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Size | 10.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4000 items) |
Abstract | William Geer was a history professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Oliver Max Gardner was a lawyer of Shelby, N.C., and Washington, D.C., and state senator, 1910-1915, lieutenant governor, 1916-1920, and governor, 1929-1933, of North Carolina. Upon O. Max Gardner's death in 1947, Geer became interested in writing a biography of him. For some time, Geer held in trust the personal papers of O. Max Gardner, which were donated to the Southern Historical Collection in 1962. While he did much research on the subject, the biography was never finished. The collection represents William Geer's efforts to write a biography on O. Max Gardner. It includes letters to and from friends, family, and colleagues of Gardner from whom Geer tried to gather personal information and stories about Gardner; a series of notebooks kept by Geer on Gardner; notes taken from papers at the North Carolina State Archives about Gardner; transcriptions of Gardner's correspondence and excerpts from his speeches; and one 33-1/3 record album, "J. Melville Broughton on the death of O. Max Gardner," 6 February 1947. Other materials in the collection relate to Geer's career as a history professor. |
Creator | Geer, William, 1915-1999. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Margaret Dickson, November 2006
Encoded by: Margaret Dickson, November 2006
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William Geer was a history professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Oliver Max Gardner was a lawyer of Shelby, N.C., and Washington, D.C., and state senator, 1910-1915, lieutenant governor, 1916-1920, and governor, 1929-1933, of North Carolina. Upon O. Max Gardner's death in 1947, Geer became interested in writing a biography of him. For some time, Geer held in trust the personal papers of O. Max Gardner, which were donated to the Southern Historical Collection in 1962. While he did much research on the subject, the biography was never finished.
Back to TopThe collection represents University of North Carolina history professor William Geer's efforts to write a biography on North Carolina lawyer, state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor Oliver Max Gardner. It includes letters to and from friends, family, and colleagues of O. Max Gardner from whom Geer tried to gather personal information and stories about Gardner; a series of notebooks kept by Geer on Gardner; notes taken from papers at the North Carolina State Archives about Gardner; transcriptions of Gardner's correspondence and excerpts from his speeches; and one 33-1/3 record album, "J. Melville Broughton on the death of O. Max Gardner," 6 February 1947. Other materials in the collection relate to Geer's career as a history professor.
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Box 1-2
Box 1Box 2 |
Correspondence of William Geer concerning O. Max Gardener |
Box 3-4
Box 3Box 4 |
Notebooks kept by William Geer on O. Max Gardener |
Box 5-6
Box 5Box 6 |
Notes and clippings on O. Max Gardener |
Box 7 |
Typed transcriptions of speeches by O. Max Gardener |
Box 8 |
Typed transcriptions of correspondence of O. Max Gardener |
Box 9 |
Materials relating to Geer's profession as a history professor |
Audiodisc D-5300/1 |
"J. Melville Broughton on the death of O. Max Gardner," 6 February 1947 |