Polk family papers, 1850-1961 [manuscript].

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Polk family papers, 1850-1961 [manuscript].

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The Polk Family Papers, 1850 - 1961, contain newspaper articles, a printed booklet, and typed manuscripts relating to Leonidas La Fayette Polk's personal life and professional activities. A small number of documents concerning Polk's daughter, Juanita Polk Denmark, and the Turrentine family of Hillsborough, North Carolina, are also part of the collection. Turrentine family materials include two letters and a book of personal messages and poems.

0.25 linear feet ( 1 box).

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7568807

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892

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L.L. (Leonidas La Fayette) Polk (1837-1892) of Anson County, N.C., was a planter; editor; merchant; Confederate officer in the 26th and 43rd North Carolina infantry regiments; Democrat and Populist; first North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, 1877-1880; founder of the "Progressive Farmer"; and vice president and president of the National Farmers' Alliance, 1887-1892. From the description of L. L. Polk papers, 1857-1919 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25507461 L.L. (L...

Turrentine family.

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Polk family.

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Family of Leonidas La Fayette Polk (1837 - 1892), a North Carolina government official, Civil War veteran, politician, farmer, businessman, and journalist. Throughout his career, Polk supported and led campaigns on behalf of educational institutions and agricultural development. He organized the state's farmers to lobby for a state agricultural college; joined with the Watauga Club, they successfully established the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina St...