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Katherine Kennedy Carmichael

Carmichael was an English professor and the University of North Carolina's first dean of women at Chapel Hill, serving from 1946 to 1972 as the number of women students grew. The university named Carmichael Residence Hall, completed in 1986, for her.

Source: Carolina Story: Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) and Carmichael Residence Hall

1912–1982 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

5 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by Katherine Kennedy Carmichael.

Katherine Carmichael, Yackety Yack, 1950
Katherine Carmichael, Yackety Yack, 1950

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By Katherine Kennedy Carmichael

An informal history of the women's rules at the University of North Carolina, 1967-1972 : with prefatory remarks

Carmichael, Katherine Kennedy, 1912-1982 · 1977

A typescript address by Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) titled 'An informal history of the women's rules at the University of North Carolina, 1967-1972', fourteen unnumbered leaves in photocopy, in UNC's North Carolina Collection. The note says she gave it at the Guion Griffis Johnson House on the occasion of receiving the North Carolina Distinguished Service Award for Women. Topics include women students at Chapel Hill and university addresses.

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About Katherine Kennedy Carmichael

Oral history interview with Margaret Anne O'Connor, July 1, 1987: interview L-0031, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

O'Connor, Margaret Anne · 2007 · University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill

Margaret Anne O'Connor, a professor of English at UNC, talks with Pamela Dean in July 1987 about her early years of teaching in Chapel Hill and how they drew her toward women's literature and feminism. She credits Katherine Carmichael and her own students with pushing for the first changes for women on campus, and she discusses the growth of the Women's Studies Program and its curriculum. About an hour and forty minutes; electronic edition from the UNC library, 2007, through Documenting the American South.

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Karen L. Parker diary, letter, and clippings, 1963-1966.

Parker, Karen L. · 1963

Four items from Karen L. Parker, dated 1963 to 1966: a diary, a letter and newspaper clippings, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5275-z. Parker was an African American woman student at the university, and subjects include civil rights demonstrations in Chapel Hill, segregation in higher education and the Congress of Racial Equality.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Carmichael, Katherine Kennedy, 1912-1982.

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Selection Committee for the North Carolina Distinguished Service Award for Women records, 1953-1995.

Selection Committee for the North Carolina Distinguished Service Award for Women (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) · 1953

Committee records documenting the North Carolina Distinguished Service Award for Women, 1953 to 1995, approximately 600 items in 1.5 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40192. The selection committee was based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Subjects include Katherine Kennedy Carmichael and Douglass Hunt, the Epsilon Beta chapter of Chi Omega, and Greek letter societies in Chapel Hill.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Carmichael, Katherine Kennedy, 1912-1982.

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Francis Lavergne Johnson photographic collection, 1948-1971.

Johnson, Francis Lavergne, 1901-1971 · 1948

About 1,860 photographs made by Francis Lavergne Johnson (1901-1971) between 1948 and 1971, 1.8 linear feet in the North Carolina Collection at UNC. Johnson photographed university faculty and employees, and subjects include William Aycock, Katherine Kennedy Carmichael, Albert Coates, Paul Green, Charlie Justice, Josephina Niggli and Louis Round Wilson among those who worked at Chapel Hill in those years.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Carmichael, Katherine Kennedy, 1912-1982.

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Records of the Office of the Dean of Women, 1897-1981.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Dean of Women · 1897

Dean of Women files at Chapel Hill covering 1897 to 1981, about 6,900 items in 9 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40125. Student regulations, discipline, student activities and student housing in Chapel Hill are among its subjects, along with the North Carolina Association of Deans of Women and the names Inez Koonce Stacy and Katherine Kennedy Carmichael, who both served in the office.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Carmichael, Katherine Kennedy, 1912-1982.

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Life and Orange County connections

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  1. Katherine Kennedy Carmichael succeeds Inez Koonce Stacy as dean of women Carmichael, who held a Vanderbilt doctorate in British literature, became dean of women at Chapel Hill in 1946, succeeding Inez Koonce Stacy, adviser to women from 1919 and dean of women from 1942. She also taught an introductory literature course for the English department.Search the index · Carolina Story: Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) and Carmichael Residence Hall
  2. UNC abolishes the office of dean of women The university ended the dean of women's office in 1972, after twenty-six years under Katherine Kennedy Carmichael. She stayed on as associate dean of students for supportive services.Search the index · UNC English and Comparative Literature: 1946 - Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) Becomes Dean of Women
  3. Katherine Kennedy Carmichael retires from the university Carmichael retired in 1977, thirty-one years after she became dean of women.Search the index · UNC English and Comparative Literature: 1946 - Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) Becomes Dean of Women
  4. Carmichael Residence Hall is dedicated The university dedicated a new six-storey residence hall for 486 students, named for Katherine Kennedy Carmichael.Search the index · Names in Brick and Stone: Carmichael Residence Hall

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Books about Katherine Kennedy Carmichael

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Picture: Katherine Carmichael, Yackety Yack, 1950. Public domain. Yackety Yack, 1950 (University of North Carolina yearbook); via the Internet Archive

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