Ben Dixon MacNeill papers, 1937-1960 (bulk 1951-1960) [manuscript].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Ben Dixon MacNeill papers, 1937-1960 (bulk 1951-1960) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27183610

Papers of author and journalist Ben Dixon MacNeill, including correspondence, manuscript articles, clippings of articles by and about MacNeill, reviews of MacNeill's book "The Hatterasman," maps of coastal areas of North Carolina, and photographs of MacNeill and his family and of people and animals at Cape Hatteras. Most of the material relates in some way to Cape Hatteras or the Outer Banks. Correspondence includes letters from Alvah H. Ward, Herbert C. Bonner, George Ross, and others about Oregon Inlet; from Lindsay C. Warren and others about the establishment of a National Seashore at the Outer Banks; from Dudley W. Bagley about a book on Joseph Palmer Knapp and other matters; from governors William B. Umstead and Luther Hodges about appointments of MacNeill and others to state boards, including MacNeill's appointment to the North Carolina Cape Hatteras Seashore Commission; and from John F. Blair, publisher, and many others about MacNeill's book, "The Hatterasman."

1,400 items (1.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7240571

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Knapp, Joseph Palmer, 1864-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f796wt (person)

MacNeill, Ben Dixon, 1889-1960

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd9vdv (person)

Author and journalist of Buxton on Hatteras, N.C. From the description of Ben Dixon MacNeill papers, 1937-1960 (bulk 1951-1960) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 27183610 Ben Dixon MacNeill was born in 1889 in Laurinburg, N.C., the son of Alexander Benjamin and Flora MacKinnon MacNeill. He worked as a journalist for several North Carolina newspapers, including the Wilmington Star-News and the Raleigh News and Observer. MacNeill also had an interest in photograph...

Umstead, William Bradley, 1895-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xp8cvw (person)

William Bradley Umstead of Durham, N.C., served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina, 1932-1938; as a United States senator, 1946-1948; and as governor of North Carolina, 1952-1954. From the description of William Bradley and Merle Davis Umstead papers, 1863-1978 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26243142 William Bradley Umstead William Bradley Umstead served North Carolina as a United States representative, a...

Ross, George

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg3hht (person)

Bonner, Herbert Covington, 1891-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q256k1 (person)

Herbert Covington Bonner, of Washington, N.C., was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1940 until his death in 1965. He was chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, 1955-1965, and chairman, 1951-1955, of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee ("watchdog committee") of the Expenditures in the Executive Departments Committee, which made changes designed to eliminate waste in the handling of war surplus material and in military supply procurement....

Blair, John Fries, 1903-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n88v19 (person)

Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pn9tg6 (person)

Luther Hartwell Hodges began his career as an executive for Marshall Field & Comapny, 1919-1950. He was later consultant to the Economic Cooperation Administration, 1950-1951; lieutenant governor, 1953- 1954, and governor, 1956-1960, of North Carolina; United Sates Secretary of Commerce, 1961-1965; head of the Research Triangle Foundation, 1966-1972; and president of Rotary International, 1967-1968. From the description of Luther Hartwell Hodges papers, 1947-1969. WorldCat record...

Ward, Alvah H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b884mf (person)

Bagley, Dudley Warren, 1889-1964.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf0qjt (person)

Native of Currituck County, N.C., experimental farmer and seedsman, state and federal official. From the description of Dudley Warren Bagley papers, 1846-1964 (bulk 1920-1964). WorldCat record id: 25280934 From the guide to the Dudley Warren Bagley Papers, ., 1846-1964, (bulk 1920-1964), (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Warren, Lindsay C. (Lindsay Carter), 1889-1976

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w676894m (person)

Warren, of Washington, N.C., was a lawyer, legislator, active Democrat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st District, 1925-1940, and comptroller general of the United States, 1940-1945. From the description of Lindsay C. Warren papers, 1916-1968 (bulk 1924-1954). WorldCat record id: 26319546 ...