Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in- and is the county seat of- New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476; according to the 2010 Census it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is the principal city of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that includes New Hanover and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina, which has a population of 263,429 as of the 2012 Census Estimate.
Wilmington was settled by European Americans along the Cape Fear River. Its historic downtown has a one-mile-long Riverwalk, developed as a tourist attraction. It is minutes away from nearby beaches. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Wilmington, North Carolina, as one of its 2008 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. City residents live between the river and the ocean, with four nearby beach communities: Fort Fisher, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Kure Beach, all within half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington.
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O Lost! UNC-Chapel Hill, Thomas Wolfe and the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918
April 4, 6-8 p.m.
The Louis Round Wilson Library Special Collections
This event featured an exhibition of rare materials from the UNC Libraries’ North Carolina Collection, including items from the Thomas Wolfe Collection, the University Archives and the Health Sciences Library.
Guest speakers highlighted the impact the 1918 flu had at UNC, and how the pandemic influenced the life and literature of UNC alumnus Thomas Wolfe, author of 'Look Homeward, Angel.'
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Program
Welcome: Elaine Westbrooks, MILS, Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian, UNC-Chapel Hill
Host and Moderator: Robert A. Blouin, PharmD, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Bryson Distinguished Professor, School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hill
Impact of the 1918 Flu at UNC-Chapel Hill
Howard E. Covington Jr., Historian and Biographer; author of more than 25 works of history and biography, including a biography of former governer and U.S. Senator Terry Sanford (Duke University Press, 1999)
Impact of 1918 Flu in the Life and Literature of UNC Alumnus Thomas Wolfe, author of 'Look Homeward, Angel'
Paula Gallant Eckard, PhD, Director of American Studies, Associate Professor, English, UNC-Charlotte; Editor, Thomas Wolfe Review; Past-President, Thomas Wolfe Society; author of Thomas Wolfe and Lost Children in Southern Literature (2016)