Indexed works
Books, articles, records and pictures in the index about The Carolina Inn, found by its names in titles, catalog subjects and the index’s descriptions, and read one by one. Those held at OCPL come first.
About the site
The University's Living Room: A History of the Carolina Inn
Zogry, Kenneth Joel · 1999
Kenneth Joel Zogry's history of the Carolina Inn, the hotel that has stood beside the University of North Carolina campus since 1924. Six chapters run from the alumnus who built it, through the New Deal and Navy years of the 1930s and 1940s, postwar redecoration and Cold War politics, the changes of the 1960s and 1970s, and the challenges of the 1980s and 1990s. Published 1999 by the university, 149 pages with photographs, color illustrations and plans.
The Carolina Inn : a grand reopening for the 'jewel' of the Carolinas.
2003 · The Herald-Sun
The Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill reopened after restoration in 1995, and the Herald-Sun of Durham marked it with an eight page illustrated supplement dated October 1 that year. Topics include the inn and the historic buildings of the town. It belongs with the other printed material generated by the 1995 reopening of the hotel.
Guide to the historic furnishings and photographic displays of the Carolina Inn
2001 · Carolina Inn
An 11-page guide to the historic furnishings and photographs displayed at the Carolina Inn, the university-owned hotel at the edge of the Chapel Hill campus, issued by the inn in 2001. It includes a floor plan for locating the pieces. It concerns the buildings of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Inn crowd : October 16, 1995.
1996
A half hour videocassette of the narrated slide show 'The Carolina Inn', presented when the inn reopened in October 1995 at an event hosted by the Chapel Hill Preservation Society. Bitty Holton, Linnie Green, Judy Kramer and Betty Cloutier narrate. Topics include John Sprunt Hill and the Hill family, whose name is attached to the inn's founding.
Carolina Inn auction by Edwards Auction Gallery.
1994 · Edwards Auction Gallery
An auction catalogue produced in 1994 by Edwards Auction Gallery of Raleigh for a sale connected with the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. Thirty-four unnumbered pages list the lots that were offered.
[A history of the Carolina Inn]
Case, Gretchen Alexa · 1992
Gretchen Alexa Case compiled this history of the Carolina Inn in 1992, a single illustrated volume with various foliations. It relates to the buildings of the University of North Carolina as well as to the inn itself. An unpublished piece of research, of use to anyone working on the inn or on the university's buildings.
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Biographical information on James Weaver
Schmitt, Phillip T. · 1980 · P. Schmitt
Five leaves of handwritten notes and photocopied clippings assembled by Phillip T. Schmitt in 1980 about James Weaver, born 1914, an employee of the University of North Carolina connected with the Carolina Inn. The clippings come from the Chapel Hill newspaper and the News and Observer of Raleigh.
The Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1972 · Carolina Inn
A promotional booklet the Carolina Inn published about itself in 1972, ten unnumbered pages with illustrations. The inn stands on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, and the booklet presents its rooms and its setting to guests.
The Carolina Inn
1950
Ten-minute videocassette on the Carolina Inn, the university's hotel in Chapel Hill, in color with black and white sequences. Funded by Frances Hill Fox, Mary and Watts Hill Jr., the inn and the Chapel Hill Preservation Society. Its subjects are the inn's history and its restaurant and menus.
The Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, N.C.
1947
Promotional folder for the Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill, printed by the inn in 1947. A single sheet folded to ten unnumbered pages with illustrations. Brief in extent, it records how the inn presented itself to visitors in the years just after the Second World War, when the town was filling again with students.
Chapel Hill : a brief sketch of the seat of the University of North Carolina.
Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Co · 1925 · Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Co.
Six illustrated pages on Chapel Hill put out in 1925 by the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company, which signed the sketch at the end. Part short history and part promotion, it names the Carolina Inn and the university among its subjects, with an emphasis on real estate investment.
Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill
1989
Photographs of the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill: exterior views from 1989 and from an unknown date, plus interior shots of the lobby and a hallway, in color and black and white.
Carolina Inn: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)
1989
Group of eleven images of the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill from 1989, among them a drawing of the building, the inn in winter, a front view framed by trees and a view with trees and parked cars.
Carolina Inn, April 22, 1987
Morton, Hugh M. · 1987
The Carolina Inn, the university's hotel at the edge of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, among flowering trees on 22 April 1987. Color 35 mm mounted slide by Hugh Morton.
Carolina Inn, circa 1970s
Morton, Hugh M. · 1970
Hugh Morton's color transparency of the Carolina Inn on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, about the 1970s, with trees around the historic hotel. One 4 x 5 inch sheet of film.
Carolina Inn, 1960s-early 1980s
Morton, Hugh M. · 1960
The Carolina Inn at UNC-Chapel Hill framed by trees in bloom, in a color photograph by Hugh Morton from the 1960s to the early 1980s.
John Sprunt Hill papers, 1679-1967.
