Oliver Max Gardner Papers, 1892-1966

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Oliver Max Gardner Papers, 1892-1966

1892-1966

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03613/

More than three-quarters of the collection consists of papers of O. Max Gardner, including political, legal, business, and limited personal papers. The remaining third of the papers are primarily political, business, and personal papers of Fay Webb Gardner and James Webb Gardner, with additional papers belonging to Odus M. Mull, Isaac C. Griffin, and various family members of Shelby, N.C.

About 32,000 items (47.0 linear feet)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 11631193

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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