Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Physical Plant of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40102, 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.

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.

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

• College facilities--North Carolina--Maintenance and repair.
• Public utilities--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--History--20th century.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Buildings--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Buildings.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Sanitary affairs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Physical Plant Department
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Buildings.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Sanitary affairs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Physical Plant Department

The university's Physical Plant Department was created in the mid-1930s and assigned responsibility for the operation and maintenance of campus facilities and grounds and for the provision of utilities. Those functions previously had been performed by a separate Buildings Department and Grounds Superintendent. By the late 1990s, the functions of the Physical Plant Department had been absorbed by Facilities Services.

Records include scattered administrative files, 1930-1950s, and blueprints of various campus buildings and utilities, 1904-1963. Some of the latter are original construction plans; others are renovation plans. Included are sewer system plans dated 1922, 1936, and 1949 for parts of the campus and town of Chapel Hill.