- Death Mask of Charles Duncan McIver
- Date: September 17, 1906
- Material: Plaster
- Size: Approximately 32cm (L) x 26cm (W) x 15cm (D)
- Acquisition: Given by Dr. James W. Patton of U.N.C. Received May 22, 1962.
- Description: Made by Wells L. Brewer. A death mask of the founder and 1st president of the school, Dr. Charles Duncan McIver. Made after McIver’s death in such a manner that portrait busts could later be constructed from the mask. The statues on this campus and in Raleigh were made from the mask. Kept unlabeled at Chapel Hill for a number of years, it later returned to the University where it was displayed publicly for the first time Founders Day, October 5, 1962. (UA14.1.070)
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