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  • Collection: Academic Freedom at UNC

"To the Editors of the Louisville Journal." Editorial. North Carolina University Magazine. February 1855
Editorial written by UNC students and published in the Louisville Journal.

Drawing of William B. Shepard, lithograph of Robert Hett Chapman
Composite image consisting of a drawing of William B. Shepard on left and a lithograph of Robert Hett Chapman on right.

Flier, “The Carolina Political Union Presents Ellis Arnall”
Flier for Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall's speech at UNC, sponsored by the Carolina Political Union.

Newspaper Clipping, “Liberal Georgia Governor Fights for Greater South”
Article from the Daily Tar Heel on Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall preceding his speech to the Carolina Political Union.

Photograph of Carolina Political Union Executive Committee
First appearance of the Carolina Political Union in the UNC Chapel Hill yearbook, the Yackety Yack.

Letter, Cordell Hull to Alexander Heard
In this letter, Hull reports that the U.S. Department of State’s has denied the request for a travel visa for Trotsky to visit the U.S. to speak in Chapel Hill.

Photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Clyde R. Hoey, and Frank Porter Graham.
Photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey, and University President Frank Porter Graham on the occasion of President Roosevelt's CPU-sponsored visit to UNC Chapel Hill.

Photograph of Clyde R. Hoey and James Farley
Photograph taken during Postmaster General Farley’s visit to Chapel Hill to speak before the Carolina Political Union.

Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt during visit to UNC Chapel Hill, 1942, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Eleanor Roosevelt (at head of table) sitting in a dining hall with students, faculty, and staff, during Roosevelt’s January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored International Student…

Letter, Jeanette Dunseith to the Carolina Political Union, 14 May 1937, Philadelphia, Penn.
The Carolina Political Union received this letter after Postmaster General Farley’s visit and speech in support of court-packing. The writer expresses concern regarding Farley’s “threatening speech,” and questions why the event was allowed to occur…

Letter, J. Edgar Hoover to Alexander Heard
In this letter, J. Edgar Hoover acknowledges the CPU’s invitation to speak in Chapel Hill and declines, citing scheduling conflicts.
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