• Battle, Kemp P. An Address on the History of the Buildings of the University of North Carolina Delivered on University Day, 1883, in Gerrard Hall. Greensboro, NC: Thomas, Reece & Co., Printers, 1883.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UW7
• Hooper, William. Fifty Years Since: An Address. Raleigh, NC: Holden & Wilson, 1859.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1859H
• University of North Carolina. Album, University of North Carolina. Richmond, VA: Foster, 1892.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UVf
• University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. To the Citizens of the State of North-Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina, [1803?].
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UD1

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Plan of Old East, July 19, 1793
• James Patterson's Memorial to the Building Commissioners, Dec. 25, 1793
• James Patterson's Bill for an Addition to Old East, July 14, 1795
• James Patterson's Account for Painting Old East, July 14, 1795
• James Patterson's Bill for the Addition to Old East, July 17, 1795
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, July 22, 1795
• Letter from James Patterson to John Haywood, Aug. 18, 1795

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of July 12, 1804 (Includes the report of the "committee appointed to examine the present state of the buildings," which recommends a number of repairs to the Steward's House and Lot), microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 56-60

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• James Patterson's Proposals for the Steward's House, [1793]
• Agreement between the Trustees and Bennett Partin, June 30, 1814
• Account of disbursements by William Nichols, Sept. 1, 1826
• Thomas A. Waitt's estimate for repairing the Steward's House and outbuildings, July 22, 1836
• Letter from Mrs. Carolina Scott to Charles Manly, Aug. 28, 1844

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Samuel Hopkins to John Haywood, Jan. 8, 1794
• Plan of President's House, Jan. 25, 1794
• Specifications for President's House and Samuel Hopkins's Bond for Building, Jan. 25, 1794
• Samuel Hopkins's Bill for the President's House, Nov. 17, 1795
• Account of disbursements by William Nichols for labor and materials in repairing the President's House and Steward's Hall, Sept. 1, 1826
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, Dec. 19, 1836

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Samuel Hopkins's Proposal for Building the Grammar School, Oct. 15, 1795
• George Lucas and James Patterson's Proposals for Building the Grammar School, [1796]
• Minutes of a Meeting of the Building Commissioners, June 28, 1801
• Letter from Walter Alves to John Haywood, July 29, 1801
• Agreement with John Goodloe, Aug. 19, 1801
• Description of the Grammar School, [n.d.]
• Bill of Cost by John Goodloe, [n.d.]
• Plan of the Grammar School, [n.d.]

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers (#1290)

• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Feb. 9, 1797
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Aug. 20, 1797
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Feb. 11[?], 1810
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Apr. 3, 1812

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to [John H. Hobart], [Nov. 8, 1796]
• Letter from Building Commissioners to Gavin Alves, Apr. 10, 1797
• Report of the Treasurer of the University of North Carolina, Dec. 2, 1799
• Inscription for marble slab honoring General Person, Jan. 17, 1811

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Joseph Caldwell Papers (#127-z)

• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to his brother, Samuel, Feb. 9, 1812 (In which he mentions travels to solicit money for the completion of the principal building)
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to the Wilmington Gazette, [1805 or after] (In which he addresses the charges made against the University by "A Citizen")

• William A. Graham Papers (#285)

• Letter from Manuel Fetter to William A. Graham, Mar. 2, 1860 (Includes a sketch of a belfry for South Building)
• Letter from David L. Swain to William A. Graham, Aug. 28, 1860 (In which he requests payment for Thomas Coates for the belfry)
• Letter from David L. Swain to William A. Graham, Jan. 16, 1861 (Includes a sketch of the belfry)

• Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers (#1290)

• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Nov. 6, 1795
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Dec. 29, 1795
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Mar. 7, 1796
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Feb. 9, 1797
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Aug. 20, 1797
• Letter from Samuel Hopkins to John Haywood, Aug. 28, 1797
• Letter from Samuel Hopkins to John Haywood, Oct. 22, 1797
• Scheme of Samuel Hopkins's Lottery, Oct. 22, 1798 (printed circular)
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Apr. 25, 1799 (Regarding the want of funds)
• Letter from Samuel Hopkins to John Haywood, July 25, 1799 (In which Hopkins announces his intention to resign as Superintendent)
• Letter from Samuel Hopkins to John Haywood, Nov. 11, 1799
• Letter from John Rogers to John Haywood, Aug. 20, 1800
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Mar. 13, 1801
• Receipt for lottery tickets sold, June 8, 1802
• Receipt for lottery tickets sold, June 18, 1802
• John Haywood in account with the Commissioners of the University Lottery, Aug. 27, 1802
• Request for subscriptions to the completion of the building, July 25, 1803 (printed circular)
• Letter from John Steele in Salisbury to John Haywood, Aug. 27, 1809
• Letter from Walter Alves to John Haywood, July 3, 1810
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to John Haywood, Nov. 27, 1811
• Lottery tickets, series 5

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of Aug. 4, 1792, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 70-72
• Minutes of July 9, 1803, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 33-40 (Includes a plan to raise funds through subscriptions and a letter "To the Citizens of the State of North Carolina")
• Minutes of July 12, 1804, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 56-60
• Minutes of Dec. 19, 1805, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 96-100 (Includes the plan to finish building partly in cash, partly in Tennessee lands)
• Minutes of Dec. 10, 1808, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 146
• Minutes of July 8, 1809, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 155-156
• Minutes of Dec. 13, 1809, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 166, 168
• Minutes of Dec. 15, 1810, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 228-229, 233
• Minutes of Dec. 20, 1810, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 249
• Minutes of Dec. 18, 1811, microfilm reel 1, vol. 4, p. 27

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to [John H. Hobart], [Nov. 8, 1796]
• List of building materials with cost estimates, [1798]
• Letter from John Haywood to Gavin Alves, Apr. 15, 1800
• Treasurer's Report, Nov. 24, 1800
• Memoranda in John Haywood's handwriting, [1801?] (A to-do list)
• Statement of Pleasant Henderson, June 1801 (An account of the number of bricks laid)
• Statement of Pleasant Henderson, June 1801 (An account of the completion of the door and window frames)
• Minutes of a Meeting of the Building Commissioners, June 28, 1801 (Includes the resolution that work would stop when the walls had been raised to one story)
• Letter from Walter Alves to John Haywood, July 29, 1801
• Printed letter transmitting lottery tickets, Feb. 1, 1802
• Printed letter transmitting lottery tickets in University Lottery No. 2, June 22, 1802
• Gavin Alves's account for Lottery No. 1, Jan. 14, 1803
• Gavin Alves's account for Lottery No. 2, Jan. 14, 1803
• List of subscribers from Wilkes County, July 25, 1803 (printed circular)
• Gavin Alves's account for Lottery No. 1, Aug. 15, 1805
• List of subscribers to the completion of the Main Building, July 8, 1809
• Solicitation of donations for the completion of the Main Building, [n.d.] (printed circular)
• List of subscriptions, July 8-Dec. 8, 1809
• Minutes of the Building Commissioners, Jan. 31, 1810
• Letter from John Haywood to Joseph Caldwell, Apr. 25, 1811 (A request to solicit further donations)
• List of subscriptions, July 8, 1809-Jan. 24, 1811
• Account of disbursements by William Nichols for labor, Sept. 1, 1826
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Apr. 17, 1844
• South Building (Renovation), by Alexander Jackson Davis, Sept. 1856 (drawings)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Settlement with Colonel William Polk, May 22, 1823
• Receipt for payment made to Stephen Haywood, May 26, 1823
• Trustees in account with Nimrod Ragsdale, Feb. 18, 1824
• Statement of disbursements made by William Nichols for the Trustees since Feb. 1, 1823, Mar. 3, 1824

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Bill for bacon "for use of hands employed at Chapel," Oct. 20, 1825
• Account of disbursements by William Nichols with instructions given by the Building Committee in March 1824, Sept. 1, 1826
• Report of William Gaston and George E. Badger on the proposed sale of the Gerrard land, [June 25, 1833]
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Thomas A. Waitt, Jan. 2, 1836
• Bill for "Rock cut by John B. Tinny for the University Buildings," Mar. 21, 1837
• Letter from John Huske & Son, Fayetteville, to Thomas A. Waitt, Apr. 17, 1837
• Thomas A. Waitt's bill "For Labour done from the 13 of Mar. to the 29 of Apr. inclusive," [1837] (attachment to May 5, 1837)
• Letter from William McPheeters to Marcellus McPheeters, Aug. 10, 1837
• Letter from Thomas A. Waitt to William McPheeters, Aug. 16, [1837]
• List of payments made by William McPheeters, Agent of the Executive Committee, to Thomas A. Waitt and others, [Aug. 18-19, 1837]
• Account with John B. Tenny, Oct. 9, 1837
• Dabney Cosby's agreement to make certain repairs and alterations, Apr. 1847 (President Polk's visit)
• Gerrard Hall (Renovation), September 1856, by Alexander Jackson Davis (drawings)
• John Robb's bill for masonry work on New Chapel and belfry, [n.d.]

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Nimrod Ragsdale's contract for supplying bricks, May 16, 1823
• Letter from William Nichols to the Building Committee, Sept. 15, 1823
• Letter from William Nichols to John Haywood, [Nov. 1823]
• Trustees in account with Nimrod Ragsdale, Feb. 18, 1824
• Statement of disbursements made by William Nichols for the Trustees since Feb. 1, 1823, Mar. 3, 1824
• Letter from Professor Walker Anderson to Charles Manly, Oct. 8, 1834
• John C. White's bill for the labor of Negro workmen in repairs to Old College, [n.d.], Subject files, folder 1714

• Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
  Columbia University

• Davis, Alexander Jackson. Addition at North End, 40 by 42, to each Dormitory Building at Chapel Hill, NC. (drawing)
  (call number NYDA.1955.001.00251)

• North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Donaldson, James. Bibliotheca. n.p., n.d. (Layout of Philanthropic Society Library in Old East)
  (call number Cm912x D67)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Feb 19, 1844 (Including the approval of Alexander Jackson Davis's plans), microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 116-117
• Minutes of the Board of Trustees, Dec. 13, 1844, microfilm reel 2, vol. 6, p. 51
• Minutes of the Board of Trustees, Dec. 23, 1844 (Includes the contract with Collier & Waitt), microfilm reel 2, vol. 6, p. 52
• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, June 10, 1847 (Includes payment to Collier and Waitt), microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 134-135

• Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• Report of the Building Committee, Sept. 10, 1847 (Includes information about furnishings for the new halls)
• Report of the Building Committee, [1848?] (Includes information about enlisting the help of Mr. Donaldson in acquiring the furnishings)

