From the Pages of North Carolina Libraries Vol. 4, No. 4 (1945): The Bull’s Head Bookshop

William Joseph Thomas

doi:10.3776/ncl.v84i1.5514

From the Pages of North Carolina Libraries Vol. 4, No. 4 (1945)

The Bull’s Head Bookshop

Authors

William Joseph Thomas East Carolina University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3503-6615

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3776/ncl.v84i1.5514

Keywords:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, academic libraries, university bookstore

Abstract

The Bull’s Head Bookshop was established in 1927 by Howard Mumford Jones, and located in his office. It grew quickly and after a brief stint in the YMCA, was moved to Wilson Library in 1935. The Bull’s Head remained in the library until it was relocated to the Josephus Daniels Building in 1968. The author of the article below, Jessica Valentine, was a librarian who served as the full-time manager of the bookshop. The University selected Barnes & Noble to run the Bull’s Head Bookshop in 2016, and it is now generally known as UNC Student Stores.

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Published

2026-04-14

Issue

Vol. 84 No. 1 (2026): North Carolina Libraries Spring/Summer 2026

Section

Features

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