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James L. Godfrey

James L. Godfrey was dean of the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1957 to 1965, one of the posts that preceded the office of provost.

Source: UNC Libraries: Office of the Provost of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1917-2017

Also found in catalogs as James L. (James Logan) Godfrey.

1907–1994 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

2 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by James L. Godfrey.

James L. Godfrey, Yackety Yack, 1958
James L. Godfrey, Yackety Yack, 1958

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By James L. Godfrey

The Graduate School dissertations and theses

Godfrey, James L. (James Logan), 1907-1994 · 1947 · Univ. of North Carolina Press

A bibliography of the dissertations and theses accepted by the Graduate School of the University of North Carolina, compiled by James L. Godfrey and published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1947. One hundred eighty-four pages at 24 cm.

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Department of History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1921-2014.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of History · 1921

History department records from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1921 to 2014, about 20,600 items in 23.5 linear feet, University Archives at UNC, collection 40082. Faculty represented include R. D. W. Connor, J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, Albert Ray Newsome, Fletcher Melvin Green, Gillian Cell and Don Higginbotham. The records cover the teaching of history and political science in the state.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Godfrey, James L. (James Logan), 1907-1994.

UNC

Office of Provost of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1917-2017 (bulk 1954-2013).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Provost · 1917

Provost's office records at Chapel Hill, 1917 to 2017 with most material from 1954 to 2013, some 287,700 items filling 367.5 linear feet, University Archives at UNC, collection 40039. These are the papers of academic administration: curricula, faculty and the units reporting to the provost, among them the Ackland Art Museum, the business school, the Center for Urban and Regional Studies and the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Godfrey, James L. (James Logan), 1907-1994.

UNC

Life and Orange County connections

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  1. The Chapel Hill PTA asks for a countywide vote on ABC liquor stores Looking for money for school buildings, the Chapel Hill Parent-Teacher Association voted by about three to two, with more than 100 present, to ask the county commissioners to call a countywide referendum on ABC liquor stores, whose profits would go mostly to schools. The Chapel Hill Jaycees backed the request, while several churches and Commissioner Edwin S. Lanier opposed it. People: James L. Godfrey, Carl Smith (Chapel Hill businessman and county commissioner), Edwin Sidney LanierSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 17, 1955, p. 1
  2. Chapel Hill voters elect members of their school board for the first time In the first popular election for the Chapel Hill school board, created as an elective body by a 1955 local act, voters in the Chapel Hill school district chose Charles F. Milner and Richard E. Jamerson over James L. Godfrey, Fred Edwards and Jack Lasley. Edwards, a Black contractor put forward by members of the Black community, received 207 votes. In the town election held the same day Mayor O. K. Cornwell was returned without opposition and Gene Strowd joined the board of aldermen. People: Richard E. Jamerson, James L. Godfrey, Oliver K. CornwellSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 5, 1955, p. 1
  3. James L. Godfrey serves as dean of the faculty Godfrey held the post of dean of the faculty from 1957 to 1965, one of the titles that preceded the office of provost at Chapel Hill.Search the index · UNC Libraries: Office of the Provost of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1917-2017
  4. Chancellor Aycock chooses John Sanders to succeed Albert Coates as director of the Institute After Coates would not name a successor through months of talks, Chancellor William B. Aycock picked assistant director John Sanders, then thirty-five, who accepted in a short meeting with Aycock and Dean of Faculty James Godfrey. Sanders, on the staff since October 1956, took over when Coates left the post on August 31, 1962. People: Albert Coates, John L. Sanders, James L. GodfreySearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., The Good Government Man: Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government (2018), pp. 265-267
  5. James L. Godfrey chairs the history department Godfrey chaired UNC's Department of History from 1965 to 1973.Search the index · UNC Libraries: Department of History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1921-2014

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Picture: James L. Godfrey, Yackety Yack, 1958. Public domain. Yackety Yack, 1958 (University of North Carolina yearbook); via the Internet Archive

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