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[Identification of item], in the Laura Noell Carr Papers, #4103, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Advertising--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
• Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, 1879-1964.
• Carr, Austin Heaton, b. 1920.
• Carr, Charles Noell, b. ca. 1930.
• Carr, Laura Noell.
• College students--Massachusetts--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
• Hanes, Frank Borden.
• Harvard University--Students--History--20th century.
• Military education--United States--History--20th century.
• New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
• United States. Army Air Forces--Military life.
• United States. Army Air Forces--Officers--Correspondence.
• United States. Army Air Forces--Supplies and stores.
• United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 396th.
• United States. Army--Officers--Training of.
• Woodberry Forest School--Students--History--20th century.
• World War, 1939-1945--France.
• World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

• Julian Shakespeare Carr Papers (#141).

Laura Noell Carr, of Durham, N.C., was educated at Randolph-Macon College in Lynchburg, Va. She was married to Austin Heaton Carr (1894-1942), president of Durham Hosiery Mills. They had two children, Austin Heaton Carr Junior (born 1920) and Charles Noell Carr (born circa 1930). After her husband's death Laura married Robert Hett Chapman, textile industrialist of Spartanburg, S.C.

The collection is primarily letters to Laura Noell Carr of Durham, N.C., from her sons, Austin Heaton Carr Junior and Charles Noell Carr. Letters from Austin Heaton Carr Junior during World War II discuss his army training and admission to Officer Candidate School in Miami Beach, Fla.; his experiences as a supply officer stationed in England, France, and Germany; and contain references to the bombing missions of his unit, the 396th Fighter Squadron. Later letters describe his social life and work in advertising in New York City after the war. Charles Noell Carr's letters describe his life as a student at Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Va., and Harvard University, 1945-1947. Also included are scattered letters to and from friends, including Frank Borden Hanes, Josephus Daniels, and Lady Nancy Astor; clippings; and memorabilia.