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Collection Number: 04852

Collection Title: LeGette Blythe Papers (#4852) 1852-1996

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Size 16.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1480 items)
Abstract William LeGette Blythe (1900-1993), native of Huntersville, N.C., was the author of several Biblical novels, award-winning biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic (outdoor) dramas based on the history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe graduated in 1921 from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. He died in Huntersville in 1993. The collection includes correspondence and other materials relating to LeGette Blythe's literary and civic projects. Included are letters, promotional material, and photographs, as well as audio and video recordings relating to outdoor drama productions and to Blythe's biographies of Thomas Wolfe; Mary T. Martin Sloop of the Crossnore School, Avery County, N.C.; Lucy Morgan of the Penland School, Penland, N.C.; and Gaine Cannon of the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Hospital in Balsam Grove, N.C. Major correspondents include W. H. Belk, Elizabeth Boatwright Coker, William Friday, Louis Rubin, Terry Sanford, and Richard Walser. There are also two letters dated March 1934 from Maxwell Perkins of Charles Scribner's Sons. Also present are materials relating to the North Carolina Writers Conference, including photographs of the conference's first meeting in 1950 and the 1953 meeting in Boone. Manuscripts, galleys, and proofs of Blythe's works are included along with a small amount of materials and photographs collected by Blythe, including items, 1815-1861, relating to the Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Mecklenburg County. The Addition of May 2002 includes audio and video recordings collected by Blythe and photographs of Albert Schweitzer and his hospital from the 1960s; of the United States Army's 38th Evacuation Hospital during World War II; and of labor strikes in North Belmont, N.C., in the late 1920s. The Addition of 2006 includes audio recordings collected by Blythe as research for books, manuscripts and other projects. Interviewees include Fred and Mabel Wolfe, siblings of Thomas Wolfe; Mary T. Martin Sloop; James W. Davis, Gaine Cannon II, and Lucy Morgan. Other recordings relate to LeGette Blythe's works on I. D. Blumenthal, E. H. Little, Walter L. Lingle, and Alcoholics Anonymous. Also included are interviews with prominent North Carolinians, including Colonel Thomas W. Ferrebee, bombardier of the Enola Gay, and Senator Sam J. Ervin. The addition also contains an interview with LeGette Blythe, recordings of the outdoor drama Voice in the Wilderness , and the soundtrack for The Hornet's Nest .
Creator Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English.
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Restrictions to Access
Use of audio or visual materials may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers,or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the LeGette Blythe Papers (#4852), Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from William B. Blythe II in December 1996 (Acc. 96184), from Samuel L. Blythe of Winston-Salem, N.C., in May 2002 (Acc. 99258) and from John A. Blythe in February 2006 (Acc. 100323).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Jackie Dean, March 1997

Encoded by: Jackie Dean, March 1997

Updated by: Matt Turi, March 2004; John Blythe, July 2008; Anne Wells, February 2018; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021; Dawne Lucas, July 2024

The addition of May 2002 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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In 1921, William LeGette Blythe, native of Huntersville, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he had been a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. After graduation, Blythe became a reporter at the Charlotte News and later joined the staff of the Charlotte Observer. He authored several Biblical novels, biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic dramas based on Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe won the Mayflower Award for the best nonfiction work by a North Carolinian in 1953 for Miracle in the Hills, his biography of Dr. Mary T. Martin Sloop of the Crossnore School, and in 1961 for Thomas Wolfe and His Family. Blythe died in 1993 in Huntersville.

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This collection primarily documents North Carolina author LeGette Blythe's literary activities. Series 1 is chiefly correspondence between Blythe and his friends and business associates regarding his various literary and civic projects. Early correspondence includes two letters from Maxwell Perkins of Charles Scribner's Sons Publishers dated 1934. The Project Files, created by Blythe, contain correspondence with the publishers of his works as well as with the subjects of some of his biographies including Mary T. Martin Sloop of the Crossnore School, Lucy Morgan of the Penland School, and Dr. Gaine Cannon of the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Hospital in Balsam Grove, N.C. There is also correspondence with Fred Wolfe and Mabel Wolfe, the brother and sister of Thomas Wolfe, regarding the writing and publishing of Blythe's book, Thomas Wolfe and His Family. The series also contains promotional material for Blythe's works and materials pertaining to his other projects, such as photographs from early North Carolina Writers Conferences. The writings series encompasses manuscripts, galleys, and proofs of Blythe's novels, symphonic dramas, and short stories. There are other materials collected by LeGette Blythe including papers from the Hopewell Church in Mecklenburg County, N.C., dated 1815-1861. Pictures include photographs of Blythe, his family, and various other subjects.

The Addition of May 2002 parallels the contents described above, with the exception that it contains a substantial amount of audio and video recordings that were collected by Blythe. The contents of these recordings fall into two broad categories: materials related to his works, such as taped interviews or recordings of performances; and informal recordings of music and family members. Included are photographs of Albert Schweitzer and his hospital that were taken by Gaine Cannon in the 1960s; of the United States Army's 38th Evacuation Hospital taken during World War II; and of labor strikes in North Belmont, N.C., in the late 1920s.

The Addition of February 2006 includes audio recordings of interviews conducted by LeGette Blythe as research for several books and manuscripts. Interviewees include Fred Wolfe and Mabel Wolfe Wheaton, siblings of Thomas Wolfe; Mary M. Sloop; James W. Davis, Dr. Gaine Cannon II, and Lucy Morgan. Other recordings relate to LeGette Blythe works on I. D. Blumenthal, E. H. Little, Walter L. Lingle, and Alcoholics Anonymous. Also included are interviews with prominent North Carolinians, including Colonel Thomas W. Ferrebee, bombardier of the Enola Gay , and Senator Sam J. Ervin. The addition also contains an interview with LeGette Blythe, recordings of the outdoor drama Voice in the Wilderness, and the soundtrack for The Hornet's Nest. Some recordings may be duplicates of others in the collection. Several interviews were recorded on tapes previously containing material from the United States Office of Price Stabilization.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1920-1989.

