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Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Title: Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Richard Gaither Walser (1908-1988) was a professor of English at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and author of numerous works, chiefly relating to North Carolina's literary heritage. The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials chiefly relating to North Carolina' literary heritage. Files on individual authors and literary subjects dominate, with special emphasis on the life and works of Thomas Wolfe. Other authors represented in the collection include Doris Betts, Helen Bevington, James Boyd, Richard Chase, Jonathan Daniels, Wilma Dykeman, Charles Edward Eaton, John Ehle, Paul Green, Bernice Kelly Harris, George Moses Horton, Gerald W. Johnson, Frederick H. Koch, Guy Owen, Robert C. Ruark, Wilbur D. Steele, Hardin E. Taliaferro, and Jonathan Williams. There is also material on North Carolina folklore and other topics not directly connected to literature. A small number of items relate to Walser's life as a student at the University of North Carolina and to his service with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II.

ArchivalResource: About 27,800 items (32.5 linear feet)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04168/ View

Smith, Edith H. (Edith Huntington), 1878-1924. Correspondence, 1914-1919.

Title: Correspondence, 1914-1919.

Letters to family members, including her sister Susan Reed Stifler, describing her work as a teacher at the American Mission Girls School, Ahmadnagar, India. Letters also include references to a local camp for German prisoners of war, accounts of vacation trips in India, and mention of epidemics and famine.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22633572 View

Smith papers MS 0587., 1904-1924.

Title: Smith papers 1904-1924.

Smith, Edith Huntington Reed, 1878-1924; Teacher and missionary. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1901. Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, and photographs. Primarily documenting her work and travels to Japan and India.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes; (10 linear in.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm063.html View