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Hardin was chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1995. His administration covered the university's bicentennial and its fundraising campaign, the argument over a freestanding black cultural center, and the housekeepers' class action lawsuit.
Source: UNC Libraries: Office of Chancellor, Paul Hardin Records, 1988-1995 (finding aid)
Also found in catalogs as Paul Hardin.
1931–2017 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
14 works about Paul Hardin III are indexed here, as are 3 works by Hardin.
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Paul Hardin's address on higher education at the millennium, given as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994 and printed across pages 5 to 8 of a large format publication, 36 cm.
Chancellor Paul Hardin's University Day address of October 12, 1989, setting out a vision of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the heads of learning, teaching and service. Four pages with illustrations in a large format of 36 cm.
Paul Hardin III (1931-2017) delivered this University Day address at Chapel Hill on 12 October 1989 under the subtitle 'to learn, to teach, to serve: a vision of the University'. Fifteen leaves of typescript in UNC's North Carolina Collection.
H. Keith H. Brodie takes a life cycle and case history approach to the American research university presidency in the late twentieth century, drawing on presidents including Paul Hardin III, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Subjects also cover college presidents in North Carolina and the administration of universities in the United States. Praeger Publishers, 2005, 347 pages.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hardin, Paul, III, 1931-2017.
Editorial cartoon drawn by Dwane Powell for The News and Observer on 14 August 1993, bringing together UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor Paul Hardin, the Nike company and education. From Powell's syndicate copies and clippings, folder 1993-29.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hardin, Paul, III, 1931-2017.
Paul Hardin, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, figures in this Dwane Powell cartoon on education, published in The News and Observer on 16 November 1993. Folder 1993-42 of Powell's syndicate copies and clippings.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hardin, Paul, III, 1931-2017.
Editorial cartoon by Dwane Powell, printed in The News and Observer on 10 October 1993, drawing together Bill Clinton, UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor Paul Hardin, the Nike company and education. Syndicate copies and clippings, folder 1993-37.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hardin, Paul, III, 1931-2017.
Dwane Powell's cartoon for The News and Observer of 3 October 1993 brings in Bill Clinton, Chancellor Paul Hardin of UNC-Chapel Hill, the Nike company and education. Folder 1993-48 of his syndicate copies and clippings.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hardin, Paul, III, 1931-2017.
Bicentennial University Day at UNC, 12 October 1993, in Kenan Stadium. Former governor Robert W. Scott speaks at the podium. President Bill Clinton is in the scene, as are Paul Hardin, Edward Fort, Richard Cole, Dick Richardson and Martin Lancaster. Hugh Morton photograph, 35 mm black-and-white negative.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Hugh Morton negative of the Bicentennial University Day ceremonies in Kenan Stadium, 12 October 1993. President Bill Clinton appears with Chancellor Paul Hardin, Dick Richardson, Edward Fort, Richard Cole, Martin Lancaster and former governor Jim Martin.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Chancellor Paul Hardin addresses the crowd as the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at UNC-Chapel Hill is dedicated on 14 May 1993. Seated at left are Doug Dibbert of the General Alumni Association and outgoing alumni president Elizabeth 'Pepper' Dowd. Hugh Morton photograph.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Groundbreaking for the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at UNC-Chapel Hill on 13 May 1989. The group includes Ralph Strayhorn, George Watts Hill, Doug Dibbert, trustees chairman Robert C. Eubanks and Tom Lambeth, with Paul Hardin and Christopher C. Fordham also pictured. Hugh Morton photograph.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Records from the chancellorship of Paul Hardin III at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about 76,800 items in ninety six linear feet covering 1988 to 1995, in the University Archives at UNC, 40025. Topics include African American students and the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center, race relations on campus, janitors and other employees, fund raising, and curriculum and campus planning.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hardin, Paul, III, 1931-2017.
University Day, 1988: the ceremony installing Paul Hardin as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, held on the one hundred ninety-fifth anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Old East on 12 October 1793. The folded sheet of six unnumbered pages includes the program for the day. Published by the university, 33 cm.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hardin, Paul, III, 1931-2017.
James and Deloris Jordan, parents of Michael Jordan, hold a North Carolina license plate numbered U0023 with UNC chancellor Paul Hardin, a tribute to their son, late 1980s or early 1990s. Probably taken at UNC in Chapel Hill. Negative by Hugh Morton.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
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Steven J. Tepper's chronicle of how the University of North Carolina marked its bicentennial in 1993 and 1994. An appendix reprints the University Day speeches of October 12, 1993, given by Paul Hardin, James B. Hunt Jr., C.D. Spangler, William C. Friday, Charles Kuralt and President Bill Clinton, plus bicentennial addresses by Li Lu, Francis S. Collins and Richard J. Richardson. Published by the university in Chapel Hill, 1998; 284 pages.
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Picture: Paul Hardin III, 2017. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph by David Mikush; via Wikimedia Commons
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