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Killing of James Cates, 1970

The Chapel Hill man killed in the Pit at UNC in November 1970; headings are still being sought, documented across the collections of twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina.

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    Eagles Island (1)

    Earle, Steve (1)

    Early accounts to 1600 (1)

    Early childhood education (3 works · 5 headings)
    Early childhood teachers (1 works · 2 headings)

    Early Federal Period (3)

    Early printed books (3 works · 12 headings)

    Earth & Environmental Sciences (1)

    Earth (Planet) (3)

    Earth movements (1 works · 2 headings)

    Earth sciences -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina (1)

    Earthquakes (1)

    East Asia (2 works · 3 headings)
    East Asian periodicals (1 works · 2 headings)

    East Edenton Street (1)

    East Florida (4)

    East Indian American women (1)

    East Jones Steet (1)

    East Lane Street (1)

    East North Street (1)

    Easter (1)

    Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project (1)

    Eastern NC. : -- Fiction (1)

    Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium (Wilson County, N.C.) (1)

    Eastmountainsouth (Musical group) (1)

    Eating disorders -- History -- 19th century (1)

    Eaton, William (1)

    Eau souterraine (1 works · 2 headings)

    Eco Farm (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (1)

    Ecological houses (1 works · 2 headings)

    Ecological landscape design -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Ecologists (1 works · 2 headings)
    Ecology (4 works · 2 headings)

    Economic conditions (87)

    Economic development (32 works · 11 headings)

    Economic history (5)

    Economic indicators (1 works · 3 headings)

    Economic justice (1)

    Economic policy (3)

    Economic surveys (1 works · 3 headings)
    Economics (9 works · 14 headings)

    Economics, Mathematical (1)

    Economists (1 works · 2 headings)

    ECOS (Durham, N.C.) (1)

    ECOS (Organization : Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- Periodicals (1)

    Ecosystem (1)

    Écrivains -- Biographies -- Anecdotes (1)

    Eden, Robert (2)

    Edenton (10)

    Edenton (N.C.) (20 works · 4 headings)

    Edenton Region (N.C.) -- Genealogy (1)

    Edge effects (Ecology) -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

    Edgecombe (1)

    Edgecombe County (3)

    Edgecombe County (N.C.) (32 works · 2 headings)
    Edgeworth Female Seminary (Greensboro, N.C.) (1 works · 2 headings)

    Edgeworth Female Seminary -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources (1)

    Edinburgh (Scotland) (1)

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    Editors (7 works · 3 headings)

    Edmonston, James M. (1)

    Edmund Fanning, 1739-1818 (4)

    Edmundson, Joseph (1)

    Education (429 works · 46 headings)

    All 429 works under “Education” →

    Education (83)

    Education -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century (1)

    Education -- Curricula (14)

    Education -- Curricula -- Audio-visual aids (1)

    Education -- Curricula -- North Carolina (2)

    Education -- Curricula -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

    Education -- Data processing (1)

    Education -- Data processing -- Planning (1)

    Education -- Demographic aspects (1)

    Education -- Demographic aspects -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Education -- Economics (1)

    Education -- Finance (5)

    Education -- History (1)

    Education -- Information services (1)

    Education -- Moral and ethical aspects (1)

    Education -- North Carolina (299)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Carrboro (1)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (4)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Finance (2)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Congresses (1)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Finance (1)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Hillsborough -- History (8)

    Education -- North Carolina -- History (8)

    Education -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century (9)

    Education -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (2)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Information services (1)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Orange County (8)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Orange County -- Finance (2)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Orange County -- History (1)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Orange County -- History -- 19th century (2)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Orange County -- Periodicals (1)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Periodicals (9)

    Education -- North Carolina -- Study and teaching (Graduate) (1)

    Education -- Parent participation -- North Carolina (1)

    Education -- Periodicals (1)

    Education -- Political aspects (11)

    Education -- Political aspects -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (3)

    Education -- Research -- North Carolina -- Bibliography (1)

    Education -- Social aspects (1)

    Education -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century (1)

    Education -- Study and teaching (2)

    Education -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina (1)

    Education -- Study and teaching (Graduate) (2)

    Education -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- North Carolina (1)

    Education -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Periodicals (22)

    Education -- Teacher & Student Mentoring (1)

    EDUCATION / Higher (1)

    EDUCATION / Secondary (1)

