William Meade Prince and Lillian Hughes Prince Papers (#3660) 1890s-1962

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William Meade Prince and Lillian Hughes Prince Papers (#3660) 1890s-1962

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/p/Prince,William_Meade_and_Lillian_Hughes.html

William Prince, born in Roanoke, Va., and raised in Chapel Hill, N.C., was a successful magazine illustrator in the 1920s and 1930s. He was head of the Art Department at the University of North Carolina during World War II and produced drawings and posters in aid of the war effort. , his boyhood memoir, was published in 1950. Actress Lillian Hughes Prince, William's wife, appeared in many stage productions in and around Chapel Hill, particularly with the Carolina Playmakers. She also played Queen Elizabeth in Paul Green's , 1947-1953, and acted with the touring company of Howard Richardson's , 1945-1946. The couple had one adopted daughter Caroline, who returned to her birth parents in 1941. The Southern Part of Heaven The Lost Colony Dark of the Moon The bulk of the collection is correspondence, mostly between the Princes, much of it during their courtship. Also included are professional letters relating to William Prince's career as an illustrator and writer and to Lillian Prince's stage career; journals and diaries of both Princes; drafts of two unfinished books by William Prince; collected material, including a scrapbook about and three scrapbooks about Lillian Prince's stage career; financial material; and photographs of family members and friends, stage productions, and William Prince's book and magazine illustrations. There is also a small group of materials relating to the purchase of land by the Order of Gimghoul at the University of North Carolina in the 1910s. The Addition of 2004 contains photographs, correspondence, and other papers. Photographs are primarily of William Meade Prince and Lillian Hughes Prince; they include photographs of the Princes with their adopted daughter, Caroline. There are also letters from William Meade Prince to Lillian Hughes Prince written during their courtship, letters to the Princes from Caroline, and other items. The Southern Part of Heaven

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6628604

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

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