Sours family papers, 1796-1988.

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Sours family papers, 1796-1988.

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Correspondence, financial and legal items, diaries, photographs, and other materials of six generations of the Sours and related families. Much material relates to the Rev. John Dickson Sours (1815-1912), Methodist circuit rider, minister, and teacher of Adams County, Pa., and to the descendents of iron-worker and Civil War soldier Jacob Sours (1823-1888) of Virginia and Ohio. Included are materials that document the lives and careers of Mary Bowling (d. 1956), Alabama teacher, World War II soldier, and long-time music student; genealogist Noland Hubbard Bowling (b. 1886); librarian Sarah Bowling Holland (b. 1910), who was graduated from the University of North Carolina Library School and worked in several southern states; Adam Sours (1836-1888), who went to California to mine gold; Margaret Emma Sours (1859-1926), who taught school in rural Pennsylvania; and other members of the Sours family and the related Bowling, Holland, Hubbard, and other families.

ca. 7,400 items (10.5 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Library Science

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Library science was first offered in the university's summer school shortly after the turn of the century. In 1931, the School of Library Science was established to offer a baccalaureate program in librarianship. It was the second such school in the Southeast. In 1951 a master's degree program was established. In 1987 its name changed to School of Information and Library Science. From the description of Records of the School of Information and Library Science, 1924-1993. WorldCat re...

Bolen family.

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Holland, Sarah Bowling, b. 1910.

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Sours, Margaret Emma, 1859-1926.

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Bowling, Noland

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Sours, Adam, 1836-1888.

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Holland family.

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Sowers family.

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Sours, John Dickson, 1815-1912.

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Hubbard family.

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Bowling, Mary, d. 1956.

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Sours, Jacob, 1823-1888.

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Sours family.

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