W. L. Long papers, 1916-1964.

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W. L. Long papers, 1916-1964.

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Business, political, and personal correspondence of W. Lunsford Long. Correspondence, 1914-1923, includes letters about local, state, and national politics, including the campaign of O. Max Gardner for governor of North Carolina in 1920, and especially involving taxes, education, good roads, and women's suffrage. Also included are business and personal papers, mainly 1951-1958, while Long was an executive of Haile Mines, Inc., of New York, and its subsidiaries, and a resident of Warrenton, N.C. Correspondence concerns corporate activities and Long's related interests in national legislation and government regulations; the Tungsten Institute, of which he was an officer, 1953-1957; and business, farming, personal, social and Democratic Party activities in Warren and Northampton counties, N.C. Included are separate files of operational and financial records of Tungsten Mining Corp., Manganese, Inc., and Haile Mines. Mining operations were in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. Also included are Long's diary, 1936-1964, with brief entries about appointments and business travel; one record book, 1938-1940, of Santa Fe Gold Mines, Inc.; some family correspondence, 1916-1920, concerning property and finances; and records and correspondence of Rosemary Manufacturing Co., a textile manufacturer of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

About 6020 items (27.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Democratic Party (N.C.)

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During the 1960 election, the North Carolina Democratic Party was led by Bert L. Bennett, state executive committee chairman, and operated out of headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. Democratic candidates for whom the state party campaigned in 1960 included John F. Kennedy for President of the United States and Terry Sandford for Governor of North Carolina. From the guide to the Democratic Party Campaign Headquarters Records, ., 1960, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. S...

Gardner, Oliver Max, 1882-1947

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Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947), lawyer of Shelby, N.C., and Washington, D.C.; state senator, 1910-1915, lieutenant governor, 1916-1920, and governor, 1929-1933, of North Carolina. He married Fay Webb (1885-1969), who was active in the Democratic Party and in women's organizations. From the description of Oliver Max Gardner papers, 1892-1966. WorldCat record id: 26319533 Democrat Oliver Max Gardner, Sr. (1882-1947) was a legislator, lieutenant governor (1916) and governor of ...

Tungsten Mining Corp.

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Rosemary Manufacturing Co. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)

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Tungsten Institute

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Haile Mines, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)

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Long, W. L. (William Lunsford), 1890-1964

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State representative from Halifax County, N.C., 1915; state senator, 1919-1923 and 1927; president pro tem of the North Carolina Senate, 1921-1923 and 1927; officer of Haile Mines, Inc., of New York, and its subsidiaries, Tungsten Mining Corp. and Manganese, Inc.; and officer of the Tungsten Institute. Haile Mines, Inc., owned subsidiaries that mined tungsten, manganese, copper, zinc, cobalt, lead, silver, gold, and sand in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. From the description ...

Manganese, Inc.

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Santa Fe Gold Mines, Inc.

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