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Collection Number: 40153

Collection Title: Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1836-2019(bulk 1959-2018)

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Size 12.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7500 items)
Abstract The Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate was formed in 1959 in an initially unsuccessful effort to reverse the decline of the University of North Carolina's historic Dialectic and Philanthropic societies. Membership increased in the 1970s as a result of publicity and special programs. Records of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate include meeting minutes; correspondence; committee records; financial records; membership lists; constitution and bylaws; publicity materials; and pictures, some of them 19th-century images of former members of the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies. Audiovisual materials include a 1997 documentary about the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40153, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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The Dialectic Society and the Philanthropic Society, founded as separate societies in 1795, were the first student organizations at the University of North Carolina. Until the 1860s they supplemented the disciplinary responsibilities of the Board of Trustees and the faculty, and until the late 19th century they exercised many of the functions of present-day student government. In addition, throughout their history the societies have provided training in oratory, debating, and the essay style of composition.

Throughout most of the university's history, membership in the societies was voluntary; and new members were admitted by a vote of the old members. Until the 20th century, almost the entire student body belonged to one of the two societies. Generally, though not exclusively, students from the eastern portion of the state joined the Philanthropic Society and those from the western portion joined the Dialectic Society. This practice seems to have grown out of the early sectional rivalry between east and west.

The societies disbanded when the university closed during Reconstruction. After the university's reopening in 1875, they reorganized and flourished. In 1885 a resolution of the Board of Trustees required all enrolled students ("except medical, law, and students taking postgraduate or special courses, and such as may be specially excused by the faculty") to belong to one of the societies. This action resulted from the urging of University President Kemp P. Battle and the faculty, who wanted to foster the societies' disciplinary function. By 1895, however, the university had dropped this membership requirement; the course catalog published in that year states that "although membership in the societies is entirely optional, yet it is earnestly recommended by the faculty."

The end of compulsory membership, the gradual loss of their disciplinary function to the new Student Council, changing student interests, and the multiplication of campus organizations competing for student attention were all factors that caused the two societies to decline in vitality and membership during the early decades of the 20th century. In 1919 the Philanthropic Society reorganized itself according to the plan of the General Assembly of North Carolina and became the Philanthropic Assembly. In 1924 the Dialectic Society reorganized as the Dialectic Senate. The disruptive effects of World War II, however, hastened the decline. The Philanthropic Assembly discontinued meetings in 1943, and the Dialectic Senate barely survived the war period. In the decade following the war both societies witnessed a rejuvenation. However, by the mid-1950s they were again in decline.

In May 1959, the Senate and the Assembly began to meet as the Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate. Even this expedient was not fully successful in ensuring growth. By 1970 active membership in the Joint Senate had been reduced to one, Stanley Greenberg. Greenberg was able to persuade 13 of his fellow students to join the Senate. Among these new members was George Blackburn, who as president of the Joint Senate, mounted a concerted rebuilding program. Under Blackburn's leadership and that of his successors, particularly Roger Kirkman, membership increased through a program of publicity and special activities. In 1974 the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation, Inc., was established to ensure preservation of the societies' literary, historical, and artistic properties. By the late 1970s membership had risen to a healthy level, and the foundation began a restoration program for the societies' portrait collection.

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Records of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill include meeting minutes; correspondence; committee records; financial records; membership lists; constitutions and bylaws; publicity materials; and pictures, some of them 19th-century images of former members of the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies. Audiovisual materials include audio of the 1999 Coates Battle lecture and video of a 1999 Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate meeting and a 1997 documentary about the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 2. Addresses/Debates, Bills/Resolutions, Correspondence, 1836-2004.

This series includes materials supportive of the minutes found in Series 1. In many instances, similar items will be found among the minutes.

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Arrangement: Chronological.

This subseries contains copies of the Joint Senate's presidential addresses, member speeches, and isolated debate notes.