• Records of the Philanthropic Society (#40166)

• Letter from James J. Pettigrew in Washington City to David L. Swain, Aug. 16, 1847 (Describing the grounds and the library of the Capitol)
• Letter from Thomas Day to [Benjamin S.] Guion, Nov. 17, 1847

• University Papers (#40005)

• A Committee of the Philanthropic Society to David L. Swain, Jan. 22, 1833
• A Committee of the Philanthropic Society to David L. Swain, Dec. 15, 1833
• Letter from Henry W. Miller to David L. Swain, Dec. 19, 1833
• List of specifications with cost estimates, [1844?], in Alexander Jackson Davis's handwriting
• Committees of the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies to the Executive Committee of the Trustees, Feb. 13, 1844 (Endorsing Alexander Jackson Davis's plan)
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Feb. 24, 1844
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Apr. 17, 1844
• Letter from David L. Swain to Governor John M. Morehead, June 18, 1844 (Summarizing the bids that have been made for the additions to Old East and Old West)
• Letter from Dabney Cosby to David L. Swain, Oct. 21, 1844
• Letter from Dabney Cosby to David L. Swain, Nov. 6, 1844
• Letter from Dabney Cosby to David L. Swain, Nov. 13, 1844
• List of bids, [Dec. 1844?]
• Contract between the Trustees and Collier & Waitt, Dec. 20, 1844
• Letter from Dabney Cosby to Collier & Waitt and David L. Swain, Feb. 25, 1845
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Mar. 24, 1845
• Letter from Dabney Cosby to David L. Swain, June 5, 1845
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Dec. 5, 1845 (Regarding the placement of piers, posts, girders, etc., with seven illustrations)
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Mar. 26, 1846
• Letter from Dabney Cosby to David L. Swain, May 11, 1846
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, June 24, 1846
• Dabney Cosby's list of "Extra Work on Halls," June l, 1847
• Letter from David L. Swain to Governor William A. Graham, Sept. 1, 1847 (Includes information about hiring a cabinetmaker)
• Letter from Thomas Day to David L. Swain, Nov. 17, 1847 (Includes an estimate for the shelves; a copy of Swain's reply dated Nov. 24 is on the verso)
• Letter from Thomas Day to David L. Swain, Dec. 6, 1847
• Receipt for marble mantels purchased in New York by James Donaldson for the Society libraries, Dec. 5, 1848

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  David L. Swain Papers (#706)

• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Mar. 4, 1850
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, May 31, 1850

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, July 19, 1849, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 148-149
• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Nov. 7, 1850, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 157
• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Nov. 15, 1850, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 158

• University Papers (#40005)

• Petition of a committee of students for the erection of a building, Sept. 1, 1848
• Receipt for bricks provided by William M. Green, Dec. 10, 1848
• Letter from David L. Swain and William H. Battle to Charles Manly, Feb. 6, 1849
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, July 5, 1850
• Contract with John Berry and Henry Richards, July 10, 1850
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 4, 1850
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Nov. 14, 1850
• Alexander Jackson Davis's bill for his services, Nov. 16, 1850
• John Berry and Henry Richards's contract for the enlargement of the building, Nov. 25, 1850
• Letter from David L. Swain to [Alexander Jackson Davis], Apr. 12, 1851 (Includes John Berry's list of materials to be purchased)
• Letter from John Berry to David L. Swain, [Fall 1851?]
• John Berry's bill for work on the building, 1852

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers, Oversized Materials (#40005)

• Gerrard Hall (Renovation), Sept. 1856, by Alexander Jackson Davis (drawings)
• South Building (Renovation), Sept. 1856, by Alexander Jackson Davis (drawings)

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Cameron Family Papers (#133)

• Letter from Andrew Mickle to Paul Cameron, Mar. 22, 1875 (In which he describes the work being done to get the campus ready for reopening)
• Andrew Mickle to Paul Cameron, Apr. 3, 1875

• William A. Graham Papers (#285)

• Letter from Percival & Grant to the Building Committee, Jan. 8, 1858
• Letter from David L. Swain to [William A. Graham], Jan. 27, 1858 (Includes a small sketch)
• Letter from William H. Battle to William A. Graham, Aug. 25, 1858
• Letter from David L. Swain to William A. Graham, July 13, 1859
• Letter from David L. Swain to William A. Graham, Aug. 25, 1859
• Letter from William Percival to William A. Graham, Sept. 5, 1859
• Letter from [Waterhouse?] & Bower to William Percival, Sept. 7, 1859
• Letter from David L. Swain to [William A. Graham], Sept. 15, 1859
• Dialectic Society appeal for funds to help furnish their new Hall, May 21, 1860 (printed circular)
• Letter from David L. Swain to William A. Graham, Aug. 28, 1860
• Letter from David L. Swain to William A. Graham, Jan. 16, 1861 (Includes a sketch of the belfry)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes, June 3, 1857, microfilm reel 2, vol. 6, p. 208
• Minutes, Jan. 5, 1858, microfilm reel 2, vol. 6, p. 218
• Minutes, June 2, 1858 (Includes instructions for Building Committee to contract with architect William Percival), microfilm reel 2, vol. 6, p. 2225
• Minutes, June 21, 1858, microfilm reel 2, vol. 6, p. 253

• University Papers (#40005)

• Governor William A. Graham's drawing explanatory of his verbal report from the Committee on Buildings, Jan. 4, 1858
• Report of the Committee on Repairs, [1875?], by Paul C. Cameron (Reports on damage done by a "tornado of wind" that took the roof off New East), subject files, folder 1714

• "Desultory Reflections, No. II: The College Campus." The North Carolina University Magazine 1, no. 4 (June 1844): 159-161.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 Uqm
• University of North Carolina. Album, University of North Carolina. Richmond, VA: Foster, 1892.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UVF

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Louis and Mildred Graves Papers (#4010)

• Frances Jones Hooper's silhouette of the University, 1814

• David L. Swain Papers (#706)

• Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain, Dec. 6, 1845 (Regarding the efforts to find a gardener for the University)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Jan. 3, 1850, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 152-154
• Minutes of Apr. 9, 1874 (Containing the Report on the Condition of the University), microfilm reel 2, vol. S-7, p. 181-193

• Records of the Philanthropic Society (#40166)

• Letter from James J. Pettigrew in Washington City to David L. Swain, Aug. 16, 1847 (In which he describes the grounds and the library of the Capitol)

• University Papers (#40005)

• Daniel, John. Map of the site of the University of North Carolina and Chapel Hill. 1792
• Harris, Charles. A Plan of the Situation of ye University, ye Ornamental Ground, ye Adjacent Village, the Lands Belonging to ye Trustees Together with ye Springs. [1795?]
• William R. Davie's description of the site of the University, Sept. 25, 1793, folder 1756: "Swain's History of the University," p. 67-68
• James Patterson's contract to clean up the campus, Mar. 3, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, Apr. 10, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, June 1, 1795 ("A Plan of the Situation of ye University is enclosed")
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, July 21, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, Aug. 13, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, Nov. 12, 1795
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to [John H. Hobart], [Nov. 8, 1796]
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Duncan Cameron, Aug. 28, 1836 (In which he proposes a road to the south of the campus)
• Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain, Nov. 10, 1843 (In which he recommends Alexander Jackson Davis to design halls for the Societies and Mr. Downing to develop a Botanic Garden)
• Letter from David L. Swain to Robert Donaldson, Nov. 28, 1843
• Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain, Dec. 16, 1843
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Aug. 25, 1845 (In which he recommends a landscape gardener)
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Jan. 4, 1847
• Letter from Alexander Jackson Davis to David L. Swain, Mar. 9, 1847
• Account of expenditures for the improvement of the College grounds in the year 1848
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, Feb. 3, 1849
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, Dec. 27, 1849
• Plan of the lots on the Avenue, [1851], by Elisha Mitchell
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 22, 1851
• John B. Tenny's bill for building new wall around the campus, May 1, 1852
• Report of the Committee on the Extension of the College buildings, [1857], by Elisha Mitchell, Chairman
• Report of the Committee on Repairs, [1875], by Paul C. Cameron, subject files, folder 1714

• McCorkle, Samuel Eusebius. A Charity Sermon: First Delivered in Salisbury, July 28 and Afterwards in Other Places in Rowan, and the Counties Adjoining; Particularly at Sugar's Creek, in Mecklenburg County, at the Opening of the Synod of the Carolinas, Oct. 2. Halifax, NC: Printed by Abraham Hodge, 1795.
  North Carolina Collection: VC252 M13c
• North Carolina. The Constitution, or Form of Government, Agreed to and Resolved upon by the Representatives of the Freemen of the State of North-Carolina: Elected and Chosen for that Particular Purpose, in Congress Assembled, at Halifax, the Eighteenth Day of Dec. in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Six. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Bailey, 1779.
  North Carolina Collection: VC342.1 1776
• North Carolina General Assembly. An Act for Raising a Fund for Erecting the Buildings and for the Support of the University of North-Carolina, Chapter 21, Laws of North-Carolina, at a General Assembly, Begun and Held at Fayetteville, on the Second Day of November, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine . . . . Edenton: Hodge & Wills, n.d.
  North Carolina Collection: VC345.1 N87
• North Carolina General Assembly. An Act to Establish a University in This State, Chapter 20, Laws of North-Carolina at a General Assembly, Begun and Held at Fayetteville, on the Second Day of November, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine . . . . Edenton: Hodge & Wills, n.d.
  North Carolina Collection: VC345.1 N87
• North Carolina General Assembly. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North-Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Printed at the Office of the Raleigh Register, 1838.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UA4
• North-Carolina Journal, Oct. 30, 1793. (Includes a description of the laying of the cornerstone of Old East)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 N87j
• Robinson, Blackwell P. The History of Escheats. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, [1955?].
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UD5
• University of North Carolina. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: James M. Henderson, 1859.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA8
• University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. An Ordinance to Supply the Place of Trustees Who Shall Fail to Discharge the Duties of Such for a Certain Time. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales, 1799.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA10

• North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Daniel, John. Map of the site of the University of North Carolina and Chapel Hill. n.p., 1792.
  (call number Cm912c C46 1792)

• State Archives, Office of Archives and History
  Raleigh, NC
  
  House Bills, Session of 1789, General Assembly Session Records

• A Bill to Establish a University in this State, North Carolina General Assembly, Nov. 12, 1789

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of Dec. 3-13, 1792 (Includes information regarding the site of the University), microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 78-99
• Establishment of the Executive Committee and ordinances for transacting business, Jan. 2, 1835, vol. 5, p. 275-277

