Henry Wilkins Lewis papers, 1820-1997.

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Henry Wilkins Lewis papers, 1820-1997.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31069787

The collection includes Lewis's personal correspondence; diaries; papers relating to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, and other organizations; family history materials; and papers of members of Lewis's family. Correspondence and diaries document Lewis's life as a student at UNC and Harvard Law School; his army career during World War II; and several vacations to Europe, 1953-1983. Correspondents include Joseph Blout Cheshire, Jr., Albert Coates, James B. Cook, Jr., John van Gaasbeek Elmendorf, Frank Porter Graham, Blackwell Pierce Robinson, and Ellen Douglas Staton. Reports, memos, and other papers document Lewis's career as a faculty member and director, 1973-1978, of the Institute of Government; his tenure as acting vice-president of UNC-CH, 1968-1969; and his service on several UNC-CH boards and commissions. Papers also document Lewis's service to the Episcopal Church, both at the Diocesan level and locally at the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill. Other papers document Lewis's associations with the North Carolina Bar Association; the Bank of Northampton in Jackson, N.C.; the board of trustees of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va.; the Roanoke-Chowan Group; the Southampton Historical Society; and the Northampton Historical Society. There are also materials relating to Lewis's research and writings on the history of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Series 7-11 are family history materials relating chiefly to Lewis's genealogical studies. They include papers documenting the property and business interests of members of the Alston, Lewis, Long, Wilkins, and Williams families, and the history of the Alston, Blunt, Brodnax, Bruce, Burgwyn, Johnson, Jones, Kinchen, Lewis, Lucas, Peterson, Raines, Seddon, Wilkins, and Williams families of Northampton County and elsewhere in northeastern North Carolina. Among members of Lewis's immediate family who are well documented are Edmund Wilkins Lewis, H. Stuart Lewis, Sue Dabney Lewis, Henry Wilkins Lewis (1856-1936), Jane Crichton Williams Lewis, John J. Long, Mary Lewis Williams, and Edmonia Cabell Wilkins.

ca. 32000 items (45.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lewis, Jane Crichton Williams, 1892-1978.

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North Carolina Bar Association

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Burgwyn family.

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Staton, Ellen Douglas.

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Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1850-1932

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Joseph Blount Cheshire (1850-1932) was Episcopal bishop of North Carolina from 1893 until 1932. From the description of Joseph Blount Cheshire papers, 1758-1954. WorldCat record id: 22500696 Joseph Blount Cheshire, son of the Reverend Joseph Blount Cheshire (1814-1899) and Elizabeth Toole Parker Cheshire, was born in Tarboro, N.C., 27 March 1850. In 1869, he received a B.A. from Trinity College, in Hartford, Conn. After he graduated from college, Cheshire taught...

Lewis, Sue Dabney, 1891-1980.

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Williams, Mary Lewis.

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Seddon family.

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Williams family.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972

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Long family.

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Harvard Law School

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Raines family.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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Albert Coates, founder and long-time director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, was born in Johnston County, N.C., in 1896 and died in 1989. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina in 1918 and an LLB from Harvard University in 1923. Upon graduation, Coates joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina School of Law and taught there until 1969. In 1931, Coates founded the Institute of Government at the University ...

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Bank of Northampton (Jackson, N.C.)

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Lewis, H. Stuart, 1885-1947.

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Brodnax family.

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Robinson, Blackwell P. (Blackwell Pierce)

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Lucas family.

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Lewis, Henry Wilkins, 1856-1936.

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Virginia Episcopal School (Lynchburg, Va.)

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Kinchen family.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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Lewis, Henry W. (Henry Wilkins), 1916-2004

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Henry Wilkins Lewis, faculty member and director of the Institute of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; active layman of the Episcopal Church; and authority on North Carolina family genealogy and the history of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina. From the description of Henry Wilkins Lewis papers, 1820-1997. WorldCat record id: 31069787 Henry Wilkins Lewis was a Lawyer, educator and historian; native of Northampton County, N.C.; resident of Pittsbor...

Long, John Joseph, 1875-1949.

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Elmendorf, John van Gaasbeek.

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Wilkins, Edmonia Cabell, 1865-1949.

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