Box 2

Folder 1: undated; 1836; 1876; 1954-1968

(includes photocopies of published addresses made in 1836 and 1876)

Folder 2: 1973-1974

Folder 3: 1975

Folder 4: 1976

Folder 5: 1977-1984

Audiotape T-40153/1

Speech of Thomas Harding, April 1, 1978 and part of panel discussion: Harding, Robert Broadus, James Pence, moderator

1/4" Open Reel Audio

Box 2

Folder 6: 1987

Folder 7: 1988-1989

Folder 8: 1990

Folder 9: 1991

Folder 10: 1992

Folder 11: 1993-1994

Folder 12: 1995

Folder 13: 1997-1999

Folder 14: 2000-2001

Folder 15: 2002

Folder 16: 2003

Folder 17: 2004

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Arrangement: Chronological.

This subseries contains copies of the bills debated and the resolutions approved during senate meetings.

Box 2

Folder 1: undated; 1959-1963

Folder 2: 1963-1968

Folder 3: 1974-1978; 1981; 1984; 1986-1992; 1995-2000

Folder 4: 2001-2002

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Arrangement: Chronological.

This subseries contains correspondence of the Joint Senate's presidents and other officers. The items in the general files are routine.

Box 2

Folder 1: undated; 1959-1964, General

Folder 2: 1965-1973, General

Folder 3: 1974, General

Folder 4: 1975, General

Folder 5: 1976, General

Folder 6: 1976, William H. Bobbitt Bust Ceremony

Folder 7: 1976, Albert Coates Bust Ceremony

(includes audiocassette of Albert Coates speech, shelved separately as C-40153/1)

Audiocassette C-40153/1

Albert Coates speech, 19 February 1976

Audiocassette

Box 3

Folder 8: 1977, General

Folder 9: 1977, Sam J. Ervin Bust Ceremony

Folder 10: 1977, Paul Green Bust Ceremony

Folder 11: 1977, Thomas Day Letters

Folder 12: 1978, General

Folder 13: 1978, First Congress of Literary Societies Meeting

Folder 14: 1978, Demosthenian Society Celebration

(at the University of Georgia)

Folder 15: 1978, George S. Hatem Letters

Folder 16: 1978, Thomas Wolfe Portrait Presentation

(see also Folder 18)

Folder 17: 1979, General

Folder 18: 1979, Second Congress of Literary Societies Meeting

Folder 19: 1979, Thomas Wolfe Portrait Presentation

(see also Folder 15)

Folder 20: 1980, General

Folder 21 : 1980, Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation, Inc.

Folder 22: 1982-1989, General

Museum Item MU-40153/2-4

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Pins and metal production molds for the pins

Accompanies Folder 22

Box 3

Folder 23: 1982-1983; 1989; 1992-1995, Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation, Inc.

Folder 24: 1983-1984, Association of American College Literary Societies

Folder 25: 1986-1988, Association of American College Literary Societies

Folder 26: 1988, Library Donation Agreement

Folder 27: 1990-1991, General

Folder 28: 1992-2000, General

Folder 29: 1995, Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Bicentennial

Folder 30: Listserv Communications, 17 May-23 August 1994

Folder 31: Listserv Communications, 1 September-17 December 1994

Folder 32: Listserv Communications, 9 January-29 July 1995

Folder 33: Listserv Communications, 2 August-26 October 1995

Box 4

Folder 34: Listserv Communications, 1 November-9 December 1995

Folder 35: Listserv Communications, 1 January-31 March 1996

Folder 36: Listserv Communications, 2 April-30 July 1996

Folder 37: Listserv Communications, 2 August-27 November 1996

Folder 38: Listserv Communications, 30 June-2 July 1999

Folder 39: 2000-2001, Association of American College Literatry Societies

Folder 40: 2001-2002; 2004, General

(includes emblem mold created circa 1989, shelved separately as MU-40153/1)

Museum Item MU-40153/1

Emblem mold created circa 1989

Accompanies Folder 40

Box 4

Folder 41: Listserv Communications, 13 September-30 September 2001

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Arrangement: Alphabetical by filename, individual files arranged chronologically.

