Menu

University Libraries receives $1.75 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation


A grant of $1.75 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow the Southern Folklife Collection at Carolina’s University Libraries to preserve, digitize and share unique audio and moving image recordings. The grant is the largest ever made to the University Libraries. It will address collections from the SFC and other parts of the Wilson Special Collections Library. (UNC.edu)

Related:

Educator, Historian and UNC Statistician Freddie Kiger Inducted Into Order of Longleaf Pine
A Chapel Hill institution and longtime community contributor was recent recognized with the highest civilian honor in North Carolina. Members of the East Chapel Hill...

90-year-old Triad neurosurgeon ‘finally’ earns UNC undergraduate degree
Dr. David L. Kelly Jr. says this moment is a dream come true. “I’m finally getting my undergraduate degree because I lacked one course by...

UNC School of Pharmacy retains No. 1 ranking for external research funding
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has retained its No. 1 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy ranking for external research funding among U.S. schools...

A Victory of ‘Time and Patience’: Live and Local with Tift Merritt
Local music legend Tift Merritt stopped by Live & Local, following the release of a pair of albums: the 20th-anniversary re-release of her Grammy-nominated sophomore...