Hill, John Sprunt, 1869-1961 · 1679
Four thousand five hundred items in five linear feet kept as the papers of John Sprunt Hill, 1869 to 1961, with material dated from 1679 to 1967, collection 3564 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Genealogy, family histories and campaign literature appear among the genres. Topics include banking and business in North Carolina, the General Assembly, cooperative agriculture, Erwin Cotton Mills, the Carolina Inn, and Hill as a benefactor of the university.
Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill Historical Society vertical file)
Newspaper clippings and promotional material on the Carolina Inn, the hotel beside the University of North Carolina campus that opened in 1924. An undated folder from the Businesses series of the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Vertical File Collection.
Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959; Moulton, George C. · Wootten-Moulton Studio
Wootten-Moulton Studio postcard of the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, from about 1933 to 1934, looking at the hotel's covered entrance and driveway from the side. The card is numbered C218-2. Bayard Wootten and George C. Moulton ran the studio together.
The Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina
Morton, Hugh M. · Colourpicture, Boston, Mass
A postcard of the Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill credited to the photographer Hugh M. Morton and printed by Colourpicture of Boston.
The Carolina Inn, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ruth, C. H. · North Carolina News Company, Durham, N.C
Credited to C. H. Ruth and published by the North Carolina News Company of Durham, a card showing the Carolina Inn at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Topics include hotels, universities and colleges, North Carolina postcards, and Orange County.
Published by or for it
Carolina Innsites.
Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1993 · The Carolina Inn
Newsletter the Carolina Inn began issuing in 1993, recorded as illustrated volumes with some color. It belongs with the inn, a hotel counted among the buildings of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and with the town's hotel literature.
Carolina Inn crier.
Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1988 · The Inn
The house paper of the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, issued by the inn itself in illustrated volumes of 28 centimeters, with 1988 among the years recorded.
[Carolina Inn].
1949 · The Inn
Pamphlets, flyers and menus gathered from the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill and kept together as a single group, dated 1949. The illustrated pieces, some of them in color, show how the hotel presented itself to guests and what it set before them. Material of this kind rarely survives, and it documents the town's hospitality trade at midcentury.
A tribute to Chapel Hill
Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972 · 1934 · Carolina Inn
Frank Porter Graham's short tribute to Chapel Hill, printed by the Carolina Inn in 1934 on a single small sheet with illustrations. The verso gives the inn's room rates and notes that the hotel was owned and operated by the University of North Carolina, which Graham led as president at the time. Topics include hotel rates in Chapel Hill and description and travel of the university.
Carolina Inn records, 1843-1899, 1922-1928, 1940-1995 (bulk 1950-1970).
Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1843
Records of the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, with material from 1843 to 1899, 1922 to 1928 and 1940 to 1995, the bulk falling between 1950 and 1970. About 3,400 items in three linear feet, collection 40098 in the University Archives at UNC. Oral histories are among the genres noted. Topics include hotels in Chapel Hill, inn employees, and the university's public services.
Surveys and maps of the area
Not about The Carolina Inn alone: the architectural surveys that cover its town or the county, and maps drawn while it stood. Several of the surveys can be read free online at NC Digital Collections.
The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1795-1975
Little-Stokes, Margaret Ruth · 2006
Margaret Ruth Little-Stokes's survey of Chapel Hill's town and campus buildings from 1795 to 1975, published by the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill in 2006. Chapters run from the first campus buildings through David Swain's romantic campus to midcentury modernism, followed by area surveys of the campus, east and west Chapel Hill, downtown, Northside and the suburbs.
The town and gown architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975
Little, M. Ruth · 2004 · Preservation Society of Chapel Hill
M. Ruth Little's 2004 architectural history of Chapel Hill and the university campus from 1795 to 1975, written for the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill. A 99-page survey with a bibliography.
Chapel Hill historic sites survey : final report.
Gatza, M. B. · 1992 · Chapel Hill Planning Department
M. B. Gatza's final report of the 1992 Chapel Hill historic sites survey for the town Planning Department, with contributions by Beverly C. Kawalec and Catherine Bishir. It covers historic buildings and districts in Chapel Hill in 80 pages.
When Chapel Hill was a village
Love, Cornelia Spencer, 1892-1981 · 1976 · Chapel Hill Historical Society
Cornelia Spencer Love's recollections of Chapel Hill as a village, published by the Chapel Hill Historical Society in 1976 with drawings by John V. Allcott. Love lived from 1892 to 1981, and the book covers Chapel Hill biography, the town's social life and customs, and the faculty of the university before 1962. viii and 87 pages with illustrations.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina.
1925
Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map of Chapel Hill, June 1925, on eleven sheets, with Carrboro also drawn. Sanborn maps recorded the outline, construction and use of each building for fire insurers, so the set shows both towns block by block in the mid 1920s.
Map of Chapel Hill & vicinity.
1933
Street and property map of Chapel Hill and the surrounding country, revised to 1 January 1933 and printed in the town. Topics include streets, real property and the historical geography of Chapel Hill along with maps of the University of North Carolina in its 1793 to 1962 period. A useful sheet for tracing lot lines and street names as they stood at the start of the 1930s.
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