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Size | About 325 items (0.5 linear feet). |
Abstract | Harry L. Canfield, an Ohio native, was a Universalist minister in Greensboro, N.C., and Kinston, N.C., 1922-1936. The collection includes correspondence, sermons, speeches, and articles by Canfield, concerning Universalist church matters, and Canfield's interests in race relations, capital punishment, prison reform, the blind, and other matters. Correspondents include Frank P. Graham, Lewis E. Laws, Frederick J. Libby, Howard W. Odum, George Ross Pou, Mrs. Myers Sternberger, and Gertrude Weil. |
Creator | Canfield, Harry L. (Harry Lee), 1860-1942. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Harry Lee Canfield (1860-1942) was a Universalist minister in Greensboro and Kinston, N.C., 1922-1936, and a native of Ohio. Prior to his work in North Carolina, Canfield served various parishes in Ohio, Minnesota, and New England. In North Carolina he was president of the Anti-Capital Punishment Society and as a member of the State Welfare Society was active in work for the blind. He married Mary Grace Webb in 1891. Canfield died at Woodstock, Vt., 1942.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, sermons, speeches, and articles by Harry L. Canfield, concerning Universalist church matters, and Canfield's interests in race relations, capital punishment, prison reform, education, birth control, the League of Nations, the blind, and other matters. Correspondents include Frank P. Graham, Lewis E. Laws, Frederick J. Libby, Howard W. Odum, George Ross Pou, Mrs. Myers Sternberger, and Gertrude Weil.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1921-1924 |
Folder 2 |
1925 |
Folder 3 |
1926 |
Folder 4 |
1927-1928 |
Folder 5 |
1929-1931 |
Folder 6 |
1932-1934 |
Folder 7 |
1935-1942 |
Folder 8-11
Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11 |
Undated |