Periodicals
Carolina Alumni Review. General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1912–2018.
Daily Tar Heel. Chapel Hill, 1893–2018.
University Gazette. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1973–2018.
University Magazine. Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies at the University of North Carolina, 1844–1948.
Books and Articles
Allcott, John V. The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Years of Architecture. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1986.
Baker, Bruce. “Why North Carolinians Are Called Tar Heels.” Southern Cultures 21, no. 4 (2015): 81–94.
Battle, Kemp Plummer. History of the University of North Carolina. 2 vols. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards and Broughton, 1907–12.
Berryhill, W. Reece, William B. Blythe, and Isaac H. Manning. Medical Education at Chapel Hill: The First Hundred Years. Chapel Hill: UNC School of Medicine, 1979.
Bowers, Tom. Making News: One Hundred Years of Journalism and Mass Communication at Carolina. Chapel Hill: UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2009.
Bullock, J. Marshall. “A Brief History of Battle Park.” Chapel Hill, N.C.: J. M. Bullock, 1990.
Bursey, Maurice M. Carolina Chemists: Sketches from Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill: UNC Department of Chemistry, 1982.
Chapman, John Kenyon. “Black Freedom and the University of North Carolina, 1793–1960.” Ph.D. diss., UNC–Chapel Hill, 2006.
Cherry, Kevin. “‘And They Talked. Always They Talked’: 215 Years of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies.” Gladys Coates Hall University History Lecture. Chapel Hill: UNC–Chapel Hill, 2011.
Coates, Albert, and Gladys Hall Coates. The Story of Student Government in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Professor Emeritus Fund, 1985.
Connor, R. D. W. A Documentary History of the University of North Carolina, 1776–1799. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1953.
[Davis, Morris]. “History of Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1792–1975.” Chapel Hill: UNC Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1975.
Dean, Pamela. Women on the Hill: A History of Women at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill: UNC Division of Student Affairs, 1987.
Fryar, Charlotte Taylor. “Reclaiming the University of the People: Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1951–2018.” Ph.D. diss., UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019.
Godschalk, David R., and Jonathan B. Howes. The Dynamic Decade: Creating the Sustainable Campus for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001–2011. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Hall, Jacquelyn Down, and Kathryn Nasstrom. “Case Study: The Southern Oral History Program.” In The Oxford Handbook of Oral History, edited by Donald A. Ritchie, pp 409–16. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Henderson, Archibald. The Campus of the First State University. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1949.
Herman, G. Nicholas. The Order of the Golden Fleece at Chapel Hill, 1904–2004: America’s First Honor Society for University Leaders. Chapel Hill: UNC Library, 2005.
Holden, Charles J. The New Southern University: Academic Freedom and Liberalism at UNC. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
House, Robert B. The Light That Shines: Chapel Hill—1912–1916. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1964.
Jackson, Victoria. “Title IX and the Big Time: Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1950–1992.” Ph.D. diss., Arizona State University, 2015.
Kain, Thomas R. “The History of Required Physical Education and Intramural Athletics at the University of North Carolina.” Master’s thesis, University of North Carolina, 1950.
Knudson, Kermit, and Clifton E. Crandell. From Quonset Hut to Number One and Beyond: A History of the UNC School of Dentistry. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Dental Alumni Association, 1982.
Lamontagne, Nancy D., ed. Ahead of Our Time: Chapel Hill’s First Nightingales. Alexandria, Va.: Nightingales, 1955, 2014.
Link, William A. William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Little, Ruth M. The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1795–1975. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, 2006.
Long, Rachael. Building Notes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill: UNC Facilities Planning and Design, 1993.
Lucas, Adam. Carolina Basketball: A Century of Excellence. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Madry, Sarah Brandes. Well Worth a Shindy: The Architectural and Philosophical History of the Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, 2004.
Powell, Adam. University of North Carolina Football. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2006.
Powell, William S. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1979–96.
———. The First State University: A Pictorial History of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992.
———. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968.
Powell, William S., ed., and Jay Mazzocchi, associate ed., The Encyclopedia of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Prince, William Meade. The Southern Part of Heaven. New York: Rinehart, 1950.
Puaca, Laura Micheletti. Pioneer to Powerhouse: The History of Graduate Education at Carolina. Chapel Hill: UNC Graduate School, 2003.
Rogoff, Leonard. Homelands: Southern Jewish Identity in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2001.
Sanders, John L. The University Campus and Purposeful Growth. Chapel Hill: General Alumni Association, 1993.
Schumann, Marguerite. The First State University: A Walking Guide. Rev. ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985.
Smith, Dean. A Coach’s Life. New York: Random House, 1999.
Snider, William D. Light on the Hill: A History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992.
Tepper, Steven J. The Chronicles of the Bicentennial Observance of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
UNC School of Information and Library Science. Illuminating the Past: A History of the First 75 Years of the University of North Carolina’s School of Information and Library Science. Minneapolis, Minn.: PhotoBook Press, 2007.
———. 1931–2011: 80 Years: The UNC School of Information and Library Science. Chapel Hill: UNC School of Information and Library Science, 2011.
Wilson, Louis Round. Louis Round Wilson’s Historical Sketches. Durham, N.C.: Moore Publishing, 1976.
———. The University of North Carolina, 1900–1930. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1957.
Zogry, Kenneth Joel. Print News and Raise Hell: The “Daily Tar Heel” and the Evolution of a Modern University. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
———. The University’s Living Room: A History of the Carolina Inn. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999.
Online Sources
Calingaert, Peter. “Growth of a Department: A Personal History of Computer Science at UNC–Chapel Hill.” Department of Computer Science, UNC–Chapel Hill, January 25, 2002. http://www.cs.unc.edu/History/.
The Carolina Hall Story. Chancellor’s Task Force on UNC–Chapel Hill History, 2017. https://carolinahallstory.unc.edu/.
The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History. UNC Libraries and UNC Center for the Study of the American South, ca. 2006–15. http://museum.unc.edu/.
DigitalNC, which includes digitized archives of the Daily Tar Heel, Black Ink, University Magazine, and many other campus and student publications. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. http://digitalnc.org.
“The First Century of the First State University.” Documenting the American South, UNC Libraries, 2006. http://docsouth.unc.edu/unc/.
Reclaiming the University of the People: Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Charlotte Fryar, Ph.D. candidate, Department of American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill. https://uncofthepeople.com/.
Haisley, Waldo E. “Section I: Physics and Astronomy at Chapel Hill (1795–1946).” Department History, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UNC–Chapel Hill, 1989. http://physics.unc.edu/department-history/.
I Raised My Hand to Volunteer. UNC Libraries, 2007. https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/protest.
Muller, Eric L. “Judging Thomas Ruffin and the Hindsight Defense.” UNC Legal Studies Research Paper 1186524, July 30, 2008. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1186524.
Names in Brick and Stone: Histories from UNC’s Built Landscape. History/American Studies 671: Introduction to Public History, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2015 and 2017. http://unchistory.web.unc.edu/.
Plan Room. Engineering Information Services, Facilities Services, UNC–Chapel Hill. https://planroom.unc.edu/.
Slavery and the Making of the University. UNC Libraries, 2006. https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/slavery/introduction.