Henry McGilbert Wagstaff Papers, . 1804-1831; 1915-1953

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Henry McGilbert Wagstaff Papers, . 1804-1831; 1915-1953

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Henry McGilbert Wagstaff (1876-1945) was an author, editor, and professor of history at the University of North Carolina, 1907-1945. The collection includes family and personal papers of Wagstaff, consisting principally of correspondence, 1915-1945. Correspondence relates to Wagstaff's life and study in England, 1921-1923; his work for the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, 1928-1940; University of North Carolina affairs; and the management of his Person County, N.C., tobacco farms, which were leased to tenants. Also included are manuscripts and typed drafts of published and unpublished writings by Wagstaff, and material related to his incomplete history of the University of North Carolina. Volumes include fragmentary accounts for general merchandise, 1804-1831, and three ledgers of tobacco farm accounts, 1932-1953.

600; 2.0

eng,

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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Wagstaff, Henry McGilbert

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Henry McGilbert Wagstaff (1876-1945) was an author, editor, and professor of history at the University of North Carolina, 1907-1945. Wagstaff was born in Roxboro, N.C., and educated at the University of North Carolina and John Hopkins University. He specialized in English history but also had a special interest in Southern and North Carolina history and edited a number of the James Sprunt Historial Publications at the University of North Carolina. His wife was Mary Jeffe...