About 200 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly correspondence between Blythe and his friends and business associates, mostly regarding the project on which he was working. Early correspondence includes two letters from Maxwell Perkins of Charles Scribner's Sons Publishers dated 1934. There is steady correspondence between Blythe and Harry Shaw, his friend in the publishing business. Occasional correspondents include W. H. Belk, Elizabeth Boatwright Coker, William Friday, Louis Rubin, Terry Sanford, and Richard Walser.

Folder 1

1920-1935

Folder 2

1940-1949

Folder 3

1950

Folder 4

1951

Folder 5

1952

Folder 6

1953

Folder 7

1954

Folder 8

1955

Folder 9

1956

Folder 10

1957

Folder 11

1958

Folder 12

1959

Folder 13

1960

Folder 14

1961

Folder 15

1962

Folder 16

1963

Folder 17

1964

Folder 18

1965

Folder 19

1966

Folder 20

1967

Folder 21

1968

Folder 22

1969

Folder 23

1970

Folder 24

1971

Folder 25

1972

Folder 26

1973

Folder 27

1974

Folder 28

1975

Folder 29

1976

Folder 30

1977

Folder 31

1978

Folder 32

1979

Folder 33

1980

Folder 34

1981

Folder 35

1982

Folder 36

1983

Folder 37

1984

Folder 38

1985

Folder 39

1986

Folder 40

1987

Folder 41

1988

Folder 42

1989

Folder 43

1992

Folder 44-45

Folder 44

Folder 45

Undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 2. Project Files, 1950s-1970s.

About 150 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of May 2002 and Addition of February 2006.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Files created by LeGette Blythe to organize the materials relating to his various projects. The series includes correspondence with the publishers of his works as well as with the subjects of some of his works, including Mary T. Martin Sloop of the Crossnore School, Lucy Morgan of the Penland School, and Dr. Gaine Cannon of the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Hospital in Balsam Grove, N.C. There is correspondence with Fred and Mabel Wolfe, the brother and sister of Thomas Wolfe, regarding the writing and publishing of Blythe's book Thomas Wolfe and His Family. The series also contains promotional material, such as clippings and programs, for Blythe's works. Along with materials regarding Blythe's writing, the series has materials relating to other projects, such as the celebration of Charlotte's Bicentennial, the North Carolina Writers Conference, and the Andrew Johnson Celebration, including a letter of thanks from Andrew Johnson's great-granddaughter. There are pictures relating to some of Blythe's works including 38th Evac, Gift from the Hills, Marshall Ney: A Dual Life, Meet Julius Abernethy, Mountain Doctor, Thomas Wolfe and His Family, and Voice in the Wilderness. Finally, there are photographs from the first meeting of the North Carolina Writers Conference in 1950 and the meeting in Boone during 1953.

Folder 46

38th Evac: materials

Folder 47

A

Folder 48

Alexandriana: materials

Folder 49

Andrew Johnson Memorial Celebration

Folder 50

B

Folder 51

Belk, John M.: correspondence

Folder 52

Blythe, LeGette: biographical sketches

Folder 53

Blythe, LeGette: clippings

Folder 54

Bobbs-Merrill Co.: correspondence

Folder 55

Bobbs-Merrill Co., Laurance Chambers: correspondence

Folder 56

Bold Galilean: materials

Folder 57

Bold Galilean: clippings

Folder 58

Brothers of Vengeance

Folder 59

C

Folder 60

Call Down the Storm

Audiocassette C-4852/13

Call Down the Storm

Audiocassette

Folder 61

Charlotte

Folder 62

Crossnore School: correspondence

Folder 63

The Crown Tree

Oversize Volume SV-4852/3

The Crown Tree: Scrapbook

Folder 64

D

Folder 65

Davidson College

Folder 66

Davis Hospital

Folder 67

Davidson, Chalmers

Folder 68

Doubleday and Company

Folder 69

E

Folder 70

Echo In My Soul

Folder 71

E. P. Dutton and Company Publishers

Folder 72

Erwin, Ray

Folder 73

F

Folder 74

Family Bookshelf

Folder 75

Foster, Stephen

Folder 76

Funk and Wagnalls Company, Inc.

Folder 77

Gift From the Hills

Folder 78

Greensboro Y.M.C.A.

Folder 79

H

Folder 80

The Hornet's Nest: materials

Folder 81

The Hornet's Nest: clippings

Folder 82

Henry Holt and Company/ Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc. Publishers

Folder 83

Huntersville: clippings

Folder 84

I

Folder 85

J

Folder 86

Jefferson Standard

Folder 87

John Knox Press

Folder 88

K

Folder 89

L

Folder 90-91

Folder 90

Folder 91

M

Folder 92

Marshall Ney: A Dual Life

Folder 93

Man On Fire

Folder 94

McGraw-Hill Book Company

Folder 95

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Miracle in the Hills : correspondence

Folder 96

Mecklenburg County: materials

Folder 97

Meet Julius Abernethy: materials

Folder 98

Miracle in the Hills: materials

Folder 99

Miracle in the Hills: clippings

Folder 100

Mountain Doctor: materials

Folder 101

Mountain Doctor: clippings

Folder 102

N

Folder 103

North Carolina Writers Conference

Folder 104

P

Folder 105

Presbyterian Church in the United States

Folder 106

Commencement programs

Folder 107

Projects: clippings

Folder 108

Q

Folder 109

R

Folder 110

Research notes

Folder 111

S

Folder 112

"Shout Freedom!"

