The bibliography is arranged by topic and subtopic. Within each category, published materials are listed first, followed by manuscript materials. Published materials are arranged alphabetically. The manuscript materials are arranged first by repository and then by collection name or number. Within a collection, items are listed chronologically, earliest first.
Published Materials
- 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
Manuscript Materials
- North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- State Archives, Office of Archives and History
Raleigh, NC
House Bills, Session of 1789, General Assembly Session Records
- 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)
- 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