Louis Round Wilson Library (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)

 museum, library, music -to be removed/cleaned

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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