Dixie Classic was a popular basketball tournament held from 1949 to 1960 in Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. Started by N.C….
History & Lore
Danziger's was a legendary Franklin Street candy shop and restaurant. It was opened in 1939 by Edward G. Danziger, a…
After the University of North Carolina received its charter, the board of trustees had to find a location for the…
Published for only a few years in the early 1930s, the Chapel Hill literary magazine Contempo managed to attract national…
From its founding in 1789 until 1932, the University of North Carolina was a single campus in Chapel Hill. During…
In 1908 the board of trustees approved a request from the North Carolina division of the United Daughters of the…
The university entered the computer age in 1959 when a nineteen-ton, $2.4 million UNIVAC 1105 arrived on campus. The newly…
In 1885 students were eager to have a new ballroom to host dances. When the university was unable to provide…
Having weathered complaints of excessively liberal bias since the leadership of Frank Porter Graham in the 1930s, the university faced…
Located in the Monogram Club building (now Jackson Hall), the Circus Room was a popular soda fountain and snack bar….