This series contains reports and, in some instances, correspondence of the Joint Senate's officers and committees. Similar material may be found among the minutes in Series 1.

Box 4

Acquisitions Committee, 1991-1993

Ad Hoc Historical Committee, 1993

Ad Hoc Committee of the Philanthropic Society, 1964-1965

Ad Hoc Committee on the Use of Philanthropic Chamber, 1973

Ad Hoc T-shirts Committee Records, 1995

Ambassador of the Ocean Report, 1995

Awards Committee Records, 1991

Chair of the Bicentennial Meeting Report, 1995

Chamber Use Committee Records: Policy, 1983

Chamber Use Committee: Reservation Requests, undated; 1968-1996

Clerk's Records, 1990-1992; 1995-1999; 2002-2004

Constitution Committee Records, 1974; 1997-1999; 2002-2003

(see also Series 6)

Critic's Records, 1974-1975; 1984; 1991-1993; 1995; 1997-2004

Decal Committee Records, 1995-1996

December Committe Records, 1989-1990; 1995; 2002-2003

Diplomas Committee Records, undated; 1984

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40153/7

Diplomas Committee oversized proofs and blank diploma examples

Box 4

Executive Committee Records, 1960-1964; 1984; 1991-1993; 1997; 1999; 2001-2004

Finance Committee Records, 1991; 1995; 1997-2004

Flower of the Societies Reports, 1998; 2000

Fundraising Committee Records, 1989; 1999-2000

Greats Committee, 1992-1993; 1995-1996; 1998-1999; 2001-2002

Handbook Committee Reports, 1998; 2002

Historian's Records, undated; 1963-1964; 1966; 1975; 1980-1982, 1988; 1990-1992; 1995-2001; 2003

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40153/1

Historian's Records: rubbings of gravestones from the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery

Box 4

Ideological Differences between the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Committee Records, 1963

Inter-Society Committee Records, 2001

Internet Committee Records, undated; 1996; 1998; 2000; 2003

Jefferson Society Committee Records, 1976

Joint Senate Genealoger's Reports, 2000

Joint Senate President's Reports, 1998-2004

Membership Committee Records, undated; 1963-1964; 1966; 1975; 1980-1982; 1988; 1990-1992; 1995-2000; 2002-2004

(see also Series 5)

Miscellaneous Projects Committee Records, 1974

Phi Chaplain Reports, 1999

Portrait Recollection Committee Records, undated; 2003

President of the Dialectic Society Reports, undated; 1996; 1998; 2000

President of the Philanthropic Society Reports, 1995-1996; 1998; 2001-2003

President Pro Tempore Reports, 1995; 1999-2000; 2002-2003

Programs Committee, 1992-1993

Publicity Committee, 1992-1993

Query Committee Records, 1963

Rituals Committee, undated; 1989; 1995; 2000

Sergeant-at-Arms Records, 1991-1993; 1995-2001; 2003

Service Committee, 1993

Social Committee, 1989; 1991-1992; 1995-1996; 1999-2002

Special Committee on the Publication of the Minutes of the Societies, 1991

State of the Campus and the Senate Committee, 1963

Status of Zebulon Vance Portrait Committee Records, 1968

Summer Mailing Committee Reports, 2002-2003

UN-Model General Assembly Committee Records, 1963

University Committee Records, 1963

University Affairs Committee Records, 1970

University Portraits Committee Records, 1963-1970

Volleyball Committee Records, 1995

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The White and Blue Committee, 1989-2002

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Arrangement: By format.

This series contains accounts and reports of the Joint Senate's treasurers. Included are scattered financial records of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation, Inc.

Box 5

Folder 1: General, 1963-2004

(includes treasurer's reports and various accounts of receipts and expenditures)

Folder 2: Receipt Books, 1967-1988; 1990-1991

Folder 3: Account Book, 1978-1989

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Arrangement: Chronological.

