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  • Document designating UNC's PlayMaker's Theatre a National Historic Landmark, circa 1974
  • Certificates
  • Document designating UNC's PlayMaker's Theatre a National Historic Landmark, ca.1974. Document states that it "...possesses national significance in commemorating the History of the United States of America". Document bears the logos of the U.S....
  • Carolina Keepsakes
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  • Cartoon of 1977 UNC basketball team
  • Cartoons (Commentary); Caricatures; Basketball; Athletes; Sports
  • Cartoon, color print, of 1977 UNC-Chapel Hill basketball team by Eugene Payne. Copyright inscription at lower left reads, "Bill III Sports 1977." Caricatures include Coach Dean Smith in a striped jacket, Phil Ford and George Karl in Carolina-blue...
  • Carolina Keepsakes
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  • Frank Graham campaign bumper sticker
  • Bumper stickers; Political campaigns; Memorabilia
  • Navy blue bumper sticker with red capital letters that read "Frank Graham/ For U. S. Senate." Along the bottom edge in small yellow capital letters is printed "Day-Glo Pat'd 311." Dimensions: 9.5 cm wide, 38.1 cm long. Frank Porter Graham, a UNC...
  • Carolina Keepsakes
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  • Document designating UNC's Old East as National Historic Landmark, 1965
  • Certificates
  • Document designating UNC's Old East as National Historic Landmark, 1965. Document reads, "Under the Provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This Site Possesses Exceptional Value in Commemorating and Illustrating the History of...
  • Carolina Keepsakes
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  • Crystal bud vase, gift from Thomas Wolfe to his sister Mabel
  • Vases
  • Crystal bud vase given by Thomas Wolfe to his sister Mabel at the time of her wedding. Vase is crystal, blown glass, and has a fluted inside with frosted etching of flowers, and a circular base without decoration. Dimensions: 30.9 cm in height,...
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  • Medal, UNC Dialectic Society, 1851-1852
  • Jewelry; Memorabilia; Medals; Student organizations
  • UNC Dialectic Society medal, circa 1851-1852; belonged to Edward Rutledge Liles. Liles later served as a Confederate colonel during the Civil War. Engraved text reads "DIALECTIC SOCIETY * 179" with rule and compass in center. Design has balls on...
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  • Belt worn by Thomas Wolfe in "The Return of Buck Gavin," 1919
  • Belts (Clothing); Clothing & dress; Stage props
  • Leather belt worn by Thomas Wolfe in "The Return of Buck Gavin." "The Return of Buck Gavin is a play that was written by Wolfe and that was performed by the UNC Playmakers March 14-15, 1919. The belt is 100 cm in length, the leather strip 4.5 cm...
  • Carolina Keepsakes
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  • Medal with UNC seal
  • Awards; Medals; Emblems
  • Medal with UNC seal. The medal bears an engraved inscription in its outer ring: "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL / GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION." Engraved in the inner ring is "UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA / CHAPEL HILL." In the inner circle is the...
  • Carolina Keepsakes
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  • Hand bell used to dismiss classes at UNC, circa 1840s-1850s
  • Bells
  • Hand bell used to dismiss classes at UNC, ca. 1840s-1850s. Bronze bell and clapper with a wooden [oak] handle. Dimensions: overall length 207 mm, diameter bell's mouth 114 mm.
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  • Jewelry worn in Thomas Wolfe play at UNC, 1919
  • Jewelry; Beads; Stage props
  • Gold-colored beads worn by Leila Nance Moffatt in the Thomas Wolfe play "The Return of Buck Gavin," produced at the University of North Carolina in 1919. Dimensions when unclasped: 43 cm in length.
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  • Plaque commemorating 1942 wrestling team
  • Plaques; Awards
  • Commemorative plaque bearing the inscription, "SOUTHERN CONFERENCE / WRESTLING TOURNAMENT/ 1942 / WON BY / NORTH CAROLINA." A circular medallion in the upper center of the plaque depicts two male wrestlers. At lower center is a plate with...
  • Carolina Keepsakes
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  • UNC Graduate Student Union protest button, 1989
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Protest movements; Student movements
  • UNC Graduate Student Union protest button from rally to support a living wage, 19 September 1989, in the "Pit" on the UNC campus. Button has a yellow background with blue text that reads "Graduate Students / LIVING WAGE." Dimensions: 4.4 cm...
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  • Spectacles of Joseph Caldwell
  • Eyeglasses
  • Spectacles of UNC president Joseph Caldwell, circa 1830. Glasses are gold-plated, wire-rimmed reading glasses with "10 K" stamped on the inside of the right temple wire near the hinge. Dimensions: 105 mm width across the front from hinge to hinge.
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  • Silhouette of UNC president Joseph Caldwell
  • Silhouettes; Portraits
  • Silhouette of Joseph Caldwell, who served as UNC's first president from 1817 to 1835. The silhouette consists of a cut-out profile overlaid on a black background, encased in an oval black frame recessed in a larger wooden frame. Pasted on the...
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  • Watch fob, Dialectic Society
  • Jewelry; Memorabilia; Student organizations
  • Watch fob, UNC Dialectic Society. Consists of a black ribbon with a medal engraved with the words "LOVE OF VIRTUE & SCIENCE." The Dialectic Society's emblem, featuring a rule and compass, is in the center. The ribbon measures 3.3 x 17.4 cm...
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  • Mortar and pestle of UNC Professor Elisha Mitchell
  • Mortars & pestles; Hand tools
  • Mortar and pestle that belonged to UNC Professor Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857). An imprint on the bottom of the mortar reads, "wood, 000"; an imprint on the pestle reads, "wood, 0000". Mortar is 6.6 cm diameter at top, 5 cm diameter at base; Pestle...
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  • Medal, UNC Dialectic Society
  • Jewelry; Memorabilia; Medals; Student organizations
  • Medal, UNC Dialectic Society, ca. 1813; belonged to Bedford Brown. Engraved text reads "1795" [year society was established] with image of rule and compass in center. Design has balls on the points of twelve rays. Diameter: 3.8 cm.
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  • Medal, UNC Dialectic Society
  • Medals; Student organizations; Jewelry; Memorabilia
  • Medal of the University of North Carolina's Dialectic Society. The medal bears the inscription "1795" with rule and scroll in center. No date (1795 is the date of the Dialectic Society's founding). Dimensions: 3.6 cm extreme diameter.
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  • Medal, UNC Philanthropic Society
  • Jewelry; Memorabilia; Medals; Student organizations
  • Brass medal of UNC Philanthropic Society, no date. Maltese Cross design with two of eight trefoils missing. Greek Phi symbol is engraved in the center of one side, with Greek words engraved around it. Engraved text on reverse reads...
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  • Phi Beta Kappa key of UNC student, 1902
  • Fraternities & sororities; Keys (Hardware); Symbols
  • Phi Beta Kappa key of University of North Carolina student M[arvin] H[endrix] Stacy, Class of 1902. Stacy would later become a mathematics professor and university administrator at UNC. One side of key bears the Phi Beta Kappa Greek letters and the...
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