Inventory of the Friends of University Network Television Records, 1972-1982

Collection Number 40185

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

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/

Processed by

University Archives Staff

Date Processed

June 1992

Encoded by

Ruffin Priest

Date Encoded

March 2003

Descriptive Summary

Repository

University Archives

Creator

Friends of Unviersity Network Television.

Title

Friends of University Network Television Records, 1972-1982

Call Number

40185

Extent

800 items (1.5 linear feet)

Abstract

Friends of University Network Television (FOUNT) was incorporated on 2 March 1975 as a nonprofit corporation to improve communication between the University of North Carolina television network and the citizens of North Carolina. The goal was to increase popular awareness of and support for public television. FOUNT's funding came from membership dues, contributions, and grants from North Carolina charitable foundations. Its activities focussed on creation of local chapters, distribution of program preference ballots, publication of program listings and newsletters, and production of telethons. FOUNT was dissolved in 1981, two years after the establishment of the UNC Center for Public Television, which had gradually assumed the functions of FOUNT. Records of the Friends of University Network Television include minutes and correspondence of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, correspondence of the President and other officials, financial records, photographs of FOUNT staff and functions, and other items.

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

No restrictions.

Provenance

Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Friends of University Network Television Records #40185, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Online Catalog Headings

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

Educational fund raising--North Carolina.

Friends of University Network Television.

Public television--North Carolina--History.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Societies, etc.

University of North Carolina Center for Public Television--History.

Historical Note

The Friends of University Network Television (FOUNT) was incorporated on March 2, 1975 as a nonprofit corporation to improve communication between the University of North Carolina television network and the citizens of North Carolina. The goal was to increase popular awareness of and support for public television. FOUNT's funding came from membership dues, contributions, and grants from North Carolina charitable foundations. Its activities focussed on creation of local chapters, distribution of program preference ballots, publication of program listings and newsletters, and production of telethons.

In 1979, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to create a new public television entity governed by its own Board of Trustees. The UNC-TV Network evolved into the Center for Public Television with John W. Dunlop as Director. Gradually, the Center assumed the functions of FOUNT and on October 3, 1981, FOUNT was dissolved.

Collection Overview

Records of the Friends of University Network Television (FOUNT) include minutes and correspondence of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, correspondence of the President and other officials, financial records, photographs of FOUNT staff and functions, and other items.

Description