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William Hayes Ackland (1855–1940), a Nashville native, left his fortune to found an art museum at a southern university. Duke refused the bequest, and after nine years of litigation the Ackland Trust went to UNC, which dedicated the Ackland Memorial Art Center in Chapel Hill on September 20, 1958. His tomb is in the museum.
Source: Ackland Art Museum: Mission & History
1855–1940 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
4 works about William Hayes Ackland are indexed here.
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Works about or by William Hayes Ackland. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
John Emil Larson's account of William Hayes Ackland, published in 1958 for the dedication of the William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center at the University of North Carolina on September 20 of that year. Topics include Ackland himself and art at Chapel Hill, so the pamphlet introduces the benefactor whose bequest founded the campus art museum.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Ackland, William Hayes, 1855-1940.
Gay Mahaffy Hertzman's 1971 catalogue of the collection of the William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, the university art museum in Chapel Hill now called the Ackland Art Museum, printed by Herzig Somerville. William Hayes Ackland (1855 to 1940) left the bequest that founded the museum.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Ackland, William Hayes, 1855-1940.
Painted portrait of William H. Ackland, reproduced in an undated photograph. Ackland left his estate to found the art museum that bears his name at the University of North Carolina.
Included because: Its title names this person.
Ackland Art Museum at UNC between 1970 and 1983, in three photographs: the cake cutting at its 25th anniversary celebration, students and a teacher at a light art exhibition, and the tomb of William Hayes Ackland. From the UNC Campus binder, Prints and Photographs Collection (CHHS.002).
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
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