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The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center officially opened
in January 1986. (The occasion was a game against the Duke
Blue Devils, and UNC won, 95-92.)
The Smith Center is the third largest on-campus arena in the
country, seating 21,444 for basketball. It cost $33.8 million to
construct and all the funds were private donations raised in
a campaign led by UNC alumnus Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles.
Since its opening, the Smith Center has also become a popular
concert spot. In the 1987-88 school year, the Smith Center hosted
several big-name artists, including David Bowie, Pink Floyd and
Jimmy Buffett, and most recently, Rod Stewart.
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W&on 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 resources of
the building is the Southern Historical
Collection of 8 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 3 millionth book was presented
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 pamphlets.
Louis Round Wilson, a Kenan professor
and a University librarian for 31 years, died
several weeks short of his 103rd birthday in
1979.
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