Hill Prize essays in North Carolina history, 1895; 1899; 1903 [manuscript].

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Hill Prize essays in North Carolina history, 1895; 1899; 1903 [manuscript].

Manuscripts of winners for three years of a prize for the best essay on North Carolina history by a University of North Carolina student. Essays are "North Carolina Manumission Society" (1895) by Charles F. Tomlinson; "The Ku-Klux Klan in North Carolina" (1899) by R. D. W. Connor; and "Judicial System of Proprietary and Royal Governments in North Carolina to 1776" (1903) by Robert W. Herring.

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Connor, Robert Digges Wimberly, 1878-1950

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Educator, historian, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, University of North Carolina professor, first archivist of the United States, and author of numerous books and articles on North Carolina history. From the description of R. D. W. Connor papers, 1890-1950 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26319525 Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (26 September 1878 - 25 February 1950) was born in Wilson, North Carolina, one of twelve children of Henry Grove...

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Richard Mendenhall of Guilford County, N.C., was active in various anti-slavery groups in the early 19th century. From the guide to the Manumission Society of North Carolina Records, 1773-1845, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Herring, Robert William, 1942-

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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...