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Collection Number: P0058

Collection Title: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Photographic Collection, circa 1900-1990s (bulk late 1960s-early 1970s)

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School of Medicine classroom, circa late 1960s to early 1970s; P0058_0019_0001, in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Photographic Collection (P0058), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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Size About 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 750 items)
Abstract The University sponsored School of Medicine was established in 1879 with a two-year medical curriculum. When the School of Medicine's first Dean resigned from the University in 1885 to focus on his medical practice, the School of Medicine was closed. It remained closed until 1890, when it reopened with a one-year curriculum. The School of Medicine returned to a two-year curriculum in 1896. In 1947, the North Carolina General Assembly appropriated funds for the construction of the North Carolina Memorial Hospital. The hospital (renamed in 1989 as UNC Hospitals) opened in 1952, making possible the expansion of the two-year medical curriculum into a full four-year school of medicine by 1954. In 1998, the UNC Health Care System was established, bringing together UNC Hospitals and the School of Medicine under one entity. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Photographic Collection contains photographic materials from approximately 1900 through the 1990s, with the bulk of the materials dating from the late 1960s to early 1970s. Included are images documenting graduating classes, students, faculty, alumni and alumnae, buildings, and activities related to the School. Images primarily depict individuals, classroom and laboratory activities, and events, and, to a lesser extent, work with patients in the hospital setting. Events include groundbreaking ceremonies and building dedications, lectures, conferences and symposiums, commencement ceremonies, Faculty Day, the Senior Banquet, and Parents' Day. Photographers represented include William Brinkhouse, Dan Crawford, and William Burch.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Medicine.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Photographic negatives are available with special staff assistance.
Restrictions to Use
For copyright and use restrictions contact the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Photographic Collection #P0058, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Archives in 1996 (accession number 30804).
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.
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Processed by: North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, 1998 and 2011

Encoded by: Natalie Moix, March 2011

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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.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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The University sponsored School of Medicine was established in 1879 with a two-year medical curriculum. Dr. Thomas W. Harris served as Dean and professor of anatomy for the school without receiving a salary from the University. When he resigned from the University in 1885 to focus on his medical practice, the School of Medicine was closed. It remained closed until 1890, when it reopened with a one-year curriculum. The School of Medicine returned to a two-year curriculum in 1896. In 1947, the North Carolina General Assembly appropriated funds for the construction of the North Carolina Memorial Hospital. The hospital (renamed in 1989 as UNC Hospitals) opened in 1952, making possible the expansion of the two-year medical curriculum into a full four-year school of medicine by 1954. In 1998, the UNC Health Care System was established, bringing together UNC Hospitals and the School of Medicine under one entity.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Photographic Collection contains photographic materials from approximately 1900 through the 1990s, with the bulk of the materials dating from the late 1960s to early 1970s.

Included are images documenting graduating classes, students, faculty, alumni and alumnae, buildings, and activities related to the department. Images primarily depict individuals, classroom and laboratory activities, and events, and, to a lesser extent, work with patients in the hospital setting. Events include groundbreaking ceremonies and building dedications, lectures, conferences and symposiums, commencement ceremonies, Faculty Day, the Senior Banquet, and Parents’ Day. Photographers represented include William Brinkhouse, Dan Crawford, and William Burch.

The physical organization of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Photographic Collection is as follows:

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Graduating Classes, 1901-1976.

75 items.

Arrangement: Chronological.

This series consists of group or composite photographs of the graduating classes of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine from 1901 to 1976.

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0001

Graduating classes, 1901-1909

9 images

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0002

Graduating classes, 1910-1919

10 images

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0003

Graduating classes, 1920-1929

10 images

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0004

Graduating classes, 1930-1939

10 images

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0005

Graduating classes, 1940-1949

11 images

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0006

Graduating classes, 1950-1959

9 images

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0007

Graduating classes, 1960-1969

10 images

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0008

Graduating classes, 1970-1976

6 images

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About 700 items (photographic prints, negatives, and slides).

Arrangement: Alphabetically by subject.

