Restrictions to Access

This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.

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 North Carolina Poetry Society Records #4606, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Marie Gilbert, president of the North Carolina Poetry Society, in January 1992 (Acc. 92014), May 1992 (Acc. 92067), and October 1995 (Acc. 95131); from Robert Collins in November 1997 (Acc. 97146); from Susan Singleton Rose in February 2001 (Acc. 98850); from and from William J. Blackley in April 2005 (Acc. 100042) and June 2005 (Acc. 100111).

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.

Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, January 1992; Ashley Doar, October 2005

Encoded by: Ashley Doar, October 2005

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2021; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• American poetry--Awards--North Carolina.
• American poetry--Competitions--North Carolina.
• American poetry--North Carolina--Societies.
• Associations, institutions, etc.--North Carolina.
• Brockman, Zoe Kincaid, b. 1893.
• North Carolina Poet Laureate Festival.
• North Carolina Poetry Society.
• Poetry Council of North Carolina.

The North Carolina Poetry Society (NCPS) was organized in Charlotte, N.C., in 1932, with goals of fostering the study, writing, and publication of poetry; offering North Carolina poets a chance to meet; and developing a public taste for the reading and appreciation of poetry. Gastonia poet and editor Zoe Kincaid Brockman was the first president.

The collection consists of records of the North Carolina Poetry Society (NCPS). Records, 1932-1980, include correspondence, constitutions and bylaws, membership lists, information on poetry contents and copies of winning poems, clippings, and other items. Records, 1986-1990, include minutes, newsletters, information on NCPS publications and awards, materials relating to the North Carolina Poet Laureate Festival, and other items. There are also files among the earlier and later records about the Poetry Council of North Carolina, an organization sponsored by NCPS and other literary groups, which holds an annual poetry contest. Additions made to the collection after 1990 include similar materials for 1958-2003.

• Audiocassettes (C-4606/1-6)
• Videotapes (VT-4606/1-3)