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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 190 items) |
Abstract | Professional and personal correspondence and papers of Jones of Chapel Hill, N.C., writer, journalist, associate editor of the "Chapel Hill Weekly," and husband, 1943-1951, of author Betty Smith (1896-1972). Letters relate to his service in the U.S. Army, 1944-1945, to his work as a writer and journalist, and to his personal life. Included is a five-page autobiographical sketch of his boyhood in Berryville, Va. Also included are miscellaneous rough drafts and other versions of various short stories. Letters to Jones from Betty Smith are in the Betty Smith Papers. |
Creator | Jones, Joseph Piper, 1906- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, June 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was processed with support, in part, from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Professional and personal correspondence and papers of Jones of Chapel Hill, N.C., writer, journalist, associate editor of the "Chapel Hill Weekly," and husband, 1943-1951, of author Betty Smith (1896-1972). Letters relate to his service in the U.S. Army, 1944-1945, to his work as a writer and journalist, and to his personal life. Included is a five-page autobiographical sketch of his boyhood in Berryville, Va. Also included are miscellaneous rough drafts and other versions of various short stories. Letters to Jones from Betty Smith are in the Betty Smith Papers.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Correspondence of Jones with friends or persons involved in publication of his writings. Beginning in the 1970s, letters are primarily to and from John K. Terres, editor of Audubon magazine, who wrote chiefly about birds. Also included is correspondence with Betty Smith's relatives.
Folder 1 |
1925-1943 |
Folder 2 |
1944 |
Folder 3 |
1945-1951 |
Folder 4 |
1953-1969 |
Folder 5 |
1970-1980 |
Folder 6 |
1982 |
Folder 7 |
1983-1985 |
Folder 8 |
1986-1991 |
Folder 9 |
Undated |
Writings of Jones in the form of clippings, articles, and typescript copies. Also included are seven issues of P-EM, the paper for enlisted men at Fort Monroe, which Jones edited in 1945; a typed recollection of Jones's youth in Berryville, Va.; a few clippings on topics of interest to Jones; and miscellaneous receipts and other papers.
Folder 10 |
Clippings |
Folder 11 |
Articles |
Folder 12-15
Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15 |
Writings |
Folder 16 |
P-EM |
Folder 17 |
Recollections |
Folder 18 |
Receipts |
Image P-3985/1-6
P-3985/1P-3985/2P-3985/3P-3985/4P-3985/5P-3985/6 |
Photographs of Joseph Jones. |
Image P-3985/7-23
P-3985/7P-3985/8P-3985/9P-3985/10P-3985/11P-3985/12P-3985/13P-3985/14P-3985/15P-3985/16P-3985/17P-3985/18P-3985/19P-3985/20P-3985/21P-3985/22P-3985/23 |
Photographs of Joseph Jones with other people. |
Image P-3985/24-29
P-3985/24P-3985/25P-3985/26P-3985/27P-3985/28P-3985/29 |
Photographs of relatives and other people. |
Image P-3985/30 |
Photograph of Betty Smith's house in Chapel Hill, N.C. |