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 #:

8910

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Former North Carolina Governor David L. Swain, served as University of the North Carolina at Chapel Hill's president during the Civil War. Swain's efforts kept the university open throughout the war. Near the end of the war, Chapel Hill was occupied by Union General Smith B. Atkins. Swain introduced Atkins to his daughter Eleanor. The two quickly fell in love and decided to marry. Their marriage was not well received by Southerners. Reconstruction upheaval and the marriage of the university president's daughter to a northern invader closed the University in 1868.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 51 Issue 8, Jan 1984, p82, il

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 #:

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 #:

12750

Author(s):

Thornton, Mary L.

Abstract:

In 1793, Reverend David Ker was appointed Professor of Humanity of the University at Chapel Hill. Emigrating from Ireland to Fayetteville in 1789, Ker appears as a member of Orange Presbytery in September of that year, listed as the first Presbyterian minister in that city. His duties as Presiding Professor at the new University included superintendent of all studies, performance of morning and evening prayers, and examination of students each Sunday evening.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 29 Issue 17, Jan 1962, p14, por

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; Ker, David, 1758-1805

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 #:

20516

Author(s):

Sanders, John L.

Abstract:

This is the first installment of a reprint of the journal of young journalist Ruffin Wirt Tomlinson written during his senior year at the university, and two years before his death. What little is known about Tomlinson's life is found in his journal pages, although some additional biographical information culled from land and university records is included in the introduction. The journal is one of the only accounts of the university during this period that survives.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Jan 1953, p86-114, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

20545

Author(s):

Sanders, John L.

Abstract:

This is the second and last installment of a reprint of the journal of young journalist Ruffin Wirt Tomlinson written during his senior year at the university, two years before his death. What little is known about Tomlinson's life is found in his journal pages, which is one of the only surviving accounts of the University during this period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p233-256, 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 #:

14103

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Here is some information about the trustees, entrance requirements, financial arrangements and other details as reported in the University of North Carolina catalogue published in 1840.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 7, July 1949, p3-4, f

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

14909

Author(s):

Madry, Robert W.

Abstract:

On October 12, 1943, attendees of the University of North Carolina's 150th Anniversary celebration gathered around Old East, the first campus building. Speakers included Princeton President Harold W. Dodds and University of North Carolina President Frank P. Graham who addressed the rivalry between University of North Carolina and University of Georgia. Both schools competed for bragging rights over which was the first state University in America. University of Georgia was chartered in 1785 but did not open until 1801, whereas University of North Carolina began operations in 1793.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 21, Oct 1943, p6-7, il

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

15025

Author(s):

Cranford, H.C.

Abstract:

There were many restrictions placed upon the behavior of students only several generations ago, and strange to say, most of these laws have never been revoked. For example, students were not allowed to partake in games of chance, pass out cigars during student elections, or keep poultry in their dormitories.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 10 Issue 50, May 1943, p1, 24, f

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

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