William Thomas Joyner papers, 1855-1979 [manuscript].

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William Thomas Joyner papers, 1855-1979 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, subject files, speeches, and photographs of William Thomas Joyner, attorney of Raleigh, N.C., covering family matters; Joyner's law practice, including his work as attorney for the Southern Railway Company; his interest in public education, military affairs, and politics in North Carolina and the nation; and his many civic activities. Included are letters, 1970, about school busing for desegregation from Jesse Helms (1921- ), later U.S. senator; materials concerning an inspection of U.S. Army bases in the Far East, 1949; and a case involving the estate of Sarah Graham Kenan (1817-1871), 1964. The nineteenth- century materials are a few letters of Joyner family members.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...

Helms, Jesse

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Kenan, Sarah Graham, 1817-1871.

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Joyner, William Thomas, 1891-1981.

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William Thomas Joyner was born in Goldsboro, N.C., on 11 April 1891. His mother was Effie Harper Rouse Joyner. His father, James Yadkin Joyner, was a leader in education in North Carolina, ultimately becoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1903. William Thomas Joyner was educated in the public schools of Raleigh, N.C., and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an A.B. degree in 1911. After teaching school briefly, Joyner enter...