Edgar Wallace Knight papers, 1915-1953 [manuscript].

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Edgar Wallace Knight papers, 1915-1953 [manuscript].

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Papers of Edgar Wallace Knight include letters concerning his work written while he was a fellow at the Social Science Research Council, studying folk schools and rural education in Denmark, 1925-1926; letters, 1918-1922, exchanged with R. H. Claytor, Orange County, N.C., superintendent of public instruction, about a reading circle conducted by Knight for Orange County teachers; correspondence, 1945-1949, related to his Documentary History of Education in the South Before 1860; extracts of letters, 1945-1953, from scholars about proposed publishing projects; speeches, 1920s and 1930-1945, given by Knight at professional meetings, college commencements, and other events; articles written by Knight; and miscellaneous other items.

1,850 items (3.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Claytor, R. H.

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Knight, Edgar Wallace, 1886-1953

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Teacher, author, editor, and University of North Carolina Kenan professor of educational history. From the description of Edgar Wallace Knight materials relating to education in the South before 1860, 1634-1950 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25754073 Edgar Wallace Knight (1885-1953) was professor of education at Trinity College, 1913-1917, and at the University of North Carolina, 1919-1953. From the description of Edgar Wallace Knight papers, 1915-1953 [manusc...

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...

Social Science Research Council (U.S.)

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