• Records of the Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance (#40095)

• Daybook of the accounts of the Board of Trustees kept by William Duffy, agent, subgroup 4, series 1: Historical Financial Records, vol. 1: 1789-1795, p. [12]-22

• University Papers (#40005)

• Plan of John Daniels's Donation of Land to the University, May 5, 1795
• Receipt for £20 from Mr. George Johnston of Hillsborough, Aug. 24, 1795
• Letter from William Jones to Robert Williams, Mar. 17, 1818
• William B. Mears bond, May 10, 1818, in the amount of £5000 for the discharge of duties to the University
• Letter from Thomas Baxter to James Iredell, Jr., Dec. 10, 1818

• Alumni Association (University of North Carolina). A Record of the Proceedings of the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at the Centennial Celebration of the Act of Incorporation: Being an Account of the Alumni Banquet and the Alumni Class Reunions, June 5, 1889. Raleigh, NC: The Alumni Association, 1890.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UT3
• Caldwell, Joseph. Address to the Senior Class and before the Audiences Assembled at the Annual Commencement on the 28th of June, 1827. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales & Son, 1827.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1827
• Coon, Charles L. The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina: A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, 1908.
  North Carolina Collection: C370.9 C77b
• Knight, Edgar Wallace. Undergraduate Work and the University of North Carolina: A Report on Recent Tendencies and Present Problems in Undergraduate Work in Some American Institutions of Higher Learning. Chapel Hill, NC: n.p., 1934.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UI
• Mitchell, Elisha. Statistics, Facts, and Dates, for the Sunday Recitations of the Junior Class in the University. New York: R. Craighead, Printer, 1850.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UN1
• Olmsted, Denison. Outlines of the Lectures on Chemistry, Mineralogy, & Geology, Delivered at University of North Carolina: for the Use of the Students. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales, 1819.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UNO
• University of North Carolina. University of North-Carolina: Members of the Faculty. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales and Son, 1824.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UI4.2
• University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. University of North-Carolina. [Chapel Hill, NC: The University?], 1819.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UI4.1

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Joseph Caldwell Papers (#127-z)

• "A New System of Geometry," by Joseph Caldwell, Professor of Mathematics and President of UNC, Transcribed by Edward McKay, 1806

• Cameron Family Papers (#133)

• Letter from Samuel Ashe to Richard Bennehan, July 13, 1796
• Letter from Will Webb to Richard Bennehan, May 20, 1800

• William Mercer Green Papers (#1120-z)

• Professor's grade book, 1848-1849

• Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers (#1290)

• Letter from Samuel E. McCorkle to John Haywood, Dec. 20, 1799 (In which he expresses his views on "the modern French Jacobine system of education")

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Board of Trustees Minutes (#40001)

• Minutes of Dec. 5, 1792, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 88-90
• Minutes of July 13-14, 1795, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 184
• Minutes of Dec. 4, 1795, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 203-209
• Minutes of Dec. 7, 1795, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 210-214
• Minutes of July 12, 1804, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 57-60
• Minutes of Dec. 12, 1818, microfilm reel 1, vol. 4, p. 168-169
• Minutes of Dec. 19, 1818 (Includes a plan of education for Preparatory School and College), microfilm reel 1, vol. 4, p. 176-182
• Minutes of Dec. 13, 1823, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 8
• Minutes of Dec. 13, 1825 (Includes a report on the purchase of books and apparatus), microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 46, 49
• Minutes of July 18, 1834, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 263-266
• Minutes of Jan. 10, 1835, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5
• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Dec. 29, 1852, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 168-169

• Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• Address, by Iveson L. Brooks, Sept. 1818
• Address, by R.M. Roseborough, Feb. 1832
• Junior debate: "Are the Ancient Languages worthy of the place which they now hold in the course of education?" by W.F. Foster, 1858
• Junior speech: "Are the classics worthy of the attention they receive in our modern colleges?" by Elijah Benton Withers, 1858
• Address, by William Bingham Lynch, [between 1855 and 1859]
• Senior oration: "Is the study of mathematics injurious to the mind?" by James Kelly, Mar. 10, 1860
• Address: "Is a knowledge of the classics necessary for a thorough education?" by Massilon Field Taylor, Mar. 9, 1861

• University Papers (#40005)

• List of books purchased for the University Library, June 11, 1795
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to Charles Harris, [June 1796]
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to Joseph Caldwell at Princeton, July 24, 1796
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to Joseph Caldwell at Princeton, Sept. 5, 1796
• Letter to Joseph Caldwell from sixteen ladies of New Bern, Nov. 26, 1803
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to Colonel William Polk, Apr. 1, 1818
• Mr. A[rchibald] D. Murphey's Plan of Education for the University, Dec. 1818
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to Board of Trustees, Feb. 19, 1824
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to Denison Olmsted, Aug. 31, 1824
• William Hooper's critique of instruction in the University, Dec. 19, 1833
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to William McPheeters, Jan. 1, 1834
• Letter from William Hooper to the Committee of Appointment, Jan. 27, 1834
• Letter from James Phillips to Charles Manly, June 28, 1834
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, July 5, 1834
• Letter from Walker Anderson to the President of the Board of Trustees, Nov. 1834
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to the Board of Trustees, Dec. 24, 1834
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Duncan Cameron, Dec. 28, 1835
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to the Executive Committee of the Trustees, Sept. 1836
• Report of the State of the Library, Dec. 15, 1836
• Report of the Bursar, May 27, 1840
• Report of the Librarian, June 4, 1840
• Accounts for apparatus procured for the Department of Natural Philosophy, Feb. 17, 1852
• Letter from Charles Phillips to David L. Swain, Jan. 15, 1853
• Letter from Charles Phillips to David L. Swain, Aug. 28, 1853
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to David L. Swain, Sept. 15, 1853
• Letter from Charles Phillips and Benjamin S. Hedrick to David L. Swain, Oct. 13, 1853
• A Programme for the School of Science as Applied to the Arts, by Charles Phillips, Nov. 25, 1853

• Duyckinck, Evert A. "University of North Carolina." From Cyclopaedia of American Literature; Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings, by Evert A. Duyckinck and George L. Duyckinck. New York: Charles Scribner, 1856.
  Davis Library Reference: PS85 .D6
• North Carolina General Assembly. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North-Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Printed at the Office of the Raleigh Register, 1838.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UA4
• Smith, Charles Lee. The History of Education in North Carolina. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888.
  North Carolina Collection: C370.9 S64
• Staff of the North Carolina Collection, comp. Register of the Officers and Faculty of the University of North Carolina, 1795-1945. Chapel Hill NC: North Carolina Collection, 1954.
  North Carolina Collection: CR378 UM 1795-1945
• University of North Carolina. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: James M. Henderson, 1859.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA8
• University of North Carolina. Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of the University of North-Carolina, Oct. 1819. Raleigh, NC: J. Harvey, 1819.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UH1 1819
• University of North Carolina. Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of the University of North-Carolina, Aug. 1820. Hillsborough, NC: D. Heartt, 1820.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UH1 1820
• University of North Carolina. Catalogus Universitatis Carolinae Septentrionalis. Raleigh, NC: Thos. Henderson, June 1812.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UA1
• University of North Carolina. Catalogus Universitatis Carolinae Septentrionalis. Raleigh, NC: J. Gales, 1817.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UT
• Waddell, Alfred M. The Ante-Bellum University: Oration Delivered at the Celebration of the Centennial of the University of North Carolina, June 5th, 1895. Wilmington, NC: Jackson & Bell, 1895.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1895W

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Elisha Mitchell Papers (#518)

• Private notebook, 1818-1847 (Containing miscellaneous comments on mathematics, musicology, electricity, natural sciences, and history and personal accounts and notes on readings and letters received)

• Thomas Ruffin Papers (#641)

• Letter from William Thompson to Thomas Ruffin, Apr. 10, 1824

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of Feb. 6, 1795, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 160-171

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, Apr. 10, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, June 1, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, July 21, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, Aug. 13, 1795
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to his uncle, Dr. Charles Harris, in Cabarrus County, Nov. 12, 1795
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to Charles Harris, [June 1796]
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to John C. Otto, June 1, 1796
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to Joseph Caldwell at Princeton, July 24, 1796
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to William R. Davie, Aug. 25, 1796
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to James Hogg, Sept. 1, 1796
• Letter from Charles Harris at the University to Joseph Caldwell at Princeton, Sept. 5, 1796
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to [John H. Hobart], [Nov. 8, 1796]
• Letter from Thomas Y. How at Princeton to Joseph Caldwell, Dec. 27, 1796
• Letter from "A Number of Students" to Charles Manly, Jan. 19, 1840
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Feb. 6, 1840
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, Sept. 11, 1840

• Caldwell, Joseph. Autobiography and Biography of Rev. Joseph Caldwell, D.D., L.L.D., First President of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: J.B. Neathery, 1860.
  North Carolina Collection: CB C147c

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  John Steele Henderson Papers (#327)

• Alumni Association announces the creation of a monument in the memory of Joseph Caldwell, Sept. 1, 1847 (printed circular)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to "My dear Friend," June 3, 1807
• Letter from six students to Joseph Caldwell, June 5, 1807
• "Resolution on the Death of Dr. Caldwell," Jan. 31, 1835

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Board of Trustees Minutes (#40001)

• Minutes of Nov. 23, 1816, microfilm reel 1, vol. 4, p. 122

• Harris, Charles Wilson and Henry McGilbert Wagstaff. The Harris Letters. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 1916.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp970 J28 v. 14, no. 1

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board Trustees, Nov. 7, 1856, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 199-200

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Henry Harrisse to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Sept. 27, 1856
• Henry Harrisse's Memorial to the Trustees, Sept. 29, 1856
• Letter from Henry Harrisse to the Executive Committee, Oct. 9, 1856 (In which he conveys a postscript to the Memorial of Sept. 29, 1856)
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 10, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 14, 1856
• Key and Appendix to Mr. Harrisse's Memorial of Sept. 29 along with another Postscript, Oct. 15, 1856
• Letter from Henry Harrisse to Governor Thomas Bragg, Oct. 15, 1856
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 25, 1856
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 28-29, 1856

• Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac. Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 1910.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp970 J28 v. 10, no. 1
• Hedrick, Benjamin S. "Defence." North Carolina Standard, Oct. 1, 1856.
  North Carolina Collection: Microfilm C071 S78s
• The Hillsborough Recorder, Nov. 12, 1856. (Announcement of dismissal of Professor Hedrick for engaging in political conflicts)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65
• North Carolina Standard, "Fremont in the South," Sept. 13, 1856.
  North Carolina Collection: Microfilm C071 S78s
• North Carolina Standard, "Letter from 'An Alumnus'," Sept. 27, 1856.
  North Carolina Collection: Microfilm C071 S78s

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick Papers (#325)

• Letter from M.S. Sherwood [Hedrick's uncle] to Benjamin S. Hedrick, Aug. 20, 1856
• Letter from H.R. Helper in New York to Benjamin S. Hedrick, Oct. 15, 1856
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick in Davidson County to Mary Ellen [his wife], Oct. 22, 1856

• David L. Swain Papers (#706)

• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 4, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 8, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 18, 1856

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Oct. 11, 1856, microfilm reel 5., vol. 15, p. 195-196

• Records of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#40106)

• Proceedings of the Faculty regarding Hedrick's actions, Oct. 6, 1856

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to David L. Swain, Sept. 15, 1853
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Governor Thomas Bragg, Oct. 6, 1856
• Letter from David L. Swain to [Charles Manly?], Oct. 7, 1856 (Includes an assessment of Hedrick's character)
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Charles Manly, Oct. 14, 1856
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Charles Manly, Oct. 28, 1856

• Hooper, William. "Fifty Years Since: An Address before the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina." The North Carolina University Magazine 9 (June 1860): 577-611.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UQm

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• Address, by William C. Hooper, [1836 or 1837?]

