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Charles Kuralt

Kuralt entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1951, majored in history, edited the Daily Tar Heel, and worked for WUNC radio and for WCHL in Chapel Hill. He completed his studies in 1955 and went on to a career at CBS News.

Source: UNC Libraries finding aid: Charles Kuralt Collection, 1935-1997

On the Friends’ Local Authors roster as Charles Kuralt → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

15 indexed records are connected with this person, and the index includes 3 works by Charles Kuralt.

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Charles Kuralt : Pauli Murray.

2002

UNC

Charles Kuralt's America : 1998 calendar

Kuralt, Charles, 1934-1997 · 1997 · Price Stern Sloan, Inc

UNC

Woody Durham, Charles Kuralt, and Mick Mixon, 1996

Morton, Hugh M. · 1996

Charles Kuralt, Woody Durham, and Mick Mixon in booth during unknown sporting event, probably in Chapel Hill, NC.

Woody Durham, Charles Kuralt, and Mick Mixon, 1996

Morton, Hugh M. · 1996

L to R: Woody Durham, Charles Kuralt, and Mick Mixon in booth during unknown sporting event, probably in Chapel Hill, NC.

UNC Bicentennial, 10/12/1993

Morton, Hugh M. · 1993

UNC-Chapel Hill Bicentennial ceremonies in Kenan Stadium. C.D. Spangler, Governor Jim Hunt, Charles Kuralt, and Provost Dick Richardson, and others on stage.

UNC Bicentennial, October 12, 1993

Morton, Hugh M. · 1993

Seated dignitaries at an event to commemorate the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 200th anniversary. Included in the photograph are Charles Kuralt (left), University President C.D. Spangler (front row), an…

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UNC bicentennial, October 12, 1993

Morton, Hugh M. · 1993

UNC-Chapel Hill Bicentennial ceremonies in Kenan Stadium. L to R: Charles Kuralt (far left, second row), UNC President C. D. Spangler (first row), NC governor Jim Hunt (first row), and Terry Sanford (second row, far rig…

C. D. Spangler Inauguration, October 17, 1986

Morton, Hugh M. · 1986

Rear view of C. D. … Governor Jim Martin, Charles Kuralt, and Bill Friday are visible on stage.

C. D. Spangler Inauguration, October 17, 1986

Morton, Hugh M. · 1986

Clemmie Dixon (C. … Charles Kuralt, William Friday, and Governor Jim Martin among those sitting in the background.

Walter Spearman papers, 1900-1986.

Spearman, Walter · 1900

UNC

Kuralt, Charles (Chapel Hill Historical Society vertical file)

Folder in the Individuals and Families series of the Society's vertical files (box 5): newspaper clippings; Copies of newspaper articles; Magazine articles; Copies of magazine articles; Report/Notes.

Kuralt, Charles: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

2 photographs in the Society's People A-K binder: At desk; Portrait.

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  1. Charles Kuralt gives the UNC spring commencement address Kuralt, who had edited the Daily Tar Heel as a student, returned to Chapel Hill to deliver the University's spring commencement address in 1985. He told the gr…Search the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: 225 years of Tar Heels, Charles Kuralt
  2. Charles Kuralt is buried in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Kuralt died on July 4, 1997 and was buried on the UNC campus in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. About 1,600 people attended a memorial service in Memorial Hall, …Search the index · UNC Libraries, NC Miscellany: Kuralt's Road Ends in His Beloved Chapel Hill

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