    Education Amendments of 1972 (United States) (5)

    Education and state (4 works · 2 headings)

    Education, Continuing (1)

    Education, Cooperative (1 works · 2 headings)
    Education, Dental (2 works · 2 headings)
    Education, Elementary (3 works · 4 headings)

    Education, Graduate (1)

    Education, Higher (265 works · 29 headings)

    All 265 works under “Education, Higher” →

    Education, Higher (151)

    Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives (3)

    Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States (1)

    Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States -- History (1)

    Education, Higher -- International cooperation (1)

    Education, Higher -- International cooperation -- Congresses (1)

    Education, Higher -- Management (1)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina (76)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (2)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina -- Charts, diagrams, etc (2)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina -- History (109)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century (1)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (22)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina -- History -- 21st century (7)

    Education, Higher -- North Carolina -- Periodicals (23)

    Education, Higher -- Parent participation (1)

    Education, Higher -- Parent participation -- North Carolina (1)

    Education, Higher -- Political aspects (2)

    Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- Southern States (1)

    Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States (1)

    Education, Higher -- Research (1)

    Education, Higher -- Research -- North Carolina (1)

    Education, Higher -- Research -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Education, Higher -- Research -- North Carolina -- Databases (1)

    Education, Higher -- Social aspects (2)

    Education, Higher -- Southern States (1)

    Education, Higher -- United States (3)

    Education, Higher -- United States -- History (1)

    Education, Humanistic (1)

    Education, Medical (7 works · 3 headings)

    Education, Medical, Continuing (1)

    Education, Nursing (1)

    Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate (2 works · 3 headings)

    Education, Nursing, Continuing (1)

    Education, Nursing, Graduate (1)

    Education, Preschool (1 works · 2 headings)
    Education, Rural (1 works · 2 headings)
    Education, Secondary (7 works · 7 headings)

    Education, Teaching & Schools (1)

    Education. -- Integration (1)

    Educational broadcasting (1 works · 2 headings)
    Educational change (1 works · 2 headings)
    Educational counseling (7 works · 2 headings)
    Educational equalization (5 works · 3 headings)
    Educational evaluation (2 works · 2 headings)
    Educational exchanges (1 works · 2 headings)
    Educational facilities (52 works · 2 headings)
    Educational films (1 works · 2 headings)
    Educational fund raising (18 works · 5 headings)

    Educational law and legislation (1)

    Educational Measurement (1)

    Educational planning (9 works · 3 headings)
    Educational surveys (2 works · 4 headings)
    Educational technology (12 works · 4 headings)
    Educational television programs (1 works · 2 headings)
    Educational television stations (2 works · 3 headings)
    Educational tests and measurements (4 works · 2 headings)
    Educators (12 works · 10 headings)

    Edward A. T. Nicholson, 1843-1865 (1)

    Edward Bishop Dudley, 1789-1855 (2)

    Edward Charles Winston (1)

    Edward Samuel Hines, 1843-1876 (1)

    Edwards, Isaac (1)

    Edwards, Laura F (1)

    Edwards, Weldon (1)

    Edwards, Weldon N. (2)

    Edwin M. (Edwin Maurice) Gill, 1899-1978 (1)

    Efland (9)

    Eggers Group (1)

    Ehrenreich, Barbara (3)

    Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America (3)

    Ehringhaus, Susan H (1)

    Ejectment (2 works · 2 headings)

    El Rancho Motel. (1)

    Elder, Glen H., Jr (1)

    Election districts (4 works · 4 headings)
    Elections (53 works · 13 headings)

    Élections -- Contestation -- Caroline du Nord -- Orange (2)

    Electoral college (1)

    Electric batteries (1)

    Electric lines (1 works · 2 headings)

    Electric power -- North Carolina (1)

    Electric power distribution (1 works · 2 headings)

    Electric utilities (1)

    Electrification (1 works · 2 headings)

    Electrocardiography (3)

    Electron paramagnetic resonance (1)

    Electronic books (22)

    Electronic data processing (15 works · 4 headings)

    Electronic data processing departments -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Evaluation (1)

    Electronic dissertations (1 works · 2 headings)

    Elementary school administration (2)

    Elementary school buildings (3 works · 2 headings)
    Elementary schools (4 works · 3 headings)

    Eliot, Ed (1)

    Eliot, Edward (5)

    Elite (Social sciences) (1)

