Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill

The Wilson Special Collections Library is now accepting applications for  four  funding opportunities for students and researchers who wish to use the resources available in the special collections. Learn more and apply by 1/31: library.unc.edu/wilson/visit/g…

“We all here were surely fortunate that Eric chose Chapel Hill for his college experience,” a note from Coach Dean Smith to the parents of #EricMontross, and stat sheets and a scrapbook from the 1992-93 championship team. From Smith’s personal papers @UNCLibrary RIP #00 💔

The Wilmington Massacre, which occurred #OTD in 1898 violently unseated over 100 Black officials, leaving between 60-250 Black residents dead and forcing 100,000 to flee. Black Americans would not hold office again until 1972. #ANationsStory

Today, on the 125th anniversary of the Wilmington Massacre and Coup, we share this research guide highlighting key primary sources about the insurrection held by @WilsonLibUNC. go.unc.edu/1898Guide #OTD #wilmington1898 (Developed by our colleague Sarah Carrier).

Happening next week! Don't miss @WilsonLibUNC's Fellows Symposium on the US South! Keynote by Dr. Richard Mizelle on the Great Migration and Public Health in the South. Learn more and register: go.unc.edu/WilsonFellowsS…

"Newly-Discovered Archival Materials Recall the Textile Union Organizing Work of Leaders Killed at the Greensboro Massacre (November 3, 1979)" #OTD blogs.lib.unc.edu/shc/2023/11/03…

Proud to co-sponsor this event with our @NCCollection colleagues and UNC partners @UNCSouth & @SOHPoralhistory. So many of the incredible stories covered in the pages of Southern Exposure and @facingsouth are also documented in our collections @WilsonLibUNC.

Take advantage of an up-close-and-personal session with Omar ibn Said's archival material at Wilson Library! Sign up for a session here: go.unc.edu/Omar27 go.unc.edu/Omar1 go.unc.edu/Omar2

@WilsonLibUNC @MusicAtUNC @UNCafrica @UNC_Press Updated link: tinyurl.com/88jfxptn

Check out these upcoming events in Wilson Library & beyond related to the North Carolina premiere of 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳- an opera by @UNCPerformArts Artist-in Residence Rhiannon Giddens related to the life and legacy of Omar ibn Said! Register for events here: tinyurl.com/49vkvek2

Graduate students and researchers: apply now for funding opportunities to use the resources available in the @WilsonLibUNC's special collections. Learn more about the Fellowships and apply by 1/31: go.unc.edu/WilsonFellowsh…

New on our blog: a look at an exciting new addition in the @SoHistColl_1930 that documents Andy Griffith's time as a UNC student in the 1940s. blogs.lib.unc.edu/uarms/2022/09/…

Grateful to the @dailytarheel for highlighting this community-driven exhibition on the birth of the environmental justice movement, now on view in the @NCCollection Gallery in @WilsonLibUNC. dailytarheel.com/article/2022/0…

40 years ago in Warren County, NC, the environmental justice movement was born. A new exhibition at @WilsonLibUNC tells the story through the perspectives of those who lived it.

Scrapbooks documenting the history of Wayne County Public Library are now online, including one full of NC author letters to the librarians in Wayne County - including well known folks such as Betty Smith! digitalnc.org/blog/scrapbook…

We’re proud of this community-centered collaboration between the people of Warren County and the staff of @SoHistColl_1930 and @NCCollection. Come check it out!

This is a new addition to our existing Frances Bavier Papers collection: finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04598/

Ok Andy Griffith Show heads out there, you’ll appreciate this new acquisition: childhood photo album of Frances Bavier, aka “Aunt Bee.”

Margaret Nygard was a conservationist who helped to form the Eno Historical Society. Her papers in @SoHistColl_1930 contain information on the founding of the Eno River State Park and more. Make an appointment to see the collection here: go.unc.edu/WilsonAppointm…

“When the Southern Historical Collection opened in 1930, philanthropist Sarah Graham Kenan provided the first major gift to establish its endowment. Nearly a century later, a gift of $2 million from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to the University Libraries…”