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Collection Overview
| Size | 12.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9600 items) |
| Abstract | The Design Services Department created publicity and executed design work for university projects and departments. The Department used photographs from various sources, including the Library's University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Image Collection. It also commissioned photographs by university photographers, particularly of events and buildings and portraits of faculty and staff. In 2011, the Design Services Department was renamed UNC Creative. Records, 1890s-2008 (bulk 1970s-1980s), consist largely of photographic prints, contact sheets, and slides used in design work by the Design Services Department. The images are chiefly of faculty, students, staff, buildings, the campus, and events at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are also scattered pieces of design work, some photograph release forms, and a few photographic negatives. Photographers include Stephen Liu, Dan Sears, and Chip Henderson. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Design Services Dept. |
| Language | English |
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Historical Information
The Design Services Department created publicity and executed design work for university projects and departments. The Department used photographs from various sources, including the Library's University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Image Collection. It also commissioned photographs by university photographers, particularly of events and buildings and portraits of faculty and staff. In 2011, the Design Services Department was renamed UNC Creative.
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Scope and Content
Records, 1890s-2008 (bulk 1970s-1980s), consist largely of photographic prints, contact sheets, and slides used in design work by the Design Services Department. The images are chiefly of faculty, students, staff, buildings, the campus, and events at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are also scattered pieces of design work, some photograph release forms, and a few photographic negatives. Photographers include Stephen Liu, Dan Sears, and Chip Henderson.
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Design Services Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records,
1890s-2008.
Processed by: Jennie Rose Halperin, October 2011
Encoded by: Jennie Rose Halperin, October 2011
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