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| Size | 58.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 46800 items) |
| Abstract | Before 1934, the University of North Carolina campus at Chapel Hill was administered by a president. From 1934 to 1945 the dean of administration was the chief administrative officer; in 1945 the title of the position changed to chancellor. Robert Burton House (1892- ) served as executive secretary to President Frank Porter Graham from 1926 and became dean of administration in 1934. Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and academic programs at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Among these records are a few files dating from House's tenure as executive secretary, as well as some earlier items that were among these files. Because of the close relationship of Frank Porter Graham to the Chapel Hill campus, both before and after he became president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina in 1932, much of the material one might expect to find in the chancellor's records is actually in the president's records. Topics of particular importance addressed in these records include desegregation of the university; World War II and national defense (including numerous letters from former students serving in the military); and expansion of the School of Medicine and establishment of the university medical center. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chancellor. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: University Archives Staff, July 1957, June 1962, October 1972, October 1976, August 1978, June 1984, October 1997, Jennifer Coggins and Gergana Abernathy 2016
Encoded by: Ellen Whisler, May 2007
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Historical Information
Prior to the creation of the Consolidated University of North Carolina system, the Chapel Hill campus was administered by a president. From 1934 until 1945 its chief administrative officer was the dean of administration. In 1945 the office of chancellor was established. Robert B. House served as executive secretary to President Frank Porter Graham from 1926 and was appointed dean of administration in 1934 and chancellor in 1945.
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Scope and Content
Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and academic programs at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Among these records are a few files dating from R. B. House's tenure as executive secretary, as well as some earlier items that were among these files. Because of the close relationship of Frank Porter Graham to the campus, before and after his selection as Consolidated University of North Carolina president, much of the material one might expect to find in the chancellor's files is in the Consolidated University president's records. Indeed, the files of Chancellor House are not extensive until the 1940s, when Frank Porter Graham's wartime service in Washington began. Topics of particular importance addressed in these records include desegregation of the university; World War II and national defense (including numerous letters from former students serving in the military); and expansion of the School of Medicine and establishment of the university medical center.
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Series 1. Office of the Chancellor, 1917-1957.
This series consists of the chancellor's correspondence with faculty, alumni, trustees, friends of the university, and the officers of the University of North Carolina System General Administration relating to university-wide issues and topics and not directly to any of the administrative divisions of the university. Files pertaining to specific administrative divisions of the university, as well as to faculty government and to agencies and organizations outside the university, will be found in the subsequent series.
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Series 2. Academic Affairs, 1923-1957.
Included in this series are files on the departments, schools, institutes, centers, programs, curricula, and other units that made up the Division of Academic Affairs at the close of Chancellor House's administration. The division was created in 1954 on recommendation of a management study conducted by the firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget (see file in Series 1); and it brought together all academic programs, with the exception of those in the Division of Health Affairs. The chief administrator of the Division of Academic was initially called dean of the faculty and later provost.
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Series 3. Administration, 1920-1957.
This series contains the chancellor's records relating to the work of the Personnel Office and the Office of the Registrar.
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Series 4. Athletics, 1934-1957.
The files in this series relate to the university's intercollegiate athletics program. See also the Faculty Committee on Athletics in Series 7.
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Series 5. Business and Finance, 1935-1957.
Files in this series pertain to the university's budget, business operations, facilities planning and maintenance, security, and related matters.
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Series 6. Development and Public Service, 1921-1957.
This series contains the chancellor's files on the University Development Program, the Alumni Association, the Extension Division, the University News Bureau, the Morehead Planetarium, and the Office of Research Administration. Under Research Administration are files on foundations and philanthropic agencies supporting research at the university.
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Series 7. Faculty Affairs, 1926-1957.
This series contains the chancellor's files on the standing and special committees of the Faculty Council.
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Series 8. Graduate School, 1921-1957.
This series includes the chancellor's files related to the programs of the Graduate School.
| Box 29 |
Office of the Dean: General, 1921; 1927-1957 |
Office of the Dean: Committee to Select Dean, 1957 |
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Administrative Board, Minutes, 1930 |
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Fellowships, 1936-1957 |
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University Research Council, 1953-1956(see also Research Council under Special Committees, Series 7) |
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Series 9. Health Affairs, 1927-1957.
This series contains the chancellor's files relating to programs in the Division of Health Affairs, created in 1948 as the Division of Health and Medical Affairs, and to the responsibilities of the division's administrator, later known as the vice chancellor for health affairs.
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Series 10. Student Affairs, 1926-1957.
This series contains the chancellor's correspondence with the dean of students, later vice chancellor for student affairs, as well as with the administrators responsible to the dean. Included also are files on campus Student Government and other student organizations and activities.
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Series 11. Trustee Affairs, 1925-1957.
This series includes the chancellor's correspondence with and related to the university's Board of Trustees. Also included here are the chancellor's files on the committees of the Board of Trustees. Minutes and reports of the board will be found in the Records of the Board of Trustees, a separate records group in the University Archives.
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General Correspondence, Minutes, Reports, Memoranda, 1935-1957 |
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Advisory Budget Committee, 1952 |
Building Committee, 1937-1956 |
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Health Affairs Committee, 1952-1957(see also Health Affairs Division, Series 9) |
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Honorary Degrees Committee, 1942-1950(see also Faculty Committee on Honorary Degrees, Series 7) |
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Memorial Hall Tablets Committee, 1925-1956(see also Buildings in Series 1) |
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Naming University Buildings Committee, 1941-1952 |
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Organization Committee, 1932-1945 |
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Visiting Committee, 1944-1949; 1954-1957 |
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Series 12. Outside Organizations, 1926-1957.
Files in this series pertain to agencies and organizations outside the university with which the university had relationships. Many are organizations of which the university is, or was, a member. See also files on various philanthropic organizations and foundations in Series 6.
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Series 13. Restricted Items, 1936-1956.
Items in this series are CLOSED to researchers for 75 years from the date of creation because they contain information on individual applicants that is protected under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
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Admissions Office, 1936-1956 |
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Addition of May 2016: Pre-flight School Test Scores, undated (RT 20160511.1).
In February 1942, the United States Navy announced the establishment of a pre-flight school to train naval pilots on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. The University hosted the second stage of a-one year training program for the servicemen. Cadets began arriving in May 1942 at the rate of about 300 every two weeks until a quota of 1,875 was reached. The program graduated its first class in October of that year.
This addition consists of two undated sheets of what appear to be test scores for Batallion FU-5 from the Navy Pre-Flight School at UNC Chapel Hill, which existed from 1942 to 1945. These items came to University Archives in a transfer of records from the School of Law, but appear to be unrelated to the School of Law.
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40019/1 |
Test scores, undated |