Audiocassette C-4852/12

Shout Freedom!

Audiocassette

Folder 113

Stowe, R. L.

Folder 114

Swalin, Benjamin E.

Folder 115

T

Folder 116

Thomas, R. David: tentative outline

Folder 117

Thomas Wolfe and His Family: correspondence with Fred and Mabel Wolfe

Folder 118

Thunder In Carolina

Audiocassette C-4852/9

Thunder in Carolina: tape 1

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/10

Thunder in Carolina: tape 2

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/11

Thunder in Carolina: tape 3

Audiocassette

Folder 119

U

Folder 120

Voice in the Wilderness

Folder 121

William Morrow and Company

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About 75 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of May 2002 and Addition of February 2006.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Manuscripts, galleys, and proofs of Blythe's novels, symphonic dramas, and short stories.

Folder 122-123

Folder 122

Folder 123

Brother Cristofano: manuscript

Folder 124

Call Down the Storm: partial manuscript

Folder 125

"The Chandler Heritage": book review

Folder 126-128

Folder 126

Folder 127

Folder 128

The Crown Tree: manuscript carbon

Folder 129

Earth's Two Greatest Days: Stories of Christmas and Easter: selected proofs

Folder 130

"An Easter Editorial": newspaper story

Folder 131

"Fifty Rounds and Still the Champ": manuscript essay

Folder 132

First in Freedom: The Mecklenburg Bicentennial Drama: manuscript

Folder 133

"A Fantasy of the First Christmas"

Folder 134

"Gentle Galilean": sermon

Folder 135

Gift from the Hills: manuscript fragment

Folder 136-137

Folder 136

Folder 137

Hard Circus Road: manuscript

Folder 138

Hear Me Pilate!: galleys

Folder 139-140

Folder 139

Folder 140

Hear Me Pilate!: manuscript

Folder 141-142

Folder 141

Folder 142

Hear Me Pilate!: master proof

Folder 143

"A History of the Huntersville Presbyterian Church"

Folder 144

The Hornet's Nest: manuscript of part I, first revised proof of part I

Folder 145-146

Folder 145

Folder 146

The Hornet's Nest: manuscript

Folder 147

James W. Davis, North Carolina Surgeon: manuscript

Folder 148

Lincoln, Abraham: essay

Folder 149

"The Little Donkey That Went to Jerusalem: A Story of the First Easter": manuscript

Folder 150

Look to the One Beckoning Star: chapbook

Folder 151

Meet Julius Abernethy: manuscript

Folder 152

Meet Julius Abernethy: original draft of partial manuscript

Folder 153-154

Folder 153

Folder 154

Mountain Doctor: partial manuscript

Folder 155

"North Carolina Non-Fiction Works for 1952" in The North Carolina Historical Review

Folder 156

"Poplar Tent Church": manuscript

Folder 157

Reynolda House: essay

Folder 158-159

Folder 158

Folder 159

Robert Lee Stowe: Pioneer In Textiles: manuscript

Folder 160

Shout Freedom!: A Symphonic Drama in Two Acts

Folder 161

Speeches

Folder 162

Still Shines One Clear Star: manuscript

Folder 163

Still Shines One Clear Star: newspaper story

Folder 164-167

Folder 164

Folder 165

Folder 166

Folder 167

A Tear for Judas: corrected manuscript

Folder 168-171

Folder 168

Folder 169

Folder 170

Folder 171

A Tear for Judas: manuscript

Folder 172

"Think Never the Night Must Endure: A Story of the First Easter": manuscript

Folder 173-174

Folder 173

Folder 174

Thomas Wolfe and His Family: manuscript

Folder 175

Thunder In Carolina: manuscript draft

Folder 176

Thunder In Carolina: manuscript

Folder 177

Untitled article on "Melungeons": manuscript

Folder 178

Untitled essay about Thomas Wolfe

Folder 179-180

Folder 179

Folder 180

Unidentified manuscript

Folder 181

Unidentified manuscript fragments

Folder 182

William Henry Belk: Merchant of the South: manuscript

Folder 183

"Weep Not for a Lost Sunrise": manuscript

Folder 184

Yes M'am, Miss Gee: galleys

Folder 185

Yes M'am, Miss Gee: manuscript

Folder 186

Miscellaneous

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About 25 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of May 2002 and Addition of February 2006.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Materials collected by LeGette Blythe, including manuscripts written by others, audio cassette interviews of various individuals, and school papers from the classes he took at UNC during 1919-1921. The Hopewell Church Papers contain building plans, subscription lists, a description of a plot of land, and other materials relating to Hopewell Church in Mecklenburg County along with an letter dated 1861 from D. H. Hill to his cousin.

Folder 187

Arrest Warrant, 1899, Bristow, N.C.

Folder 188

Number not used

Audiocassette C-4852/23

District Attorney

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/24

Harty, Frank R.

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/17

Little, E. H.

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/21

"Lot for Sale" and "The Lot Salesman": tape 1

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/22

"Lot for Sale" and "The Lot Salesman": tape 2

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/20

Ransom, Oliver

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/15

Sloop, Mary: tape 1

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/16

Sloop, Mary: tape 1

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/18

Whitset, Kenneth

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/19

"Mrs. W."

Audiocassette

Folder 189

Devet, Donald: Thunder In Carolina, manuscript

Folder 190

Hanes, Frank Borden: The Fleet Rabble: A Novel of the Nez Perce War, manuscript

Folder 191

Hopewell Church Papers, 1815-1861

Folder 192

School papers: LeGette Blythe, 1919-1921

Oversize Volume SV-4852/4

Scrapbook: Materials regarding the death of Blythe's father, 1942

Folder 193-194

Folder 193

Folder 194

Scrapbook: Materials regarding the death of Blythe's father, 1942

Folder 195-197

Folder 195

Folder 196

Folder 197

Numbers not used

Folder 198

Unidentified illustration

Folder 199

Various writings by others

Folder 200

Walser, Richard: The Black Poet: manuscript

Folder 201

Miscellaneous

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 5. Pictures, late 1800s-1980s.

