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| Size | 10.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1800 items) |
| Abstract | Norman Gustaveson was secretary of the Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964-1976. He also served as faculty advisor to the UNC chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) during the Speaker Ban controversy, 1965-1966. He served as Orange County (N.C.) commissioner, 1974-1982, where he was particularly active in social activism, environmentalism, land conservation, and energy consumption. He was a charter board member of the Triangle Land Conservancy in 1983 and was also active in the Eno River Association. The collection includes correspondence and other materials relating to Norman Gustaveson's student days at Drake University, 1952-1956; the University of Chicago, 1956-1959; and the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1960; and to his work at the Anderson Y Center at the University of the Pacific (then College of the Pacific) in Stockton, Calif., 1960-1964, and the Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964-1976. There are also materials relating to his social justice activities at UNC, including articles and correspondence documenting the 1965-1966 Speaker Ban controversy; papers related to Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), including correspondence with SDS leader Jim McCorkel; correspondence with student representatives, 1960s-1980s; and correspondence and related materials of Ronald E. Santoni, social activist and philosophy professor at Denison University. Also included are data sets, correspondence, drafts of reports, worksheets, and instructional handbooks related to an energy usage and conservation study in Orange and Wake counties, N.C., conducted by Gustaveson and UNC physics professor Joseph Straley, late 1970s-early 1980s; materials related to Gustaveson's service on the Orange County (N.C.) Board of Commissioners, where he also worked with the National Association of Counties, 1974-1982; materials relating to his work with the Triangle Land Conservancy; speeches; class syllabi; notes; files on conferences and travel; photographs; and other items. |
| Creator | Gustaveson, Norman. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Biff Hollingsworth and Martin Gengenbach, August 2011
Encoded by: Martin Gengenbach, August 2011
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2020
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Norman Gustaveson was secretary of the Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964-1976. He also served as faculty advisor to the UNC chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) during the Speaker Ban controversy, 1965-1966. He served as Orange County (N.C.) commissioner, 1974-1982, where he was particularly active in social activism, environmentalism, land conservation, and energy consumption. He was a charter board member of the Triangle Land Conservancy in 1983 and was also active in the Eno River Association.
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The collection includes correspondence and other materials relating to Norman Gustaveson's student days at Drake University, 1952-1956; the University of Chicago, 1956-1959; and the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1960; and to his work at the Anderson Y Center at the University of the Pacific (then College of the Pacific) in Stockton, Calif., 1960-1964, and the Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964-1976. There are also materials relating to his social justice activities at UNC, including articles and correspondence documenting the 1965-1966 Speaker Ban controversy; papers related to Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), including correspondence with SDS leader Jim McCorkel; correspondence with student representatives, 1960s-1980s; and correspondence and related materials of Ronald E. Santoni, social activist and philosophy professor at Denison University. Also included are data sets, correspondence, drafts of reports, worksheets, and instructional handbooks related to an energy usage and conservation study in Orange and Wake counties, N.C., conducted by Gustaveson and UNC physics professor Joseph Straley, late 1970s-early 1980s; materials related to Gustaveson's service on the Orange County (N.C.) Board of Commissioners, where he also worked with the National Association of Counties, 1974-1982; materials relating to his work with the Triangle Land Conservancy; speeches; class syllabi; notes; files on conferences and travel; photographs; and other items.
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Norman Gustaveson Papers, 1948-2010.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title
Note that, for the most part, original file folder titles have been retained.
| Folder 1 |
The Camper, 1953Yearbook for summer camp at College Camp, Wisc., in 1953. |
Folder 2-4
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4 |
Correspondence and papers, 1964-1972Items primarily related to the 1971 Southeast Consultation on Ethics and Population Policies and the 1972 Underwood Fellowship project in social justice work. Also included are letters of recommendation written by Norman Gustaveson, personal and professional correspondence, and other material. |
| Folder 5 |
Correspondence, 1990sCorrespondence related to Norman Gustaveson's approaching retirement, his work on environmental issues, and his service on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Also included are letters to friends and family, items related to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, memorial service programs and announcements, and other materials. |
| Folder 6 |
Christmas letters, 1981-2009 |
Folder 7-10
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10 |
Drake University materials, 1949-1950 and 1970s-2010Correspondence with Ralph and Martha Slotten, Bill and Lee Longman, and other Drake University contacts. Correspondence runs from the 1970s to 2010, but there is also some material related to travel, 1949-1950. |
| Folder 11 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Correspondence and other papers, 1970s-1980s |
Folder 12-13
Folder 12Folder 13 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: 1974 campaign |
| Folder 14 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Clippings and related material, 1970s-1980s |
| Folder 15 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Government issues, 1976Materials from the Subcommittee on Planning Organization, Orange County Intergovernmental Task Force, July 1976, chiefly related to water conservation and land use in Orange County, N.C. |
| Folder 16 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: 1978 re-election campaign |
Folder 17-18
Folder 17Folder 18 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: 1982 campaign |
| Folder 19 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Mae McLendon, 1975Documents related to an appointee eligibility issue on the Orange County Board of Social Services, July 1975. |
| Folder 20 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Efland, N.C., 1979-1982Mostly clippings and correspondence related to a disagreement over the sale of land containing an abandoned elementary school in Efland, N.C. |
Folder 21-22
Folder 21Folder 22 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Orange County finances, 1974-1982 |
| Folder 23 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Orange County Human Services Advisory Committee, 1977, 1980 |
| Folder 24 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Health planning documents, 1970s-1980s |
Folder 25-28
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Orange County Energy Conservation Task Force, 1970s |
