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Collection Number: 04292

Collection Title: Roger N. Kirkman Papers, 1967-1986

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Size 3.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2300 items)
Abstract Roger N. Kirkman, active alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1975, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation; he served as president of the Foundation 1976-1978. Correspondence, 1967-1986, received by Roger N. Kirkman from family members and friends. The majority of the letters are dated after Kirkman's 1973 graduation from UNC-CH and relate to personal matters. Of special note, however, is correspondence, 1975-1977 concerning the work of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation, Inc., which was formed in July 1974 to raise funds for the preservation of the societies artistic and historical properties. Also included are Kirkman's pocket appointment books, 1974-1983, and his diaries, 1975-1984.
Creator Kirkman, Roger N., 1949-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
RESTRICTED: Addition of November 1990 (Acc. 90146) CLOSED to all use without donor's permission until 1 January 2056.
CLOSED TO ALL USE WITHOUT DONOR'S PERMISSION UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2056.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Roger N. Kirkman papers #4292, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Roger N. Kirkman of Winston-Salem, N.C., in December 1981 (Acc. 81140), April 1983 (Acc. 83108), July 1984 (Acc. 84107), November 1990 (Acc. 90146), and November 1996 (Acc. 96172).
Received from Roger N. Kirkman of Winston-Salem, N.C., November 1990.
Received from Roger N. Kirkman of Winston-Salem, N.C. in November 1996 (Acc. 96172).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Roger N. Kirkman, active alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1975, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation; he served as president of the Foundation 1976-1978.

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Chiefly personal correspondence, 1985-1990, of Roger Norman Kirkman.

Chiefly letters to Kirkman from friends, family, and business acquaintances concerning personal matters, Dialectic and Philanthropic Society functions, and Kirkman Electronics business. This also includes a transcript of Carolina Shout, an epic poem by Shelby Stephenson.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1971-1980.

About 700 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Letters from family and friends concerning personal matters and the work of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation, Inc.

Folder 1

1971-1972

Folder 2

1973

Folder 3

1974

Folder 4

1975

Folder 5

1976

Folder 6

1977

Folder 7

1978

Folder 8

1979 January-June

Folder 9

1979 July-December

Folder 10

1980 January-June

Folder 11

1980 July-December

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Folder 15-20

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

Addition of November 1990

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Folder 21

1967

Folder 22

1980

Folder 23

1981 January-March

Folder 24

1981 April-October

Folder 25

1981 November-December

Folder 26

1982 January-August

Folder 27

1982 September-December

Folder 28

Carolina Shout, 1982

Folder 29

1983 January-May

Folder 30

1983 June-November

Folder 31

1983 December and undated

Folder 32

1984 January-April

Folder 33

1984 May-August

Folder 34

1984 September-October

Folder 35

1984 November-December

Folder 36

1985 January-February

Folder 37

1985 March-April

Folder 38

1985 May-June

Folder 39

1985 July-September

Folder 40

1985 October-November

Folder 41-43

Folder 41

Folder 42

Folder 43

1985 December

Folder 44

1986 January-February

Folder 45

1986 March-April

Folder 46

1986 May-July

Folder 47

1986 August-October

Folder 48

1986 November-December

Folder 49

Undated

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