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                         RECORDS OF
               THE DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES

                             in the
             University Archives and Records Service
                         Wilson Library
           University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                            CB# 3926
                   Chapel Hill, North Carolina
                           27514-8890

                           August 1983
                         September 1997

Instruction in the romance languages at UNC-CH dates from
the opening of the University. However, through the nineteenth
century this instruction, emphasizing the reading and translation
of French literature, was combined with the study of "modern
languages." A professorship of modern languages was created by
the Board of Trustees on December 15, 1825. The responsibilities
of the position included instruction in German as well as French.
Throughout the century the focus of the language courses remained
on reading and translation and only during the twentieth century
did the courses broaden to include training in conversation. On
January 26, 1886, a Department of Modern Languages was
established by the Trustees. In 1901, under President Venable,
romance language (French and Spanish) courses were segregated
from Germanic language instruction into a Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures. Four years later, courses in Italian
were added to the department's curriculum, and in 1905 the
department's name was revised to the current one. Instruction in
Portuguese became the third major component of the curriculum in
the 1941-1942 academic year.

     The graduate program in romance languages originated in
"advanced" French courses developed during the 1894-1895 school
year. The first departmental masters degree was awarded in 1908.
The first doctoral degree was earned by J.C. Lyons in 1927.

The "presiding professors" and department chairmen have been as
follows:

     Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, Professor of Modern Languages,    
          1826-1831
     A. Burgevin, Professor of Modern Languages, Feb.-May, 1836
     John DeBerniere Hooper, Professor of Latin and French       
          Languages, 1836-1838
     Charles Marey, Instructor in Modern Languages, 1838-1839
     John Jones Roberts, Professor of Modern Languages, 1841-1842
     John DeBerniere Hooper, Professor of Modern Languages,
          1843-1848
     Albert M. Shipp, Professor of Modern Languages, 1850-1853
     Henry Henrisse, Instructor in Modern Languages, 1853-1856
     Hildreth Hosea Smith, Professor of Modern Languages,        
          1856-1868
     John DeBerniere Hooper, Professor of Modern Languages,
          (French), 1875-1885
     George Tayloe Winston, Professor of Modern Languages        
          (German), 1875-1885
     Walter D. Toy, Chairman of the Department of Modern         
          Languages, 1885-1901

     James Dowden Bruner, Chairman of the Department of Romance  
          Languages and Literatures, 1901-1905
     James Dowden Bruner, Chairman of the Department of Romance  
          Languages, 1905-1909
     William M. Dey, Chairman of the Department of Romance       
          Languages, 1909-1949
     Sterling M. Stoudemire, Chairman of the Department of
          Romance Languages, 1949-1964
     Jacques Hardre, Chairman of the Department of Romance       
          Languages, 1964-1976
     Frank M. Duffey, Chairman of the Department of Romance      
          Languages, 1976-1981
     Edward D. Montgomery, Chairman of the Department of Romance
          Languages, 1981-

     The archival records of the Department of Romance Languages
consist of the chairman's files and are listed on the following
page. Additional information on the department's development can
be found in the following archival groups: 

     Records of the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and
          Sciences;
     Records of the Office of Provost;
     Records of the Office of Chancellor; and 
     Records of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
          and Dean of the Graduate School.


Box 1:
     Budget and Financial Records:
          State Funds:
               Budget Requests and Allocations, 1952-1980
               Budget Expenditure Reports (ACCTG 104 forms),
                    July 1971-June 1978
          Trust Funds (General Ledger and Expenditure
                    Reports-ACCTG 114 Forms):
               Alumni Professorship Fund, Nov. 1971-June 1978
               Camoes Prize in Portuguese Fund, Sept. 1975-
                    Nov. 1975
               Urban Tigner Holmes, Jr., Award Fund,
                    Dec. 1975-April 1978
               Hunt Fund, May 1973-June 1978
               Sarah Graham Kenan Professorships Fund, Nov. 1971-
                    May 1977
               William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professorships Fund, 
                    Nov. 1971-May 1978
               National Defense Fellowships Fund, Dec. 1966-
                    June 1978
               Placement Exam Fund, Jan. 1977-June 1978
               Romance Languages: French and Spanish Fund,
                    Nov. 1972-Nov. 1973
               Romance Languages: General Trust Fund,
                    Aug. 1976-June 1978
               Spanish Bibliography Fund, Nov. 1972-Dec. 1973
               Sterling A. Stoudemire Award Fund, May 1975-
                    Nov. 1975
Box 2:
     Dey Hall Dedication, May 10, 1964 (tape recording)
     National Defense Education Act Foreign Language Institutes:
          General, 1956; 1958-1966
          Reports: 
               Institute for Advanced Studies in Spanish
                    (Methodology Class Project Reports), 1966
               Institute for Secondary School Teachers of Spanish
                    (Final Report), 1963
               Institute for Studies in Spanish for Secondary
                    School Teachers (Final Technical Report),    
                         1966; 1967
               Summer Institute for Elementary and Secondary
                    School Teachers of French (Final Report), 
                         1961; 1962