Holt McPherson papers, 1930-1979.

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Holt McPherson papers, 1930-1979.

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Materials in the collection include correspondence, subject files, text of speeches and editorials, and photographs all documenting McPherson's professional career as editor of the "High Point Enterprise," the "Shelby Daily Star," and the Fort Lauderdale bureau of the "Miami Herald," as well as his involvement in a variety of civic causes. In particular, materials document McPherson's involvement as an advisor and fundraiser for High Point College and for the Journalism Foundation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Other materials concern McPherson's efforts on behalf of religious causes and institutions such as the Triad United Methodist Home, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church of High Point, and the United Methodist Church in general. Important correspondents include Frank Porter Graham, Josephus Daniels, Liston Pope, Dix Sarsfield (correspondence relating to Buck Duke), and other newspaper editors and journalists.

About 12000 items (16.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7567195

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church (High Point, N.C.)

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Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925

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Tobacco manufacturer, industrialist, and philanthropist, of Durham, N.C., and New York City. From the description of Papers, 1764-1998 ; (bulk 1917-1928). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561097 From the description of James Buchanan Duke papers, 1777-1990 (bulk 1890s-1930s). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536504 1856, Dec. 23 Born, Orange County, N.C. ...

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...

High Point College

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Pope, Liston, 1943-

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Triad United Methodist Home (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Journalism

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McPherson, Holt, 1906-

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Holt McPherson, editor of the High Point Enterprise, was born in High Point, N.C., in 1906. In 1928, McPherson graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA in journalism. When he became editor of the "High Point Enterprise" in 1930 at age 24, McPherson was the youngest editor of a daily newspaper in North Carolina. He served as editor 1930-1937 and 1952-1972. He also served as an editor in the Fort Lauderdale bureau of the "Miami Herald," 1937-1941, and editor of the "Shelby Daily S...

Sarsfield, Dix R.

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Dix R. Sarsfield was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1923-1927. He later worked as an editor for the Associated Press in Charlotte, N.C. From the description of Dix R. Sarsfield letters, 1846-1993 (bulk 1923-1926) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 37816869 ...

Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972

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President of the University of North Carolina; U.S. senator for North Carolina. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1943-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122619645 Educator, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Porter Graham : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376749 University president. From the...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Journalism

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