Mrs. Charles A. Cannon Papers, 1934-1953

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Mrs. Charles A. Cannon Papers, 1934-1953

1934-1953

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Mrs. Charles Albert Cannon (Ruth C.Cannon) was an active member of the Garden Club of North Carolina and a resident ofConcord, N.C. The collection is primarily notes, correspondence,clippings, and photographs relating to the publication of (1939). Thematerials are arranged by county and include 123 photographs of historic NorthCarolina houses by Bayard Wootten. Also included are pictures of Confederate leadersand battle scenes; information collected in interviews, 1937, with inhabitants ofthe Roanoke Farms project, Halifax County, N.C., established by the U.S.Resettlement Administration; essays on and pictures of old churches in NorthCarolina; and correspondence, 1946-1953, relating to the Roanoke Island HistoricalAssociation and its production of and to the Elizabethan Gardens in th 1930s. Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina The LostColony

2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2000 items)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6625937

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

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Cannon, Ruth Louise Coltrane, 1891-1965

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Mrs. Charles Albert Cannon (Ruth C. Cannon) was an active member of the Garden Club of North Carolina and a resident of Concord, N.C. From the description of Ruth C. Cannon papers, 1934-1953 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26319571 Mrs. Charles Albert Cannon (Ruth C. Cannon) was an active clubwoman residing in Concord, N.C. In the 1930s and 1940s, she was a researcher for the Garden Club of North Carolina's project on historic homes. In 1950, she served as chair of the Roa...