{"id":11303,"date":"2015-09-11T15:56:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T20:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=11303"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:07:58","slug":"battlechallenge2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=11303","title":{"rendered":"100-Year-Old Challenge Draws to Close Sept. 15 at Wilson Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/09\/Ward_Flier_800-618x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11304\" src=\"\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/09\/Ward_Flier_800-618x800-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ward_Flier_800-618x800\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>In 1915, former UNC President Kemp Plummer Battle sent a mysterious box to the North Carolina Historical Society. It contained a Montgomery Ward mail-order catalog from that year and instructions to members of the University community to use that catalog in order to reflect on changes in society both fifty and a hundred years later.<\/p>\n<p>UNC Chancellor Robert B. House claimed the $50 prize in 1965 with his essay \u201cGreat &amp; Important Changes.\u201d This year, members of the UNC Department of History partnered with the Library to host a series of faculty lectures on the theme. UNC professors John Kasson and Dana McMahan delivered the first talks in April.<\/p>\n<p>The final talks will take place in the Wilson Special Collections Library during a free public program. At 5 p.m., attendees can enjoy refreshments in the lobby and a chance to view Battle\u2019s original letter, plus the 1915 and 1965 catalogs. At 5:30 p.m., two talks will take place in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cWelcome to the Monkey Ward: Mail Order, Bricks, and Clicks, Oh My!\u201d by Peter Coclanis<\/strong>, Albert Ray Newsome Distinguished Professor of History in UNC&#8217;s College of Arts and Sciences; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Montgomery Ward Catalog: Creative Destruction in Practice,\u201d by<\/strong> <strong>Lee Craig<\/strong>, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor at the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fitz Brundage<\/strong>, chair of the Department of History in UNC&#8217;s College of Arts and Sciences, will introduce the program. Special guest <strong>John Baumann<\/strong>, President and CEO of Colony Brands, which owns and operates Montgomery Ward catalog and online retailer, will also make brief remarks on the topic \u201cMontgomery Ward Today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Library has digitized from its collection <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.lib.unc.edu\/mss\/inv\/b\/Battle,Kemp_P.html\">the 1915 and 1965 Montgomery Ward catalogs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/greatimportantch00hous\">Robert B. House\u2019s 1965 essay. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1915, former UNC President Kemp Plummer Battle sent a mysterious box to the North Carolina Historical Society. 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