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University of North Carolina Wilmington Board of Trustees Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-02
Scope and Contents
This record group includes information by and about the Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina Wilmington from 1958 to the present. Files include official, signed meeting minutes, committee meeting minutes, correspondence, clippings, membership rosters, and other materials pertinent to university governance and administration.
Dates:
1958 - 2021
Found in:
University Archives
University of North Carolina Wilmington Landmark Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-268
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Landmark Committee and Historical Events Committee, both of which were convened at the request of the University's Board of Trustees to complete work for a project associated with the University Commons site. The Landmark Committee was tasked with identifying an appropriate landmark to place in the University Commons outdoor space in companionship with its landscaping plan. Once the Landmark Committee's...
Dates:
1982-1987
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
University of North Carolina Wilmington Presidents and Chancellors Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-03
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of administrative files from the Presidents and Chancellors of the institution, including correspondence, accreditation reports, installation and inauguration programs, biographical information, and photographs. Files from the first two presidents, Thomas T. Hamilton and John T. Hoggard, contain information on the establishment and administration of the two-year Wilmington College. Topics from William Madison Randall's service as the last president of Wilmington...
Dates:
1952-2023
Found in:
University Archives
U.S. Civil War Correspondence: George D. Prentice and Roger W. Hanson
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-038
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three letters between George Denison Prentice and Roger Weightman Hanson; two letters are written by George D. Prentice and one by Roger W. Hanson. These letters encompass a very brief look at opinions and the animosity between rivals of the Civil War. They mention drunkards, Island No. 10, Col. I. Dimick, Fort Warren, and Clarence Prentice (son of George who fought as a Lieutant Colonel for the Confederacy). Also briefly mentioned are General Buckner, Commander...
Dates:
1862 (typed copies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
U.S. Military Ships, Bases, and Operations Photographs and Plans
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-071
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and plans that span thirty-one years of U.S. military history at sea. Of note in the collection are twenty-one photos of Japanese bombing and aftermath of Pearl Harbor.
Dates:
1932-1963
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
USO Club, Jacksonville NC Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-195
Scope and Contents
This collection specifically deals with nearly sixty years of operations with the United Service Organization (USO) in Jacksonville, NC, including information on the post-WWII era segregated USO. Materials on national and international USO operations from the WWII era to the 1980s are also among the collection.Material consists of numerous photographs, publications, newspapers, operations and budget reports, council meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, event press,...
Dates:
1913-2011
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Vernon Keeter Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-203
Abstract
This collection contains a variety of Columbus County court records and legal documents from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.
Dates:
1784-1914
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Virginia Harriss Holland World War II Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-312
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal correspondence and ration paperwork from Lt. Commander David S. Harriss's service in the United States Navy from 1942-1945. The rations are for non-highway gasoline and include two gasoline ration coupons, a mileage rationing record, and a basic mileage ration coupon book. This collection also includes an Alcoholic Beverage Control Sales Permit made out to Elizabeth H. Harriss and a letter regarding a "change of duty" to David Harriss from the Bureau of...
Dates:
1942-1945
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Virginia Wright-Frierson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-144
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection follows the birth of an idea for books on flora and fauna, the living desert, rainforest, and waters around an island, from first thoughts and art doodles, to finished product. Most of these notes focus on A North American Rain Forest Scrapbook, which can be found in its complete form in the library's general collection. The remainder of the collection includes newspaper clippings, correspondence with publishers, and biographical information about...
Dates:
1984-2015
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Vivian Rogers Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-MS-403
Scope and Contents
These papers contain research and materials related to Vivan Rogers's project: Women Rebuilding After Late Divorce. Rogers was a visiting scholar at UNCW. It also includes speaker and discussion tapes from the 1978 and 1982 national conferences on the Adult Life Cycle: From Theory to Practice.
Dates:
1970s-1990s
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections