William L. Spoon papers, 1858-1957 (bulk 1895-1920).

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William L. Spoon papers, 1858-1957 (bulk 1895-1920).

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Personal and professional correspondence, writings, reports, blueprints, maps, and other papers of William Luther Spoon, his wife, Susan Addeline (Addie) Vernon Neville Spoon, their daughter, Nancy Miriam Spoon Alexander, and other members of the Shoffner, Spoon, and Neville families. Family correspondence includes letters between Spoon and his wife about their children, farm, saw and grist mill operations, and neighborhood affairs; letters from Spoon to his mother describing his work as a diamond drilling supervisor with the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1891-1892; and letters, 1916-1920, between the Spoons and their daughter, Nancy Miriam, when she was a student at Salem College. Spoon's professional correspondence with his supervisors, J. A. Holmes and Joseph Hyde Pratt of the North Carolina Geological Survey, and Logan W. Page, Vernon M. Peirce, and E. W. James of the Office of Public Roads, concerns his assignments, administrative matters, and expenses. Other papers relating to Spoon's career as an engineer include reports road crew supervisors made to him on road work and costs; Spoon's reports to the Office of Public Roads, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, about trips he made promoting good roads; contractors' estimates for costs of road construction; diagrams, sketches, and notes concerning road construction projects; blueprints; and maps of the North Carolina highway system. Also included in the collection are genealogical notes; household account books; a record book of the Woman's Home Missionary Auxiliary, Mt. Pleasant Church, 1910; photographs and negatives; and other miscellaneous papers and volumes.

About 15750 items (24.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7143964

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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James, E. W. (Edwin Warley), b. 1877.

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North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905)

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United States. Bureau of Public Roads

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Peirce, Vernon M. (Vernon Marshall), b. 1875.

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Shofner family.

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Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942

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Mining engineer; mineralogist; geologist; and educator. From the description of Joseph Hyde Pratt papers, 1889-1942 (bulk 1915-1942) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24095753 Joseph Hyde Pratt (1870-1942), a native of Hartford, Conn., received his bachelor's degree from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1893. In 1892 and in subsequent summers he was employed by the North Carolina Geological Survey, with S. L. Penfield and under Joseph Austin...

Spoon, William L. (William Luther), 1862-1942

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William Luther Spoon (1862-1942), a native of Alamance County, N.C., attended the University of North Carolina where he was a member of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. After graduating he worked as a surveyor, teacher, inventor, map maker, and traveling salesman. After marrying Addie Vernon Neville, he was appointed supervisor of public roads in Alamance County and worked as an agent of the United States Department of Agriculture. From the description of William L. Spoon pape...

Holmes, J. A. (Joseph Austin), 1859-1915

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Joseph Austin Holmes (1859-1915) was professor of geology and natural history, University of North Carolina, 1881-1903; state geologist, first head of the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1891-1905; director of the department of mines and metallurgy, Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.), 1903- 1904; chief of the technological branch, United States Geological Survey, 1905- 1910; chief, United States Bureau of Mines, 1910-1915. From the guide to the J. A. Holmes Pap...

Page, Logan Waller

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