University of North Carolina, Wilmington -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Academic Affairs Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-RG-04
Scope and Contents
The Academic Affairs Collection consists of administrative records pertaining to curricula, institutional research, and supporting academic services at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and its predecessor Wilmington College. The collection demonstrates an evolving higher education mission, starting with the school's establishment as a locally funded two-year college through its transformation into a leading public research university. A significant part of the collection is from...
Dates:
1947-2019
Found in:
University Archives
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Academic Affairs Collection
Board of Trustees Collection
Collection
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, subject files,correspondence, clippings, membership rosters, and photographs.
Dates:
1958 - 2021
Found in:
University Archives
/
Board of Trustees Collection
College of Health and Human Services Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-RG-08
Scope and Contents
This collection holds records from the College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina Wilmington from 1960 to the present. CHHS consists of the School of Health and Applied Human Sciences (SHAHS), School of Social Work, and School of Nursing. Administrative files produced by campus offices are predominant in this record group.Most of the files document growth, development, and accreditation of degree programs in physical education, athletic training,...
Dates:
1960 - 2020
Dr. Duncan Randall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-229
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers and memorabilia related to Dr. Duncan Randall's personal and family life, his military career with the U.S. Air Force, his academic career as a professor at Wilmington College (now UNCW), and his personal and political interests. Materials include documents, correspondence, newspaper articles and clippings, a stamp collection, emphemera, artifacts, and photographs.
Dates:
1939-2001
Dr. James Merritt Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-188
Scope and Contents
Dr. James F. Merritt, former Professor and Director Emeritus of the Center for Marine Science, dedicated 34 years at UNCW to conducting and facilitating research in the coastal environment. This collection includes materials related to the Marine Expo in Wilmington, N.C., an educational convention that brought together and focused on marine activities in the region. Dr. Merritt helped to organize the event and served as chairman of the first Marine Expo. The material in this collection...
Dates:
1984-1995
Images of UNCW Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-RG-24
Scope and Contents
This collection brings together prints, slides and negatives, many of which were used in campus publications such as the yearbook, student newspaper, course catalogs, and alumni publications. There are color as well as black and white photographs. The different photographic formats are interfiled. The collection includes photographs of athletics, student life, and academics, as well as special events and university advancement activities from the college's founding until the early 2000s.
Dates:
1948-2009
Found in:
University Archives
/
Images of UNCW Collection
Library Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-RG-11
Scope and Contents
The Library Collection has administrative records beginning in 1947, when Wilmington College opened in New Hanover High School as a two-year county-supported college. The collection includes annual reports, committee records, circulation statistical reports, gift records, newsletters, self-study reports, and photographs. The handwritten accession books are unique pieces in the Wilmington College series of the collection. The University of North Carolina Wilmington series consists of...
Dates:
1947-2019
Found in:
University Archives
/
Library Collection
Presidents and Chancellors Collection
Collection
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:
1952-2011
Public Service and Continuing Studies Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-RG-13
Scope and Contents
The Public Service and Continuing Studies Collection contains records pertaining to the administrative history of public service, extended education, and continuing studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington beginning in 1970. The collection include include annual reports, marketing materials, news releases, course catalogs, and photographs. The largest series is Community Services and Programs with files about the university's professional education, adult education, youth...
Dates:
1970-2019
University of North Carolina System Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-RG-01
Scope and Contents
This record group includes biographical information for UNC System presidents, photocopies of Board of Governors meeting minutes, correspondence, committee records, legal records, news clippings, newsletters, publications, and photographs from the 1960s to the present. Records pertain to North Carolina's public universities, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, and/or UNC Wilmington as a constituent institution of the system. This record group does not provide a comprehensive...
Dates:
1965 - 2018