Recent Acquisitions Evening Button Making

April 26, 2023

Open photo book showing a color photo print of a hand reaching for a soda on a shelf in a store.

Lunchbox: Stories of Asian-owned Food Businesses in N.C. 

Cynthia Liu and Yukiko Nakano
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2022

Gift of Cynthia Liu and Yukiko Nakano
North Carolina Collection 

 

black and white photo with hand drawn decoration and text. photo showed 2 white men holding violin and banjo.

7” reels of live Old-Time performances recorded by Ray Alden, with original art/collage from Alden 

Gift of Diane Alden
in the Ray Alden Collection #70115
Southern Folklife Collection 

 

Color photo print of a middle aged black man playing a banjo. 

DeFord Bailey, first Black star of the Grand Ole Opry: Pictures and Ephemera  

in the David Morton Collection #20373
Gift of David Morton
Southern Folklife Collection 

 

Covers of 2 color magazines, Sports Illustrated and Sporting News, showing a young black man jumping up with a basketball.

Men’s Basketball Media Guides, Game Records  

Athletics Communications
1982–1983
 

in the Athletics Communications Office Records #40308
University Archives 

 

Montford Point Marines 1942 1949 gold medal

Montford Point Marines Medal

2022

Purchased with the John James Pittman Fund
North Carolina Collection Gallery 

 

Bright yellow t shirt with the text "Jailed For Justice Moral Mondays 2023'

Commemorative Shirts 

in the Rosanell Eaton and Armenta Eaton Papers #5777
Gift of Rosanell and Armenta Eaton
Southern Historical Collection 

 

Black and white page from a coloring book showing intricate line are and a small stick figure at the bottom holding an umbrella

Limited edition posters and coloring book,

Robby Poore
2020-2021

Gift of Robby Poore
North Carolina Collection Gallery 

 

Arrangement of color sign prints showing masked soldiers and text

COVID-19 Screen Prints 

Bob Goldstein, Designer
2020–2021 

in the Bob Goldstein Prints #40360
Gift of Bob Goldstein
University Archives 

 

Open book showing illustrations of sea shells

Kai senshu, v.1 

Hirase Yoichiro
Kyoto, 1914 

Florence Fearrington Malacology Collection
Gift of Florence Fearrington

Rare Book Collection 

 

Moby Dick book with colorful hand drawn illustrations covering the pages

Moby dick, o, La ballena 

Francisco Toldedo, Herman Mellville
Mexico, 1960 

Purchased using the Leslie and Herman Weil Memorial Fund
Rare Book Collection 

 

Woodblock covered in old yellowing paper. A relief of the print is stamped on the front of the paper.

Woodblocks from the Propaganda Fide Press 

Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide
Rome, 1625-1850 

Presented by John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation in celebration of the Library’s 9-millionth volume, with support from the William A. Whitaker Foundation Library Fund
Rare Book Collection 

 

Open book showing an intricate illustration of a mystical horse creature.

Historia animalium 

Konrad Gessner
Zurich, 1551 

Florence Fearrington Natural History Collection
Gift of Florence Fearrington

Rare Book Collection