]> phc_bittner_denise_117 Finding Aid of the Denise Bittner Photograph Collection 1980 - 2001 Processed by: Kim Andersen Cumber; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kim Andersen Cumber &hdrNcDncsa; 2006 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: December 2006 Description is in English Finding Aid of the Denise Bittner Photograph Collection, 1980 - 2001 State Archives of North Carolina &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary State Archives of North Carolina. Bittner, Denise Alexander Denise Bittner Photograph Collection, 1980-2001 Ph.C.117 Materials in English 73 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, State Archives of North Carolina. Denise and John Bittner were residents of Chapel Hill and Ocracoke, N.C. Dr. John R. Bittner (4 May 1943-9 April 2002) was a professor in the Journalism School at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Denise Alexander Bittner was Director of Development at the UNC Lineburger Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1987, Denise and John Bittner participated in the US Olympic Festival Torch Run on Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, N.C., and volunteered during Research Triangle area festival events including the volleyball competition. Dr. Bittner passed away in 2002. This collection contains a total thirty-seven (37) photographs and thirty-six (36) negatives. The bulk of the materials relate to Denise Alexander Bittner, John Robert Bittner, and others running in and participating in events of the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival Torch Run on Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, N.C. Other shots of the Bittners were taken with the North Carolina Historical Marker for Lt. Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy. Additional photos depict a variety of events in the lives of Denise and John R. Bittner, c.1980-2001. Several photos show them with celebrities while others show Dr. Bittner in his role as professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism. Other shots show events and various people associated with the UNC-CH Lineburger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Thirty-six (36) negatives depict the volleyball competition during the 1987 US Olympic Festival in the Research Triangle. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PhC.117, Denise Bittner Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Acquisitions Information

The first part of this collection (Folder 1), that which pertains to the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival Torch Run on Ocracoke Island, NC, was donated to the North Carolina State Archives in September of 2006 by Denise Alexander Bittner and her husband John Bittner. Additional materials (Folders 2-4) were donated in December 2006 and in October 2007 (Folder 5). The Bittners resided in Chapel Hill, NC, and also had a home at Ocracoke.

Processing Information

Processed by Kim Andersen Cumber, December 2006

Encoded by Kim Andersen Cumber, December 2006

Biographical Note

Denise and John Bittner were residents of Chapel Hill, NC, and they also own a home on Pintail Drive in Ocracoke, NC. Dr. John R. Bittner (4 May 1943-9 April 2002) was a professor in the Journalism School at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). Denise Alexander Bittner was Director of Development at the UNC Lineburger Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1987, Denise and John Bittner participated in the US Olympic Festival Torch Run on Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, NC, and volunteered during Research Triangle area festival events including the volleyball competition. Dr. Bittner passed away in 2002, and at the time of the donation of the October 2007 addition to this collection, Denise Bittner resided in Eagle, Idaho.

Collection Overview

This collection contains a total thirty-seven (37) photographs and thirty-six (36) negatives.

The first ten (10) photographs are color prints depicting Denise Alexander Bittner, John Robert Bittner, and others running in and participating in events of the 1987 US Olympic Festival Torch Run on Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, NC. Individuals shown include John Bittner, Denise Bittner, and Hyde County Sheriff Gene Jackson. Many other unidentified runners, race workers, and spectators are shown along with the Bittners, including an unidentified North Carolina Highway Patrolman. A group shot of runners was taken in front of a Welcome to Hyde County highway sign. Several shots show various vehicles, trucks, cars, and a fire engine. One shot shows runners and race vehicles in the distance down the highway, and this photograph provides a good view of the dunes in 1987 on Ocracoke along the road. Other shots of the Bittners were taken with the North Carolina Historical Marker for Lt. Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy who was killed by the pirate Blackbeard off the coast of Hyde County in 1718. Many of the people depicted in the photos in this collection are wearing official 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival Torch Run participant and event worker T-shirts bearing the McDonalds fast food restaurant logo. Two other images relate to the Olympic Festival Torch Run and are photos of Denise Bittner's and John Bittner's certificates of participation in the run.

