Current Exhibition

For the past four decades, the Rogers Road neighborhood in Chapel Hill has often been at the center of a public debate about the impact of the landfill located in their community. The neighborhood has largely been defined in the public eye by this controversy; however, the story of this community began several generations before the placement of the landfill in 1972. Inspired by the book Rogers Road, this exhibition provides an introduction to some of the families who have lived in and shaped this historically significant area from the 1700s to the present. Rogers Road is a product of author Emily Eidenier Pearce’s partnership with the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, and was completed during the association’s struggle to keep a solid waste transfer station from being sited in their neighborhood. During the project numerous neighborhood meetings were held and an archive of family history documents was collected. As with many family histories, there are gaps in the stories. The exhibition and the book should be considered a beginning to the continuing investigation and preservation of this community’s history.

“We're All Family Here” opens June 12 and continues through August 31, 2009. The North Carolina Collection Gallery is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Louis Round Wilson Library. The Gallery’s visitation hours are Mondays through Fridays, 9:00-5:00; Saturdays, 9:00-1:00; and Sundays, 1:00-5:00. Admission is free. For more information or guided tours call 919-962-1172.