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from William Hooper to the Honorable Committee of Appointment, [1818?], at end of Dec. 1818 folder

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Pettigrew Family Papers (#592)

• Letter from John and Ebenezer Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, Apr. 5, 1795

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from John H. Hobart to Joseph Caldwell, Nov. 30, 1796

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  University Papers (#40005)

• Petition of Dr. Mitchell requesting a leave of absence to attend his 40th class reunion at Yale, July 31, 1853

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Miscellaneous Student Notebooks (#3286)

• "Notes on a Course of Lectures delivered at the University Laboratory of N Carolina by Professor D. Olmstead, began 13th Sept. 1820," 1820, vol. 4

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• "A President's Address," by Charles Phillips, Aug. 1840

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Charles Phillips to David L. Swain, Aug. 28, 1853

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683)

• James Phillips's lecture notes on "Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus," vol. 66, folder 222

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Apr. 4, 1867, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 274-277

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• Address, by Samuel F. Phillips, Jan. 1841

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683)

• Cornelia Phillips Spencer writes about the difficulties UNC is facing, Oct. 14, 1865, bound volume, vol. 3, p. 91-92
• Cornelia Phillips Spencer visits the campus and laments over the changes, Jan. 7, 1866, bound volume, vol. 3, p. 112-113
• Cornelia Phillips Spencer describes Commencement day with only 3 seniors, June 7, 1866, bound volume, vol. 3, p. 130-131
• University Opens with 100 students, Aug. 12, 1866, bound volume, vol. 3, p. 138-139
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to her brother, Charles Phillips, Apr. 26, 1869
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to Laura, May 26, 1869
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to Laura, June 14, 1869
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to Charles Phillips, Sept. 8, 1869

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Jan. 1, 1869, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 305-A

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of Dec. 5, 1835, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 296
• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Aug. 28, 1868, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 300

• Alumni Association (University of North Carolina). A Record of the Proceedings of the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at the Centennial Celebration of the Act of Incorporation: Being an Account of the Alumni Banquet and the Alumni Class Reunions, June 5, 1889 . . . . Raleigh, NC: The Alumni Association, 1890.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UT3
• Battle, Kemp P. History of the University of North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Printed for the Author by Edwards & Broughton Print. Co., 1907-1912.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UE1
• Connor, R. D. W. A Documentary History of the University of North Carolina, 1776-1799. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1953.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UE25
• Coon, Charles L. The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina: A Documentary History. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, 1908.
  North Carolina Collection: C370.9 C77b
• Johnson, Guion Griffis. Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1937.
  North Carolina Collection: C917 J67a
• Slavery and the Making of the University: Celebrating Our Unsung Heroes, Bond and Free. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Library, 2005.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 Ue118; also available in the Manuscripts Department
• University of North Carolina. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees: for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: James M. Henderson, 1859.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UA8

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Report from William McPheeters on duties of faculty, entrance requirements, number of tutors, and rules of instruction, July 18, 1834, microfilm reel 1, vol.5, p. 263-266
• Establishment of the Executive Committee and ordinances for transacting business, Jan. 2, 1835, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 275-277

• Caldwell, Joseph. "University of NC Account of Disturbances Which Have Lately Occurred at the University of This State." The [Raleigh, NC] Star, Sept. 13, 1811, p. 148.
  North Carolina Collection: Microfilm C071 S791
• Carolina Magazine Prospectus. Chapel Hill, NC: 1859.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UQml
• Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of the University of North-Carolina, Oct. 1819. Raleigh, NC: J. Harvey, 1819-1831.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UH1 1819
• "Commencement Exercises." The North Carolina University Magazine 9 (Aug. and Sept. 1859): 59-63, 105-120.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UQm
• Dialectic Society (University of North Carolina). A Catalogue of the Members of the Dialectic Society. Raleigh, NC: Printed at the Office of the "Weekly Post," 1852.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 URd 1795-1851
• Dialectic Society (University of North Carolina). A Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Dialectic Society, at Chapel Hill, May, 1817. [Chapel Hill, NC?, 1817?].
  North Carolina Collection: Cb019 N87nd1
• Dialectic Society (University of North Carolina). Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Dialectic Society, Chapel-Hill, Feb., 1821. Hillsborough, NC: Printed by D. Heartt, 1821.
  North Carolina Collection: Cobb Loan, vol. 1
• Dialectic Society (University of North Carolina). Catalogue of the Members of the Dialectic Society Instituted in the University of North Carolina June 3, 1795, Together with Historical Sketches. Raleigh, NC: Published for the Society, 1890.
  North Carolina Collection: CC378 URd
• Faculty Council (University of North Carolina). Letter, to the Parents of Students at the Close of Every Session. [Chapel Hill, NC: The University, 1824?].
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UI1
• Grant, Daniel Lindsey. Alumni History of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina, 1924.
  North Carolina Collection: CR378 UT5
• Hooper, William. The Discipline of the Heart, to Be Connected with the Culture of the Mind: A Discourse on Education Delivered to the Students of the College, at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Aug. 22, 1830, And Published by Their Request. New York: Sleight and Robinson, 1830.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1830H
• Hooper, William. "Fifty Years Since: An Address before the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina." The North Carolina University Magazine 9 (June 1860): 577-611.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UQm
• Ives, L. Silliman. The Introductory Address of the Historical Society of the University of North Carolina: Delivered in the University Chapel, June 5th, 1844. Raleigh, NC: Printed by T. Loring, at the Office of the Independent, 1844.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1844I
• "A Memorial for William Carey Dowd." The North Carolina University Magazine 10, no. 2 (Sept. 1860): 110-112.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UQm
• Mitchell, Elisha. Arguments for Temperance: A Sermon Addressed to the Students of the University of North Carolina, Mar. 13th, 1831, and Published by Their Request. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales & Son, 1831.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1831M
• Mitchell, Elisha. Statistics, Facts, and Dates, for the Sunday Recitations of the Junior Class in the University. New York: R. Craighead, Printer, 1850.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UN1
• North Carolina General Assembly. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North-Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Printed at the Office of the Raleigh Register, 1838.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UA4
• The North Carolina University Magazine. Raleigh, NC: Thomas Loring at the Office of the Independent, 1844.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UQm 1844
• The North Carolina University Magazine. Raleigh, NC: Published at the Office of the "Weekly Post," 1852.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UQm 1852
• Philanthropic Society (University of North Carolina). A Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Philanthropic Society at Chapel-Hill, Taken 6th May, 1822. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales & Son, 1822.
  North Carolina Collection: Cobb Loan, vol. 1
• Philanthropic Society (University of North Carolina). Catalogue of the Philanthropic Society. Raleigh, NC: Printed at the Office of the "Weekly Post," 1852.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 URp 1795-1852
• Philanthropic Society (University of North Carolina). Register of Members of the Philanthropic Society, Instituted in the University of North Carolina, August 1st, 1795. Raleigh, NC: Edwards, Broughton & Co, 1887.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 URp
• Shepard, James Biddle. An Address Delivered before the Two Literary Societies, of the University of North Carolina in Gerard Hall. Raleigh, NC: Printed by Thomas Loring, at the Office of the Independent, 1844.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1844S
• Statistics, Facts and Dates, for the Sunday Recitations of the Junior Class in the University. Raleigh, NC: Printed by Weston R. Gales, Raleigh Register Office, 1843.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UN1
• Swain, David L. Circular. [Chapel Hill?, NC]: The University, 1840.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UC1
• Swain, David L. Letters to Parents on Rules Concerning the Abuse of Liquor and Rules to Control Students' Debts. Chapel Hill, NC: 1853-1860.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA1

• Letter . . . September 27, 1853
• Letter . . . February 1855
• Letter . . . December 15, 1855
• Letter . . . April 3, 1856
• Letter . . . June 14, 1860
• Letter . . . September 4, 1860

• To the Young Gentlemen of the University of North-Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: n.p., 1834.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 US
• "Twenty Dollars Reward." Hillsborough Recorder (Hillsborough, NC), November, 25, 1829 (An advertisement for a runaway slave, "James," who "ran off from the University," where he had been serving as a "college servant")
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65
• University of North Carolina. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: James M. Henderson, 1859.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA8
• University of North Carolina. Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of the University of North-Carolina, Aug. 1820. Hillsborough, NC: D. Heartt, 1820.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UH1 1820
• University of North Carolina. Catalogus Universitatis Carolinae Septentrionalis. Raleigh, NC: Thos. Henderson, Jun., 1812.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UA1
• University of North Carolina. Catalogus Universitatis Carolinae Septentrionalis. Raleigh, NC: J. Gales, 1817.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UT
• University of North Carolina. Laws of the University of North-Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales & Son, 1829.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA3
• University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. Laws of the University of North-Carolina: Established by the Board of Trustees at Their Session in Dec., 1799. Raleigh, NC: Printed by J. Gales, 1800.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UA1
• University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. Sir, the Trustees of the University, Sensible of the Ill Consequences Produced by Students Having More Money at their Disposal . . . . Raleigh, NC: The Trustees, 1802.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA9
• University of North Carolina Board of Trustees Executive Committee. The Executive Committee of the Trustees of the University, to the Merchants, Shopkeepers, Traders, and Others in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Hillsborough, Wilmington and elsewhere in North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: The University, 1856.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA11
• Young Men's Christian Association. Constitution and By-laws of the Young Men's Christian Association, of the University of North Carolina: With a List of Officers, Committees, &c. Chapel Hill, NC: Printed by John B. Neathery, 1860.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UR10

