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C. Hugh Holman

C. Hugh Holman taught English at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill from 1946, chaired the English department from 1957 to 1962, and served as dean of the Graduate School from 1963 to 1966 and provost from 1966 to 1968. He wrote or edited 26 books, among them A Handbook to Literature.

Source: NCpedia: Holman, Clarence Hugh

Also found in catalogs as C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh) Holman.

1914–1981 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

6 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 5 works by C. Hugh Holman.

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By C. Hugh Holman

Planning at Chapel Hill

Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981 · 1976

A thirteen page typescript by C. Hugh Holman (1914-1981) on planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, dated 1976 and part of the North Carolina Collection at UNC. It is an address on university planning.

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Look homeward, angel, Thomas Wolfe

Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981 · 1970

C. Hugh Holman's lecture on Thomas Wolfe's novel 'Look homeward, angel', delivered to undergraduates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and issued in 1970 from Deland, Florida. Holman lived from 1914 to 1981. Wolfe, who lived from 1900 to 1938, and the criticism of his novel are the subjects.

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The American scholar's complex fate

Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981 · 1966 · Alpha Chapter of North Carolina

C. Hugh Holman, a scholar of Southern literature on the Chapel Hill faculty, gave this address before the Alpha Chapter of North Carolina, the university's Phi Beta Kappa chapter, which printed it in 1966 at fifteen pages.

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Graduate study at Chapel Hill : a talk delivered to the University of North Carolina Chapter of the AAUP on April 22, 1963

Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981 · 1963

A sixteen leaf typescript of 'Graduate study at Chapel Hill', a talk C. Hugh Holman (1914-1981) gave to the University of North Carolina chapter of the American Association of University Professors on 22 April 1963. It concerns addresses on graduate work and the Graduate School at Chapel Hill. It belongs to the North Carolina Collection at UNC, where the typescript is kept as a campus record.

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C. Hugh Holman papers, 1930s-1980s.

Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981 · 1959

Papers of C. Hugh Holman, who lived from 1914 to 1981, spanning the 1930s to the 1980s, 26,000 items in twenty six linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4537. Topics include southern American literature and the writers Holman studied, among them Ellen Glasgow, William Gilmore Simms and Thomas Wolfe, along with American radio plays, the National Humanities Center and his work as a college administrator.

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About C. Hugh Holman

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: Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981.

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Records of the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1917-2002 (bulk 1960-1997).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. College of Arts and Sciences. Office of the Dean · 1917

Dean's office records for the College of Arts and Sciences at Chapel Hill, dated 1917 to 2002 with the bulk from 1960 to 1997, about 139,600 items in 175.5 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40076. Curriculum planning and faculty tenure in North Carolina are major subjects. People represented include J. Carlyle Sitterson, Gillian T. Cell, Stephen S. Birdsall, Raymond H. Dawson and Samuel R. Williamson.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981.

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C. Hugh Holman, 1914-1981

Gaskin, James R. (James Reuben) · 1981 · Dept. of English, Virginia Commonwealth University

James R. Gaskin's memorial sketch of C. Hugh Holman, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member who died in 1981. Three pages detached from Resources for American Literary Study, volume 11, number 2, autumn 1981, published by the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981.

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Records of the Planning Council, 1964; 1972-1985 (bulk 1974-1978).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Planning Council · 1964

The Planning Council at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill left about 7,200 items in nine linear feet dated 1964 and then 1972 to 1985, most of it from the middle 1970s, in the University Archives at UNC, 40037. Topics include campus planning and accreditation, the self studies of 1964, 1974 and 1985, the University Priorities Committee, and C. Hugh Holman.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981.

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Office of the Dean of the Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1920-2022 ( bulk 1955-2002)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Graduate School. Office of the Dean · 1920

The Graduate School at Chapel Hill produced these dean's office records, dated 1920 to 2022 with the bulk from 1955 to 2002, approximately 72,800 items in 92 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40107. Graduate work across the state is a central subject, including programs at North Carolina State, at Greensboro, and at the institution formerly known as the North Carolina College for Negroes.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981.

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Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, earliest first. See these 3 dated events in the chronology →

  1. Covenant Presbyterian Church is organized in Chapel Hill A second Presbyterian congregation, Covenant, was organized in Chapel Hill. It had 33 members and no building in 1953. People: C. Hugh HolmanSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 296
  2. English professor Hugh Holman and his wife Verna build a Cape Cod house on Pine Lane The story-and-a-half side-gabled house has two dormers and a small side wing.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation, National Register nomination (OR1748), p. 15
  3. C. Hugh Holman serves as UNC provost Holman, dean of the Graduate School from 1963 to 1966, served as provost of the University of North Carolina from 1966 to 1968 and later as special assistant to the chancellor.Search the index · NCpedia: Holman, Clarence Hugh

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