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6The Daily Tar HeelThursday, March 19, 1992 as Check out Wilson Library for N.C. books, memorabilia By Vlckl Cheng Staff Writer ; The polished wooden door opens to reveal a spacious room gently lit by glowing chandeliers. Elegant rugs adorned with intricate patterns lead to a delicate statue nestled beneath a cozy (trch. Two white staircases stretch up ward, promising more to discover. I Unfortunately, these images are un familiar to many at UNC. The room is the lobby of the Wilson Library, a place of which most people on campus are aware, but few actually explore. "There is some sort of presumption that this is the 'graduate library' and that it's a little bit forbidding," said J.G. Jones, the curator of the N.C. Collec tion, which is housed in Wilson Li brary. "Actually, it's a very warm build ing, once a person feels at home in it. There's something that makes a student think, 'Well, that's off limits.' Butthat's not true." Originally referred to as simply "the Library," Wilson Library was con structed between 1927 and 1929 to re place Carnegie Library (now Hill Hall), formerly the oldest state university li brary in the United States. The library was renamed in 1956 in honor of Louis Round Wilson, who served as the Uni versity librarian from 1901 to 1932. ' The new library was designed with the idea that it would be a permanent solution to library expansion; architects envisioned unlimited additions behind the building to accommodate the University's growing collection of books. Although additions were built in 1 952 and 1976, the construction of the Bell Tower and of South Road made further expansion impossible. Afterthecomple tion of Davis Library in 1985, Wilson Library was renovated and became the home of UNC's special collections. Today, these collections include the N.C. Collection, the Rare Book Collec tion and the Southern Historical Collec tion, all of which are funded by private trust funds and gifts. The N.C. Collection, organized by Wilson in 1901, actually began in 1844 with University President David Swain's collection of N.C. memora bilia. Today, the N.C. Collection in cludes anything and everything written about North Carolina or North Carolin ians, plus works written by North Caro linians, regardless of subject. The col lection has grown and evolved to in clude the Gallery, the Reading Room and the Photographic Services depart ment. The N.C. Collections Gallery, open from 9 a.m. to I p.m. Monday through Friday, is tucked away at the end of the hall on the first floor. But Jones said the Gallery is not just another everyday museum. "Most museums are interested in ar tifact material and are loathe to do much with written materials," Jones said. "But we are a library and have acquired many whww " mww " ' mm '-smmm STANLEY H. 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The displays in the gallery often have a related theme or some tie to the Uni versity, Jones explained. For example, the Sir Walter Raleigh Collection, made up of the Sir Walter Raleigh rooms with 17th century paneling, furniture and artifacts, branches off into the Roanoke Collection and is supplemented by books and other materials. Also in the Gallery are displays in cluding Mangum Weeks' collection of Audubon Society works, photographs of and an account ledger about Siamese twins Chang and Eng, who eventually settled in North Carolina, and the brass cornerplate of Old East. At the otherend of the hall is the N.C. Collection's Reading Room. Furnished with dignified chairs and Chippendale study tables, visitors are invited lo study in the Reading Room below spidery chandeliers and surrounded by austere portraits hung near giant arched win dows. The Reading Room houses the larg est collection of material about a single state in the United States. Special dis plays include artifacts of Sir Walter Raleigh and Thomas Wolfe, as well as John Sprunt Hill and Bruce Cotten, University benefactors. The N.C. Photographic Servicescom prises acollection of photographs rang ing from the 1840s to the present. Pho tographs depicting all kinds of people, places throughout North Carolina and events that occurred in the state are on display on the ground floor. in TARHEEL TANNING 8, BEACH WEAR 4 Wolff system beds 20 minutes 1 0 visits For $34oo with this coupon i?A.V?A. 020-1 2.11 II r rantuin di. ' ' - ltr 3 SPECIAL Dissertations copied at VIP on 100 rag 9$ per copy mmmmm w.1TSTTiTo (PIZZA DELIVERS) 29 MINUTES FAST FREE k. i i r it r QX ULLIVLKY i 942-8555 41 6 WEST FRANKLIN ST. 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In 1929, a gift from the Hanes family began the Rare Book Collection, which has grown to include everything from clay tablets and papyri to Shakespeare's folios and the works of Charles Dickens. A display focusing on crime and detec tive stories is now on display on the second floor. The Southern Historical Collection, on the fourth floor of Wilson Library, contains documents and source materi als for the study of the South. These materials were transferred from the N.C Collection to the Southern Historical Collection in 1930. Wilson Library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 am. to 1 p.m. Saturday and I to S p.m. Sunday. hair designs 200 Wcavq Stbkt. (a&moo v"' 942-9444 g Aotta Lisa Olive SPKIAUZinO In: Cunna Tnc I1aib Cobbktivc Maib Colob Altcbhativ: Maib Cut Dcsions Pcbas . TibCBOLASs Hails SunauTz i-iianuanTS Complete Aakcovebs Ccllophatie CoLOBsnincs fom a ratiD mid acr two haircuts for mz prig or one. 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