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  William Bagley Letter Books (#863-z)

• Letter from William Bagley to Asa Matthews, July 8, 1843
• Letter from William Bagley to his father, Sept. 13, 1843
• Letter from William Bagley to his father, Apr. 27, 1844
• Letter from William Bagley to Edward C. Yellowly, Oct. 26, 1844
• Letter from William Bagley to Mose G. Pierce, Feb. 13, 1845
• Letter from William Bagley to his sisters, Mar. 8, 1845

• Daniel Moreau Barringer Papers (#3359)

• Letter from Frank Smith to Daniel M. Barringer, Jan. 30, 1826 [1827]

• Battle Family Papers (#3223-a)

• Letter from William Sidney Mullins to P. Henry Winston, Sept. 13, 1840
• Faculty circular and grade report for J. D. Battle, handwritten notes by Elisha Mitchell, June 1, 1844
• Grade and account report, Mar. 27, 1860 (circular)

• A. D. Betts Papers (#3173)

• Account book of student expenses, 1852-1853

• Willis G. Briggs Papers (#3077)

• Letter from William S. Grandy to his uncle, July 31, 1842

• Brownrigg Family Papers (#2226)

• Letter from Richard Brownrigg to his father, Mar. 5, 1811

• Mary Biddle Norcott Bryan Papers (#1988)

• Letter from Henry R. Bryan to his mother, Jan. 19, 1853

• Burgwyn Family Papers (#1687)

• Letter from Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. to his mother, Aug. 25, 1857
• Letter from Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. to his mother, Sept. 13, 1857 (Regarding a student who committed suicide)
• Letter from Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. to his mother, Oct. 11, 1857
• Invitation to the commencement ball, June 3, 1858 (printed card)
• Letter from Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. to his mother, Feb. 27, 1859
• Letter from Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. to his mother, Mar. 6, 1859
• Letter from Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. to his mother, Mar. 29, 1859
• Letter from Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. to his mother, Apr. 3 1859

• Burwell Family Papers (#112)

• Letter from UNC student to his female cousin, Feb. 8, 1817

• John Caldwell Papers (#329)

• Description of the University and the system of studies, by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, a handwritten addition, dated May 3, 1837, reports on Tod Caldwell's grades (paper circular)

• Cameron Family Papers (#133)

• Letter from Thomas Bennehan to his sister, Rebecca, Feb. 9, 1798 (Regarding the death of a student)
• Letter from Thomas Bennehan to his sister, Rebecca, May 5, 1798

• DeRosset Family Papers (#214)

• Letter from Moses John DeRosset to his father, Oct. 12, 1815 (In which he asks for money)
• Letter from William Lord DeRosset to his father, Mar. 3, 1851
• Letter from William Lord DeRosset to his mother, Nov. 9, 1851 (Includes description of a book burning)

• William Carey Dowd Papers (#1722-z)

• UNC Diploma and Dialectic Society certificate, 1858, OP-1722-z
• Pen and pencil combination awarded to William C. Dowd as valedictorian, 1858

• James Laurence Dusenbery Diary (#2561-z)

• Entry on Aug. 7, 1841 (In which he describes the "fresh treat," a tradition in which freshman provided a wagon loaded with watermelons for the upperclassmen)

• Bartholomew Fuller Papers (#3621-z)

• Essay, advice from a student in the "Dangers of a College Life," [1848]

• Gordon and Hackett Family Papers (#1040)

• Letter from Thomas Brown to his sister, Aug. 6, 1853
• Letter from Thomas Brown to his sister, July 26, 1855

• William A. Graham Papers (#285)

• Notebook on English history
• Notebook for Chemistry taken with Denison Olmsted

• John Wesley Halliburton Papers (#4414-z)

• Letter from John Wesley Halliburton to his second cousin and fiancé:, Juliet Halliburton, Mar. 11 1861 (Regarding dancing)
• Letter from John Halliburton to Juliet Halliburton, Mar. 19, 1861 (Includes description of students playing in the snow)
• Letter from John Halliburton to Juliet Halliburton, May 12, 1861

• Hawkins Family Papers (#322)

• Letter from John D. Hawkins to John Branch, Oct. 17, 1829
• Letter from John D. Hawkins, Jr. to his father, Aug. 11, 1839
• Letter from Philemon B. Hawkins to his father, Feb. 26, 1841 (Regarding student drunkenness)

• Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers (#1290)

• Resolution of the Board of Trustees concerning illness on campus, July 11, 1799
• Message to parents addressing the concern that students were spending too much money, Dec. 15, 1802 (printed circular)
• Letter to the Board of Trustees, Mar. 4, 1807 (Concerning the Sophomore class's study of Greek)

• John Steele Henderson Papers (#327)

• Printed invitation for the UNC commencement ball from W. A. Blount to R. B. Haywood, [May 1843]
• Printed invitation for the UNC commencement ball from Junius B. Wheeler to Major A. Henderson and Lady, June 6, 1850
• Printed program for commencement exercises, June 2, 1853
• Printed program for commencement exercises, June 2, 1859
• Printed UNC receipt for funds deposited for the use of Leonard Henderson, July 18, 1859
• Letter from Leonard Henderson to his mother, July 26, 1859
• Letter from Leonard Henderson to his mother, Sept. 30, 1859 (In which he recounts how a fellow student fell out of a tree)
• Letter from Leonard Henderson to his mother, Oct. 16, 1859 (In which he recounts how a fellow student caught fire and was ignored by other students but later saved by a servant)
• Letter from Leonard Henderson to his father, Feb. 1860 (Regarding permission to leave college)
• Printed invitation to commencement ball, June 6, 1861

• Gustavus A. Henry Papers (#1431)

• Letter from James Lee, Jr. to Major G. A. Henry, Oct. 20, 1850

• John DeBerniere Hooper Papers (#835)

• Letter from Jerry Hooper to his Master, Oct. 19, 1861 (Jerry Hooper was a slave who apparently had been hired out to serve students but was having difficulty finding work because so many students left for the war)

• Henry Francis Jones Papers (#3019-z)

• Journal on student life, Sept. 14, 1857 to Apr. 6, 1858

• Theodore Bryant Kingsbury Papers (#403)

• Letter from John Osborne Guion to his cousin Theodore Kingsbury, Mar. 13, 1846 (Includes description of the boarding house)

• Lewis Family Papers (#427)

• Letter from Kenelm Harrison Lewis to his father, Exum Lewis, Sept. 6, 1835a
• Letter from Kenelm Harrison Lewis to his sister, May 6, 1836
• Letter from William Figures Lewis to his sister, May 2, 1840
• Letter from Exum L. Whitaker to William Figures Lewis, Apr. 1, 1843
• Letter from Richard Henry Lewis to his uncle, June 6, 1852
• Letter from R. H. Speight to his uncle, Apr. 15, [1867] (Includes mention of the death of Dr. James Phillips)

• Manly Family Papers (#4409)

• Order of exercises for UNC commencement, June 7, 1855
• Letter from Arthur Mc[Kimmon] to Sophie Manly, Oct. 25, 1859
• Letter from Arthur [McKimmon] to Sophie Manly, Nov. 15,1859
• Letter from Arthur McKimmon to Sophie Manly, Nov. 20, 1859

• W. H. Maverick Papers (#498-z)

• Letter from William H. Maverick to his mother, Nov. 19, 1866
• Official UNC receipt given to William H. Maverick upon the payment of his college expenses, Aug. 21, 1867

• William Sidney Mullins Papers (#531-z)

• Journal, June 1, 1841 to Oct. 30, 1841
• Journal, Oct. 27, 1840 to Mar. 15, 1841 (Includes comments on daily life and the Philanthropic Society)

• Pettigrew Family Papers (#592)

• Letter from John and Ebenezer Pettigrew to their father, Feb. 23, 1795
• Letter from John Pettigrew to his father, Apr. 12, 1796
• Letter from John Pettigrew to his father, Mar. 22, 1797
• Letter from John London to Ebenezer Pettigrew, Sept. 29, 1799 (Includes description of the horse whipping given to the president by one of the students)
• Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to his father, Aug. 19, 1833
• Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to his father, Jan. 22, 1834
• Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to his father, Dec. 10, 1834 (Regarding examinations)
• Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to his father, Nov. 7, 1835
• Letter from James J. Pettigrew to his father, Jan. 13, 1844
• Letter from James J. Pettigrew to his father, Apr. 19, 1844 (Regarding how the merchants evade the law and sell alcohol to the students)
• Letter from James J. Pettigrew to his brother Charles Pettigrew, May 5, 1844
• Letter from James J. Pettigrew to his father, Feb. 14, 1845 (Includes description of student misbehavior)
• Letter from James J. Pettigrew to his father, Feb. 8, 1846
• Letter from Thomas C. Pinkard (at Yale) to James Johnston Pettigrew, Oct. 7, 1846 (In which he compares UNC to Yale)
• Letter from William B. Dortch to James Johnston Pettigrew, Dec. 11, 1846
• Letter from James J. Pettigrew to his father, Feb. 21, 1847

• Polk and Yeatman Family Papers (#606)

• Notebook of Lucius J. Polk while a student at UNC, 1821

• Thomas Ruffin Papers (#641)

• Letter from William Thomson to Thomas Ruffin, Apr. 10, 1822
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Jan.1841
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Mar. 1841
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Apr. 1, 1841
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Apr. 1841
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, May 11, 1841
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Aug. 1841
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Jan. 29, 1842
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Feb. 21, 1842
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, July 18, 1842
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, [Nov.-Dec.] 1842 (Requests that his father let him leave college in order to go to sea and make it his profession)
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Jan. 11, 1843
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Jan. 27, 1843 (Includes a description of a disturbance on campus)
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Thomas Ruffin, Feb. 2, 1843 (Letter written by the faculty to inform the parents the role their son played in the disturbance)
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Feb. 20, 1843
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, July 24, 1843
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Sept. 6, 1843
• Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin, Jan. 13, 1844

• Skinner Family Papers (#669)

• Letter from Tristam Lowther Skinner to his father, Sept. 22, 1840

• John Francis Speight Papers (#3914)

• Letter from W.F. Lewis to his sister, Sept. 19, 1841 (Regarding the shooting of a student)
• Letter from James P. Rives to Seth, Sept. 8, 1867
• Letter from Richard Harrison Speight to his mother, Sept. 25, 1867

• Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683)

• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to her sister-in-law, Fanny Phillips, Jan. 23, 1868

• David Lowry Swain Papers (#706)

• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Sept. 25, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 22, 1856

• John Dudley Tatum Letters (#3279-z)

• Letter from John Dudley Tatum to his sister, Anna, Sept. 30, 1856

• Edmonia Cabell Wilkins Papers (#2364)

• Letter from Edmund W. Wilkins to his uncle, Feb. 4, 1851

• Wilson and Hairston Family Papers (#4134)

• Letter from John [Illegible] to Peter Hairston, Oct. 4, 1837

• Wooster Family Papers (#2120-z)

• Essay contrasting college and home life, Oct. 31, 1857

• University of North Carolina Miscellaneous Personal Papers (#3129)

• Letter from Thomas L. Spragins to his brother, Mel Spragins, Sept. 22, 1808
• Letter from Samuel Edward Westray to his mother, Sept. 18, 1855
• The Freshman's Friend, [1846], (notebook of about 150 pages that appears to be an unauthorized "crib" for students facing examinations, "published 1846," with the title "The Freshman's Friend")

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Inventory of the Office of the Registrar of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, Student Records and Faculty Reports (#40131)

• Reports of Aug. 12, 1795 and Sept. 12, 1795 (Describes honors given for compositions and conduct)
• Report of Mar. 25, 1798 (Includes lists of students, with annotations indicating whether or not their examinations were approved)
• Record by class of courses, grades, and absences, Jan. 1833-June 1849, vol. 1: 1833-1849 (a ledger with student grades listed by subject)

• Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of Feb. 6, 1795 (Includes the laws and regulations of the University)

• Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• Minutes of the Debating Society, June 3-Dec. 10, 1795
• Agreement to Establish the Debating Society, 1795, Minutes, vol. 1, p. 1-8
• Laws and Regulations of the Debating Society, 1795-1798, Minutes, vol. 1, p. 9-14
• Inaugural address, by James K. Polk, May 20, 1818
• Catalogs of Books, vol. 1: 1833-1834?
• Address, by William Hill, Oct. 25, 1843
• Address, by Samuel F. Phillips, Jan. 1841
• Address, by Thomas J. Robinson, July 21, 1848

• Records of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#40106)

• Minutes of the General Faculty and Faculty Council (Stating the laws of the university including student and faculty regulation and admission requirements), microfilm reel 1, vol. 1:2 1814-1821, p. 1-34
• Minutes of Nov. 1818 (In which student Matthew Perkinson is accused of using spirits of turpentine in "torturing and injuring animals belonging to the inhabitants of the village")
• Minutes of Feb. 1819 (An account of how students are drunk and violent during a holiday from classes)
• Minutes of Apr. 15, 1819 (In which student W.A. Anthony requests dismissal from college because of an argument with tutor [Simon Jordan])
• Minutes of Oct. 27, 1823 (An account of Chapel Hill horse races, and how the faculty rule it improper for students to attend)
• Minutes of June 2, 1824 (In which students pledge to stop gambling)
• Minutes of Aug. 14, 1850 (An account of a student riot in which the students were drunk and stoned the faculty when they tried to intervene)
• Minutes of Feb. 21, 1851 (An account of students painting caricatures of professors on University property, setting off gunpowder explosions, making an uproar on campus and in the village, and assaulting the faculty with stones)

• Records of the Philanthropic Society (#40166)

• Minutes of the Philanthropic Society, Aug. 10-Dec. 6, 1795
• Minutes of June 26, 1798 (This entry outlines the laws for giving society diplomas)
• Minutes of Mar. 5, 1799 (Meeting to create rules establishing a memorial for deceased members)

• UNC Miscellaneous Diplomas (#3050-z)

• Adam Springs's diploma, 1798
• John R. Hutchins's Dialectic Society Diploma, 1852

• University Papers (#40005)

• John Taylor's Bond as Steward, Nov. 16, 1795 (Describes meals to be served by Steward)
• Letter, 1798 (Reporting the misconduct of Professor Samuel Holmes)
• Letters documenting the Steward's controversy, July 14, 1799 (Includes information about the students being given too much mutton and bacon that was too fat to eat)
• Letter from William Polk to [unknown], May 16, 1803 (Referring to some unspeakable plot to destroy the University)
• William Polk's summary of a called meeting of the Trustees, Aug. 27, 1805 (Regarding the system of monitors adopted the previous July)
• Letters and papers documenting the controversy over monitors, Sept. 2, 1805
• Bill of Fare, Dec. 10, 1807 (An account of the food given to the students)
• Letter from Calvin Jones in Raleigh to Joseph Caldwell, Sept. 10, 1811 (Regarding the behavior of certain students)
• Petition of James Jones to the Trustees, May 13, 1814 (In which he complains about the unfairness of his son's suspension)
• President's Report to the Trustees, Nov. 1814 (In which President Robert Hett Chapman says they've had some "troublous times")
• Critique of instruction in the University, Dec. 19, 1833, by William Hooper
• Letter from Walker Anderson to the President of the Board of Trustees, Nov. 1834
• Letter from "A Number of Students" to Charles Manly, Jan. 19, 1840
• Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, Sept. 11, 1840
• Letter from Dialectic Society members to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Apr. 18, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 14, 1856
• Materials on conflict over chapel worship, Dec. 1860
• Letter from B. D. Hart to Charles Manly, Dec. 10, 1860

• University Papers, Oversized Materials (#40005)

• Student Pledge, [13 Aug. 1805] (In which students pledge to obey laws, signed by members of all four classes)
• Student Petition, [1809] (In which students complain about food at Steward's Hall, signed by members of all four classes)
• Secretary-Treasurer's Report, Nov. 26, 1811 (Regarding his correspondence with other colleges)

• The Hillsborough Recorder, Apr. 30, 1856. (Account of a merchants' meeting to regulate trade with students at the University)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65
• North Carolina General Assembly. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North-Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Printed at the Office of the Raleigh Register, 1838.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp378 UA4
• Swain, David L. Letters to Parents on Rules Concerning the Abuse of Liquor and Rules to Control Students' Debts. Chapel Hill, NC: 1853-1860.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA1

• Letter . . . September 27, 1853
• Letter . . . February 1855
• Letter . . . December 15, 1855
• Letter . . . April 3, 1856
• Letter . . . June 14, 1860
• Letter . . . September 4, 1860

• University of North Carolina. Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: James M. Henderson, 1859.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UA8
• University of North Carolina. Album, University of North Carolina. Richmond, VA: Foster, 1892.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UVF

• North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Map of Chapel Hill. 1852.
  (call number Maps Cm912c C46 1852)

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Joseph Caldwell Papers (#127-z)

• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to William Neill of Albany, N.Y., Jan. 5, 1815 (Includes a brief description of student disorders and the area of Chapel Hill)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of July 13, 1796, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1, p. 220-221 (In which the Board continued temporary rule banning students from taverns)
• Minutes of Dec. 17, 1801, microfilm reel 1, vol. 2, p. 9 (Includes ordinance prohibiting students from eating or drinking at tavern or pubs without permission)
• Minutes of Dec. 3, 1802, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 17-23 (In which the Board advises against permitting students to buy on credit from the village)
• Minutes of Mar. 24, 1810, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 195-196 (The Board concludes that faculty may declare particular houses off limits)
• Minutes of June 27, 1827, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 96-101 (The Board concludes that students will deposit monies with bursar who will pay fees and give pocket money each month)
• Minutes of Dec. 29, 1827, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 119 (In which a Committee is appointed to prepare a bill for General Assembly prohibiting the distilling or retailing of spirituous liquors at or near Chapel Hill)
• Minutes of Dec. 31, 1827, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 120 (In which the Board approves "A Bill to prohibit vice and immorality at and in the vicinity of the University and for other purposes")
• Minutes of July 4, 1836, microfilm reel 1, vol. 5, p. 39-40 (The Board concludes that students can't contract debt)
• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Sept. 8, 1838, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 71-72 (Notes violations of state law and university regulations)
• Minutes of Dec. 26, 1845, microfilm reel 2, vol. 6, p. 62 (Regarding boardinghouses in the village)
• Minutes of Mar. 29, 1856, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 190 (Includes a circular letter)
• Minutes of Jan. 31, 1868, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 291 (Regarding boardinghouses in the village)
• Minutes of Aug. 31, 1875, microfilm reel 2, vol. S-7, p. 242, 245 (The Board concludes that students are to room in the college buildings and sets boarding rates)

• Records of the Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance (#40095)

• Day Book, Oct. 12, 1793 (Includes listing of purchasers of village lots), subgroup 4, series 1, Historical Financial Records, vol. 1, p. 11

• University Papers (#40005)

• Harris, Charles. A Plan of the Situation of ye University, ye Ornamental Ground, ye Adjacent Village, the Lands Belonging to ye Trustees Together with ye Springs. June 1, 1975.
• Plan of the Village at the University with the Adjoining Lands Belonging to the Institution. [Between 1797 and 1812].
• Plan of the Village of Chapel Hill on a Scale of 200 Yards to an Inch. Sept. 4, 1817.
• Letter from William D. Moseley to Elisha Mitchell, Aug. 15, 1853 (Includes description of the village ca. 1818)

• Confederate States of America Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Military Affairs. A Bill To Be Entitled an Act To Amend the Existing Acts for the Exemption of Persons from Military Service. Richmond, VA: The House, 1862.
  Rare Book Collection: 252 Conf
• Confederate States of America Congress, House of Representatives. A Bill To Exempt Certain Persons from Military Duty, and To Repeal the Acts Heretofore Passed by Congress on the Same Subject. Richmond, VA: The House, 1863.
  Rare Book Collection: 302 Conf
• Order of Exercises for 1870 Commencement, June 8, 1870. [Chapel Hill, 1870].
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UL2
• Spencer, Cornelia Phillips. The Last Ninety Days of the War in North-Carolina. New York: Watchman Publishing Company, 1866.
  North Carolina Collection: C970.73 S74L
• Swain, David L. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, July 31, 1861: The Faculty Understand That in Various Sections of the Southwestern States, and in Some Parts of Our Own State, an Impression Prevails That the Regular Exercises of This Institution Have Been Suspended. Chapel Hill, NC: The University, 1861.
  North Carolina Collection: Cb378 UC11
• Vance, Zebulon. The Duties of Defeat. An Address Delivered before the Two Literary Societies of the University of North Carolina, June 7th, 1866, by Ex-Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance. Raleigh, NC: William B. Smith, 1866.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1866V
• Waddell, Alfred M. The Ante-Bellum University: Oration Delivered at the Celebration of the Centennial of the University of North Carolina, June 5th, 1895. Wilmington, NC: Jackson & Bell, 1895.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1895W

