Louis Round Wilson Library (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
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The Louis Round Wilson Library, located on Polk Place, is the home of the University Library Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Manuscripts Department (including the Southern Historical Collection, the Southern Folklife Collection, and University Archives) and the North Carolina Collection (including the Research Library, Gallery, and Photographic Archives) provide rich primary resources, southern material, and North Caroliniana, in a variety of formats. The Rare Book Collection offers early manuscripts, printed books, and visual materials covering a wide range of human endeavor. The University Library's Digital Library, Documenting the American South, has its offices and digital publishing center here. The Special Collections Conservation Lab provides treatment for the Wilson Library collections. Each collection displays items from its holdings through a regular program of exhibitions.
Wilson Library served as the main University Library from 1929 until the opening of the Walter Royal Davis Library in 1984 and continues to provide temporary quarters for other library units. Wilson Library currently provides quarters for the Music Library, the Maps Collection, and the Zoology Library. Wilson Library also houses the Pleasants Family Assembly Room and a master classroom (LG304).
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Wilson Library served as the main University Library from 1929 until the opening of the Walter Royal Davis Library in 1984 and continues to provide temporary quarters for other library units. Wilson Library currently provides quarters for the Music Library, the Maps Collection, and the Zoology Library. Wilson Library also houses the Pleasants Family Assembly Room and a master classroom (LG304).
Media: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Louis_Round_Wilson_...
Website: www.lib.unc.edu/wilson/
museum.unc.edu/exhibits/names/louis-round-wilson-1876-1...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°54'33"N 79°2'58"W
- Reynolda House Museum of American Art 114 km
- Historic Bethabara Park 117 km
- Spencer Yard 121 km
- Historic Brattonsville 226 km
- Kings Mountain National Military Park 230 km
- Millford Plantation 276 km
- Charles Towne Landing 355 km
- A. H. Stephens State Historic Park 438 km
- Wormsloe State Historic Site 476 km
- Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter 580 km
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC): Central Campus 0.7 km
- Greenwood 2 km
- Colonial Heights 2.2 km
- Finley Golf Course 2.9 km
- Briercliff 3.6 km
- Mason Park Biological Reserve 3.6 km
- Meadowmont 3.6 km
- The Oaks 3.8 km
- Orange County, North Carolina 17 km
- Durham County, North Carolina 23 km