David E. Whisnant papers, 1893-1967 [manuscript].

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David E. Whisnant papers, 1893-1967 [manuscript].

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Correspondence of David E. Whisnant, University of North Carolina professor of English, relating to his biography of James Boyd (1888-1944), editor and novelist, and correspondence, writings, a tape recording, and other materials relating to Susan Chester [Mrs. A. Hunt Lyman] (1868- 1917?), founder of the Log Cabin Settlement, a pioneering social service center near Asheville, N.C.

30 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Whisnant, David E., 1938-

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David Whisnant is an author and professor in the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He gathered the material in this collection in the course of his research on James Boyd and Susan Chester. James Boyd (1888-1944), author, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but spent much of his life in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Three of his five novels, Drums (1925), Marching On (1927), and Long Hunt (1930), are set in North Carolina. Boyd ow...

Boyd, James, 1888-1944

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James Boyd (1888-1944) was an American author and journalist. From the description of James Boyd papers, 1906-1952 ; 1964-1969. WorldCat record id: 26319687 American novelist. From the description of Letter : Southern Pines, N. C., to [John Stuart] Groves, 1933 Nov. 21. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648372 American novelist Boyd graduated from Princeton in 1910 and served in World W...

Chester, Susan, 1868-1917?

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