E.V. Howell papers, 1725-1929 [manuscript].

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E.V. Howell papers, 1725-1929 [manuscript].

The collection includes Howell's personal and professional correspondence, 1900-1929, relating to pharmacy standards and legislation and University of North Carolina affairs, together with historical materials, 1725-1871 (originals and copies), largely connected with North Carolina. The latter includes items relating to Richard Henderson (1735-1785), and the Transylvania (Ky.) Land Company; the Revolutionary War in North Carolina; the Confederacy (letters tax returns, army reports and rolls); Williams and Haywood, wholesale and retail druggists in Raleigh, N.C., 1858-1869; and members of the Burton family, Williams family, Lewis family, Boylan family, and Moore family in 18th-century and 19th-century North Carolina. Included also are copies of folk ballads collected in Avery County, N.C., 1917-1918; accounts, 1784-1922, of physicians and merchants; deeds, bills, and wills; real estate papers from Raleigh, N.C.; copies of papers written by and articles concerning Henry Harrisse (1829-1910), a French scholar who taught at the University of North Carolina, 1853-1857; and the court martial book of the Orange County (N.C.) Light Infantry, 1861.

About 1600 items (3.0 linear feet).

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Moore family.

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Williams family.

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Howell, E. V. (Edward Vernon), 1872-1931

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E. V. (Edward Vernon) Howell (1872-1931) was the founder of the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy and its dean for 33 years. He was born in Raleigh, N.C., and educated at Salem and Wake Forest and the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy. He practiced pharmacy in Rocky Mount, N.C., with his sister, until he came to Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1897. Howell was also a collector and amateur historian interested in North Carolina history, the history of pharmacy and medicine, and North Carolina...

Transylvania Land Company.

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Lewis family.

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Burton family.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Pharmacy

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Henderson, Richard, 1735-1785

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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910

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Harrisse, native of France, bibliographer, historian, and author of books, pamphlets, and articles mostly relating to early American history and exploration, came to America in the 1840s, taught in South Carolina and at the University of North Carolina, practiced law in Chicago and New York until 1870, and then returned to France. From the description of Henry Harrisse papers, 1855-1910 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24864145 Henry Harrisse (1829-1910), native of France, ...

Williams and Haywood (Raleigh, N.C.)

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Boylan family.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Orange County Light Infantry (N.C.)

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