    Eliza Jenette Smith (1)

    Elizabeth City (N.C.) (4 works · 2 headings)

    Elizabeth Dismukes (1)

    Elizabeth River (1)

    Elizabethtown (N.C.) (2 works · 3 headings)

    Elk Knob State Park (N.C.) -- Pictorial works (1)

    Elkville (1)

    Ella McGuire (1)

    Ellion, Trudy (1)

    Elliot, Barnard (2)

    Ellis, Winney (1)

    Ellsworth, Scott -- (Historian). -- Death in the Promised Land (1)

    Elmare (N.C.) (1)

    Elmendorf, John van Gaasbeek (1)

    Elmwood (N.C.) (1)

    Elon Community Garden (Elon, N.C.) (1)

    Embargo (1)

    Embassy buildings (1 works · 2 headings)
    Emerald Isle (N.C.) (3 works · 3 headings)
    Emergency communication systems (3 works · 5 headings)
    Emergency management (1 works · 2 headings)
    Emergency medical services (2 works · 5 headings)

    Emerson, James (1)

    Emigration and immigration (12 works · 3 headings)
    Eminent domain (1 works · 2 headings)

    Emmerson, James (1)

    Emmet Swimming (Musical group) (1)

    Emotional problems (1 works · 2 headings)
    Employee attitude surveys (1 works · 2 headings)
    Employee fringe benefits (7 works · 3 headings)
    Employee handbooks (6 works · 3 headings)
    Employee health promotion (1 works · 2 headings)
    Employee motivation (1 works · 2 headings)
    Employee orientation (1 works · 2 headings)

    Employee retention -- United States (1)

    Employee rights (2 works · 2 headings)
    Employees (104 works · 14 headings)
    Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc (3 works · 3 headings)

    Employer-supported day care -- North Carolina (1)

    Employment (2)

    Employment & social affairs (1)

    Employment forecasting (4 works · 6 headings)

    Employment references (1)

    Encoded Archival Description (Document type definition) (1)

    Endangered species (2 works · 4 headings)

    Endeavour (Ship) (1)

    Endemic plants (1 works · 2 headings)
    Endowment of research (1 works · 2 headings)
    Endowments (29 works · 4 headings)

    Enemy property (2)

    Energy conservation (3 works · 5 headings)
    Energy consumption (2 works · 3 headings)
    Energy policy (1 works · 2 headings)

    Engineering drawings (6)

    Engineering geology (3 works · 2 headings)
    Engineers (2 works · 2 headings)

    Engines (1)

    England (21 works · 3 headings)
    English language (17 works · 12 headings)
    English literature (8 works · 6 headings)

    English teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Correspondence (1)

    English, Arthur Brown (1)

    English, Jane (1)

    English-Speaking Union (1)

    Enlistment (1)

    Eno Cotton Mills (2 works · 2 headings)

    Eno Mill (Orange County, N.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 (1)

    Eno River (Orange County, N.C.) (2)

    Eno River Festival (2)

    Eno River State Park (N.C.).) (1)

    Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Durham, N.C.) (2)

    Eno River Watershed (N.C) (1)

    Eno River Watershed (N.C.) (6 works · 3 headings)

    Eno-Occaneechi Indian Tribe (1)

    Enochsville (1)

    Enseignement supérieur -- Caroline du Nord -- Périodiques (1)

    Enslaved children (3)

    Enslaved Experiences (3)

    Enslaved persons (61 works · 28 headings)

    Enslaved persons' writings -- History and criticism (1)

    Enslaved persons' writings, American (5 works · 2 headings)
    Enslaved women (8 works · 4 headings)
    Enslavers (2 works · 2 headings)
    Entertainers (1 works · 3 headings)

    Entertainment (5)

    Entertainment events (1 works · 4 headings)
    Entrepreneurship (1 works · 3 headings)

    Environmental conditions (19)

    Environmental education (8 works · 5 headings)
    Environmental engineering (11 works · 6 headings)
    Environmental Health (8 works · 5 headings)
    Environmental impact analysis (3 works · 3 headings)
    Environmental impact statements (55 works · 13 headings)

    Environmental justice (1)

    Environmental policy (1 works · 2 headings)
    Environmental protection (21 works · 9 headings)
    Environmental psychology (1 works · 2 headings)
    Environmental sciences (20 works · 10 headings)

    Environmental toxicology (1)