About 125 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Arrangement: by subject.

Image Folder PF-4852/1

Photographs of LeGette Blythe

Image Folder PF-4852/2

Photographs of Blythe family: Esther Blythe and Blythe children

Image Folder PF-4852/3

Photographs of family members: unidentified

Image Folder PF-4852/4

Photographs of family members: unidentified

Image Folder PF-4852/5

Photographs of identified people

Image Folder PF-4852/6

Photographs of the American Association of Railway Surgeons: 58th Anniversary Meeting

Image Folder PF-4852/7

Photograph of Charles Dudley, Photographs of Appalachian Credit Conference, 13 October 1964

Image Folder PF-4852/8

Photographs of Textile Workers Movement, Gastonia, N.C., 1929

Image Folder PF-4852/9

Photograph of UNC Basketball team, undated

Image Folder PF-4852/10

Photographs of unidentified people

Image Folder PF-4852/11

Photographs of various locations

Image Folder PF-4852/12

Gift From the Hills: photographs of the Penland School

Image Folder PF-4852/13

"Marshal Ney: A Dual Life": Madame Michel Ney

Image Folder PF-4852/14

Meet Julius Abernathy: photographs of plant in Maiden, N.C.

Image Folder PF-4852/15

Mountain Doctor: Gaine Cannon and Gertrude Raschke at Schweitzer Memorial Hospital

Image Folder PF-4852/16

North Carolina Writers' Conference: photographs

Image Folder PF-4852/17

Thomas Wolfe and His Family: photographs of family and Wolfe as a child

Image Folder PF-4852/18

Voice in the Wilderness: photographs of performance

Image Folder PF-4852/19

38th Evac: photographs

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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4852/1

Oversize papers

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About 800 items (5.0 linear feet).

Processing note: The addition of November 2001 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

Papers, writings, and related materials of LeGette Blythe.

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About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly correspondence between Blythe and his friends and business associates, mostly regarding projects on which he was working. Blythe's correspondents in this addition are consistent with those in Series 1.

Folder 202

1911, 1937, 1940-1946

Folder 203

1951-1958

Folder 204

1960-1963

Folder 205

1964-1969

Folder 206

1970

Folder 207

1972-1977, 1980, and undated

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About 350 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of February 2006.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Files created by LeGette Blythe to organize the materials relating to his various projects. The series includes correspondence with the publishers and subjects of his works; transcripts and audio recordings of interviews; articles and other research materials; and promotional material, such as clippings and programs, relating to the publication of individual works. There are two extensive scrapbooks relating to Alexandriana and Marshal Ney: A Dual Life.

Folder 208

38th Evac

Folder 209

Abernathy, Julius

Folder 210-212

Folder 210

Folder 211

Folder 212

Scrapbook: Alexandriana

Oversize Volume SV-4852/1

Scrapbook: Alexandriana

Folder 213-214

Folder 213

Folder 214

Blumenthal, Madolyn and I. D., Wildacres

Folder 215

Blythe, LeGette: Biographical sketches

Folder 216-218

Folder 216

Folder 217

Folder 218

Blythe, LeGette: Clippings

Folder 219

Blythe, William B., M.D.

Folder 220

Currie, William, Reverend

Folder 221

Ferbee, Thomas W., Colonel

Folder 222

Gardner, O. Max

Folder 223

Hear Me, Pilate!

Folder 224

Hornets' Nest

Folder 225

Journal: Laffite, Jean

Folder 226

Lingle, Walter Lee, M.D.

Folder 227-231

Folder 227

Folder 228

Folder 229

Folder 230

Folder 231

E. H. Little: Soap Seller to the World

Folder 232-233

Folder 232

Folder 233

Scrapbook: "Marshal Ney: A Dual Life"

Oversize Volume SV-4852/2

Scrapbook: Marshal Ney: A Dual Life

Folder 234-235

Folder 234

Folder 235

Mecklenburg County, N.C.

Folder 236

Melungeon Clan

Folder 237-239

Folder 237

Folder 238

Folder 239

Mountain Doctor: interviews

Folder 240

Robert Lee Stowe: Pioneer in Textiles

Folder 241

Wolfe, Thomas

Folder 242

Wolfe, Tom

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About 80 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of February 2006.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Manuscripts, galleys, and proofs of Blythe's writings.

Folder 243

38th Evac

Folder 244

"After the Long Dark--Light!: A Story of the First Easter"

Folder 245-253

Folder 245

Folder 246

Folder 247

Folder 248

Folder 249

Folder 250

Folder 251

Folder 252

Folder 253

Brothers of Vengence

Folder 254

"The Chatham Rabbit"

Folder 255

"Days"

Folder 256-259

Folder 256

Folder 257

Folder 258

Folder 259

E. H. Little: Soap Seller to the World

Folder 260

"The Escapade that Made Medical History"

Folder 261

"Fifty Paces Away on the Road toward Bethany ..."