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Battle Family Papers (#3223)

• Letter from Charles Phillips to Kemp P. Battle, Sept. 20, 1865
• Letter from Charles Phillips to Kemp P. Battle, Aug. 12, 1867 (In which he proposes a new curriculum)

• William J. Clarke Papers (#153)

• Announcement of the opening of the University session, by Solomon Pool on Aug. 18, 1869, July 1, 1869 (printed circular)

• John Wesley Halliburton Papers (#4414-z)

• Letter from John Halliburton to his fiancé, Juliet Halliburton, Apr. 22, 1861 (In which he describes a secessionist rally)

• John Steele Henderson Papers (#327)

• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Feb. 23, 1862 (Regarding Civil War news)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Apr. 11, 1862 [May 1862] (Regarding Civil War news)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Apr. 20, 1862
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Apr. 24, 1862 (Regarding Civil War news)
• Letter from David L. Swain to Archibald Henderson, May 1, 1862 (In which he assures Henderson that he will attempt to keep John Henderson in school)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, May 21, 1862
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, May 31,1862
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Aug. 23, 1862 (In which he discusses problem of conscription)
• Letter from John Henderson to his father, Sept. 4, 1862
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Sept. 22, 1862 (In which he gives various reasons why he should join the army)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Jan. 22, 1863
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Feb. 14, 1863 (In which he discusses conscription)
• Letter from Ellie Swain to John Henderson, Apr. 1863 (A calling card with a handwritten note)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, May 4, 1863
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, May 18,1863
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Sept. 8, 1863
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Apr. 17, 1864 (In which he reports on the death of tutor George B. Johnston after being held in a Union prison)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, May 1, 1864
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, May 15, 1864 (In which he discusses his brother, Leonard, who was killed a few weeks later at Cold Harbor)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Aug. 3, 1864
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, [Sept. 26, 1864]
• Letter from John Henderson to his brother and sister, Richard and Mary, Oct. 26, 1864
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Nov. 7,1864 (In which the Board of Trustees is protesting against the conscription of the seniors)
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Nov. 11, 1864
• Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Nov. 21, 1864 (In which he plans to enter the army when he graduates at the end of the term)
• "Seat of War in Eastern Virginia," by John Henderson, 1864 (colored map)
• Letter from John Henderson to his father from Fort Branch, [Feb. 1865] (Henderson was a private with Company B 10th Regiment of North Carolina)

• Edmund Walter Jones Papers (#3543)

• Letter from Jim E. Jones to his father, Edmund W. Jones, July 29, 1867 (In which he reports that University attendance is falling off and that there are only 12 first year students)
• Letter from Jim E. Jones to his father, Edmund W. Jones, Aug. 26, 1867 (In which he comments on the University's debts)

• John Kimberly Papers (#398)

• Letter from Charles Phillips to John Kimberly, July 8, 1875 (Regarding the reopening of the University)

• Lewis Family Papers (#427)

• Letter from Catherine Battle Lewis to her brother-in-law, William Figures Lewis, Jan. 23, 1868

• Henry Armand London Papers (#868-z)

• Letter from Henry A. London, Jr. to his sister, Feb. 15, 1864 (Regarding the conscription of students and action against African-Americans)

• Charles B. Mallet Papers (#3165)

• Letter from Charles P. Mallet to Henry A. London, Apr. 30, 1865 (In which he discusses the Union occupation of Chapel Hill)
• Letter from Charles P. Mallet to his son, May 1, 1865 (In which he describes the Union occupation of Chapel Hill)

• W.H. Maverick Papers (#498-z)

• Letter from William H. Maverick to his mother, Sept. 9, 1867

• John Francis Speight Papers (#3914)

• Letter from Catherine Ann Battle Lewis to her sister, Emma Speight, May 5, 1865 (Regarding the Union occupation of Chapel Hill)
• Letter from R.H. Speight to his mother, [Emma Speight], Aug. 22, 1867
• Letter from Richard Harrison Speight to his cousin, Aug. 31, 1867 (In which he reports that the University will adopt the "University system," that is, teaching by lecture)

• Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683)

• Letter from Governor Zebulon B. Vance to [General William] Sherman, Apr. 11, 1865 (In which he surrenders the city of Raleigh and asks protection for the educational institutions in the state)
• Copy of General William T. Sherman's reply to Governor Zebulon B. Vance, Apr. 12, 1865
• Letter from Ellie Swain to Cornelia Phillips Spencer, May 12, 1865
• Journal of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Oct. 14, 1865 (In which she writes about the difficulties the University faces), vol. 3, p. 91-92
• Journal of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Jan. 7, 1866 (In which she visits the campus and laments over the changes), vol. 3, p. 112-113
• Journal of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, June 7, 1866 (In which she describes Commencement day with only 3 seniors), vol. 3, p. 130-131
• Journal of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Aug. 12, 1866 (In which she describes the University opening with 100 students), vol. 3, p. 138-139
• Letter from Cornelia Spencer to Ellen Caldwell Summerell, [Sept. 30, 1866]
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to her brother, Charles Phillips, Apr. 26, 1869
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to Laura, May 26, 1869
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to Laura, June 14, 1869 (In which she discusses commencement)
• Letter from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to Charles Phillips, Sept. 8, 1869

• Ruffin Thomson Papers (#3315)

• Letter from J.B. Mitchell to "Ruff," May 29, 1866

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of July 1868 - Mar. 1883 (Documenting the troubles the University experienced during reconstruction, including debts and the change in administration), microfilm reel 2, vols. 6 and S-7
• Minutes of Nov. 15, 1870 (Solomon Pool gives his annual report about the condition of the university), microfilm reel 2, vol. S-7, p. 122-124
• Minutes of Dec. 1, 1870 (Solomon Pool submits a plan for continuing the University and includes a provision that the property be leased), microfilm reel 2, vol. S-7, p. 127-129
• Minutes of Feb. 13,1873 (Last meeting of the Board; no steps are taken to revive the institution), microfilm reel 2, vol. S-7, p. 161
• Minutes of Apr. 9, 1874 (Containing the Report on the Condition of the University), microfilm reel 2, vol. S-7, p.181-193
• Minutes of May 4, 1875 (Meeting to reorganize the University; several proposals are debated, and the next day one is adopted), microfilm reel 2, vol. S-7, p. 215-222

• Records of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#40106)

• Meetings from 1861-1865, vol. 1:6
• Last meeting in 1871, vol. 1:6, 376-377
• First meeting in 1875, vol. 1:6, 379

• Records of the Philanthropic Society (#40166)

• Minutes of Oct. 25, 1861 (In which the Society memorializes former members who were killed in the Civil War), series 1, vol. 15, p. 490-493
• Minutes of Feb. 28, 1863 (In which the Society memorializes former members who were killed in the Civil War), series 1, vol. 15, p. 612-613
• Minutes of Nov. 3, 1865 (In which the Society eulogizes all those lost in the war), series 1, vol. 16
• Minutes of Sept. 15, 1875 (First meeting after the reopening of the University), series 1, vol. S-17
• Letter, Feb. 8, 1865 (In which the writer states that he is enclosing an autograph of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and that he is having the autograph of Jefferson Davis sent later), series 2.3, vol. 15
• Letter, Feb. 11, 1865 (Letter appears to be from Jefferson Davis's secretary and states that Davis's autograph is enclosed), series 2.3, vol. 15

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes to Charles Manly, Apr. 27, 1861 (In which they request that classes be suspended until next term because of the war)
• Announcement denying the student's petition, May 1, 1861, by David L. Swain (printed circular)
• Announcement refuting the rumors that the University has closed, July 31, 1861, by David Swain (printed circular)
• Letter from Professor William J. Martin to the Board of Trustees, Nov. 11, 1861 (In which he requests a leave of absence to join the army)
• Memo from the faculty, Nov. 29, 1861 (In which they urge the continuance of classes)
• Letter from [Peter J.?] Holmes to David L. Swain, Jan. 21, 1862
• Letter from R.D. Osborne to [David L. Swain], [Mar. 16, 1862]
• Letter from William J. Martin to David L. Swain, July 21, 1862
• North Carolina Mutual Insurance policy taken out on the campus buildings, [July 7, 1863]
• Letter from the Board of Trustees to Secretary of War James A. Seddon, [Oct. 15, 1863] (In which they protest the conscription of students)
• Letter from Peter Mallett, head of the North Carolina Conscription Office, to David L. Swain, Nov. 6, 1863
• Listing of former students now in the 3rd Regiment of the North Carolina Cavalry, Dec. 19, 1863
• Pages from a University catalog with lists of students and hand written additions about their service in the army
• Letter from Charles Phillips, Nov. 23, 1864 (In which he describes impressments of food staples)
• Letter from William J. Martin to Charles Phillips, Dec. 12, 1864 (In which he states that the "college must be kept up")
• Copy of a resolution allowing David L. Swain to attempt to get a $30,000 loan in the "North," Sept. 19, 1865
• Letter from [Andrew D. Hepburn] to David L. Swain, [1866-67] (In which he describes the condition of the University)
• Letter from Solomon Pool to the Board of Trustees, May 5, 1866
• Circular from the Board of Trustees to the North Carolina General Assembly, 1867
• Letter from C.B. Hassell to Charles Manly, June 12, 1867
• Resignations of several professors, July 1867 (Also included is a letter written by several students reacting to David L. Swain's resignation), folder 227-228
• Letter from William J. Martin to the Board of Trustees, July 13, 1867
• Letter from William J. Martin to Governor Jonathan Worth, July 13, 1867
• Letter from David L. Swain to the Board of Trustees, July 23, 1867
• Letter from students to David L. Swain, July 29, 1867
• Governor Jonathan Worth's reply, July 30, 1867 (printed circular)
• Circular appealing to the citizens of North Carolina to help the University, 1867 (Handwritten circular)
• Proposal of a new scheme of study, Nov. 21, 1867
• Letter from students to David L. Swain, June 6, 1868 (Regarding his leaving the University)
• Letter from Solomon Pool to Charles [Pool], Jan. 23, 1868 (In which he accuses the University of being governed by the aristocracy)
• Letter from James B. Mason to R.W. Lassiter, Sept. 3, 1873 (Regarding authority for the libraries)

