Charles B. Gault papers, 1865-1960.

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Charles B. Gault papers, 1865-1960.

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Correspondence; postcards; military, college, and other papers; and family and military photographs. Correspondence, 1880-1960, is chiefly with family and friends discussing daily activities and family matters. Business letters of Francis Beers Gault, who owned the North Carolina Lumber Company, include one about building Flemington Hall, the family home in Lake Waccamaw, N.C. Early Charles B. Gault letters document his time at the University of North Carolina, 1931, and his work at Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, 1934-1939. Letters 1941-1945 were written during Gault's World War II service in the 25th Evacuation Hospital in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, and with the Detachment Medical Department of La Garde General Hospital in New Orleans, La. Postcards, 1911-1960, chiefly relate to activities of Gault family members. Military papers, 1941-1960, document Gault's military service in the United States Army and include histories of military hospitals and other units; college papers, 1929-1933, document Gault's education at University of North Carolina and at King's Business College in Raleigh, N.C. Photographs, 1906-1950s, are chiefly of Charles B. Gault, Gault family members, and military subjects.

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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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Gault, Charles B., 1911-1998

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