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Carolina Stories

A finger skims the page of a 19th-century doctors' notes in a daybook from the Wilson Special Collections Library

5 min read

A match met, a fellowship forever

Portrait of Olin and Marilyn Setzer Treadway smiling.

4 min read

Planned gift to University Library honors parents

A conceptual rendering of the Argus Array telescope system

6 min read

Developing the world’s largest sky-survey telescope

Four dramatic art students stand on a subway staircase with Broadway posters in the background.

6 min read

Bring Broadway to Carolina

Portrait of Caroline Finch Ives against a geometric multi-toned blue graphic.

3 min read

Enabling researchers to follow their passion

Black and white mock up of a vintage printing machine against a blue circular backdrop.

4 min read

10-millionth volume celebrates philanthropy, illuminates printing technology

Illustration of John Powell and Jacquelyn Dowd Hall from the shoulders up

6 min read

Honoring a pioneering scholar of the South

A man plays a cigar box fiddle.

2 min read

Archiving African American folklife

Picture of Maxine Brown-Davis.

2 min read

Representation and access, today and tomorrow

A view of the front of Wilson Library looking up.

4 min read

Gift Endows Library Curatorship and Fellowships

Kenny Jones holding an open pop up book of Alice In Wonderland showing an arch of flying cards and a defensive Alice

1 min read

The magic of 3D

Rep. Butterfield explains the history of some items in his memorabilia to Chaitra Powell, Elaine Westbrooks and Chancellor Guskiewicz.

1 min read

Archiving a congressman’s career