- Title
- North Carolina Historical Commission: forty years of public service, 1903-1943
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- Date
- 1942
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- Creator
- ["North Carolina. Office of Archives and History."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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- Series
- Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission.Bulletin; no. 43
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North Carolina Historical Commission: forty years of public service, 1903-1943
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Foin v Yeaiis of Pdhi.ic Skkyick — 1903-1943
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Thomas Merritt Pittman of Henderson, attorney-at-law,
judge of the superior court, author of articles on North
Carolina history, and the collector of a large historical
library, was a member from 1911 until his death in 1932
and was chairman from 1923 to 1932.
Frank Wood, banker and businessman of Edenton, the
possessor of a large historical library, was a member from
1919 until his death in 1926.
Heriot Clarkson, Charlotte attorney and later associate
justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, was a member
from 1922 until his death in 1942.
William Nash Everett, prominent citizen of the town of
Rockingham, Secretary of State from 1923 until his death
in 1928, was a member and vice-chairman of the Commission
from 1923 to 1928.
Ben Dixon McNeill, newspaper correspondent, was a
member from 1926 to 1929.
Mrs. Thomas O’Berry of Goldsboro, civic and political
leader, head of the Emergency Relief Administration in
North Carolina, 1933-1941, was a member from 1928 to
1935.
Nell Battle Lewis, newspaper columnist and teacher at
St. Mary’s Junior College, Raleigh, was a member from 1929
to 1935.
Joseph Moore McConnell, head of the history department
at Davidson College, was appointed a member on May 10,
1935, attended a meeting on May 14, and died on May 16.
George McNeill, Fayetteville businessman and political
leader, was a member from 1935 to 1936.
James Allan Dunn, Salisbury attorney, has been a member
since 1935.
William Kenneth Boyd, professor and head of the history
department at Duke University, author of many historical
works, was a member from 1935 until his death in 1938.
Mrs. George McNeill, civic leader of Fayetteville, has been
a member since 1936.
Clarence Wilbur Griffin, newspaper publisher and civic
leader of Forest City, author of various historical publica¬
tions, has been a member since 1938.
Gertrude Sprague Carraway, newspaper correspondent of
New Bern, the author of various historical publications, has
been a member since February, 1942.
William Thomas Laprade, head of the history department
of Duke University and the author of numerous historical
works, has been a member since February, 1942.
Mrs. Sadie Smathers Patton, court reporter and news¬
paper correspondent of Hendersonville, has been a member
since February, 1942.
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