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Collection Number: 00317

Collection Title: Wade H. Harris Papers, 1875-1935.

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Size 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items)
Abstract Railroad executive and editor of the "Charlotte Observer," 1892-1935. Business and personal correspondence of Harris while he was editor of the "Charlotte Observer" and other papers. Included are two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; a guest book, 1917, of soldiers stationed at Camp Greene, N.C.; an account book, 1875-1876, of the Concord (N.C.) "Sun"; and an account book, 1891-1895, for the "Charlotte Daily." Among the papers are letters from friends and associates including James B. Duke, Angus W. McLean, and other prominent persons; and letters of condolence and tribute after Harris's death.
Creator Harris, Wade H. (Wade Hampton), 1858-1935.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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 Wade H. Harris Papers #317, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. Wade H. Harris and Cora Harris before 1940.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, March 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2020

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Railroad executive and editor of the "Charlotte Observer," 1892-1935.

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Charlotte Observer and other papers. Included are two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; a guest book, 1917, of soldiers stationed at Camp Greene, N.C.; an account book, 1875-1876, of the Concord (N.C.) "Sun"; and an account book, 1891-1895, for the "Charlotte Daily." Among the papers are letters from friends and associates including James B. Duke, Angus W. McLean, and other prominent persons; and letters of condolence and tribute after Harris's death.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1909-1935.

495 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence and newspaper clippings of Wade H. Harris.

Folder 1

1909-1920

Folder 2

1920-1922

Folder 3

1923-1925

Folder 4

November-December 1925

Folder 5

1926-1929

Folder 6

1930-1933

Folder 7

1934

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Folder 9

1935

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Folder 17

Newspaper Clippings

Folder 18

Calling cards

Folder 19

Undated

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-317/1

Certificates of honor from the United Confederate Veterans

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Photographs and postcards primarily of landscape views of North Carolina and military bases. There is one negative of an unidentified man and four groups photos of unidentified people.

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