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"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.
“The Late Commencement at the University.” Hillsborough Recorder 20 June 1860
Excerpt from an article in the Hillsborough Recorder.
Qur'an postcard 1
postcard about the Qur'an as a summer reading at UNC.
Drawing, "Coeducation - As Developed at the University"
When Edwin Alderman became university president in 1896, he called for women's admission in his inaugural address. Already known as an advocate for women's education, he came to the university in 1893 from Greensboro's all-female college. The…
Photograph of Carolina Magazine staff, 1927
In October 1926, the University of North Carolina student publication, Carolina Magazine, published a short story titled "Slaves," written by the magazine's assistant editor, R.K. Fowler. In the final scene of the story, the author alluded to an…
Photograph of Carolina Magazine staff, 1944
In the decades between the world wars, female students were matriculating in greater numbers at the University. “Co-eds” had limited opportunities for free expression on campus, an issue which was compounded by the sometimes problematic…
Photograph of Carolina Buccaneer staff
The Carolina Buccaneer was a humor magazine published by University of North Carolina students between 1924 and 1939. The magazine contained jokes, cartoons, and advertisements and each issue was devoted to a theme. From its inception, the Buccaneer…
Photograph of Hazel Katherine Hill
Hazel Katherine "Kat" Hill was the first female editor of the Daily Tar Heel, serving in that position from 1943 to 1944.
Photograph of Carolina Political Union Executive Committee
First appearance of the Carolina Political Union in the UNC Chapel Hill yearbook, the Yackety Yack.
Photograph, Strike Song production by Carolina Playmakers
Just as students had 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…
Article, "Dynamite in Burlington," by William T. Couch and James Osler Bailey, published in The Nation (vol. 140, no. 3642), 24 April 1935.
Article written by William T. Couch and James O. Bailey in support of textile workers accused of bombing two mills in Burlington, N.C.
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.