Joseph L. Morrison papers, 1822-1970 [manuscript].

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Joseph L. Morrison papers, 1822-1970 [manuscript].

The personal correspondence deals with Morrison's work for Cantor Publishing Company, applications for research grants, teaching at the University of North Carolina, journal articles and other writings, and work with various writers' conferences. Included also is correspondence with friends and professional colleagues, particularly Harry Golden of Charlotte, N.C. The material related to his work on W. J. Cash, Josephus Daniels, and O. Max Gardner includes correspondence with people who might have known each subject; copies of articles and other printed material by or about each subject; and Morrison's research notes.

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Cantor Publishing Company

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Morrison, Joseph L., 1918-1970

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Journalist, author, and professor of journalism at the University of North Carolina, 1946-1970. From the description of Joseph L. Morrison papers, 1822-1970 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25507457 ...

Cash, W. J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1900-1941

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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 ...

Golden, Harry, 1902-1981

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Harry Golden was journalist and publisher, best known for his quotable editorials in the Carolina Israelite. Born in New York as Harry Goldhurst, he attended City College and worked as a reporter before taking a job with the Charlotte Observer. Staying in North Carolina, he founded the Carolina Israelite, writing every word of the bimonthly paper, and gaining an international readership for his views on civil rights, racism, and other topics of the day. His humorous approach to social issues won...

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...

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...