Record #:

21578

Author(s):

Smith, Michael Thomas

Abstract:

This article examines potential causes for University of North Carolina professor Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick'a steadfast antislavery beliefs which, among other things, led to his dismissal in 1856. The university stated its reasoning for the decision came from its belief that the university was no place for rancorous political debates. Effectively banished from his native North Carolina, Hedrick worked for the US Patent Office in Washington, D.C., and never again lived in North Carolina on a permanent basis.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 76 Issue 3, July 1999, p316-336, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

7761

Author(s):

Byrd, Dick

Abstract:

Two prominent families were brought together when Henry Flagler and Mary Kenan wed in 1901. Flagler was one of the founders of the Standard Oil Company and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway System. Kenan also came from a well-known family. Her brother, for example, was famous for discovering carbon gas for home lighting before the electric light was used, and he built the first electric light plant in Chapel Hill. Henry Flagler died in 1918 (sic) and left their $4 million mansion named “Whitehall,” in Palm Beach, Florida, to Mary. She established the Kenan Professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her siblings inherited the estate after her death and began a long tradition of philanthropy in North Carolina, including major funding for the Kenan Stadium and Kenan Memorial Auditorium.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 4, Sept 1986, p16-17,28, il, por

Subject(s):

Kenan family; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; Bingham, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, 1867-1917

Record #:

10853

Author(s):

Lea, Diane

Abstract:

Chapel Hill has been known for its charm and beauty since 1795, when the town was selected as the home of the nation's first public university. Over the past two centuries the town has managed to escape the ravages of urban growth which has changed the look of so many American cities. Lea discusses the town's \"carefully preserved built environment.\"

Source:

Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Feb 2009, p20-26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chapel Hill--Description and travel; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; Historic buildings--Chapel Hill

Record #:

14966

Author(s):

Murphy, Walter

Abstract:

William Richardson Davie, Waightstill Avery, and Samuel Eusebius McCorkle were responsible for man any others for the establishment of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which celebrates its 150th anniversary next year.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 10 Issue 29, Dec 1942, p9, 28

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

21393

Author(s):

Brabham, Robin

Abstract:

During the latter 19th century, America's educational needs evolved to require more applied and advanced courses to meet the demands of a more business and technology oriented society. Many major universities, including the University of North Carolina struggled through this period of reform and redefinition. Due to several federal Reconstruction Acts, which caused a reorganization of the state education system, the trustees closed the school from 1871 to 1875. In 1875, a new board and President Kemp P. Battle (1831-1919) reorganized the school into six colleges and reopened to students.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 57 Issue 4, Oct 1980, p427-455 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

20836

Author(s):

Hamilton, John Bowen

Abstract:

This is the first in a series of reprinted entries from the diary of North Carolinian Thomas Miles Garrett written during his studies at the University of North Carolina, providing insight into life at the University and in pre-Civil War North Carolina. The lengthy introduction provides biographical information on Garrett with particular focus on information of his life from before and after these diary entries. Some excerpts from his wartime diary are provided along with detail of his service as Colonel of the 5th North Carolina Infantry brigade, his engagements in battle, and eventual death at Spotsylvania Courthouse.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Jan 1961, p63-93, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

20848

Author(s):

Hamilton, John Bowen

Abstract:

This is the second in a series of reprinted entries from the diary of North Carolinian Thomas Miles Garrett written during his studies at the University of North Carolina, providing insight into life at the University and in pre-Civil War North Carolina. The lengthy introduction (found in January 1961, Vol. 38(1), pp. 63-93) provides biographical information on Garrett with particular focus on information of his life from before and after these diary entries. Some excerpts from his wartime diary are provided along with detail of his service as Colonel of the 5th North Carolina Infantry brigade, his engagements in battle, and eventual death at Spotsylvania Courthouse.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 38 Issue 3, July 1961, p241-262, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

20872

Author(s):

Hamilton, John Bowen

Abstract:

This is the fourth and last in a series of reprinted entries from the diary of North Carolinian Thomas Miles Garrett written during his studies at the University of North Carolina, providing insight into life at the University and in pre-Civil War North Carolina. The lengthy introduction (found in January 1961, Vol. 38(1), pp. 63-93) provides biographical information on Garrett with particular focus on information of his life from before and after these diary entries. Some excerpts from his wartime diary are provided along with detail of his service as Colonel of the 5th North Carolina Infantry brigade, his engagements in battle, and eventual death at Spotsylvania Courthouse.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 38 Issue 4, Oct 1961, p534-563, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

25493

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Konrad Jarausch is a UNC professor in the Department of History and the son of a German World War II officer. Jarausch never met his father but finally faced his legacy 60 years later. His father’s wartime letters revealed the emotional realities, values and obligations soldiers faced in the war.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 28 Issue 1, Fall 2011, p16-19, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; World War (1939-1945)

Record #:

3355

Author(s):

Wood, James E.

Abstract:

The 1918-1919 influenza epidemic killed millions worldwide, including 13,644 in the state. A large number of Army trainees on the University of North Carolina campus died, as did UNC president Edward Kidder Graham.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 57 Issue 11, Apr 1990, p20-21, por

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; Influenza--History

Record #:

21549

Author(s):

Halperin, Edward C.

Abstract:

In 1933 at the University of North Carolina medical school, there was a quota on the number of Jewish students that were to be accepted into the program. Medical school dean Isaac Hall Manning kept Jewish students to about 10 percent of the overall program based on the argument that those students would not be accepted elsewhere after the program and the school's reputation would suffer. University president Frank Porter Graham argued against Manning's quota system on moral grounds until Manning resigned.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 67 Issue 4, Oct 1990, p385-410 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

16687

Author(s):

Allen, Arch T.

Abstract:

Graduates, students, and faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are proud of their school. Many North Carolinians share that pride in the institution that was the nation's first state university to admit and graduate students. Allen discusses two new books that discuss the glory of the University and also the politics behind its founding.

Source:

Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 7 Issue 4, Apr 2006, p88-89, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

14181

Author(s):

Henderson, Archibald

Abstract:

It was an impressive occasion, back in 1793, when leading citizens of North Carolina gathered at Chapel Hill to formally inaugurate the building program of the University of North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 36, Feb 1950, p18

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

10652

Author(s):

Jones, Joe

Abstract:

Construction on Old East, the first building erected at the University of North Carolina, America's first state university, was begun in 1793. Among the objects sealed inside its cornerstone at the time was a bronze plaque commemorating the laying of the cornerstone on the 12th day of October in the 18th year of American Independence. The plaque was stolen by vandals during the Civil War and, as years turned to decades, campus officials abandoned hope of its recovery. In 1916, Thomas Bledsoe Foust, owner and proprietor of the Clarksville Foundry and Machine Works in Clarksville, TN was given the plaque by his foreman, who had been using it as a molding tool. Foust, a 1903 UNC graduate, recognized the names on the plate and, through a series of communications with other UNC alums, determined it to be the missing cornerstone plaque from Old East. On October 12, 1916, the 123rd anniversary of the laying of Old East's cornerstone, a ceremony was held and the long lost plaque was presented to the university.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 21, Apr 1971, p15, il

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; Historic sites--Chapel Hill

Record #:

25660

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

UNC doctoral student Darin Waters is writing the history of the Young Men’s Institute Cultural Center at the Biltmore Estate, which has offered educational programs and other services for African Americans in Asheville since 1893. Waters discovered the Biltmore Estate did not did not force African Americans to leave; rather, Biltmore was part of a mutual agreement that relied on the help of black craftsman and philanthropy.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Fall 2009, p24-27, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biltmore Estate (Asheville)--History; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; Race relations