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The Louis
Round Wilson
Library
The Louis Round Wilson Library,
which served for 55 years as the
research library in the humanities and
social sciences at UNC, has been
dedicated to special collections since
the opening of Davis Library.
Foremost among the special resour
ces of the building is the Southern
Historical Collection of eight million
manuscripts.
Its Rare Book Collection contains
special groups such as the Hanes
Collection of Incunabula, including
the ceremonial volumes that mark
the millions in the library's holdings.
The three millionth book was pres
ented in the fall of 1983.
The North Carolina Collection
dates to an effort begun in 1844 and
today contains more than 170,000
books and pamplets.
Louis Round Wilson, a Kenan
professor and a University librarian
for 3 1 years, died several weeks short
of his 103rd birthday in 1979.
Text by Nancy Harrington
and Matt Long
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Playmakers
Theatre
Often described as one of the most
beautiful buildings on campus, the
PlayMakers Theater was originally
built in 1851 as a combination library
and ballroom.
Among this Corinthian building's
features is the substitution of the
traditional acanthus leaves with
wheat and Indian corn to better
reflect the intense Americanism of the
day.
The building is now the home of
UNC's PlayMakers Repertory Co.,
a drama production company that
has helped many aspiring artists on
their way to stardom. Among them
are author Thomas Wolfe, band
leader Kay Kyser and actor Andy
Griffith.
A legend has surrounded the
building ever since an incident that
supposedly happened while it was
still a library. According to legend,
horses of the Michigan 9th Company
were stabled there following the Civil
War. Since then, Michigan horses
have been known for their intelli
gence and Carolina students for their
good sense.
The theater was named a National
Historic Landmark in 1974.
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