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William Hayes Ackland

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Catalogue Of The Collection, The William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center

Hertzman, Gay Mahaffy · 1971

NC Cardinal

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September 20, 1958 The Ackland Art Museum opens UNC dedicated the William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center on September 20, 1958, the morning after a preview for faculty. Ackland had left his bequest to Duk…Search the index · Ackland Art Museum: Mission & History

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Context: UNC Libraries History on the Hill: Ackland Art Museum turns sixty UNC-Chapel Hill Related to the chronology entry “The Ackland Art Museum Opens” (September 20, 1958).
Search beyond the index: Carolina Story Virtual Museum of University History: William Hayes Ackland and Ackland Art Museum UNC-Chapel Hill Related to the chronology entry “The Ackland Art Museum Opens” (September 20, 1958).
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Friends of the Orange County Public Library. “William Hayes Ackland.” Orange County Indexed, https://focplnc.org/orange-county-books/people/ackland-william-hayes/. Accessed September 19, 2026.

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