This series contains the adopted versions and proposed revisions of the Joint Senate's constitution and bylaws. This material is duplicated in, and in some cases presented more thoroughly in, the minutes in Series 1.

Box 6

Folder 1: 1954; 1959; 1962-1964

Folder 2: 1974

Folder 3: 1975

Folder 4: 1976

Folder 5: 1978

Folder 6: 1980

Folder 7: 1982

Folder 8: 1983-1984; 1986

(includes form of ceremony to inaugurate senate presidents and to initiate new members, 1983)

Folder 9: 1988; 1990

Folder 10: 1993; 1995; 1997-1998; 2000-2001

(includes form of ceremony to induct new members)

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 7. Publicity Records, 1959-2002.

Arrangement: Chronological.

This series contains copies of the posters, circulars, and news releases issued by the Joint Senate to publicize its activities.

Box 6

Folder 1: undated; 1959-1960

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40153/4

Dialectic and Philanthropic societies emblem designs

Box 6

Folder 2: 1964-1965

Folder 3: 1974-1976

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40153/2

Clippings mounted on posterboard, 1974-1976

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40153/3

Advertisement posters, 1974-1976

Box 6

Folder 4: 1977

Folder 5: 1978

Folder 6: 1979-2002

(includes videocassette of "The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies" a documentary, 1997, shelved separately as VT-40153/2; and videocassette of "Limelight" featuring Jeanne Fugate, 1995, shelved separately as VT-40153/3)

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40153/6

"The Carolina Di-Phi Societies Still Survive"

Newspaper article.

Videotape VT-40153/2

The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, 19 April 1997

VHS

Videotape VT-40153/3

Limelight with Jeanne Fugate (Phi)

VHS

Oversize Volume SV-40153/2

Publicity scrapbook, 1989-1993

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 8. Photographs, 1879-2000 and undated.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by last name for identified individuals, then roughly chronological.

This series contains photographs and engravings, many from the 19th century, of members of the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies. Most are of individuals, but also included are several group photographs, including one 1879 and three circa 1901-1903 photographs of the Philanthropic Society. In addition, there are photographs of some of the portraits that belong to the societies and a 1981 honors essay about the portraits. (N) indicates that a photographic negative is available.

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Folder 1

Folder 2

Folder 3

"The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Portraits," Honors Essay by Joseph Reckford, 1981, Ribbon Copy

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Alexander, Cyrus A.

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Battle, Richard Horn, Jr.

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Battle, William Horn

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Bingham, Robert, Colonel

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Bingham, William

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Branch, John

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Cowan, Robert H.

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Dickson, James H.

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Graham, William A.

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Haywood, Edmund Burke

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Hill, William Edwards

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Johnston, William

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Kenan, Thomas

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McIver, Alexander

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McKoy, Allmand A.

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Mallett, Edward

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Manly, Basil, Jr.

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Manning, John

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Morrison, Robert Hall (N)

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Phillips, Charles (N)

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Polk, William, Colonel (N)

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Shipp, A. M. (Albert Micajah)

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Shipp, William Marcus

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Swain, David Lowry (N)

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Tucker, R. S. (Rufus Sylvester)

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Wheeler, J. B. (Junius Brutus), Colonel

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Wilson, Alex

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Wilson, James William

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Philanthropic Society Group Photographs, circa 1901-1903

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Unidentified Individuals

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Miscellaneous Photographs, 1996-1998

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Photographs of Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Portraits

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Photographs of Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Portraits

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Dialectic Society, Philanthropic Society, and Joint Senate Group Photographs, undated; 1879; 1960; 1981; 1991-1992; 1999

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The December, 1989-1993; 1998

(The December is a gala ball held by the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies)

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Various Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Events, 1990-1993; 1997-1999

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 9. Joint Senate Records (Addition of February 2017), 1974-2013.

Acquitions information: Records transfers recieved 2010-2014 (RT 20100920.1, 20101027.1, 20110204.1, 20110408.1, 20120522.1, 20130528.1, 20140507.1, 20140514.2, 20141008.1).

