John Sprunt Hill papers, 1679-1967.

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John Sprunt Hill papers, 1679-1967.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26319435

The collection consists of correspondence, family materials, letterbooks, minutes, planning materials, clippings, maps, photographs, and other materials. Included are genealogical studies and correspondence about the Hill and related families in Virginia and North Carolina, including the Beal, Brownrigg, Buckner, Campbell, Dudley, Faison, Hill, Jennings, Lanier, Latham, Littlejohn, Major, McCulloch, Montfort, Sims, Snead, Stith, Watts, Wilcox, and Williams families. There are also a few 17th- through 19th-century family wills, deeds, and letters. Other items relate to John Sprunt Hill's service in the North Carolina Senate, specifically his work on liquor legislation and issues relating to the University of North Carolina. There are also letterbooks, correspondence, and other materials about Hill's legal and financial career in New York City and Durham, N.C. Businesses and organizations mentioned include the Durham Loan & Trust, Durham Bank & Trust, Home Savings Bank, farmers' co-operatives, the Home Security Life Insurance Company, the North Carolina Highway Commission, and Erwin Mills. There are also maps, correspondence, campaign advertising, voter lists, clippings, and other materials related to Hill's interest in New York City's Democratic Party, 1900-1902, and a number of personal and family materials, including information on Hill's estate and sympathy letters upon his death, answered by Hill's son George Watts Hill. A number of architectural drawings, some for building in Durham, are also included. The Addition of November 2008 contains correspondence, financial records, and other materials related to the personal and professional activities of John Sprunt Hill and Annie Sprunt Hill. Included are letters and other materials related to John Sprunt Hill's election to the North Carolina General Assembly in 1934; his work on the consolidation of the University of North Carolina system, 1934-1936; speeeches; clippings; and other professional materials. There are letterbooks containing business correspondence, mostly belonging to John Sprunt Hill, but with occasional letters from Annie Watts Hill, 1920-1925; a ledger listing stocks held by the Hills, 1906-1923; genealogies of the Watts family; photographic postcards of buildings around Durham, N.C., likely taken by Hill's son, George Watts Hill, in 1930; financial materials of Annie Watts Hill and her estate; and a scrapbook of undated photographs, likely taken sometime in the mid-to-late 19th-century in Scotland, England, and France.

ca. 4500 items (5.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7160717

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Watts, George Washington, 1851-1921

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Durham, N.C., industrialist and tobacco manufacturer. From the description of George Washington Watts photograph albums, [188-?]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 54112915 ...

Wilcox family.

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North Carolina Highway Commission

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Sims family.

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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...

Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993

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George Watts Hill (1901-1993) of Durham, N.C., was the son of John Sprunt Hill (b. 1869) and father of George Watts Hill Jr. (1926-2002). He worked in hospital administration, banking, insurance, and other industries. A University of North Carolina alumnus, he served on the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees and later the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors, and was involved, with other Hill family members, in much financial support for the University of Nor...

North Carolina. General Assembly

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Lanier family.

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Beal family.

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Campbell family.

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Latham family.

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Dudley family.

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Buckner family.

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Democratic Party (New York, N.Y.)

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Williams family.

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Stith family.

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Major family.

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Brownrigg family.

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Hill, John Sprunt, 1869-1961

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Banker, lawyer, and legislator John Sprunt Hill (1869-1961) founded the Durham Loan & Trust with his father-in-law, George Washington Watts. A University of North Carolina alumnus, Hill was a major figure in Durham, N.C., business, politics, and philanthropy for almost 60 years. In addition to his business career, he served in the North Carolina Senate, 1933-1938. Much of his philanthropy was directed at the city of Durham and the University of North Carolina, including the donation of the C...

Montfort family.

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McCulloch family.

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Faison family.

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Erwin Cotton Mills

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1892 Erwin Cotton Mills incorporated, the Duke family owning a controlling interest with Benjamin N. Duke as president and William Allen Erwin as manager. 1893 Mill No. 1 in West Durham began operation 1896 Mill No. 1 doubled in size ...

Littlejohn family.

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University of North Carolina (System)

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The University of North Carolina system is comprised of seventeen public universities located throughout North Carolina. From the description of North Carolina State University, Committees, University of North Carolina (System) Committees records, 1949-1998 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 698382450 From the guide to the North Carolina State University, Committees, University of North Carolina (System) Committees Records, 1949-1998, (Specia...

Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

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Visitors to Chapel Hill in the years around 1920 faced a troubling dilemma. Hotel accommodations were scarce, and when the privately owned and sadly dilapidated University Inn was gutted by fire in November 1921, the town lost its only provider of short-term commercial lodging. The following year, University of North Carolina alumnus and trustee John Sprunt Hill proposed to alleviate the accommodations shortage by forming the Carolina Club Inn Inc., a non-stock corporati...

Snead family.

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Jennings family.

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Hill family.

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Watts family.

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