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[Identification of item], in the Department of Philosophy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40277, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Processed by: University Archives Staff, January 2005

Encoded by: Susan Ballinger, January 2005

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• Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• English, Jane, 1947- .
• General education--North Carolina--History.
• North Carolina--Intellectual life--20th century.
• Philosophers--United States--History--20th century.
• Philosophy--Congresses.
• Philosophy--Study and teaching--North Carolina.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Departments.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Philosophy.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of Extension and Continuing Education.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Extension Division.

• Elie Maynard Adams Papers (#4814)
• University Archives started archiving selected websites of the academic and business units of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina General Administration, and student groups and organizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in January 2013. To see if websites for this department or related departments have been archived visit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Harvested Websites (#40417).

Philosophy in one form or another has been taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since its opening in 1795. The modern Department of Philosophy dates to the 1880s, when it was established as the School of Metaphysics. The school was soon transformed into the Department of Mental and Moral Science, which became the Department of Philosophy around 1895. The department has become nationally recognized and offers both undergraduate and graduate curricula. In 1967 it began sponsoring, in cooperation with the university's Extension Division (beginning in 1976, the Division of Extension and Continuing Education), the annual Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy, which featured lectures and seminars by noted philosophers.

Records of the Department of Philosophy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consist of seven audiotapes, six of which document portions of the 1976, 1978, 1979, and 1986 Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy. The remaining tape documents the 17 September 1978 memorial service for Jane English, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy who was killed in a mountain climbing accident at the age of 31. Also included are copies of the printed programs for these events.

Audiotape (T-40277/1)

Audiocassette (C-40277/1-6)