Twenty-five (25) additional photos depict a variety of events in the lives of Denise and John R. Bittner, c.1980-2001. They are primarily color prints and include shots of one or both of the Bittners. Several photos show them with celebrities (journalist Kathleen Sullivan, UNC-CH basketbll star Brad Daugherty, judges for the 1983 Miss Virginia beauty pageant, Nobel Laureate Dr. George Hitchings, Nobel prize winner Dr. Trudy Ellion, journalist Helen Thomas, North Carolina State University Basketball Coach Kay Yow, and journalist Pierre Thomas). Some photos show Dr. John R. Bittner in his role as professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism. Other shots show events and various people associated with the UNC-CH Lineburger Comprehensive Cancer Center where Denise Bittner served as Director of Development.

Thirty-six (36) negatives comprise a second addition to this collection and depict the volleyball competition for which John Robert Bittner was a volunteer during the 1987 US Olympic Festival in the Research Triangle.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Subject Terms Athletes Bittner, Denise Alexander Bittner, John Robert Cancer College teachers Daugherty, Brad Ellion, Trudy Hitchings, George H. (George Herbert), 1905- Jackson, Gene Journalists Medicine Olympics Photographs Runners (Sports) Sports Sullivan, Kathleen Thomas, Helen Thomas, Pierre Volleyball Yow, Kay University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lineberger Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Journalism U.S. Olympic Festival (2nd : 1987 : North Carolina) Geographic Terms Chapel Hill (N.C.) Hyde County (N.C.) Ocracoke Island (N.C.) Related Collections

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov.

Container List U.S. Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, N.C., 26 June 1987 1 PhC117.1 Group photo, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987

Back row, 3rd and 4th from left: Denise Alexander Bittner and John Robert Bittner. (Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.8)

PhC117.2 John Bittner running with Olympic torch, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.9)

PhC117.3 John Bittner (left) with Hyde County Sheriff Gene Jackson (right, in car), US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.10)

PhC117.4 Unidentified race event worker talking to spectators, fire truck and dogs in background, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.11)

PhC117.5 Denise Bittner with North Carolina Historical Marker for Lt. Robert Maynard, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.12)

PhC117.6 Unidentified group of runners and a little girl standing and chatting with a race worker, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987 PhC117.7 John Bittner with North Carolina Historical Marker for Lt. Robert Maynard, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987 PhC117.8 Ford pickup truck carrying runners, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987 PhC117.9 John Bittner (middle) with unidentified State Trooper (left) and Hyde County Sheriff Gene Jackson (right), US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987 PhC117.10 Distant view of runners and pace vehicles on Outer Banks highway on Ocracoke showing good view of dunes along highway, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987 PhC117.11 Certificate of participation for Denise A. Bittner, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987 PhC117.12 Certificate of participation for John R. Bittner, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC, 26 June 1987 General Bittner Photos, 1980-1994 2 PhC117.13 Former network journalist Kathleen Sullivan and Dr. John R. Bittner, 1980s.

