Nathaniel C. Browder papers, 1930-1992 [manuscript].

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Nathaniel C. Browder papers, 1930-1992 [manuscript].

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Letters, 1930-1943, 1962, 1964, of Nathaniel C. Browder, nearly all from Browder to his wife, Blanche Penland Browder. Letters, 1930-1931, describe the rural school and community where Browder taught. Letters, 1939-1940, describe Browder's work writing life histories for the Federal Writers' Project and life in Chapel Hill. Beginning in April 1940, Nathaniel's letters describe his life in Raleigh while he took drafting at State College. Letters, January-May 1943, describe life in a boarding house in Arlington, Va. Also included are two brief letters from Nathaniel to Blanche when he was traveling on business in 1962 and 1964.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Federal writer's project

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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...

North Carolina State College

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Browder, Nathaniel C., 1904-

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Nathaniel C. Browder worked as a cryptographer during and after World War II. After his retirement he worked on a number of genealogical and local history projects. Among these projects was the researching, deciphering, transcribing, and editing of William Thomas Prestwood's diaries. William Thomas Prestwood, a descendant of the influential Coker family, wrote a ciphered diary from 1808 until his death in 1859. From the description of Nathaniel C. Browder collection of cryptography m...

Browder, Blanche Penland

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