Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Library Photographic Services of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40055, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.

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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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Academic libraries--North Carolina.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Library resources.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.
• General education--North Carolina--History.
• Photocopying services in libraries--North Carolina.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Departments.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Libraries.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library. Photographic Services.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Libraries.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Photographic Services.

• Office of the University Librarian Records (#40047)

The Library's photoduplication service originated in January 1938, when a photorecord portable microfilm camera was acquired. The camera, set up in a small closet, was used to copy legislative journals. The Librarian's annual report for 1938-1939 noted the creation of a Microphotography Division under the supervision of the Documents Department. By 1945, the workload of the microfilming operation had increased to the point that a separate Photographic Trust Fund was established. In June 1952, Samuel M. Boone was appointed head of a separate Photoduplication Service; its name soon changed to Photographic Services.

Under Mr. Boone's leadership, Photographic Services gradually expanded its capabilities. Eventually, in addition to negative microfilm production, it performed still photography, positive microfilm printing, xerographic copying, and copyflo duplication for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries. In 1982 Photographic Services was reorganized and placed under the supervision of the North Carolina Collection. Jerry W. Cotten, the Collection's Photographic Archivist, then became head of it.

The archival records of the Photographic Services, contained in a single box, include administrative memoranda and correspondence, equipment records, financial records, files on photocopying and copyright policies, and materials related to special microfilming projects.