• Alumni Association (University of North Carolina). A Record of the Proceedings of the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at the Centennial Celebration of the Act of Incorporation: Being an Account of the Alumni Banquet and the Alumni Class Reunions, June 5, 1889 . . . . Raleigh, NC: The Alumni Association, 1890.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UT3
• Coon, Charles L. The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina: A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, 1908.
  North Carolina Collection: C370.9 C77b
• Gaston, William. Address Delivered Before the Philanthropic and Dialectic Societies at Chapel-Hill, June 20, 1832. Raleigh, NC: Jos. Gales & Son, 1832.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1832G
• Gaston, William. Address Delivered before the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies at Chapel Hill, NC, June 20, 1832. 4th ed. Raleigh, NC: Seaton Gales, 1849.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1832G.3
• The Hillsborough Recorder, Aug. 24, 1853. (Letter from Calvin Wiley to Governor David Settle Reid in which he praises the University to some degree but says that most of the students are from the aristocracy and the truly bright students go to school out of state)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65
• The Hillsborough Recorder, Sept. 21, 1853. (Letter from Calvin Wiley to Governor David Settle Reid which is more positive and makes a linkage between the common schools and the growth of the University)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65
• "The Influence of the University Upon the State." The North Carolina University Magazine 1, no. 2 (Apr. 1844): 85-89.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UQm
• Mitchell, Elisha. The Other Leaf of the Book of Nature and the Word of God. n.p., 1948 [i.e. 1848?].
  North Carolina Collection: Cp326.7 M68o
• "Note to 'The Influence of the University Upon the State'." The North Carolina University Magazine 1, no. 4 (June 1844): 185-188.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UQm
• University of North Carolina Board of Trustees Executive Committee. Sir, the Executive Committee of the Trustees of the University of North-Carolina . . . . Raleigh, NC: The Committee, 1837.
  North Carolina Collection: VCp378 UB1
• Waddell, Alfred M. The Ante-Bellum University: Oration Delivered at the Celebration of the Centennial of the University of North Carolina, June 5th, 1895. Wilmington, NC: Jackson & Bell, 1895.
  North Carolina Collection: C378 UK3 1895W

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Joseph Caldwell Papers (#127-z)

• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to the Wilmington Gazette, [undated], (In which he defends the university from the criticism of the "Citizen")

• Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers (#1290)

• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, June 9, 1805
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Feb. 7[?], 1810

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• "Our Union, Will It Be Preserved?" by James McNab, Mar. 1857
• Address on slavery, by James Turner Morehead, Nov. 21, 1818
• Debate "Is it desirable that our country should be peopled by immigrants from Europe?" by Thomas J. Robinson, 1848
• Senior oration "Two sections of the Union," by Edward T. Sykes, [1858]
• Senior speech "The American Union a Failure," by Elijah B. Withers, Nov. 7, 1858

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from William R. Davie to James Hogg, Aug. 27, 1796 (Regarding General Person's election chances)
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to [John H. Hobart], [Nov. 8, 1796]

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of Dec. 9, 1799, microfilm reel 1, vol. 2, p. 32-33 (Includes a petition from Samuel McCullock and William Baker asking to be reinstated)

• Records of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#40106)

• "Promissory obligation of students to obey the laws," 1799, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1:1
• [Testimony concerning a fight/duel between Thomas H. Benton and Archibald Lytle], [1799?], microfilm reel 1, vol. 1:1
• [Testimony from Fleming Saunders and Marmaduke Baker accusing Thomas Benton of stealing their money], Mar. 19, 1799, microfilm reel 1, vol. 1:1

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from James S. Gillaspie to Gavin Alves, Feb. 19, 1800 (In which he expresses outrage over the re-admittance of expelled students)

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Battle Family Papers (#3223)

• Letter from Lucy Battle to William H. Battle, Aug. 15, 1856

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Sept. 13, 1856, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 191-192

• Records of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#40106)

• Minutes of Sept. 19, 1856, microfilm reel 2, vol. 1:6, p. 48-55

• University Papers (#40005)

• Lemuel Benbury's account, [undated, filed as Aug. 1856]
• Report of M. Fetter, Officer in charge of College for the week beginning Aug. 8, 1856
• Joseph B. Lucas's account, Aug. 11, 1856
• A.G. Brown's account, Aug. 11, 1856
• W.R. Wetmore's account, Aug. 12, 1856
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Aug. 20, 1856
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Sept. 19, 1856
• Report to the Board of Trustees of the [Faculty] Committee charged with investigating the burning of the belfry, Oct. 4, 1856

• "Commencement of 1844." The North Carolina University Magazine 1, no. 5 (July 1844): 231-236.
  North Carolina Collection: VC378 UQm 1844

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Collections of papers by members of the Class of 1844

• John Ballanfant Papers (#2861)
• Edmund DeBerry Covington Diary (#1506-z)
• Hawkins Family Papers (#322)
• Lewis Family Papers (#427)
• Thomas Ruffin Papers (#641)
• Walter Leake Steel Papers (#3681)
• George Badger Wetmore Papers (#4497)
• Edward Clements Yellowley Papers (#2122)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Office of the Registrar of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Student Records and Faculty Reports (#40131)

• Examination report, 1844
• Report on the 99th Session, Jan. 5, 1844 - June 6, 1844 (Includes a "conduct roll" that lists grades and absences for each student)

• Records of the Dialectic Society (#40152)

• Circulation Records, vol. S-2: 1832-1840
• "The Progress of Poesy," by Edmund DeBerry Covington, Mar. 12, 1842
• Debate, by Robert H. Cowan, May 19, 1843
• Debate: "Was the division of the Roman people into Patricians and Plebians a measure calculated to advance their prosperity?" by Walter Leake Steele, May 28, 1843
• Address, by Stephen Addison Stanfield, May 31, 1843
• Address, by Robert H. Cowan, July 18, 1843
• Address, by Stephen Addison Stanfield, Aug. 12, 1843
• Address, by Walter Leake Steele, Sept. 22, 1843
• Address, by William Hill, Oct. 25, 1843
• Address, by Alfred Gaither Foster, Jan. 1844
• Address, by Pleasant Hunter Dalton, Feb. 1844
• Address, by John Ballanfant, Mar. 23, 1844 (Regarding Dialectic Society laws)
• Address, by John Wesley Long, Apr. 18, 1844
• Address, by Robert H. Cowan, May 18, 1844
• Valedictory address, by Peter K. Rounsaville, June 5, 1844

• Records of the Philanthropic Society (#40166)

• Circulation Records, vol. 9: 1843-1845
• Minutes of Jan. 12, 1844 (Entry lists senior members), vol. 10
• Minutes of June 4-5, 1844 (Last meetings for class of 1844) vol. 10

• The Hillsborough Recorder, June 20, 1860. (A long article on commencement and the selection of Bishop Hughes to speak to the senior class)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65
• The Hillsborough Recorder, July 4, 1860. (Follow-up article on commencement and the selection of Bishop Hughes to speak to the senior class)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  David L. Swain Papers (#706)

• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Feb. 5, 1856
• Letter from Robert G. Allison of Charlotte to David L. Swain, Feb. 25, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Feb. 26, 1856 (In which he conveys the opinion of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees)
• Letter from David L. Swain to Robert G. Allison, Mar. 1, 1856 (In which he explains that Hughes had declined)

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board Trustees, Nov. 7, 1856, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 199-200

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Henry Harrisse to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Sept. 27, 1856
• Henry Harrisse's Memorial to the Trustees, Sept. 29, 1856
• Letter from Henry Harrisse to the Executive Committee, Oct. 9, 1856 (In which he conveys a postscript to the Memorial of Sept. 29, 1856)
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 10, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 14, 1856
• Key and Appendix to Mr. Harrisse's Memorial of Sept. 29 along with another Postscript, Oct. 15, 1856
• Letter from Henry Harrisse to Governor Thomas Bragg, Oct. 15, 1856
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 25, 1856
• Letter from David L. Swain to Charles Manly, Oct. 28-29, 1856

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of July 10, 1805, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 77-79 (Includes a resolution on monitors)
• Minutes of Nov. 30, 1805, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 89-90 (In which a committee is appointed to consider ordinance establishing monitors)
• Minutes of Dec. 14, 1805, microfilm reel 1, vol. 3, p. 92-93 (Includes a committee report on monitors and an ordinance to rescind the establishment of monitors)

• Records of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#40106)

• Monitor Pledge, [1805], microfilm reel 1, vol. 1.2, p. 99

• University Papers (#40005)

• "An attempt at a most foul and unnatural murder!" an allegorical paper written by Joseph Caldwell, 1805
• William Polk further explains the role of monitors, Aug. 27, 1805
• Letter from Major Pleasant Henderson to Walter Alves, Sept. 3, 1805 (In which Henderson, as Steward, describes the secession of students)
• Letter from William Polk to Joseph Caldwell, Sept. 4, 1805
• Letter from Henry Chambers to John Steele, Sept. 17, 1805
• Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, Sept. 22, 1805
• Letter from Joseph Caldwell to Richard Henderson, Nov. 1, 1805

• Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac. Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 1910.
  North Carolina Collection: Cp970 J28 v. 10, no. 1
• Hedrick, Benjamin S. "Defence." North Carolina Standard, Oct. 1, 1856.
  North Carolina Collection: Microfilm C071 S78s
• The Hillsborough Recorder, Nov. 12, 1856. (Announcement of dismissal of Professor Benjamin S. Hedrick for engaging in political conflicts)
  North Carolina Collection: VC071 H65
• North Carolina Standard, "Fremont in the South," Sept. 13, 1856.
  North Carolina Collection: Microfilm C071 S78s
• North Carolina Standard, "Letter from 'An Alumnus'," Sept. 27, 1856.
  North Carolina Collection: Microfilm C071 S78s

• Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick Papers (#325)

• Letter from M.S. Sherwood [Hedrick's uncle] to Benjamin S. Hedrick, Aug. 20, 1856
• Letter from H.R. Helper in New York to Benjamin S. Hedrick, Oct. 15, 1856
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick in Davidson County to his wife, Mary Ellen, Oct. 22, 1856

• David L. Swain Papers (#706)

• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 4, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 8, 1856
• Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, Oct. 18, 1856

• University Archives, Wilson Library
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Minutes of the Board of Trustees (#40001)

• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Oct. 11, 1856, microfilm reel 5, vol. 15, p. 195-196

• Records of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#40106)

• Proceedings of the Faculty regarding Benjamin S. Hedrick's actions, Oct. 6, 1856

• University Papers (#40005)

• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Governor Thomas Bragg, Oct. 6, 1856 (In which he explains why he published the letter in the North Carolina Standard)
• Letter from David L. Swain to [Charles Manly?], Oct. 7, 1856 (In which he gives his assessment of Hedrick's character and describing how the "boys" had burned him in effigy)
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Charles Manly, Oct. 14, 1856 (In which he defends his actions)
• Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Charles Manly, Oct. 28, 1856 (In which he thanks him for making "the blow fall as lightly as you could")