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William Terry Couch and the Politics of Academic Publishing
Shiflett, Orvin Lee · 2015 · McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Orvin Lee Shiflett's biography of William Terry Couch, 1901 to 1988, the editor who built up UNC Press at Chapel Hill over four decades in publishing, with a subtitle that calls his career a lightning rod for controversy. Chapters treat culture in the South, a case history in book publishing, objectivity and social science and 'The Sainted Book Burners'. It bears on scholarly publishing and university presses in the twentieth century. McFarland, 2015, 268 pages with illustrations.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Library of Congress record: Couch, William T (William Terry), 1901-1988.
Books from Chapel Hill, a complete catalogue, 1923-1945.
University of North Carolina Press · 1946
The University of North Carolina Press listing every book it issued between 1923 and 1945, published at Chapel Hill in 1946 with 206 pages of entries behind a twenty five page introduction. Louis Round Wilson, who founded the press, and William T. Couch, who directed it, are both represented, and the volume is a publisher's catalog of the first two decades.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Wake Forest record: Couch, William T (William Terry), 1901-1988.
James Osler Bailey papers, 1924-1976.
Bailey, J. O. (James Osler), 1903-1979 · 1924
Two hundred items in 2.5 linear feet make up the papers of the literary scholar J. O. Bailey (1903-1979), covering 1924 to 1976, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4113. Topics include science fiction criticism, the work of Thomas Hardy, the play 'Strike song: a play of the Southern mills' and Loretto Carroll Bailey, with further material on William T. Couch and the Friends of the Library at Chapel Hill.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Couch, William T. (William Terry), 1901-1988.
Records of the University of North Carolina Press, 1922-2015.
University of North Carolina Press · 1922
Publishing records of the University of North Carolina Press from 1922 to 2015, approximately 121,400 items in 158.5 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40073. Subjects include the editor William T. Couch and figures connected with the press, among them Paul Green, Bernice Kelly Harris, Howard W. Odum, Rupert B. Vance and Josephus Daniels, along with the journal 'Social forces' and the Federal Writers' Project in North Carolina.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Couch, William T. (William Terry), 1901-1988.
Miscellaneous papers of 510 E. Franklin Street, 1879-1957
1879
Papers associated with the house at 510 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, dated 1879 to 1957, about 75 items in half a linear foot, collection 5418 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. The papers concern the history of the house and two residents, William Terry Couch of the University of North Carolina Press and Charles Staples Mangum Jr.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Couch, William T. (William Terry), 1901-1988.
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