    Environmentalism (5 works · 3 headings)
    Environmentalists (3 works · 4 headings)

    Envoys (1)

    Epidemics (3 works · 3 headings)

    Epifagus virginiana (1)

    Episcopal Campus Ministry at Carolina (2)

    Episcopal churches (4)

    Episcopal Churchwomen, Chapel of the Cross -- Periodicals (1)

    Episcopal Churchwomen, Diocese of North Carolina (1 works · 2 headings)
    Episcopalians (5 works · 5 headings)
    Epitaphs (3 works · 4 headings)

    Epps, Nancy (1)

    Epsom (NC) (1)

    Equal Suffrage League of North Carolina (2)

    Equality (78 works · 2 headings)

    Equipment and supplies (4)

    Equity (2 works · 2 headings)

    Ernest Ray Green (1)

    Erosion (1 works · 2 headings)

    Erwin Cotton Mills (2)

    Erwin, J. R. (1)

    Erwin, Marcus (1)

    Escheat (1)

    Escotchaby (1)

    Essay (1)

    Essays (6 works · 2 headings)

    Esser, Mary Irene Strother Parker (1)

    Estate planning (1 works · 2 headings)

    Estate records -- North Carolina -- Orange County (2)

    Estate settlement costs -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

    Estates (3 works · 2 headings)
    Estates (Law) (6 works · 5 headings)

    Estimation theory (1)

    Estridge, Henrietta (1)

    Estuaries -- Quality -- North Carolina -- Research Triangle Park Region (1)

    États-Unis -- Biographies (1)

    Etching (1)

    Etchings -- 1940-1950 (1)

    Ethics (2 works · 2 headings)

    Ethics, Professional (1)

    Ethnic costume (1)

    Ethnic relations (2)

    Ethnohistory (1 works · 2 headings)
    Ethnologists (1 works · 2 headings)
    Etiquette for children and teenagers (1 works · 2 headings)

    Eugenia Freeland (1)

    Eulogies (2)

    Eurasia -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Periodicals (1)

    Europe (13 works · 4 headings)

    Europe, Eastern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Periodicals (1)

    Eutaw Springs, Battle of, S.C., 1781 (1)

    Evacuations (1)

    Evaluation (16)

    Evangelistic sermons (1)

    Evangelistic Work (1)

    Evangelists (1)

    Evans, Eli N (2)

    Evening and continuation schools (4 works · 3 headings)

    Evening gowns (1)

    Events -- North Carolina -- 1940-1950 (1)

    Everett, Edward (1)

    Everett, Katherine (1)

    Everett, R. Oscar (1)

    Everittsville (N.C.) (1 works · 2 headings)

    Evil Weiner (Musical group) (1)

    Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Law and legislation -- North Carolina (1)

    Evolution -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Excavations (Archaeology) (11 works · 6 headings)

    Excell Pleasant Green (1)

    Exchange of books, periodicals, etc.-Time and cost studies (1)

    Excise Tax (1)

    Executions (Administrative law) (4)

    Executions and executioners (12 works · 2 headings)

    Executive advisory bodies -- United States (1)

    Executives (4 works · 3 headings)
    Executors and administrators (7 works · 4 headings)
    Exercise (1 works · 2 headings)
    Exercise for women (1 works · 2 headings)

    Exhibition catalogs (3)

    Exile (Punishment) (1)

    Exiles' writings, Russian (1)

    Expansion of European Settlement (8)

    Expenditures, Public (5)

    Experience -- Fiction (1)

    Experimental design (4)

    Experimental forests -- Recreational use -- North Carolina (1)

    Expertise -- Research -- North Carolina -- Databases (1)

    Explore More Initiative (1)

    Explorers (1)

    Exports (2)

    Express highways (6 works · 10 headings)

    Express Service (1)

    Extradition (2)

    Extrasensory perception (1)

    Extraterrestrial Beings -- Fiction (1)

    Eye -- Diseases -- Treatment -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    These headings come from Library of Congress and local vocabularies used by the participating libraries. Counts show linked works in Orange County Indexed. Related headings are grouped automatically, and the People section combines common name variants. Report corrections through the contact form.

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    Orange County Indexed brings together records about Orange County from twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina, the Digital Public Library of America, DataCite, and Crossref. This page searches the full index, including books, maps, archival collections, government documents, campus materials, digitized primary sources, and published research about the county.

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