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  • Collection: Academic Freedom at UNC

Letter, Frank McGlinn to Frank Porter Graham, 3 August 1936, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Chairman of the Carolina Political Union, Frank McGlinn, asks University President Frank Porter Graham for support in inviting speakers to campus.

Letter, Frank Porter Graham to Kemp Plummer Lewis
In this letter, University President Frank Porter Graham thanks Kemp Plummer Lewis, a University trustee and Durham textile executive, for his support on several labor issues, including the "reduction of hours and abolition of night work for women…

Letter, Fred Weaver to Bill Stauber, 10 November 1939, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Weaver expresses some concerns regarding a controversial issue of the humor magazine, "The Carolina Buccaneer," in a letter to its editor, Bill Stauber.

Audio recording, Guion Griffis Johnson discusses views of the "Negro" held by her colleagues at UNC
Oral History Interview with Guion Griffis Johnson, May 27, 1974. Interview G-002903, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Southern Historical Collection.

Audio recording, Guion Griffis Johnson discusses her husband Guy Johnson, a UNC sociologist, and his sponsorship of a visit by Langston Hughes to UNC in December 1931.
Guion Griffis Johnson discusses her husband Guy Johnson, a UNC sociologist, and his sponsorship of a visit by Langston Hughes to UNC in December 1931 (3:02). Oral History Interview with Guion Griffis Johnson, May 27, 1974. Interview G-002903,…

Audio recording, Guion Griffis Johnson recalls Howard Odum's arrival at UNC in 1924.
Guion Griffis Johnson recalls Howard Odum's arrival at UNC in 1924. Odum founded the Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC. Johnson and her husband Guy Johnson worked with Odum at the Institute (6:17). Oral History Interview with Guion…

Audio recording, Harriet Herring discusses her work with the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences and the opposition that she and the Institute faced from mill owners.
Harriet Herring describes her work with the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences and the opposition she faced from David Clark, editor of the Southern Textile Bulletin and an ally of mill owners. Oral History Interview with Harriet Herring,…

Audio recording, Harriet Herring recalls David Clark's editorial campaign against UNC President Frank Porter Graham.
Harriet Herring recalls David Clark's editorial campaign against UNC President Frank Porter Graham, who advocated unionizing North Carolina's cotton mills. Clark was editor of the Southern Textile Bulletin, a publication that generally sided with…

Photograph of unidentified Tar an’ Feathers staff members reading a copy of the May 1939 Carolina Buccaneer.
Photograph of unidentified Tar an’ Feathers staff members reading a copy of the May 1939 Carolina Buccaneer. The person in the center is probably editorial staff member Haskell Bertrand Gleicher. Photograph taken sometime in May, 1941 as several of…

Pamphlet, Burlington Dynamite Plot, written by Walt Pickard and illustrated by Bill Siegel, published by International Labor Defense, New York, N.Y., 1935
This pamphlet was published and sold as a fundraiser by International Labor Defense, New York, N.Y., to support the defense for the textile workers on trial.

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.

Letter, J.W. Bailey to E.C. Branson, 12 February 1925, Raleigh, N.C.
In this letter, Bailey reports being attacked by members of the Ku Klux Klan in response to a speech he gave in Chapel Hill. He also speaks admirably of a speech given by Dr. Chase and expresses his intention to fight for academic freedom.

Portion of draft of Strike Song
Just as students used creative writing to test the limits of their free expression on campus, UNC faculty also used creative outlets to explore contentious issues of the day. In 1931, the Carolina Playmakers produced Strike Song, a three-act play…

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…
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