Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use

No image in this collection may be reproduced without the permission and consent of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John Wallace Winborne Photographic Collection #P0039, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gift to the North Carolina Collection from Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Shaffer of Chapel Hill, N.C. John Wallace Winborne was Mrs. Shaffer's father.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Bingham Military School (Asheville, N.C.)--Photographs.
• Broughton, J. Melville (Joseph Melville), 1888-1949.
• Horner School (Oxford, N.C.)--Photographs.
• Judges--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Lawyers--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Military education--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain)--Photographs.
• North Carolina--Photographs.
• North Carolina. Supreme Court--Photographs.
• Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Baseball--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Football--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Sports--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Photographs.
• Winborne, John Wallace, 1884-1966.
• Students--North Carolina--Photographs.

• Charles Milton Shaffer Papers (#4815), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Oliver Max Gardner Papers (#3613), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John Wallace Winborne (1884-1966) was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 1937-1962, including service as chief justice, 1956-1962. Born in Chowan County, N.C., Winborne graduated from the University of North Carolina and moved to Marion in McDowell County, N.C., around 1910, where he joined the law firm of J. Will Pless. Winborne was a mason, rising to become grand master of the state Masonic Lodge, and was also politically active, serving as chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party.

The collection includes photographs of John Wallace Winborne's student days at Horner Military Academy in Oxford, N.C.; the Bingham School in Asheville, N.C.; and the University of North Carolina, including photographs depicting sports, chiefly football and baseball. Also included are group or composite photographs of the North Carolina Supreme Court between 1937 and 1961; an autographed photograph of North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton; a photograph of a marker on Mount Mitchell, N.C.; and a photographic album containing portraits of the 1906 senior class at the University of North Carolina.

The collection is organized into five series by photographic subject: 1. Military school portrats; 2. University of North Carolina; 3. John W. Winborne and family portraits; 4. North Carolina Supreme Court, and 5. Other subjects.

Physical organization of the Winborne Collection is as follows:

• Print Box 1: Black-and-white photographic prints, P0039/0001 through 0008
• Flat Box 1: Black-and-white photographic prints, P0039/0009 through 0017