Speech
Eleven typescript leaves holding a speech by Thomas W. Lambeth, born 1935, dated 1977. The speech concerns the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its influence.
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Thomas W. Lambeth
Thomas W. Lambeth, a 1957 Carolina history graduate, served on the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and chaired it for two years. He was executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation for 23 years, and a Chapel Hill professorship and public policy lecture bear his name.
Source: UNC Faculty Governance: Thomas Willis Lambeth, Doctor of Laws (2012 honorary degree citation)
Also found in catalogs as Thomas W. (Thomas Willis) Lambeth.
1935– as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
3 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 2 works by Thomas W. Lambeth.
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By Thomas W. Lambeth
Thomas W. Lambeth Papers, 1949-2013
Papers of Thomas W. Lambeth, born 1935, spanning 1949 to 2013, about 22,000 items in 51 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 05617. The papers cover North Carolina politics and government since 1951, Democratic Party campaigns, election districts, public welfare law, community development and hog farming, with entries for the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and the Chapel Hill Board of Trustees.
About Thomas W. Lambeth
Annual alumni luncheon, Distinguished Service Medal, and Distinguished Young Alumnus Award presentations
Program for the annual alumni luncheon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992, when the Distinguished Service Medal and the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award were presented. The text is chiefly brief biographies of the honorees, among them Gladys Hall Coates, Thomas Willis Lambeth, John Lassiter Sanders, Patricia Ann Timmons-Goodson and John B. Turner. One unpaged volume.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Lambeth, Thomas W. (Thomas Willis), 1935-.
Eli N. Evans papers, 1965-2008.
About 34,200 items in 65.5 linear feet make up the Eli N. Evans papers, 1965 to 2008, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5210. Topics include southern Jewish life and Judah P. Benjamin, foundation work at the Carnegie Corporation and the Charles H. Revson Foundation, public television in North Carolina, the School of Science and Mathematics, and figures such as Terry Sanford and Elie Wiesel.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Lambeth, Thomas W. (Thomas Willis), 1935-.
Life and Orange County connections
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- Lambeth presents the charter for the Order of the Tar Heel One Hundred Thomas Lambeth, chairing a committee to study an adjunct to the Board of Trustees, presented its recommendation: a charter for the Order of the Tar Heel One Hundred, renamed the Board of Visitors after 1980.Search the index · UNC Board of Visitors: The History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Visitors
- The Lambeth Lectureship in public policy is established at UNC Joel L. Fleishman established the Lambeth Lectureship at Chapel Hill in 2006 with an anonymous gift, honoring Lambeth's public policy work.Search the index · UNC Public Policy: Lambeth Lectureship
- UNC confers an honorary Doctor of Laws on Thomas W. Lambeth The university gave Lambeth an honorary degree for public service and philanthropy, citing his two years as chair of its Board of Trustees.Search the index · UNC Faculty Governance: Thomas Willis Lambeth, Doctor of Laws
- The Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy begins The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation funded a five-year chair at UNC honoring Lambeth's retirement, and three professors were named to it from July 1, 2013.Search the index · UNC News Archive: Three UNC professors honored with Lambeth Chair
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Records of the time
- State Archives catalog: 2 collections naming Thomas W. (Thomas Willis) LambethState Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
- DigitalNC newspapers: 30 Orange County pages naming Thomas W. Lambeth Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Thomas W. (Thomas Willis) Lambeth Library card An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
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Picture: Thomas W. Lambeth, Yackety Yack, 1957. Public domain. Yackety Yack, 1957 (University of North Carolina yearbook); via the Internet Archive
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