John Wilson Lafferty diary, 1883-1887.

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John Wilson Lafferty diary, 1883-1887.

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Diary (1 volume, 65 pages) of John Wilson Lafferty of Davidson, N.C., describing his emotions upon graduating from Davidson College in 1883; discussing his experiences in Chapel Hill, N.C., while attending the University of North Carolina in the summer of 1885; and his subsequent year of teaching in Mars Bluff, S.C. Lafferty expressed doubts about his suitability as a teacher and described how these doubts, combined with the burning of his schoolhouse, led to his leaving teaching for the Presbyterian ministry. In 1884, he wrote of his theological studies in Columbia, S.C., including the controversy within the church over James Woodrow, professor of science at Columbia Seminary and Woodrow Wilson's uncle, and his views on evolution.

1 v. (65 p.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lafferty, John Wilson, 1861-1941.

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Woodrow, James, 1828-1907

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Editor of the Southern Presbyterian [newspaper], professor at University of South Carolina, and Presbyterian clergyman; proponent of theory of evolution; and beginning 28 Dec. 1865; in 1873, Woodrow claimed a "larger circulation than any other daily or weekly published in the State ..." From the description of Account books, 1848-1875. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 48991267 James Woodrow was a chemistry student who attended a class of Robert Bunsen (181...

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...