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Collection Number: 05497

Collection Title: Howard E. Covington Research Papers, 1999-2001

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Size 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1200 items)
Abstract Howard E. Covington is a reporter and author who has written extensively about North Carolina people and events. The collection consists of interview transcripts and audiocassettes of interviews created by Howard E. Covington in the course of his research for Favored by fortune: George W. Watts & the Hills of Durham (2004). There are also several partial drafts of the book, which discusses Watts and the Hill family, including John Sprunt Hill, who were business people, politicians, and philanthropists, chiefly in Durham, N.C.
Creator Covington, Howard E.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Howard E. Covington Research Papers #5497, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from George Watts Hill Papers (#4202) in June 2011 (Acc. 101451).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Processed by: Martin Gengenbach, July 2011

Encoded by: Martin Gengenbach, July 2011

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Howard E. Covington is a reporter and author who has written extensively about North Carolina people and events.

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The collection consists of interview transcripts and audiocassettes of interviews created by Howard E. Covington in the course of his research for Favored by fortune: George W. Watts & the Hills of Durham (2004). There are also several partial drafts of the book, which discusses Watts and the Hill family, including John Sprunt Hill, who were business people, politicians, and philanthropists, chiefly in Durham, N.C.

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Box 1

Interview transcripts and book drafts, 1999-2001

Audiocassette C-5497/1-35

C-5497/1

C-5497/2

C-5497/3

C-5497/4

C-5497/5

C-5497/6

C-5497/7

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C-5497/34

C-5497/35

Interview audiocassettes, 1999-2001

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