Folder 262

"The First Free Land in America"

Folder 263

First in Freedom: The Mecklenburg Bicentennial Drama

Folder 264

"The First X-Ray Picture"

Folder 265

"Flight to Planet X"

Folder 266

Gastonia: Series of articles in Plain Talk Magazine

Folder 267

"The Gentle Gaililean"

Folder 268

"Gift from the Hills"

Folder 269-272

Folder 269

Folder 270

Folder 271

Folder 272

Hard Circus Road

Folder 273

Hornets' Nest

Folder 274-275

Folder 274

Folder 275

Look to the One Beckoning Star: A Fantasy of the First Christmas

Folder 276

Morrison, Cameron

Folder 277

Mecklenburg History

Folder 278-279

Folder 278

Folder 279

Mountain Doctor

Folder 280-283

Folder 280

Folder 281

Folder 282

Folder 283

Pay, Pack and Follow

Folder 284

"Piska 9: A Bullock, or a Sheep"

Folder 285-292

Folder 285

Folder 286

Folder 287

Folder 288

Folder 289

Folder 290

Folder 291

Folder 292

Robert Lee Stowe: Pioneer in Textiles

Folder 293-297

Folder 293

Folder 294

Folder 295

Folder 296

Folder 297

"Walter Lee Lingle: An Informal Portrait"

Folder 298-300

Folder 298

Folder 299

Folder 300

"Thomas Wolfe: A Biography in Sound"

Folder 301-308

Folder 301

Folder 302

Folder 303

Folder 304

Folder 305

Folder 306

Folder 307

Folder 308

Thomas Wolfe and His Family

Folder 309-310

Folder 309

Folder 310

Thunder in Carolina

Folder 311

"Thursday, April 20, 1865"

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Addition of 2002: Other Materials, 1930s-1960s.

About 80 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of February 2006.

Materials collected by LeGette Blythe, including works written by others, and audio recordings of various individuals involved in his projects, family members, and music. Also included are a number of video recordings and a film of Voice in the Wilderness .

Folder 312

Miscellaneous audio recordings, undated:

Audiocassette C-4852/7

unidentified audiocassette

Audiocassette

Wire Recording WR-4852/1

unidentified wire recording

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/2

unidentified wire recording

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/4

unidentified wire recording

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/8

unidentified wire recording

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/9

unidentified wire recording

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/10

unidentified wire recording

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/11

unidentified wire recording

Wire Recording

Folder 313

Audio recordings of interviews:

Audiotape T-4852/1

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 1

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/2

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 2

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/3

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 3

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/4

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 4

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/5

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 5

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/6

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 6

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/7

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 7

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/8

Julius Abernathy interview: tape 8

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/18

Henry Bernhardt and Reverend William Lienbach of Catawba College, interview: tape 1

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/19

Henry Bernhardt and Reverend William Lienbach of Catawba College, interview: tape 2

Open Reel Audio

Audiocassette C-4852/4

I. D. Blumenthal interview: tape 1

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/5

I. D. Blumenthal interview: tape 2

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/6

I. D. Blumenthal interview: tape 3

Audiocassette

Audiotape T-4852/9

E. Gaines Cannon, M.D. interview: tape 1

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/10

E. Gaines Cannon, M.D. interview: tape 2

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/11

E. Gaines Cannon, M.D. interview: tape 3

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/12

E. Gaines Cannon, M.D. interview: tape 4

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/13

E. Gaines Cannon, M.D. interview: tape 5

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/14

E. Gaines Cannon, M.D. interview: tape 6

Open Reel Audio

Wire Recording WR-4852/22

Dr. Davis, M.D. interview: part 1

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/23

Dr. Davis, M.D. interview: part 2

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/24

Dr. Davis, Blood Program, 31 January 1950

Wire Recording

Audiocassette C-4852/1

Sam J. Ervin, senator, interview: tape 1

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/2

Sam J. Ervin, senator, interview: tape 2

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/3

Sam J. Ervin, senator, interview: tape 3

Audiocassette

Wire Recording WR-4852/7

Sam J. Ervin, senator, interview

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/29

Foreign visitors interviewed by Hugh Mitchell

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/25

Dr. Glascock, M.D. interview: part 1

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/26

Dr. Glascock, M.D. interview: part 2

Wire Recording

Audiotape T-4852/15

Mrs. W. W. Rader interview: tape 1

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/16

Mrs. W. W. Rader interview: tape 1

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/17

Robert Walker

Open Reel Audio

Folder 314

Number not used

Folder 315

The Burning of Columbia: A Wonderful Story Wonderfully Written , by James Stanhope Love ("Ben Hope")

Folder 316

Music and other audio recordings:

Wire Recording WR-4852/21

Bible verses

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/31

"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?"

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/20

"Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/16

Dinner Music

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/13

"I Love You Truly" and "Old Rugged Cross"

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/15

Piano music by Dixon Thomas

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/6

Radio music

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/12

Radio music

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/14

Radio music

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/17

Waltz music

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/18

Waltz music

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/19

Waltz music

Wire Recording

Folder 317

Talks and speeches:

Wire Recording WR-4852/30

Boys State

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/28

Clarence Brown talks about Taft's mention of Drs. Broyhill and Davis

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/3

Iredell County speech. Speaker possibly James W. Davis

Wire Recording

Wire Recording WR-4852/27

Judge Frank Armstrong campaign

Wire Recording

Audiotape T-4852/27

"New Restaurant Regulation": On the Spot OPS (Office of Price Support) Reporter

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/26

"OPS and Your Prices": On the Spot OPS Reporter

Open Reel Audio

Folder 318

Up, Up and Away! by Katherine Wooten Springs

Folder 319-320

Folder 319

Folder 320

Number not used

Film F-4852/1

Voice in the Wilderness, original print

16mm motion picture film

Film F-4852/2

Voice in the Wilderness, miscellaneous film elements

16mm motion picture film

Film F-4852/3

Voice in the Wilderness, miscellaneous film elements

16mm motion picture film

Film F-4852/4

Voice in the Wilderness, miscellaneous film elements

16mm motion picture film

Film F-4852/5

Voice in the Wilderness, miscellaneous film elements

16mm motion picture film

Folder 321

Other items

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About 70 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Chiefly photographs that Blythe collected for projects. The series contains approximately 40 photographs of Albert Schweitzer and his hospital that were taken by Gaine Cannon, M.D., in the 1960s; seven photographs of the United States Army's 38th Evacuation Hospital taken during World War II; two photographs of labor strikes in North Belmont, N.C., taken in the late 1920s; and miscellaneous photographs of Blythe.

