UNC-Chapel Hill University Archives
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: University Archives and Records Service, UNC-Chapel Hill, CB #3926, Wilson Library, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514-8890
Telephone & fax: (919) 962-6402, FAX (919) 962-6401
Website: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/
Principal contacts for the collection: Contact reference and curatorial staff at mss@email.unc.edu.
[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions
The University Archives is open for research in the Wilson Library on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. No appointment is necessary. Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Please note that we cannot page new material after 5:30 on weekdays and after 12:30 on Saturdays. The University Archives and Records Service is closed on University holidays.
On Saturdays, staffing is minimal, and reference services are limited.
All users must complete a brief registration form, present picture identification, and sign a reader agreement.
The University Archives does not offer same-day photocopying services and recommends use of hand-held cameras as the primary duplication strategy.
[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids
A large percentage of University Archives record groups is represented in the online finding aids on the University Archives website: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ In addition to searching online finding aids, researchers may search UNC Chapel Hill Library's online catalog where nearly all of the University Archives record groups are represented: http://www.lib.unc.edu/webcat/
[edit] Collection Summary
University Archives is the repository for the historically valuable, official, unpublished records of both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the major administrative offices of the UNC System, headquartered in Chapel Hill. Records date from the founding of the university in 1793 to within five years of the present. The Records Service provides a way for university offices to manage their records so that those of enduring value become part of the University Archives in accordance with North Carolina Public Records Law. The university's historical records were initially deposited in the Southern Historical Collection (SHC), founded in 1930. In the early 1950s, the Library began to segregate the large volume of university records from the SHC. In February 1978, Chancellor Ferebee Taylor recognized the University Archives and Records Service as the official repository for university records. Today the Archives includes roughly five million items. The types of records in the University Archives include:
- minutes of the boards of trustees
- correspondence of chancellors and presidents
- minutes of faculty meetings
- records of student organizations and government
- reports of faculty committees
[edit] Major Topic Areas
Records in the University Archives serve not only to document the activities of the university and its offices for official and legal purposes, but they also offer a wide array of research opportunities, including support for work on:
- academic freedom (including the Speaker Ban controversy)
- buildings and grounds
- college athletics (including Title IX)
- curriculum development
- desegregation
- medical education
- North Carolina history
- public higher education
- student conduct and discipline
- student intellectual life
- town and gown relations
