George Erwin Gullett Stephens papers, 1884-1988.

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George Erwin Gullett Stephens papers, 1884-1988.

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Personal and professional papers of George Erwin Gullett Stephens. Included are letters, 1906, to Stephens about the work of Isaac Erwin Avery, a fellow journalist; a photograph of and correspondence with Kemp P. Battle and author Zane Grey; and letters and other papers, 1915-1946, concerning the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and general political and economic developments in western North Carolina. The addition of 2005 is chiefly correspondence of Sophie Myers Stephens that documents family life, health concerns, and social activities of the Stephens and Martin families, especially while she was at school, traveling in Europe, and during her marriage to Edward Watts Martin. Sophie Myers Stephens's correspondents include her parents; her brother and his wife Eleanor Stephens; and her husband and his mother Lena Penington Martin. There is some miscellaneous correspondence. Also included are a few photographs and other materials relating to the Myers family of Charlotte, N.C., and to the crowning of Sophie Myers Stephens as queen of the 1935 Rhododendron Festival of Asheville, N.C.

About 500 items (1.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7121842

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Battle, Kemp P. (Kemp Plummer), 1831-1919

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Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer and president of the Chatham Railroad. He was active in state affairs during the Civil War and served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907. From the description of Kemp P. Battle Montgomery Ward Catalog Competition papers, 1915, 1962-1966. WorldCat record id: 56417388 Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chap...

Stephens, George Erwin Gullett, 1873-1946

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George Erwin Gullett Stephens, a native of Summerfield, Guilford County, N.C., and resident of Charlotte and Asheville, N.C., was a journalist and real estate broker. He married Sophie Convere Myers Stephens. Their children were Sophie Myers Stephens (Martin) and George Myers Stephens. From the description of George Erwin Gullett Stephens papers, 1884-1988. WorldCat record id: 23848697 George Erwin Gullett Stephens was born 8 April 1873 in Summerfield, N.C., to ...

Martin, Sophie Myers Stephens.

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Avery, Isaac Erwin, 1871-1904

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Myers family.

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Martin family.

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Stevens family.

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Grey, Zane, 1872-1939

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Zane Grey was born Pearl Zane Grey on January 31, 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio to Lewis Grey and Alice Josephine (Zane) Grey. He earned a degree in dentistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1896. From 1898 to 1904 he lived in New York City and had an unsuccessful dentistry practice. At this time he wrote his first book, Betty Zane, about his Ohio ancestors. In 1904 he moved to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, where he met Lina Elise Roth. They were married in 1905. Grey was an avid outdoorsman who e...