Folder 29-31
Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: National Association of Counties (NACO): Energy and Environment Steering Committee, 1979-1982 |
| Folder 32 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: National Association of Counties (NACO), Orange County, Project 2000, 1980sDocuments related to energy conservation, the National Association of Counties, Orange County energy initiaves, and Project 2000. |
Folder 33-35
Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Project 2000, 1980s |
Folder 36-37
Folder 36Folder 37 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Orange County Board of Commissioners, 1970s-1980sDocuments related to Orange County land use and property revaluation, use of state funds for health and human services projects, and the creation of the Orange County Comprehensive Planning Council, 1974-1982. |
Folder 38-39
Folder 38Folder 39 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Land Stewardship Council, 1991-1996 |
| Folder 40 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Rivers, 1998-2001 |
| Folder 41 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: White Pines Preservation Project, Triangle Land Conservancy, 1970s-1980s |
| Folder 42 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Land Use Advisory Committee, 1984 |
| Folder 43 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Orange County Community Health Task Force, 1970s |
| Image Folder PF-5500/1 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Orange County commissioner campaign photographs, 1982 |
| Folder 44 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Clippings, 1970s-1980s |
Folder 45-46
Folder 45Folder 46 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Orange County Energy Conservation Commission, 1979-1981 |
Folder 47-49
Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Shaping Orange County Future Task Force, 1998-2003 |
| Folder 50 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Emergency Medical Service Strategic Planning, 1991-1995 |
| Folder 51 |
Orange County Board of Commissioners/Environment: Innovation/Efficiency Task Force, 1990s |
| Folder 52 |
Research Triangle Data Pack, 1983 |
| Folder 53 |
Resume information, 1970s |
Folder 54-55
Folder 54Folder 55 |
Speeches and other materials, 1970s-1980sHandwritten notes for speeches and sermons on a wide variety of subjects, including the state of public education, the North Carolina Regional White House Conference on Aging, the work of the World Growth Policy Group. Also included are a syllabus for a course taught by Gustaveson on county government and photocopies of several book jacket covers. |
Folder 56-61
Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61 |
Travel, 1959-1960Materials related to Norman Gustaveson's travels to the West Indies, Europe, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, including international driving permits, student identification cards, travel passes, and other documents related to international travel. Some are in French, German, and Russian. Also included are some materials related to Gustaveson's time as a post-doctoral scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1960. |
| Folder 62 |
Western trips and letters to children and grandchildren, 1991-1994 |
| Folder 63 |
United Nations Association: Orange and Durham counties, N.C., 1990 |
Folder 64-73
Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73 |
University of Chicago: Durrett Wagner, 1950s-1990sCorrespondence between Norman and Nancy Norman Gustaveson and their friends Durrett and B.J. (Betty Jane) Wagner. Durrett Wagner was dean of the faculty at Kendall College, Evanston, Ill., and owner of Swallow Press, a small publishing house. |
Folder 74-87
Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87 |
University of Chicago: M.A. thesis and other materials, 1950sIncludes essays on constructive theology and other topics written by Norman Gustaveson during his studies at the University of Chicago in the 1950s. Also included are his 1959 M.A. thesis, personal correspondence, notes, printed material, and articles about the Young Men's Christian Association and Young Women's Christian Association. |
| Folder 88 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Obituaries and memorials, circa 2002-2007 |
| Image Folder PF-5500/2 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Photographs, circa 1966Photographs of Norman Gustaveson in his office, at a coffeeshop with students, and with faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, circa 1966. There is contextual information on the verso of many of the photographs. |
Folder 89-91
Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Correspondence, 1960s-1990s, 2003Correspondence, apparently mostly personal in nature, with some scattered professional materials such as letters of recommendation. There are also many postcards, holiday cards, and a 2003 letter and digital printed photograph of Joseph Straley. |
| Folder 92 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Speaker Ban materials from James McCorkel, 1965-1966, 1991Letters, clippings, and other items collected by James McCorkel relating to the Speaker Ban protests at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1965 to 1966, McCorkel was the president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and played a major role in campus protests over the law. |
| Folder 93 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Students for a Democratic Society and Speaker Ban: Clippings, 1960s |
| Folder 94 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: The Limits to Growth materials, 1970sArticles responding to a 1972 book about population growth and natural resources by Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, and Jorgen Randers. |
| Folder 95 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Habitat Conference, March 1976 |
| Folder 96 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Camp New Hope, 2008 |
| Folder 97 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Conference on Poverty, 1993 |
Folder 98-121
Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Piedmont Crescent Energy Project, 1973-1981Materials related to a study undertaken by Norman Gustaveson and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill physics professor Joseph Straley on energy usage and conservation in Orange and Wake counties, N.C. The study focused on the energy requirements of schools, hospitals, government buildings, and other county infrastructure elements. Included are letters, drafts of reports, worksheets used by test subjects to document their energy use, instructional handbooks, and other documents. |
Folder 122-136
Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136 |
University of the Pacific: Anderson Y Center and other materials, 1960-1964Includes program notes and other materials related to the Anderson Y Center and articles, personal and professional correspondence, and other items related to faculty projects and scholarship at the University of the Pacific (then College of the Pacific). Also included are letters and related materials from Ronald E. Santoni, a social activist and philosophy professor at Denison University. |
| Image Folder PF-5500/3 |
University of the Pacific: Photographs, circa 1961-1962Photographs of Norman Gustaveson and other members of the faculty and administration at the University of the Pacific and of Gustaveson and others hiking and camping in the Sierra Nevada mountains and in Yosemite National Park. Many of the photographs include captions on the verso with contextual information. |
Folder 137-139
Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139 |
World Growth Policy Group, 1974-1984 |
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