William Starr Myers papers, 1887-1947.

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William Starr Myers papers, 1887-1947.

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Papers of include letters and clippings sent to him, 1894-1895, while he was a student at the University of North Carolina by his parents, J. Norris Myers and Laura Virginia Starr Myers, in Asheville, N.C., concerning family, friends, and the Central Methodist Church. Most of these letters are accompanied by clippings from the "Asheville Citizen" on local subjects. Other letters include several from Archibald Henderson, May and December 1918 and 1924. Also included are diplomas from the Asheville, N.C., high school, 19 May 1893, from the University of North Carolina, 2 June 1897, and from John Hopkins University, 12 June 1900; a University of North Carolina class reunion certificate, 1947; a drawing book of Myers when he was a child; "The Book of William Starr Myers," compiled while he was a student at the University of North Carolina and containing doggerel, college songs, a class poem, copies of poems, a list of classics read by Myers, and educational expense account; a manuscript music book of Myers when he was a child; and a picture of Myers's room at Gilman Country Day School in Baltimore, Md.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Central Methodist Church (Asheville, N.C.)

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963

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Archibald Henderson was an author and University of North Carolina professor of mathematics. From the guide to the Archibald Henderson Papers Relating to Family History, 1891-1964, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Mathematician, historian, and author. From the description of Archibald Henderson : miscellaneous papers, 1920-1922. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49242271 From the ...

Myers, Laura Virginia Starr.

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Myers, William Starr, 1877-1956

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William Starr Myers (1877-1956) was a journalist, author, and professor at Princeton University, 1906-1956. He received his A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1897. From the description of William Starr Myers papers, 1887-1947. WorldCat record id: 24654882 Myers was a professor of politics at Princeton University, and the author of several books on American history and politics. From the description of William Starr Myers papers, 1887-1953 (bulk...

Myers, J. Norris.

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