William C. Parker Papers (#4965-z) 1947-1949

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William C. Parker Papers (#4965-z) 1947-1949

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William C. Parker was a corporate public relations executive, journalist, and graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (A.B., 1949). The collection contains final typed drafts of profiles written by William C. Parker of Paul Green, Howard Odum, Betty Smith, and James H. Street; issues of magazine containing articles based on the profiles of Odum and Street; a typed draft of a description of the Chapel Hill writers' colony of the 1940s, which was to be the introduction to a projected book of profiles of writers; and a letter, 1 April 1949, from Betty Smith to Parker about her profile. Holland's

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

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

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Parker, William C.

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Street, James H. (James Howell), 1903-1954

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James Street, southern writer and journalist, began his career as a reporter in Laurel, Mississippi at the age of 14. During the intervening years before his first novel was published he worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press in virtually every major city in the South, including Atlanta. Street, who wrote several historical novels, is also well-known as a prolific short story writer. He was a regular contributor to Colliers and Cosmopolitan for many years, as well as several other ma...

Parker, William C. (William Covington)

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William C. Parker was a corporate public relations executive, journalist, and graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (A.B., 1949). From the description of William C. Parker papers, 1947-1949 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 43470275 William Covington Parker graduated from high school in Albermarle, N.C., and entered the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1944 at the age of 16. He joined the Navy Air Corps in late 1945 and returned to Chapel ...

Smith, Betty, 1896-1972

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American author. From the description of Letter to Walter Prichard Eaton, Sheffield, Massachusetts [manuscript], 1943 June 6. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817380 Betty Smith (1896-1972), novelist and playwright of Brooklyn, N.Y., Ann Arbor, Mich., and Chapel Hill, N.C.; author of "A tree grows in Brooklyn" (1943); "Tomorrow will be better" (1948), "Maggie-now" (1958), and "Joy in the morning" (1963). She was married successively to George H. E. Smith, Jos...

Odum, Howard W.

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Betty Smith

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Howard Odum

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Green, Paul (Paul M.)

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Paul Green

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Street, James H. (James Howell), 1903-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp8hzs (person)

James Street, southern writer and journalist, began his career as a reporter in Laurel, Mississippi at the age of 14. During the intervening years before his first novel was published he worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press in virtually every major city in the South, including Atlanta. Street, who wrote several historical novels, is also well-known as a prolific short story writer. He was a regular contributor to Colliers and Cosmopolitan for many years, as well as several other ma...