Image Folder PF-4852/20

Photographs

Image Folder PF-4852/21

Photographs by E. Gaine Cannon, M.D.

Image Folder PF-4852/22

Labor strikes in North Belmont, N.C.

Image Folder PF-4852/23

LeGette Blythe

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88 items.

Audio recordings of interviews conducted by LeGette Blythe while researching several books and manuscripts. Interview subjects include Fred Wolfe and Mabel Wolfe Wheaton, siblings of Thomas Wolfe; Mary T. Martin Sloop; James W. Davis, Gaine Cannon II, and Lucy Morgan. Other recordings relate to LeGette Blythe works on I. D. Blumenthal, E. H. Little, Walter L. Lingle, and Alcoholics Anonymous. Also included are interviews with prominent North Carolinians, including Colonel Thomas W. Ferrebee, bombardier of the Enola Gay, and Senator Sam J. Ervin. The addition also contains an interview with LeGette Blythe, recordings of the outdoor drama Voice in the Wilderness , and the soundtrack for The Hornet's Nest. Also included is a film of the outdoor drama Voice in the Wilderness . Some material may be duplicates of items found elsewhere in the collection. Several interviews were recorded on tapes previously containing material from the United States Office of Price Stabilization.

Most original containers include information about recordings.

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16 items.

Interviews for an uncompleted work by Blythe. Subject may have been Harbor House, a chemical dependency treatment center tied to Alcoholics Anonymous in Memphis, Tenn., and efforts in Greensboro, N.C., to build a similar facility.

Audiocassette C-4852/25

Bob Smith and Bill Wilson

Audiocassette

Bill Wilson speaking at International Convention, 2-4 July 1965, in Toronto, Canada, and Bob Smith, co-founder, Alcoholics Anonymous, last group talk, Detroit, Mich., 1949.

Audiocassette C-4852/26

Kitty Lee and Curt Owens

Audiocassette

Kitty Lee speaking about Bert and Billie Howard, the safe cracker. Curt Owens talks of atheists and Alcoholics Anonymous.

Audiocassette C-4852/27

Bill Wilson

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/28

Farley Salmon, 7 February 1971

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/29

Farley Salmon and Dick Snyder

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/30

Hazel Davis, Sam Gentry, Billie Howard, and Willard Pegg

Audiocassette

New Harbor House dedication program with Hazel Davis and Willard Pegg, 11 June 1972, Memphis, Tenn. Billie Howard and Sam Gentry, 12 June 1972.

Audiocassette C-4852/31

Wally Clutz, Bert Davis, Hazel Davis, and Claude Northern

Audiocassette

Hazel Davis tells of Bert Davis high above river on I-beam. Claude Northern tells of Bert Davis's early days at Harbor House. Bert Davis talks to Claude Northern about the Bible. Hazel Davis talks of her daughter Pat and her father. Wally Clutz shares stories.

Audiocassette C-4852/33

Farley Salmon and others, Greensboro, N.C.

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/34

George Johnson, Farley Salmon, Clyde Willingham, George Willingham, Claude Wood

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/35

Gene Calhoun

Audiocassette

Calhoun talks of Farley Salmon's arrival at Harbor House and his first meeting with Bert Davis. Also discusses his education at Memphis State, getting to know Bert and Hazel Davis, traveling with the Davises to Panama City, Fla., and how Bert Davis "opened a lot of doors" to God.

Audiocassette C-4852/36

Chaplain Callies, juvenile court chaplain

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/38

John Bowen and Willard Pegg

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/44

The Broawleys, Billie Howard, and various Alcoholics Anonymous members

Audiocassette

The Broawleys talk of their son Jim in penal farm and other topics. Several Alcoholics Anonymous members appraise Bert's importance. Billie Howard tells his life story, which includes periods in California, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Texas. He also discusses his time in prison and speaks of Leavenworth, possibly the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kans.

Audiotape T-4852/46

Farley Salmon, Dick Snyder, and Franklin Williams, Greensboro, N.C., 12 December 1971

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/53

Bert Davis, Greensboro, N.C., May 1969

Open Reel Audio

Davis discusses Harbor House and his advice to Greensboro Alcoholic Anonymous members on their plans for a fellowship hall.

Audiotape T-4852/55

Edward Dick Bostian, Memphis, Tenn., 12 June 1972, and Charles Lindonwood, Memphis, Tenn., 11 June 1972

Open Reel Audio

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7 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Recordings of interviews conducted by Blythe as research for his book Gift from the Hills, the story of Lucy Morgan and her founding of the Penland School of Crafts in Mitchell County, N.C.

Audiotape T-4852/32

Meta Lewis

Open Reel Audio

Discussion of dyeing. May be same as C-4852/46-49.

Audiocassette C-4852/48

Meta Lewis, Aida Zahran, and possibly others

Audiocassette

Aida Zahran of Jordan and other foreign students offer their impressions of Penland School of Crafts and discuss international good will. Meta Lewis continues stories of Penland people.

Audiocassette C-4852/49

Meta Lewis, Aida Zahran, and possibly others

Audiocassette

Content same as C-4852/48.

Audiocassette C-4852/46

Meta Lewis and possibly others

Audiocassette

Meta Lewis tells of dyeing with onion skins, flowers, grasses, broom sedge, and other items at Penland School of Crafts. There is also discussion of men coming to Penland with wives and a story about construction of the roof on the loom house.

