Horace Williams Airport

Clipped Wings: The Story of Horace Williams Airport

Schwartz, Daniel · 2026

Daniel Schwartz's Clipped Wings: The Story of Horace Williams Airport, on the university airfield in Chapel Hill. Listed with a 2026 date.

Horace Wiliams Airport: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

1989

Aerial view of Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill, taken in 1989. One print from the Infrastructure series of the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection (CHHS.002).

Horace Williams Airport owned and operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill : operating policies and procedures.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1975

Operating policies and procedures for Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill, owned and run by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This revision, dated October 1, 1975, sets out rules for use of the airport.

UNC Flying School, Horace Williams Airport, Chapel Hill, N.C.

1942

A 1942 typescript summary of the flight training the University of North Carolina offered at Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill, written for readers interested in the university's aviation facilities. Subjects include the training of military air pilots at Chapel Hill. In UNC's North Carolina Collection.

Airport (Chapel Hill Historical Society vertical file)

A map and notes on the Chapel Hill airport, from the town government files in box 13 of the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Vertical File Collection. Undated.

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.

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.