Wilson Library Open House on May 7, 2022
An exterior shot of Wilson Library
University history
UNC-Chapel Hill joins project to investigate slavery and U.S. universities through archival records
Laura Hart, Chaitra Powell, and Anna Goslen on Zoom
On These Grounds tests a shared database that highlights the lived experiences of enslaved people at and around American universities, including UNC-Chapel Hill.
5 Questions with the Authors of “UNC A to Z”
In April 2020, UNC Press published “UNC A to Z: What Every Tar Heel Needs to Know about the First State University,” written by the University Libraries’ own University Archivist Nicholas Graham and former university historian Cecelia Moore. The illustrated book contains 350 entries covering the people, places and events that have made Carolina what it is. Graham and Moore recently answered five questions about the book, from their favorite entries to the things that most surprised them.
New Student-curated Online Exhibition Looks at Women’s Experiences at Carolina
Students in a history course taught by Dr. Katherine Turk curated the online exhibition “Climbing the Hill: Women in the History of UNC” using special collections materials.
How Carolina’s Archivists Preserve and Share the History of UNC’s Confederate Monument
Librarians and archivists at the Wilson Special Collections Library have taken on a monumental task: helping people make sense of the history of the Confederate Monument that stood on campus and the role that it continues to play.
Service, Not Servitude: The 1969 Food Workers’ Strikes at UNC-Chapel Hill
Wilson Library exhibition marks fiftieth anniversary of protests that shook Carolina.
