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Size | About 2,000 items (9.0 linear feet). |
Abstract | Alfred Mordecai, physician of Winston-Salem, N.C., who served with the United States Army Medical Corps, 1918-1944, and as a health officer in Forsyth and Wilkes counties, N.C., 1940s-1960s. His wife was Elsie Elizabeth Hess. Correspondence, writings, essays and addresses, printed materials, maps, drawings, and photographs relating to Alfred Mordecai's service in World War I; his duties in Forsyth and Wilkes counties, N.C.; rural culture and folk traditions in the area near Blowing Rock, N.C.; and Mordecai's various interests, including conservation, astronomy, and horticulture. |
Creator | Mordecai, Alfred, 1890-1975. |
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: Jodi Berkowitz and Amy Morgan, April 2018
Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2021
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Alfred Mordecai, physician of Winston-Salem, N.C., who served with the United States Army Medical Corps, 1918-1944, and as a health officer in Forsyth and Wilkes counties, N.C., 1940s-1960s. His wife was Elsie Elizabeth Hess.
Back to TopCorrespondence, writings, essays and addresses, printed materials, maps, drawings, and photographs relating to Alfred Mordecai's service in World War I; his duties in Forsyth and Wilkes counties, N.C.; rural culture and folk traditions in the area near Blowing Rock, N.C.; and Mordecai's various interests, including conservation, astronomy, and horticulture.
Back to TopCorrespondence, writings, essays and addresses, printed materials, maps, drawings, and photographs relating to Alfred Mordecai's service in World War I; his duties in Forsyth and Wilkes counties, N.C.; rural culture and folk traditions in the area near Blowing Rock, N.C.; and Mordecai's various interests, including conservation, astronomy, and horticulture. Includes image of a man identified as 'Uncle' Billy Holmes."
Folder titles were derived from original folder names and from descriptive metadata found within the files by the processing archivist.