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J. Isaac Copeland

J. Isaac Copeland headed the documents department of the UNC library in Chapel Hill, where he earned his Ph.D. in history, and from 1967 to 1975 was director of the Southern Historical Collection and a UNC history professor. A native of Clinton, South Carolina, he also led libraries at Furman and George Peabody College.

Source: UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: J. Isaac Copeland Papers, 1910-1995

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1967–1975 J. Isaac Copeland directs the Southern Historical Collection Copeland served as chief of the UNC library's Manuscripts Department and director of the Southern Historical Collection from 1967 to 1975, between James Welch Patton and Carolyn A. Wallace, and taught history at UNC. People: James Welch Patton, Carolyn Andrews Wallace Place: Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries, University Archives: Manuscripts Department of the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1926-2014
1975–1987 Carolyn A. Wallace heads the Southern Historical Collection and the Manuscripts Department Wallace, born in Hillsborough, served as curator of the UNC library's Manuscripts Department and director of the Southern Historical Collection from 1975 to 1987, following James I. Copeland. People: Carolyn Andrews Wallace, J. Isaac Copeland Place: Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries, University Archives: Manuscripts Department of the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1926-2014

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Carolyn Andrews Wallace 2 entries, including J. Isaac Copeland directs the Southern Historical Collection (1967–1975)
James Welch Patton 1 entry: J. Isaac Copeland directs the Southern Historical Collection (1967–1975)

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Manuscripts Department of the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1926-2014 (bulk 1926-1996)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Manuscripts Department · 1926

Manuscripts Department records from the library at Chapel Hill, 1926 to 2014 with the bulk dated 1926 to 1996, approximately 25,200 items in 36 linear feet, University Archives 40052. Topics include archives and archival resources in North Carolina, audiovisual archives, and the Southern Historical Collection and Southern Folklife Collection. People represented include Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton, James Welch Patton, and Carolyn Andrews Wallace.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Copeland, J. Isaac (James Isaac), 1910-1995.

UNC

J. Isaac Copeland papers, 1910-1995

Copeland, J. Isaac (James Isaac), 1910-1995 · 1910

The papers of the historian and archivist J. Isaac Copeland, 1910 to 1995, carry a date span that matches his lifetime. The papers concern his twentieth century faculty service at Chapel Hill and the Southern Historical Collection in the university library. Part of that collection at UNC, number 4455.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Copeland, J. Isaac (James Isaac), 1910-1995.

UNC

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Manuscripts Department of the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1926-2014UNC-Chapel Hill University histories, exhibits, and research guides
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Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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