D.W. Newsom papers, [ca. 1890]-1950 and n.d. (bulk 1929-1948).

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D.W. Newsom papers, [ca. 1890]-1950 and n.d. (bulk 1929-1948).

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Primarily incoming and outgoing personal and business correspondence, bills and receipts, bank statements, and deeds (1890-1950). The material documents Newsom's real estate activities and Durham N.C.'s economic and urban development from the 1920s-1940s. Also includes financial ledgers; scrapbooks of Newsom's newspaper real estate advertisements; notebooks in shorthand; various Newsom family estate papers; and a poem by Newsom, "To the Men of the Golden Star," read by him at a World War I memorial service held at Trinity College (1919). The collection contains few records of Newsom's tenure as an official of Trinity College and Durham County. (02-102).

2640 items (11.20 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7634146

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Newsom, D. W. (Dallas Walton), 1873-1949

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D.W. (Dallas Walton) Newsom was an educational administrator, county manager, scholar, and poet. Newsom entered Trinity College (now Duke University) as a student in the fall of 1895, beginning a twenty-seven year association with the institution. From the description of D. W. Newsom papers, 1894-1972 (bulk 1896-1922). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 170966242 Duke University alumnus (1899), as well as Trinity College Registrar (1901-1907) and Treasurer (1907-...

Duke University

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Newsom family.

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