William C. Friday Photographic Collection, 1951-1980s

Collection Number: P0046

Collection Title: William C. Friday Photographic Collection, 1951-1980s

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William C. Friday and President John F. Kennedy at University Day, October 12, 1961; P0046_0013_0002, in the William C. Friday Photographic Collection (P0046), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Size	1.75 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 375 items)
Abstract	William Clyde Friday was born in 1920 in Raphine, Va., and grew up in Dallas, Gaston County, N.C. He graduated from the Law School of the University of North Carolina in 1948, after which he served as assistant dean of students and was named assistant to University President Gordon Gray in 1951. Friday was appointed secretary of the University in 1955, named acting president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina (North Carolina State College (Raleigh), the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and Woman's College (Greensboro)) in 1956, and became president later in the year. In 1971, the General Assembly restructured higher education in North Carolina, and the Consolidated University became the University of North Carolina System. On 1 July 1972, Friday became president of the new system. He served in that capacity for 30 years, during which time the University System grew to 16 campuses. Friday retired in 1986, after which he became president of the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, guiding the philanthropy's support of educational endeavors. The collection consists of photographs, 1951-1980s, that relate to William C. Friday, primarily his activities as president of the University of North Carolina system. Topics include Friday's inauguration; the 1961 visit of President John F. Kennedy to the University of North Carolina; the UNC Board of Trustees; and Friday's television interview program, North Carolina People, which he began in 1971. Many well-known North Carolinians and other individuals are represented in the images.
Creator	Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

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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 William C. Friday Collection #P0046, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Transferred from the UNC Libraries' Manuscript Department in 1992 (accession no. 30570).

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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Processed by: North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, 1992; Elizabeth Hull, 2011

Encoded by: Tracy M Jackson, Elizabeth Hull, 2010-2011

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2020; Patrick Cullom, March 2021

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William Clyde Friday was born on 13 July 1920 in Raphine, Va., the son of David L. and Mary E. Rowan Friday. The family moved to North Carolina. and Friday grew up in Dallas, GastonCounty. After attending Wake Forest College. he graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.S. degree in textile engineering in 1941.

Friday married Ida Howell on 13 May 1942 and served as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 until 1946. He received the LL.B. degree from the Law School of the University of North Carolina. He then served as assistant dean of students at the University of North Carolina and was named assistant to University President Gordon Gray in 1951. He was appointed secretary of the University in 1955, named acting president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina (North Carolina State College (Raleigh), the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and Woman's College (Greensboro)) in 1956, and became president later in the year. In 1971, the General Assembly restructured higher education in North Carolina, and the Consolidated University became the University of North Carolina System. On 1 July 1972, Friday became president of the new system. He served in that capacity for 30 years, during which time the University System grew to 16 campuses.

Friday chaired the American Council on Education in 1964, the President's Task Force on Education in 1966-1967, the Association of American Universities in 1971, and the Center for Creative Leadership in 1981. He served on the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, the Commission to Study the State University of New York, the Southern Regional Education Board, the Commission of White House Fellows (1965-1968), the National Committee for Bicentennial Era, the Commission of National Changes in Higher Education, the Governors Commission on Literacy (1987), the Regional Literacy Center Commission (1989-1990), the Southern Growth Policies Board, and the Knight Foundation National Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (1989-1993). Friday received numerous honorary degrees from institutions of higher learning.

Following his retirement as UNC system president, Friday took a position as president of the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, guiding the philanthropy's support of educational endeavors. He retired from public service in 1999. As of 2011, Friday remains influential in North Carolina and serves as host of a public television talk show, North Carolina People, which he began in 1971.

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The collection consists of photographs, 1951-1980s, that relate to William C. Friday, primarily his activities as president of the University of North Carolina system. Topics represented include Friday's 1957 inauguration, the 1961 visit of President John F. Kennedy to the University of North Carolina, the UNC Board of Trustees, and Friday's television interview program, North Carolina People.

Prominent individuals represented in the Collection include presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald R. Ford; North Carolina governors Luther H. Hodges, Terry Sanford, Dan K. Moore, James G. Martin, James B. Hunt and Robert W. Scott; Friday's wife Ida Howell Friday; C.D. Spangler, William B. Aycock, Robert B. House, Leo Jenkins, Frank P. Graham, Kay Kyser, David Brinkley, William J. Bennett, Tom Wicker, Skipper Bowles, Kay Yow, and James Broyhill.

Also included are a small number of copy negatives and original illustrations and political cartoons depicting Friday.

Contents list

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375 images (photographic prints, illustrations and copy negatives). images

Arrangement: Chronological, with undated images at end.

Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0001	1951 1 image Black-and-white photographic print (plus copy negative)
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0002	1955-1956 5 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0003	1957: Inauguration of William C. Friday as University of North Carolina System President, 8 May 1957 14 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0004	1957 9 images Black-and-white photographic prints (plus copy negative)
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0005	1958 10 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0006	1959 4 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0007	1960 8 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0008	1961: University Day: Spectators and the press in Kenan Stadium, 12 October 1961 17 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0009	1961: University Day: Dignitaries and guests before Kennedy's arrival, 12 October 1961 14 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0010	1961: University Day: Arrival of President Kennedy and the processional, 12 October 1961 9 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0011	1961: University Day: President Kennedy giving his address, 12 October 1961 23 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0012	1961: University Day: Dignitaries on the podium, excluding President Kennedy, 12 October 1961 11 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0013	1961: University Day: President Kennedy and dignitaries on the podium, 12 October 1961 35 (2 folders) images Black-and-white and color photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0014	1962-1963 8 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0015	1964: Board of Trustees Meeting, Raleigh, 24 Feb 1964 10 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0016	1964: Chancellors, Presidents, and Deans dine at Spencer and Martha Love's home, March 1964 1 image Black-and-white photographic print
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0017	1964: Pictures taken by H. M. Shaw at Groundbreaking for Carter Stadium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 14 December 1964 12 images Color prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0018	1964 3 images Black-and-white photographic prints (plus copy negative)
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0019	1965-1967 5 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0020	1967: Installation of Dean W. Colvard as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2-3 March 1967 9 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0021	1968-1969 (including shots of Richard Nixon's summer 1968 visit to UNC) 14 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0022	1970-1973 9 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0023	1974-1978 12 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0024	1979 7 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0025	1980: University Day, October 1980 10 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0026	1980 7 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0027	1981 6 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0028	1982-1983 6 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0029	1984 17 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0030	1985: UNC Deans/Chairs of Education, Aqueduct Conference Center, 18 September 1985 2 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0031	1985 (including Meet the Press appearance with Secretary William J. Bennett) 6 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0032	1986 7 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0033	William C. Friday with guests on North Carolina People, circa 1980s 17 images Black-and-white photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0034	Undated portraits of William C. Friday and others, circa 1960s-1980s 23 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0035	Photographs of painted portraits of William C. and Ida Friday, circa 1970s-1980s 13 images Color photographic prints
Print Box 2 Photographic Print P0046/0036	Other images (hotel sign welcoming Friday, architectural plan of Friday Center), circa 1970s-1980s 2 images Color photographic prints
Flat Box 1 Photographic Print P0046/0037	Political cartoons and drawings of William C. Friday (most signed by artist), 1970s 8 images Illustrations
Black and White Film Box 1	Copy Negatives: P0046/0037

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