Lilly, Henry Tracy, 1897-1973

Collector living in Raleigh, N.C.

From the description of Postcards, ca. 1910-1950. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604665

Henry Tracy Lilly was graduated from Davidson College in 1918. He returned to Davidson as a professor of English in 1926 and taught until 1965. He retired to Boone, NC, but soon resumed teaching as a visiting lecturer at Applachian State University. In April 1973 Davidson College held a banquet in his honor as part of Spring Convocation.

From the description of Collection, 1922-1995. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 722095525

Henry Tracy Lilly was born in Alabama in 1897 and attended Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., graduating in 1918. During World War I, he served with Base Hospital #65, which was organized in North Carolina in 1917 and arrived at the Kerhuon Hospital Center near Brest, France, in 1918. Following the war, he returned to Davidson College where he was an English professor, 1926-1966. Lilly died in 1973 and was buried in Davidson.

From the description of Henry Tracy Lilly World War I scrapbooks, circa 1920. WorldCat record id: 759855778

From the guide to the Henry Tracy Lilly World War I Scrapbooks, circa 1920, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)