“When the Southern Historical Collection opened in 1930, philanthropist Sarah Graham Kenan provided the first major gift to establish its endowment. Nearly a century later, a gift of $2 million from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to the University Libraries…”

Margaret Nygard was a conservationist who helped to form the Eno Historical Society. Her papers in Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill contain information on the founding of the Eno River State Park and more. Make an appointment to see the collection here: go.unc.edu/WilsonAppointm…

We’re proud of this community-centered collaboration between the people of Warren County and the staff of Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill and NC Collection, UNC. Come check it out!

40 years ago in Warren County, NC, the environmental justice movement was born. A new exhibition at Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill tells the story through the perspectives of those who lived it.

Scrapbooks documenting the history of Wayne County Public Library are now online, including one full of NC author letters to the librarians in Wayne County - including well known folks such as Betty Smith! digitalnc.org/blog/scrapbook…

Grateful to the The Daily Tar Heel for highlighting this community-driven exhibition on the birth of the environmental justice movement, now on view in the NC Collection, UNC Gallery in Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill. dailytarheel.com/article/2022/0…

New on our blog: a look at an exciting new addition in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill that documents Andy Griffith's time as a UNC student in the 1940s. blogs.lib.unc.edu/uarms/2022/09/…

Graduate students and researchers: apply now for funding opportunities to use the resources available in the Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill's special collections. Learn more about the Fellowships and apply by 1/31: go.unc.edu/WilsonFellowsh…

Take advantage of an up-close-and-personal session with Omar ibn Said's archival material at Wilson Library! Sign up for a session here: go.unc.edu/Omar27 go.unc.edu/Omar1 go.unc.edu/Omar2

Proud to co-sponsor this event with our NC Collection, UNC colleagues and UNC partners UNC Center for Study of the American South & Southern Oral History Program. So many of the incredible stories covered in the pages of Southern Exposure and Facing South are also documented in our collections Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill.

Happening next week! Don't miss Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill's Fellows Symposium on the US South! Keynote by Dr. Richard Mizelle on the Great Migration and Public Health in the South. Learn more and register: go.unc.edu/WilsonFellowsS…

"Newly-Discovered Archival Materials Recall the Textile Union Organizing Work of Leaders Killed at the Greensboro Massacre (November 3, 1979)" #OTD blogs.lib.unc.edu/shc/2023/11/03…

Today, on the 125th anniversary of the Wilmington Massacre and Coup, we share this research guide highlighting key primary sources about the insurrection held by Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill. go.unc.edu/1898Guide #OTD #wilmington1898 (Developed by our colleague Sarah Carrier).

The Wilmington Massacre, which occurred #OTD in 1898 violently unseated over 100 Black officials, leaving between 60-250 Black residents dead and forcing 100,000 to flee. Black Americans would not hold office again until 1972. #ANationsStory

The Wilson Special Collections Library is now accepting applications for  four  funding opportunities for students and researchers who wish to use the resources available in the special collections. Learn more and apply by 1/31: library.unc.edu/wilson/visit/g…

“We all here were surely fortunate that Eric chose Chapel Hill for his college experience,” a note from Coach Dean Smith to the parents of #EricMontross, and stat sheets and a scrapbook from the 1992-93 championship team. From Smith’s personal papers UNC Library RIP #00 💔