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Size | 16 items |
Abstract | John Eliphalet Smith (1878-1963), native of Polk County, Or., was an instructor in geology at the University of North Carolina, 1912-1917. The collection is chiefly letters, 1913-1917, to Smith, while he was at the University of North Carolina, from Joseph Hyde Pratt about field surveys of mineral deposits carried out for the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey; and a family history entitled, "Bradford Descendants, 1542/3, Through Smith Families, 1963" (85 pages). |
Creator | Smith, John E. (John Eliphalet), b. 1878. |
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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John Eliphalet Smith (1878-1963) of Polk County, Or., was an instructor in geology at the University of North Carolina, 1912-1917, and during that period also did surveys and reports for the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey and for Carolina and Northwestern railroad. He was educated in Oregon, Kansas, Iowa, Chicago, and Missouri. He taught at Iowa State University, 1917-1937, and in his later years lived in Corvallis, Or., where he studied and wrote in the field of local history.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly letters, 1913-1917, to John E. Smith, while he was a geology instructor at the University of North Carolina, from Joseph Hyde Pratt about field surveys of mineral deposits carried out for the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey with instructions and letters of introduction. There are also some miscellaneous communications from other members of the university staff. Also included is a volume of family history entitled, "Bradford Descendants, 1542/3, Through Smith Families, 1963" (85 pages). The history was written by John E. Smith and Willetta M. Smith and includes charts, pictures, biographical and genealogical data, as well as memorial material added after the death of John E. Smith in 1963.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1913-1917 |
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Folder 2 |
Volume 1: "Bradford Descendants, 1542/3, Through Smith Families, 1963" |