UNC Campus: Wilson Special Collections Library 

Past Events

• Recommended

  "James Reston Jr: A Life in Writing" (Literary Related)

  • Tue., May 7, 5:30 p.m. 2013

• Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: African-Americans in North Carolina (Community)

  • Sun., April 14, 1-5 p.m. 2013

• Recommended

  "The Speaker Ban Through Student Eyes" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., April 11, 5 p.m. 2013

• Rare Book Collection Recent Acquisitions Evening (Literary Related)

  • Tue., April 9, 5:30 p.m. 2013

• David S Cecelski (Readings)

  • Thu., March 7, 5:30 p.m. 2013

• "From Alexandria to Google: The Mythic Quest for Universal Libraries" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., Feb. 27, 5 p.m. 2013

• Recommended

  "The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m. 2013

• Terry Roberts (Readings)

  • Thu., Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m. 2013

• "Silent Sam in History & Memory" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., Jan. 22, 5 p.m. 2013

• Recommended

  "The Fiddle" Symposium (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Sat., Jan. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 2013

• Members Pick

  The Banjo: Southern Roots, American Branches (Ongoing)

  • Aug. 25-Dec. 31 2012

• Who May Vote?: Disenfranchisement in North Carolina, 1865-1900 (Politics)

  • Sept. 14-Dec. 28 2012

• “Chilly and Charming” (Kids & Teens)

  • Thu., Dec. 6, 5 p.m. 2012

• Help Me to Find My People Book Talk (Literary Related)

  • Tue., Nov. 13, 5:30 p.m. 2012

• "Photographic Angles: News Photography in the North Carolina Collection" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Nov. 1, 5 p.m. 2012

• "13 Bak'tun: New Maya Perspectives in 2012" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Oct. 25-26 2012

• "Knowledge Capital and Human Flourishing: Educating North Carolinians, 1865-1970" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Oct. 11, 5:30 p.m. 2012

• Southern Journey Bluegrass Concert (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., Oct. 2, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  "Banned & in the Rare Book Collection" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., Oct. 2, 5 p.m. 2012

• Rufus Edmisten (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Sept. 20, 5 p.m. 2012

• “To Gain Attention to Their Various Claims”: Historic Political Campaigns in NC (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Sept. 14-15 2012

• Bland Simpson (Readings)

  • Thu., Sept. 13, 5:30 p.m. 2012

• "The Carolina Parakeet & Relatives: A Look at Some Natural, Unnatural & Cultural Histories" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., Aug. 29, 5:15 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  The Banjo: Southern Roots, American Branches (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Sat., Aug. 25, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. 2012

• Southern Roots, Enduring Bonds: African American Families in North Carolina (Ongoing)

  • March 20-July 1 2012

• Recommended

  "Currency in Chaos: How the Civil War Changed America’s Money" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Sat., June 2, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 2012

• A Dialogue Between Old & New: Notable Buildings on the UNC Campus (Ongoing)

  • April 16-May 31 2012

• "The Japanese American Incarceration at Poston" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., April 24, 5 p.m. 2012

• Researching African American Family History Workshop (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Sat., April 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 2012

• The Invention of Scientific Reading (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., April 10, 5:30 p.m. 2012

• "Till Death Do Us Part: Marriage in the US" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., April 5, 12:30-2 p.m. 2012

• "Lux Libertas in Perpetuity: Historic Preservation at UNC" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., April 4, 5 p.m. 2012

• "Maidens Call It Love-in-Idleness: Potions, Passion, & Fairy Knowledge in A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., March 29, 5 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  "Music From the True Vine: A Tribute to Mike Seeger" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., March 23, 5:30-8:30 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  "Music From the True Vine: A Tribute to Mike Seeger" (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Fri., March 23, 6:30 p.m. 2012

• Reception (Opening)

  • Tue., March 20, 5:30 p.m. 2012

• Rory Block, John Mooney, Joe Beard (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., March 13, 7:30 p.m. 2012

• Tribute to Son House (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., March 13, 5:30 p.m. 2012

• "A Gathering of Stars" (Literary Related)

  • Thu., Dec. 8, 5:30 p.m. 2011

• Our Picks Recommended

  I Dream of Chang and Eng (Literary Related)

  • Tue., Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m. 2011

• Tribute to Rev Gary Davis (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Nov. 17, 5:30 p.m. 2011

• Panel on Textbooks (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., Nov. 16, 5:30 p.m. 2011

• Our Picks Recommended

  Chapel Hill Public Library Fundraiser (Readings)

  • Sun., Nov. 13, 3 p.m. 2011

• Recommended

  27 Views of Chapel Hill (Readings)

  • Sun., Nov. 13, 3 p.m. 2011

• "Aubrey Beardsley & His Publishers" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Nov. 10, 5 p.m. 2011

• "Generations of Captivity in North Carolina: The Bennehan-Cameron Plantations, 1776-1865" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., Nov. 8, 5 p.m. 2011

• Recommended

  "The Music Biography: From Gene Autry to Alex Chilton" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Nov. 3, 5:30 p.m. 2011

• "Beyond Blackface: African Americans & the Creation of American Popular Culture" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., Nov. 1, 5:30 p.m. 2011

• "The Long Road to Parchman: North Carolina & the Desegregation of Interstate Busing" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., Oct. 26, 5:30 p.m. 2011

• Recommended

  Curating Sound: 75 Years of Music Collections at UNC (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Oct. 20, 5:45 p.m. 2011