Audiocassette C-4852/47

Meta Lewis and possibly others

Audiocassette

Content same as C-4852/46.

Audiotape T-4852/34

Oscar, foreign visitor to Penland School of Crafts

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/30

Unidentified

Open Reel Audio

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22 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Recordings related to Miracle in the Hills, an autobiography of Mary T. Martin Sloop for which Blythe served as co-author. Sloop and her husband, Eustace Sloop, started the Crossnore School in the mountains of Avery County, N.C., in 1913. The school served children of western North Carolina and continues to operate as a residential childcare facility. The Sloops also provided medical care for residents of the region. Mary T. Martin Sloop was named American Mother of the Year in 1951.

Recordings feature Sloop, and possibly others, describing life at Crossnore and in the mountains of North Carolina in the first half of the 20th century. Recording types include wire, reel-to-reel, and audiocassette. Cassettes are an incomplete series of recordings produced by the Sloop Progressive Memorial Fund in 1984 and titled Sloop/Blythe Tapes. Tape numbers were assigned by the Sloop Progressive Memorial Fund. Content on audiocassettes may be the same as found on recordings in other formats. Content of the wire recordings was transferred to reel-to-reel in 1984.

Audiocassette C-4852/39

Sloop/Blythe Tapes: Cassette 3

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/40

Sloop/Blythe Tapes: Cassette 4

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/41

Sloop/Blythe Tapes: Cassette 5

Audiocassette

Audiocassette C-4852/42

Sloop/Blythe Tapes: Cassette 5

Audiocassette

Content is same as on C-4852/41

Audiocassette C-4852/43

Sloop/Blythe Tapes: Cassette 6

Audiocassette

Audiotape T-4852/35

Mary T. Martin Sloop's trip to New York

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/36

Mary T. Martin Sloop's trip to New York

Open Reel Audio

Content may be same as T-4852/35

Audiotape T-4852/37

Golden Wedding

Open Reel Audio

May be golden wedding anniversary described in T-4852/40 and WR-4852/35.

Audiotape T-4852/40

Uncle Newt, Aunt Nerv, and more stories

Open Reel Audio

A story about Uncle Newt, Aunt Nerv, and the clock. Also discussion of the golden wedding anniversary; Zeb Huskins, the moonshiner; and Mary T. Martin Sloop's trip to New York.

Audiotape T-4852/42

Woman with cancer

Open Reel Audio

Stories about a woman with cancer and the first operation at Plumtree circa 1908.

Audiotape T-4852/47

Mary T. Martin Sloop, the first operation, and more stories

Open Reel Audio

Stories about the first operation at Plumtree; Uncle Newt, Aunt Nerv, and the clock; the golden wedding anniversary; Zeb Huskins, moonshiner and escape artist; and operations on African-American boy and white girl.

Audiotape T-4852/74

Obie Johnson and more stories

Open Reel Audio

Some of material may be from interviews by Gladys Kahn Lavitan. Tape includes stories about Obie Johnson, "Great Granddad;" Mary T. Martin Sloop's story of Aunt Nerv, Uncle Newt, and the clock; and Uncle John Wise on his death bed.

Wire Recording WR-4852/34

Presentation of the Lamp

Wire Recording

Story about Mary T. Martin Sloop's trip to New York, beginning with the presentation of the lamp. Recording also includes discussion of Sloop's portrait being painted.

Wire Recording WR-4852/35

Uncle Nick and Aunt Charity Pyatt

Wire Recording

Golden wedding anniversary of Uncle Nick and Aunt Charity Pyatt. Content may be same as T-4852/37 and T-4852/40.

Wire Recording WR-4852/36

Moving the Schoolhouse

Wire Recording

Stories about the first operation at Plumtree, the woman with cancer, and moving the schoolhouse.

Wire Recording WR-4852/37

Early Life

Wire Recording

Stories of the early life of Mary T. Martin Sloop, Aunt "New," and Uncle John.

Wire Recording WR-4852/38

The Bear Hunt

Wire Recording

Stories about electricity and a bear hunt.

Wire Recording WR-4852/39

The Square Dance

Wire Recording

Stories about a square dance, Germans, and moving the schoolhouse.

Wire Recording WR-4852/40

Operations

Wire Recording

Stories about operations on a white girl and an African-American boy and about horse tail hair.

Wire Recording WR-4852/41

Zeb Huskins, the moonshiner and escape artist

Wire Recording

Stories about Zeb Huskins, the moonshiner and escape artist.

Wire Recording WR-4852/42

Burning bandages

Wire Recording

Stories of burning bandages; Aunt Newby and Willis; and Dr. E.H.S., possibly Dr. Eustace H. Sloop.

Wire Recording WR-4852/43

Uncle Newt

Wire Recording

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5 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Recordings of music and possibly dialogue from outdoor dramas written by Blythe.

Audiotape T-4852/61

Musical soundtrack of The Hornet's Nest, 1968

Open Reel Audio

Recording of symphonic drama written by Blythe and with music and words by Loonis McGlohon. Songs included on recording are Overture, It's a Quiet Town, Montage (deleted from drama), Shout Freedom! This Is the Day, Square Dance Cue, What Will The World Be Like Tomorrow and Misery Is The Life I Lead.

Audiotape T-4852/78

Thunder in the Carolinas

Open Reel Audio

Possibly same as T-4852/79 and T-4852/82.

Audiotape T-4852/79

Thunder in the Carolinas

Open Reel Audio

Possibly same as T-4852/78 and T-4852/82.

Audiotape T-4852/82

Thunder in the Carolinas

Open Reel Audio

Possibly same as T-4852/78-79.