Arrangement: The organization's original arrangement has been retained.

The Addition of 2017 consists of materials similar to those in the original eight series, including minutes, addresses, committee reports, Philanthropic Society journals, photographs, an audio recording of the 1999 Coates Battle lecture, and other administrative records.

Box 7

Seven speeches, undated

Minutes, spring 1998

Minutes and speeches, spring 2006

Minutes and speeches, 2008-2010

Minutes, fall 2010

Speeches, 2011

Minutes and speeches, 2012

Speeches: end-of-year/graduation, 2011

Farewell addresses

Inaugural addresses

Petitioning speeches and materials, 1998-2012

Officer platforms, 2009-2013

Publicity records, circa 1990s

Critic's notebook, 2011

Committee reports, undated, 1997, 2008, 2011

Ad Hoc Ninja Commando Squad, 2008

April committee, 2011

Clerk's reports: undated, 2008, 2010

Constitution committee, undated

Critic's reports: undated, 1997, 2010

Crotchety Old Senator committee, undated

December and April reports, 1997, 2012

Finance Committee: undated, 2008, 2010-2012

Graduation committee, 2009, 2011

Historian's reports, undated, 1997, 2008, 2010-2012

Membership committee, 2008-2010

Phi Redecoration committee, 2012

Portrait committee, 2010-2012

PPT [president pro tempore] and Executive committee, undated, 2008, 2011

President's reports, 2008-2009

Programs committee, 1997

Sergeant-at-Arms, undated, 1997

Social reports, undated, 2008-2010

Technology and internet, 2008-2011, 2013

Traditions committee, 2013[?]

Travel committee, 2011

Treasurer's reports, 1997, 2008-2010, 2012

White and Blue committee, undated, 2008

Oversize Volume SV-40153/3

Roll book, 1995-2013

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Constitution, 5 November 2001

Constitution, 1 May 2011

Joining the societies, pre-2012, fall 2012

Guest guide, 2012

Acts and amendments

Impeachment proceedings

Douglass Hunt Memorial

Correspondence, undated, 1975, 1992, 2011-2012

Digital Folder DF-40153/1

Coates Battle Lecture, 1999 (audio)

Box 7

Henry C. Harris biography

Oratory competition, 2012

Portraits, loans and insurance, 1995

Scavenger hunt, circa 2010

Di-Phi anthem

Photographs, December circa 1990s

Digital Folder DF-40153/2

December Formal photos, 2003

Box 7

Photographs, burial plots 1996 and correspondence

Photographs, December 2009

Photographs, Chamber in Winter 2010

Photographs in the Chamber, 2011

The Phi Society, John E. Giles, 1947

Eckerman-Adams faculty debate, 1974

Miscellaneous files

Digital Folder DF-40153/8

April invitation CD, 2011

Access restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an ONYEN. For further information, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu

Box 8

Eight Phi journals,1993-2008

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 10. Event Posters (Addition of July 2017), 1978-1980

16 items.

Donated by Kevin Cherry in July 2017 (RT 20170711.1).

This addition consists of posters advertising Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate events. Events represented include debates on the effectiveness of the spoken word, whether modern literature should be taught at UNC, and "what makes an educated person, Jordan Lake, and the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke Supreme Court case; a forum on the trial of Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party members responsible for the Greensboro Massacre, a talk by McNeill Smith on the relationship between the University and the state, a talk on the Song of Songs, poetry nights, Irish music performances, a performance of Vivaldi's The Seasons, and other events.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40153/5

Event posters, 1978-1980

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 11. Records (Addition of August 2018), 2011-2015

Approximately 40 items.

Acquisitions Information: RT 20180815.1.

Box 8

Debates, notes, 2011-2015

Addresses and business miscellany, 2014

Mangum Medal papers, 2015

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 12. Joint Senate Records (Addition of May 2019), 2004-2019 (bulk 2014-2018)

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