P10: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial Collection

Title: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial Collection

Creator: Photographer Dan Sears and others

Extent: 5,450 images

Format(s): Black-and-white and color photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies

Access: Not restricted.

Useage Restrictions: Use is defined by the current policies of the North Carolina Collection.

Provenance: Given on November 19, 1999 by Dan Sears of UNC-Chapel Hill News Services and Rich Beckman of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism. Accession no. 30922.

Collection Description: This collection documents the bicentennial activities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in October 1993. The collection includes 2,440 prints (mostly color), 3,006 35mm negatives (mostly color), 2 4x5 in. color transparencies, and 2 35mm color slides. The collection is housed in seven albums with contents as follows:

Album 1 - Contact sheets and printed guides

Album 2 - Prints from negatives 9309679 thru 9309689, and 9310701 thru 9310708

Album 3 - Prints from negatives 9310709 thru 9310722

Album 4 - Prints from negatives 9310723 thru 9310735

Album 5 - Prints from negatives 9310736 thru 9310751

Album 6 - Prints from negatives 9310752 thru 9310768

Album 7 - Negatives

A separate folder holds copies of images that appeared in the publication Chronicles of the Bicentennial.

Photographs of the following subjects have been identified within the collection:

Adler, Richard and C.D. Spangler (at the world premiere of the Bicentennial Commemorative Suite)

Armitage, Christopher

Barnes, Anne

Basnight, Marc

Betts, Doris

Black, James

Blue, Dan

Boulton, Donald

Bowles, Erskine

Clef Hangers (vocal group)

Clinton, President Bill

Colton, Marie

Etheridge, Bob

Fenhagen, Westy

Friday, William C.

Fuller, James

Hackney, Joe

Hardin, Paul

Hardin, Paul (with William R. Davie's watch)

Hersey, Garland

Holshouser, James

Hunt, James B. Jr.

Hyatt, Ron

Kuralt, Charles Bishop

Laudermelt, Hope and Faith (of Polk Central High School in Mill Spring, N.C.)

Lee, Howard

Lensing, George

Leuchtenburg, William E.

Lu, Li (deputy leader of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in Beijing, China)

Martin, James

McCormick, Richard

Metcalfe, Clifton

Neal, Stephen

Peacock, James

Price, David

Pruett, James

Reed, John Shelton

Richardson, Richard (Dick)

Ridings, Dorothy

Riley, Richard W. (U.S. Secretary of Education)

Rose, Charlie

Sanford, Terry

Scott, Robert W.

Sitterson, J. Carlyle

Sitterson, Nancy

Smith, Dean

Spangler, C.D.

Spangler, C.D. and Richard Adler (at the world premiere of the Bicentennial Commemorative Suite)

Stone, Chuck

Taylor, Charles

Taylor, David

Tepper, Steve

Timberlake, Bob

Valentine, Tim

Watt, Mel

Whichard, Willis P.

Wicker, Dennis

Wing, Stafford

Woodard, John (of Sutton's Drug Store in CH)

Bicentennial Schedule of Events

Corresponding negative numbers, if known, follow the event.

October 10, 1993

2:00 p.m. Symposium.

"The Arts, the Humanities, the University and Public Culture." Hanes Art Center auditorium.

October 11, 1993

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Opening Lecture.

"A Tribute to Freedom," by Li Lu, deputy leader of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations for democracy in China. Great Hall of the Student Union. Negative nos. 9310737, 9310738.

3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Faculty/Alumni Exchanges

1. "Care, Cure, Cost: The University and the Health of the Public." Kerry Kilpatrick, moderator. Hill Alumni Center. Negative no. 9310735.

2. "Environment, Development and Democracy." Richard N. Andrews, moderator. Wilson Library Assembly Room.

3. "Media Made America." Jane Brown, moderator. Hill Alumni Center.

4. "Freedom, Free Expression and Debate." Chuck Stone and Walter Spearman, moderators. Hill Alumni Center. Negative nos. 9310750.

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Performing and Cultural Arts Events

1. "A Salute to American Musical Theatre." Terry Rhodes and Stafford Wing. Person Hall. Negative no. 9310725.

2. "Carolina Songs." Clef Hangers, student a cappella group. Hanes Art Center. Negative no. 9310743.

3. Step Show. Black Greek Council. Great Hall of the Student Union. Negative no. 9310766.

8:00 - 10:00 p.m. A Bicentennial Concert Premiere. "The University of North Carolina Bicentennial Suite."

Written by Richard Adler, performed by the N.C. Symphony and the Carolina Choir and Chamber singers. Memorial Hall. Negative nos. 9310748, 9310751.

October 12, 1993

10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Old East Rededication.

Negative nos. 9310757, 9310767, 9310729, 9310730.

11:30 - Noon. Bicentennial Speakers.

1. Elizabeth Gibson, "Don't We Already Have Too Many Lawyers?" Gardner Hall. Negative no. 9310759.

2. Sue Estroff, "The Human Faces and Voices of Medicine: Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences to Tomorrow's Doctors." Greenlaw Hall.

3. Frank Wilson, "Thomas Wolfe's Chapel Hill." Greenlaw Hall.

4. Kenneth Reckford, "The Trial of Socrates: Do Professors Corrupt Students?" Murphy Hall.

5. Soyini Madison, "The Woman That I Am: The Literature and Culture of Contemporary Women of Color." Bingham Hall.

6. Thad Beyle, "From Yellow Dogs to Jessecrats: A Review of North Carolina Politics." Gardner Hall.

7. Rollie Tillman, "From Rags to Riches: Secrets of the Great American Entrepreneurs." Carroll Hall.

8. William S. Powell, "The History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." Wilson Library.

9. James Ketch, "The Joy of Jazz." Person Hall.

11:30 a.m. Special meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Gerrard Hall. Negative nos. 9310767, 9310723, 9310724, 9310727.

Noon - 2:00 p.m. Picnic in Polk Place.

"Dawn of Justice" program co-sponsored by the Campus Y. Polk Place.

1:00 - 1:45 p.m. - Anniversary Lecture "The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the U.S. Presidency,"

by William Leuchtenburg. Gerrard Hall. Negative no. 9310747.

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Davie Poplar Ceremony.

McCorkle Place. Negative nos. 9310719, 9310722, 9310728, 9310731, 9310732, 9310733, 9310734, 9310752, 9310753, 9310754, 9310755, 9310756, 9310757, 9310758, 9310760, 9310764, 9310765.

3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Faculty/Alumni Exchanges

1. "Growing Apart or Growing Tegether?" Julia Wood, moderator. Great Hall of the Student Union.

2. "Science, Technology and Cultural Change." Mary Ellen Jones, moderator. Wilson Library.

3. "Faith, Reason and American Values." Warren Nord, moderator. Gerrard Hall.

4. "Forging New Global Alliances: Competition, Cooperation, Survival." John Kasarda, moderator. Carroll Hall.

5. "Education: Preparing for the 21st Century." Donald Stedman, moderator. Student Union Film Auditorium.

6:00 p.m. Pre-convocation concert by the North Carolina Symphony.

Kenan Stadium. Negative no. 9310719, 9310722, 9310728, 9310731, 9310732, 9310733, 931073436.

7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Convocation, and Presidential Address (8:00) by Bill Clinton.

Negative nos. 9310701, 9310702, 9310703, 9310704, 9310705, 9310706, 9310707, 9310708, 9310709, 9310710, 9310711, 9310712, 9310713, 9310714, 9310715, 9310716, 9310717, 9310718, 9310720, 9310721.

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