Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993

In 1921, William LeGette Blythe, native of Huntersville, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he had been a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. After graduation, Blythe became a reporter at the Charlotte News and later joined the staff of the Charlotte Observer . He authored several Biblical novels, biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic dramas based on Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe won the Mayflower Award for the best nonfiction work by a North Carolinian in 1953 for Miracle in the Hills, his biography of Dr. Mary T. Martin Sloop of the Crossnore School, and in 1961 for Thomas Wolfe and His Family . Blythe died in 1993 in Huntersville.

From the guide to the LeGette Blythe Papers (#4852), 1852-1996, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

William LeGette Blythe (1900-1993), native of Huntersville, N.C., was the author of several Biblical novels, award-winning biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic (outdoor) dramas based on the history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe graduated in 1921 from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. He died in Huntersville in 1993.

From the description of LeGette Blythe papers, 1852-1996. WorldCat record id: 37824370