 1205-1212

The University Plans for the Future: Correspondence

Folder 1213-1238

The University Plans for the Future: Departmental Requests, Notes, and Correspondence

Folder 1239-1257

The University Plans for the Future: Notes

Folder 1258-1260

The University Plans for the Future: Acknowledgements

Folder 1261A

Venable, Wilson and the Library

Folder 1261B

Virgina Lectures

Folder 1262

Wagstaff Papers, 1947-1952

Folder 1263-1267

Wagstaff Manuscript, 1950

Folder 1268

Weaver, P.J.: Community Music Project

Folder 1269-1271

Williams, Horace

Folder 1272

YMCA-YWCA

Box 28

Folder 1273-1286

Newspaper Clippings about the University of North Carolina

4. General Correspondence, 1919-1977.

About 24000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by name.

This series contains Wilson's incoming and outgoing correspondence with faculty members and professional colleagues at the University of North Carolina, librarians from all over the United States, prominent public figures and friends. The material is arranged alphabetically by name. There are some files of general correspondence, identified only by letter, which are interfiled with the name file. See list below.

This series begins in 1942, with only a few exceptions, notably the correspondence with Harry Woodburn Chase and Howard W. Odum.

It is important to note that prior to 1942 Wilson maintained very few correspondence files. All of his papers, except those mentioned above, were filed by subject. After 1942, however, much of Wilson's correspondence was filed under the name of the correspondent, regardless of the subject of the correspondence. Consequently these correspondence files contain a great deal of material that relates to both the University of North Carolina and professional librarianship.

Box 29

Folder 1a

List of Selected Correspondents, 1977

Folder 1-3

Adams, Charles M., 1948-1969

Folder 4

Akers, Susan Grey, 1942-1956

Folder 5

Albright, R. Mayne, 1956-1957

Folder 6-55

Anders, Mary Edna, 1947-1976

Folder 56

Anderson, Donald B., 1950-1966

Folder 57

Andrews, Alex B., 1944-1946

Folder 58

Armstrong, Roy, 1961-1972

Folder 59

Arnold, Charles B., 1966-1967

Folder 60

Ashby, Warren, 1955-1967

Folder 61-62

Asheim, Lester, 1952-1960

Folder 63-71

Aycock, William B., 1956-1962

Folder 72-74

A: Miscellaneous

Box 30

Folder 75

Bailey, Josiah, 1943-1946

Folder 76

Barker, Tommie Dora, 1943-1959

Folder 77

Battle, Kemp D., 1944-1971

Folder 78-79

Beal, Marjorie, 1946-1972

Folder 80

Beals, Ralph A., 1943-1951

Folder 81

Bennett, John S., 1951-1969

Folder 82

Bentz, Dale, 1949-1957

Folder 83-85

Berelson, Bernard, 1947-1960

Folder 86

Beust, Nora, 1953-1954

Folder 87

Bishop, William Warner, 1926-1950

Folder 88-89

Black, J. George, 1966

Folder 90

Blackwell, Gordon, 1945-1967

Folder 91

Boyd, Julian P., 1942-1950

Folder 92

Brandis, Henry, 1958-1959

Folder 93

Bradshaw, Francis Foster, 1944-1966

Folder 94

Branson, Eugene C., 1915-1958

Folder 95

Breedlove, J.P., 1943-1955

Folder 96

Brock, Clifton, 1960-1972

Folder 97-99

Brown, Charles H., 1943-1956

Folder 100

Brown, Harlan, 1947-1964

Folder 101-104

Bryant, Victor S., 1947-1969

Folder 105

Burrage, Frances, 1949

Folder 106

Burwell, Olivia, 1951-1964

Folder 107-124

B: Miscellaneous

Folder 125

Caldwell, Harmon, 1944-1956

Folder 126

Caldwell, John T, 1961-1967

Folder 127-128

Calkins, Robert, 1947-1949

Folder 129

Camp, Eloise, 1947-1950

Folder 130-131

Cantrell, Clyde, 1949-1971

Folder 132-133

Carlson, William, 1943-1960

Folder 134-137

Carmichael, William Donald, 1945-1957

Folder 138-143

Carnovsky, Leon, 1942-1971

Folder 144

Carpentar, Ray, 1964-1968

Folder 145

Chambers, Lenoir, 1947-1965

Folder 146-155

Chase, Harry Woodburn, 1919-1968

Folder 156

Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1922-1926

Folder 157

Clement, A.O., 1922

Folder 158

Clement, Rufus E., 1944

Folder 159-161

Coates, Albert, 1945-1968

Box 31

Folder 162

Cobb, Needham Tyndale, 1918

Folder 163

Coker, William C., 1942-1948

Folder 164

Coker, Mrs. William C., 1956

Folder 165

Colwell, Ernest, 1946-1953

Folder 166-170

Coney, Donald, 1943-1964

Folder 171

Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberley, 1949-1961

Folder 172

Cook, Olan V., 1929-1949

Folder 173

Copeland, J. Issac, 1971

Folder 174

Cory, John M., 1945-1951

Folder 175-177

Couch, William T., 1945-1966

Folder 178

Cowles, Porter, 1946-1965

Folder 179

Craig, Clifton M., 1968-1969

Folder 180

Crawford, Clara, 1942-1950

Folder 181

Crittenden, Christopher C., 1942-1965

Folder 182-183

Crosland, Dorothy, 1945-1954

Folder 184-196

C: Miscellaneous

Folder 197-199

Dalton, Jack, 1948-1967

Folder 200-201

Daniels, Jonathan, 1944-1967

Folder 202

Daniels, Josephus (Notes Only)

Folder 203-204

Danton, J. Periam, 1943-1961

Folder 205-208

Davie, Preston, 1943-1960

Folder 209

Davis, Jackson, 1945-1947

Folder 210-216

Davis, Lambert, 1949-1967

Folder 217-228