This series contains photographic documentation of students, staff, faculty, alumni and alumnae, buildings, and activities related to the department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine from approximately 1900 to the 1990s, with the majority of materials documenting the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Print Box 1

Photographic Print P0058/0009

Alumni and alumnae (identified), late 1960s-early 1970s

35 images

Black-and-white prints and color prints

Individuals appearing in images include:

  • Burnham, J. A.
  • Chambliss, John R.
  • Davis, James E.
  • Dunlap, Peaches
  • Eddings, Sally
  • Edwards, Ron
  • Fisher, C. Ellis
  • Flowers, Charles
  • Fordham, C.
  • Hart, Franklin
  • Heald, Henry
  • Hill, Watts, Jr.
  • Jablis, Shirley P.
  • Meroney, William H.
  • Powell, Charles L.
  • Reinch, George D.
  • Rhodes, John S.
  • Riggins, H. McLeod
  • Ross, Robert A.
  • Royal, Benjamin F.
  • Saunders, Spike
  • Smith, Jerry E.
  • Speas, Charles A.
  • Thorp, James H. M.
  • Welton, David G.
  • Wilson, W. Howard

Print Box 1

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0010

Alumni and alumnae (unidentified), late 1960s-early 1970s

99 images (2 folders)

Print Box 1

Photographic Print P0058/0011

Buildings, late 1960s-1970s

30 images

Black-and-white prints and color prints

Color Film Box 1

Color 35mm Roll Film P0058/0022

Buildings, 1978

35 images (9 envelopes)

Black and White Film Box 1

Black and White Sheet Film P0058/0024

Buildings, late 1960s-early 1970s

2 images

Color Film Box 1

Color Sheet Film P0058/0028

Buildings, late 1960s-early 1970s

1 image

Print Box 2

Photographic Print P0058/0012

Graduation, late 1960s-early 1970s

102 images (3 folders)

Black-and-white prints and color prints

Black and White Film Box 1

Black and White Sheet Film P0058/0025

Graduation, late 1960s-early 1970s

3 images

Color Film Box 1

Color 120 Roll Film P0058/0023

Graduation, late 1960s-early 1970s

7 images

120 color transparencies

Color Film Box 1

Color 35mm Slide P0058/0029

Graduation, 1968

2 images

Print Box 2

Photographic Print P0058/0013

Groundbreakings and Building Dedications, circa 1960s-1993

26 images

Black-and-white prints and color prints

Black and White Film Box 1

Black and White Sheet Film P0058/0026

Groundbreakings and Building Dedications, circa 1960s-1993

2 images

Print Box 2

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0014

Individuals (identified), late 1960s-early 1970s

59 images

Individuals appearing in images include:

  • Allcott, John V., III
  • Baggett, Cliff
  • Barnes, Helen
  • Bennett, Noah H.
  • Beverly, Richard Raney
  • Bright, Clark
  • Busky, Bill
  • Chambliss, John R.
  • Crumley, Chip
  • Cutchkins, J. H.
  • Ebert, Robert H.
  • Fisher, Janet
  • Hamrick, Harvey
  • Hemmingway, George
  • Henderson, Fred
  • Herrington, Robert
  • Herzenberg, Leonard A.
  • Holderness, Richard
  • Howe, Don
  • Howe, Lance
  • Hunt, Emory
  • Hunt, Ron
  • Kaykendal, Bob
  • Kirkland, John A.
  • Kirkman, Neil
  • Klein, George
  • Knetsch, Lore
  • Knowles, John H.
  • LaDu, Bert N.
  • Long, Bill
  • Lowet, Henry A.
  • MacFadden, Jim
  • McLean, John
  • Monroe, Clement R.
  • Moore, John
  • Munson, Paul
  • Nagel, Don
  • Novich, Max M.
  • Parka, Betsy
  • Powell, Fred
  • Raney, Richard Beverly
  • Raynor, Richard
  • Richardson, Clay Vance
  • Russell, John
  • Schlesinger, Kurt
  • Sharp, David
  • Shaw, Margery W.
  • Sloan, Jim
  • Sorrow, J. M., Jr.
  • Stuart, Terry
  • Suberman, Rick I.
  • Taylor, Issac M.
  • Walker, Lance
  • Wemmingway, George
  • White, Tom
  • Williams, A. O.
  • Winfield, H. Grey, III
  • Wolfe, Fred
  • Wood, Bob
  • Wood, J. W.

Black and White Film Box 1

Black and White Sheet Film P0058/0027

Individuals (identified), late 1960s-early 1970s

4 images

Print Box 2

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0015

Lectures, Conferences, and Symposiums, late 1960s-early 1970s

54 images

Includes contact sheets.

Print Box 2

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0016

Miscellaneous, circa 1900-early 1970s

4 images

Print Box 2

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0017

Parents' Day, late 1960s-early 1970s

36 images

Print Box 2

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0018

Students-Faculty Day, late 1960s-early 1970s

64 images

Print Box 2

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0019

Students-Miscellaneous, late 1960s-early 1970s

45 images

Print Box 3

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0020

Students-Miscellaneous, late 1960s-early 1970s

40 images

Print Box 3

Black and White Photographic Print P0058/0021

Students-Senior Banquet, late 1960s-early 1970s

34 images

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