Audiotape T-4852/73

Voice in the Wilderness

Open Reel Audio

Film F-4852/6

Voice in the Wilderness, release print

16mm motion picture film

A production of Voice in the Wilderness performed in Charlotte, N.C., in June 1955 and adapted for film.

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8 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Blythe met Thomas Wolfe when both were undergraduates at the University of North Carolina. The two were among the original Carolina Playmakers led by Frederick H. Koch and continued their friendship after Wolfe moved to New York City. Blythe recorded interviews with Wolfe's brother Fred Wolfe and sister Mabel Wolfe Wheaton in preparation for the 1961 work Thomas Wolfe and Family. Blythe co-wrote the book with Wheaton.

Audiotape T-4852/29

Fred Wolfe

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/33

Fred Wolfe

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/63

Mabel Wolfe Wheaton

Open Reel Audio

Content may be from a Library of Congress recording

Audiotape T-4852/64

Fred Wolfe, Spartanburg, S.C., 11 July 1959

Open Reel Audio

Death of Julia Wolfe, mother of Thomas Wolfe.

Audiotape T-4852/65

Fred Wolfe

Open Reel Audio

Early life of W. O. Wolfe, father of Thomas Wolfe.

Audiotape T-4852/66

Fred Wolfe

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/67

Fred Wolfe, 11 February, circa 1959

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/68

Fred Wolfe, Spartanburg, S.C., 7 February, circa 1959

Open Reel Audio

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10 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Arrangement: By tape number assigned by Blythe. Tapes 5, 9, and 11 are absent from the series.

Recordings related to Blythe's 1957 biography of Mary Wilson Gee. Gee was a Latin professor and Dean of Students at Converse College in Converse, S.C. Tapes were numbered by Blythe and may be recordings of him reading the manuscript of Yes Ma'am, Miss Gee .

Audiotape T-4852/44

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 1

Open Reel Audio

Possibly Blythe reading manuscript pages 1-17. Tape also includes interview with Gaine Cannon, 5 November 1965.

Audiotape T-4852/54

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 2

Open Reel Audio

Possibly Blythe reading manuscript pages 18-39.

Audiotape T-4852/77

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 3

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/50

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 4

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/75

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 6

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/45

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 7

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/52

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 8

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/49

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 9

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/51

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 10

Open Reel Audio

Includes discussion of a visit by Lindbergh, possibly Charles Lindbergh.

Audiotape T-4852/69

Mary Wilson Gee: tape 12

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/81

Unidentified sound recording

Open Reel Audio

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20 items.

Processing Note: See also Addition of May 2002.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.

Recorded interviews conducted by Blythe either in preparation for writing projects or as part of an effort by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to collect oral histories from notable North Carolinians. Those interviewed include I. D. Blumenthal, the founder of Radiator Specialty Company and a philanthropist; Gaine Cannon, a doctor at the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Hospital in Balsam Grove, N.C., and the subject of Blythe's book Mountain Doctor; James W. Davis, the subject of Blythe's book James W. Davis: North Carolina Surgeon; Sam J. Ervin, a United States senator from North Carolina and chair of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, commonly known as the Watergate Committee; Thomas W. Ferebee, a native of Mocksville, N.C., and the bombardier on the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; Walter H. Lingle, a former president of Davidson College; and E. H. Little, a native of Huntersville, N.C., and a former president and chair of the board of Colgate-Palmolive Company. This series also includes an interview with Blythe and a broadcaster's salute to Blythe and his wife Esther on their 42nd wedding anniversary.

Audiocassette C-4852/32

Blumenthal, I. D.

Audiocassette

Blumenthal discusses the early days of Radiator Specialty Company, including fixing the boiler.

Audiotape T-4852/58

Blythe, LeGette

Open Reel Audio

Blythe is interviewed by a Charlotte television personality. He discusses Thomas Wolfe, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S Truman.

Audiotape T-4852/62

Blythe, LeGette

Open Reel Audio

Ty Boyd's salute to LeGette and Esther Blythe on their 42nd wedding anniversary, 30 May 1968. Tape also includes a speech (possibly a sermon) to Mecklenburg Presbytery in January 1956. Speaker may not be Blythe.

Audiotape T-4852/43

Cannon, Gaine

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/80

Davis, James W.

Open Reel Audio

Wire Recording WR-4852/33

Davis, James W.

Wire Recording

Dr. Davis' talk to supervisors, includes discussion of supervisors' duties and the care of patients.

Audiocassette C-4852/37

Ervin, Sam J.

Audiocassette

Audiotape T-4852/70

Ervin, Sam J.

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/60

Ferebee, Thomas W., 19 October 1966

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/76

Ferebee, Thomas W., 19 October 1966

Open Reel Audio

May be a copy of T-4852/60.

Audiotape T-4852/41

Lingle, Walter L.: F. L. Jackson

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/48

Lingle, Walter L.: Louise Lingle and Mary Lee Sloan

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/56

Lingle, Walter L.: F. L. Jackson and Caroline Lingle

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/57

Little, E. H.

Open Reel Audio

Blythe reading pages 76-112 and pages 181-185 of manuscript on Little.

Audiotape T-4852/71

Little, E. H.

Open Reel Audio

Blythe reading Little manuscript.

Audiotape T-4852/72

Little, E. H.

Open Reel Audio

Blythe reading pages 1-76 of Little manuscript.

Audiotape T-4852/31

Unidentified

Open Reel Audio

Test reel and Aida. Tape may also include statement from Governor Ellis Arnal of Office of Price Stabilization, 17 June 1952.

Audiotape T-4852/38

Unidentified sound recording

Open Reel Audio

Audiotape T-4852/39

Unidentified sound recording

Open Reel Audio

Reel box labeled "H.H.S. Catalogue 1882-83."

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