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Cornelia Spencer
Cornelia Phillips Spencer, born in Harlem, spent most of her life in Chapel Hill. Best known as the woman who rang the bell after UNC reopened after Reconstruction, Spencer’s legacy has raised questions as scholars and activists alike have reexamined her white supremacist views.
Edwin A. Alderman
Edwin A. Alderman (1861-1931) was a UNC alumn who pursued a career in teaching. He was a prominant figure in the Southern education movement. He was a conductor of the State Teacher’s Institutes before founding two universities and then as custodian of the UNC library. He then became the first professor of History and Philosophy of education. He became president of UNC in 1896 and campaigned the Board of Trustees to allow the first women to enroll at UNC.
Elisha P. Mitchell
Mitchell, born in 1793, was a UNC professor from 1818 until he died in 1857. His main field was geology. He found that a North Carolina mountain, now called Mount Mitchell, is the highest in the eastern US. He was a minister and slaveholder and preached on the morality of slavery. Mitchell Hall is named after him.
Francis Preston Venable
George Tayloe Winston
Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels (May 18th, 1862 – January 15th, 1948) was an alumnus of the UNC Law School. He gained influence as publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer, including promoting the white supremacy campaign of 1898. Daniels served as the Secretary of the Navy during World War I and as an ambassador to Mexico.
J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton
J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton was born in Hillsborough, NC, on August 8, 1878. He received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia where he studied under William Dunning. He joined the history department at UNC in 1906, and became the head in 1908. He founded the Southern Historical Collection in 1930.