UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA (SYSTEM) RECORD GROUPS

Included here are finding aids for the records of various offices and bodies within the University of North Carolina (System), including those of the Presidents, Trustees, and Governors of the System. These records embrace both the Consolidated University and the current University System.

The Consolidated University was established in 1932 by an act of the state's General Assembly. At that time, it included the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina State College in Raleigh, and Woman's College in Greensboro. A single Board of Trustees governed the three campuses. During the 1960s, the number of campuses in the Consolidated system doubled, and in 1963 the names of the original three changed. The University of North Carolina became the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Woman's College became the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and North Carolina State College became North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh. The latter was changed again in 1965 to North Carolina State University at Raleigh (now North Carolina State University). Also in 1965, the General Assembly made Charlotte College, which it renamed University of North Carolina at Charlotte, part of the Consolidated University. Two more campuses were added in 1969: Asheville-Biltmore College, which became the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and Wilmington College, which became the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

The current University System dates from 1972, when the General Assembly completely restructured higher education in North Carolina, bringing all state-supported institutions of higher learning into a single system. Today the University of North Carolina System consists of sixteen campuses: the six listed above plus Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Western Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State University.

• Records of the Advisory Committee on Public Radio
• Records of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina (System)
• Records of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina (System), 1932-1972
• Records of the Legal Affairs Division of the University of North Carolina (System)
• Records of the Office of the President of the University of North Carolina (System): Frank Porter Graham Files, 1932-1949
• Records of the Office of the President of the University of North Carolina (System): Gordon Gray Files, 1950-1955
• Records of the Office of the President of the University of North Carolina (System): William Clyde Friday Files, 1957-1986
• Records of the Office of the President of the University of North Carolina (System): C. D. Spangler, Jr., Files, 1986-1997
• Records of the Secretary of the University (System)
• Records of the Senior Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of North Carolina (System)
• Records of the University Advisory Council
• Records of the Vice President for Finance of the University of North Carolina (System)
• Records of the Vice President for Planning of the University of North Carolina (System)
• Records of the Vice President for University Relations of the University of North Carolina (System)
• Records of the University of North Carolina Press