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| Size | 12.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9,000 items) |
| Abstract | William Calvin Rankin, a native of Guilford County, N.C., worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville before retiring in 1948 to Charlotte, N.C., where he began researching the history of his family and their relations in Guilford County. He was the son of John Henry Rankin (1844-1921) and Nancy Jane Smith Rankin (1846-1919). The collection is chiefly genealogical and biographical compilations of William Calvin Rankin, relating to his work after 1948 in writing the history of the Rankin, Wharton, and allied and other families in Guilford County, N.C., and elsewhere. Also included is correspondence of Rankin with persons connected to, or interested in, the families he was investigating. Also included are scattered Guilford County letters, deeds, account books, scrapbooks and commonplace books, wills, and obituary clippings as well as family photographs that Rankin collected. |
| Creator | Rankin, William Calvin, 1881-1962. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
William Calvin Rankin (1881-1962), a native of Guilford County, N.C., worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville before retiring in 1948 to Charlotte, N.C., where he began researching the history of his family and their relations in Guilford County, N.C. He was the son of John Henry Rankin (1844-1921) and Nancy Jane Smith Rankin (1846-1919).
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Scope and Content
The collection is chiefly genealogical and biographical compilations of genealogist William Calvin Rankin, relating to his work after 1948 in writing the history of the Rankin, Wharton, and allied and other families in Guilford County, N.C., and elsewhere. Also included is correspondence of Rankin with persons connected to, or interested in, the families he was investigating. Also included are scattered Guilford County letters, deeds, account books, scrapbooks and commonplace books, wills, and obituary clippings as well as family photographs that Rankin collected.
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William Calvin Rankin Papers, 1772-1962.
Note that, for the most part, original file and folder titles have been retained.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Caroline Moakley and Benjamin Bromley, December 2008
Updated by: Amanda Loeb, April 2012
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