Restrictions to Access

The materials in this collection may not be used by researchers without the prior consent of the North Carolina Collection Curator. Call 919-962-1172 or email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for more information.

Restrictions to Use

Public use, display or reproduction of materials in this collection is prohibited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the William Emsley Hipp Photographs and Related Materials (P0065), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

The William Emsley Hipp Photographs and Related Materials was a gift to the North Carolina Collection from Roger Kirkman of Winston-Salem, N.C., in 1988.

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.

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

• Bobbitt, William H. (William Haywood), 1900-1992--Photographs.
• Coates, Albert, 1896-1989--Photographs.
• Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985--Photographs.
• Green, Paul, 1894-1981--Photographs.
• Hipp, William Emsley.
• Kirkman, Roger N., 1949- --Photographs.
• North Carolina--Photographs.
• Photographs.
• Sculptors--North Carolina.
• Smith, Dean, 1931- --Photographs.
• White, Thomas J. (Thomas Jackson), 1903-1991--Photographs.

William Emsley Hipp III graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1974 with degrees in drama and sculpture. During his brief career he was awarded a number of prestigious commissions to sculpt some of North Carolina's most distinguished citizens.

The materials consist of photographs, most of which are the William Emsley Hipp's working photographic portraits of persons commissioned for busts and images of his finished pieces made between 1976 and 1985. Also included are manuscripts, drawings, and paintings on paper related to the sculptures. Many of the subjects of his works have connections to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Included are former United States Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr., North Carolina legislator Thomas J. White, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice William H. Bobbitt, playwright Paul Green, director of the Institute of Government and law professor Albert Coates, UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus Roger N. Kirkman, and basketball coach Dean E. Smith.