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(includes online finding aids and web pages with information about the Department and online exhibits)

ONLINE FINDING AIDS

The finding aids for the record groups that comprise the University Archives are arranged in divisions that correspond roughly to the administrative organization of the University. These divisions are listed below. Note that student and University-affiliated organizations are treated as divisions though they are not administrative.

A finding aid is an inventory of a group of archival records. Record group refers to the records of a particular office, department, or organization. The finding aid provides contextual information about the group and its creators, and it also outlines the group's arrangement.

A finding aid may include the following components:

• indication of the group's size, date coverage, and formats;
• organizational history of the office that created the records;
• scope and content note;
• descriptions of record series;
• container lists.

The majority of the University Archives' record groups are represented in the online finding aids, but these inventories vary in depth and detail.

In addition to searching this site, please search the UNC Chapel Hill Libraries online catalog where all of the Archives' processed record groups are represented.

Finding aids are available either through an alphabetical listing of record groups or via web pages arranged by division (below).

Divisions

• Academic Affairs
• Academic Affairs Library
• Athletics
• Board of Trustees
• Chancellor's Office
• Faculty Governance
• Finance and Administration
• Graduate School
• Health Affairs
• President's Office (pre-1932)
• Research and Economic Development
• Student Affairs
• Student Organizations and Activities
• University Advancement
• University Affairs
• University-Affiliated Organizations
• University of North Carolina (System)