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Denise Bittner Photograph Collection


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 Deni ... (more below)

Title

Denise Bittner Photograph Collection

Collection Number

PhC.117

Date(s)

1980-2001

Language

English

Physical Description
73.0 item(s)
Abstract

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.

Physical Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, State Archives of North Carolina.

Creator

Bittner, Denise Alexander, 1950-

Repository

State Archives of North Carolina


Available for research.


Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.


Processed by Kim Andersen Cumber, December 2006

Encoded by Kim Andersen Cumber, December 2006


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.


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


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 State Archives of North Carolina 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.


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


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.


  • Bittner , John R., 1943-
  • Bittner, Denise A., 1950-
  • Daugherty, Brad
  • Ellion, Trudy
  • Hitchings, George H. (George Herbert), 1905-1998
  • Jackson, Gene
  • Sullivan, Kathleen
  • Thomas, Helen
  • Thomas, Pierre
  • Yow, Kay, 1942-2009
  • U.S. Olympic Festival (2nd : 1987 : North Carolina).
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lineberger Cancer Center.
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Journalism.
  • Athletes
  • Cancer
  • College teachers
  • Journalists
  • Medicine
  • Olympics
  • Runners (Sports)
  • Sports
  • Volleyball
  • Chapel Hill (N.C.)
  • Hyde County (N.C.)
  • Ocracoke Island (N.C.)

Folder: 1  
Item: PhC117.1  
Group photo, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC
26 June 1987

Scope and Content

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

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

Scope and Content

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.9)

Item: 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

Scope and Content

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.10)

Item: 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

Scope and Content

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.11)

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

Scope and Content

(Black and white file neg copy N.2006.10.12)

Item: 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

Item: PhC117.7  
John Bittner with North Carolina Historical Marker for Lt. Robert Maynard, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC
26 June 1987

Item: PhC117.8  
Ford pickup truck carrying runners, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC
26 June 1987

Item: 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

Item: 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

Item: PhC117.11  
Certificate of participation for Denise A. Bittner, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC
26 June 1987

Item: PhC117.12  
Certificate of participation for John R. Bittner, US Olympic Festival Torch Run, Ocracoke Island, NC
26 June 1987

Folder: 2  
Item: PhC117.13  
Former network journalist Kathleen Sullivan and Dr. John R. Bittner, .
1980s

Scope and Content

Sullivan guest lectured in Bittner's UNC-CH classes

Item: 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

Item: PhC117.15  
Dr. John R. Bittner in his classroom, UNC-CH
1980s

Item: 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

Item: 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, , in front of Lineberger buildings, UNC-CH campus
c. 1989

Item: 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

Item: PhC117.19  
Dr. John R. Bittner (right) and other judges at the 1983 Miss Virginia pageant

Item: PhC117.20  
Dr. John R. Bittner (left), Nobel Laureate Dr. George hitchings (center), and Denise Bittner (right)
1990s

Item: 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

Item: 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

Item: PhC117.23  
Louie E. Woodbury (left) of Wilmington, NC; Denise A. Bittner (center); and former UNC-CH Medical School Dean Stuart Bondurant (right)

Item: 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)

Item: PhC117.25  
Dr. John R. Bittner (right front, smiling) with some of his UNC-CH journalism students on a field trip in to WBTV Channel 3 in Charlotte, NC
1994

Item: PhC117.26  
Groundbreaking at the UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center expansion
1993-1994

Scope and Content

(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

Item: PhC117.27  
Dr. John R. Bittner (left) and a student on a field trip to WBTV Channel 3 in Charlotte, NC

Folder: 3  
Item: PhC117.28  
Dr. John R. Bittner posing in Metro Traffic helicopter during the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in in Houston, TX
1995

Item: PhC117.29  
Dr. John R. Bittner (back row, middle) with Cuban journalists visiting the UNC-CH School of Journalism
1995

Item: PhC117.30  
Evelyn Launer, Ed Lin, and Denise Bittner (l-r) at the New York City Metropolitain Club, ; Lin and Bittner work together at the UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill
October 1996

Item: PhC117.31  
Dr. John Robert Bittner (left) with internationally renowned journalist Helen Thomas at the Radio/Television News Directors Association Conference, late
1990s

Item: PhC117.32  
Michael Weeks of WITN-TV, Dr. John R. Bittner, and Jim Axelrod (l-r) of WRAL-TV, mid-late
1990s

Item: 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

Item: PhC117.34  
Television journalist Pierre Thomas (left) and Dr. John R. Bittner at the Electronic News Gathering Association Conference
c. 1999-2001

Item: 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

Item: PhC117.36  
UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty and Staff group photo, late
1990s

Scope and Content

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

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

Scope and Content

Dr. John Robert Bittner is shown 2nd from left

Folder: 4  
Item: PhC117.F4  
Biographical sketch and other miscellaneous papers related to Dr. John Robert Bittner and Denise Bittner.

Folder: 5  
Item: PhC117.F5  
Negatives depicting volleyball competition for which John Robert Bittner was a volunteer during the US Olympic Festival in the Research Triangle.
1987

Descriptive Information
Physical Description
Thirty-six (36)
negatives

Folder: OS  
Item: PhC117.FOS  
Blueprints of the Bittner's homes
1983-1984.

Descriptive Information
Physical Description
Two (2)
sets of blueprints

Scope and Content

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.