Charles Anderson Farrell photographic collection, 1938-1940, 1943-1944.

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Charles Anderson Farrell photographic collection, 1938-1940, 1943-1944.

The collection includes 688 photographic images (photographic negatives and prints) related to three books published by University of North Carolina Press that Farrell worked on as a photographer: Stella Gentry Sharpe's "Tobe" (1939), about a young African American boy and his family; Bernice Kelly Harris's "Dramatis Personae: Photographic Studies: Eastern Carolina Folk Plays" (1940), and Aubrey Lee Brook's "Walter Clark: Fighting Judge" (1944), about Clark, who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 1903-1924.

ca. 688 items (3.0 linear feet)

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Clark, Walter, 1846-1924

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Walter Clark (1846-1924) was born in Halifax County, N.C. He served in the Civil War with the 22nd North Carolina Regiment, 1861-1862, and 35th North Carolina Regiment, 1862-1863. He resigned in early 1863 to pursue his education at the University of North Carolina. After his graduation, 1864, he returned to fight with the 70th North Carolina Regiment. After the war, Clark studied and practiced law. He was appointed judge of the superior and supreme courts of North Carolina, and later elected ch...

North Carolina. Supreme Court

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Farrell, Charles Anderson, 1894-1977.

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Charles Anderson Farrell was a native of Yadkin County, North Carolina, and in 1923 moved to Greensboro where he became the first professional photographer of the Greensboro Daily News. In the 1920s and 1930s, Farrell also operated a photography studio, camera store, and art supply house in downtown Greensboro. Farrell died at the age of 83 in the Friends Home at Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1977. From the description of Charles Anderson Farrell papers, 1938-1977. WorldCat record i...