Sullivan guest lectured in Bittner's UNC-CH classes

PhC117.14 Dr. John R. Bittner and UNC-CH basketball player Brad Daugherty, with Stormy, a German Shepard dog, Frances Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 1980s PhC117.15 Dr. John R. Bittner in his classroom, UNC-CH, 1980s PhC117.16 UNC-CH Professor Richard Simpson (left) and Dr. John R, Bittner volunteering for Chapel Hill's American Cancer Society's Jail-A-Thon, mid-1980s PhC117.17 Nancy Lineberger Lyles (left) of High Point, NC, and Denise A. Bittner (right) accepting UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Board of Directors lease of Lyles Chevrolet car, c. 1989, in front of Lineberger buildings, UNC-CH campus PhC117.18 Jim Heavner (left) of the Village Companies in Chapel Hill, presenting a student award while RTUMP Chair Dr. John Robert Bittner (right) holds award PhC117.19 Dr. John R. Bittner (right) and other judges at the 1983 Miss Virginia pageant PhC117.20 Dr. John R. Bittner (left), Nobel Laureate Dr. George hitchings (center), and Denise Bittner (right), 1990s PhC117.21 Denise A. Bittner (left), Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Trudy Ellion (center), and Dr. John R. Bittner (right), at UNC-CH Medical School, 1990s PhC117.22 George Lyles of High Point, Denise A. Bittner, Lyn Lineberger of Belmont, Nancy Lyles of High Point, and Dr. John R. Bittner (l-r), 1990s PhC117.23 Louie E. Woodbury (left) of Wilmington, NC; Denise A. Bittner (center); and former UNC-CH Medical School Dean Stuart Bondurant (right) PhC117.24 Shannon St. John (left) of Triangle Community Foundation; Arthur Clark (center), former CEO of Peoples Security Insurance in Durham; and Denise A. Bittner (right) PhC117.25 Dr. John R. Bittner (right front, smiling) with some of his UNC-CH journalism students on a field trip in 1994 to WBTV Channel 3 in Charlotte, NC PhC117.26 Groundbreaking at the UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center expansion, 1993-1994

(l-r) Jim Millis of High Point, Denise A. Bittner, Joe Lineberger of Belmont, and Mayo Boddie and Nick Boddie of Rocky Mount, digging in front of building with ceremonial shovels

PhC117.27 Dr. John R. Bittner (left) and a student on a field trip to WBTV Channel 3 in Charlotte, NC General Bittner Photos, 1995-2000 3 PhC117.28 Dr. John R. Bittner posing in Metro Traffic helicopter during the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in 1995 in Houston, TX PhC117.29 Dr. John R. Bittner (back row, middle) with Cuban journalists visiting the UNC-CH School of Journalism, 1995 PhC117.30 Evelyn Launer, Ed Lin, and Denise Bittner (l-r) at the New York City Metropolitain Club, October 1996; Lin and Bittner work together at the UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill PhC117.31 Dr. John Robert Bittner (left) with internationally renowned journalist Helen Thomas at the Radio/Television News Directors Association Conference, late 1990s PhC117.32 Michael Weeks of WITN-TV, Dr. John R. Bittner, and Jim Axelrod (l-r) of WRAL-TV, mid-late 1990s PhC117.33 North Carolina State University Women's Basketball Coach Kay Yow (left) giving a donation to the UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Denise A. Bittner (right) accepts donation, late 1990s PhC117.34 Television journalist Pierre Thomas (left) and Dr. John R. Bittner at the Electronic News Gathering Association Conference, c. 1999-2001 PhC117.35 Sue Battle Moore of Rocky Mount (left) presenting Outer banks Outfitters donation to Denise A. Bittner, Director of Development at the UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1990s PhC117.36 UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty and Staff group photo, late 1990s

Dr. John Robert Bittner is on the right side at end of row, third down from the top.

PhC117.37 UNC-CH School of Journalism professors who received the Shumaker Teaching Professor Award, 2000 or 2001

Dr. John Robert Bittner is shown 2nd from left

Bittner Biographical Information 4 PhC117.F4Biographical sketch and other miscellaneous papers related to Dr. John Robert Bittner and Denise Bittner. U.S. Olympic Festival, Reasearch Triangle, Volleyball Competition, 1987 5 PhC117.F5Negatives depicting volleyball competition for which John Robert Bittner was a volunteer during the 1987 US Olympic Festival in the Research Triangle.Thirty-six (36) negatives Oversized Material 1983-1984 OS PhC117.FOSBlueprints of the Bittner's homes 1983-1984. Two (2) sets of blueprints

One set of blueprints for the Bittner Home, 104 Spicewood Place, Stoneridge Subdivision, Chapel Hill, NC, Dail DIXON, Architect, Carrboro, NC, 1983 (includes plat map of lot), and one set of blueprints for the Bittner Cottage, 36 Pintail Drive, Ocracoke Island, NC, Dail DIXON, Architect, Carrboro, NC, 1984.