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Collection Number: HC0044

Collection Title: James S. White Scrapbook, 1919-1970

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Size 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1 items)
Abstract This scrapbook includes photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and brochures primarily documenting the professional career of James S. White, the Carolina Drug Company in Mebane, N.C., and White's collection of antique mortars and pestles. Many of the materials pertain to honors awarded to White and the Carolina Drug Company by the affiliated Rexall Drug Company. James S. White (1898-1970) was a white pharmacist and the owner of the Carolina Drug Company in Mebane, N.C., a franchisee of the Rexall Drug Company. During his career, the Carolina Drug Store received the Honor Store Award from the Rexall Drug Company in recognition of the store's high standard of service to the community, and White was a recipient of the Mortar and Pestle Trophy, presented by the Rexall Drug Company as an annual award to outstanding member-druggists.
Creator White, James S. (James Stark), 1898-1970.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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 James S. White Scrapbook #HC0044, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Esther Celeste White in May 2017 (Acc. 2017006).
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: Dawne Howard Lucas, October 2019

Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, October 2019

Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

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James S. White (1898-1970) was a white pharmacist and the owner of the Carolina Drug Company in Mebane, N.C., a franchisee of the Rexall Drug Company. White graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1919. As a student, he served as president of the Pharmaceutical Society and was a member of the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. During his career, the Carolina Drug Store received the Honor Store Award from the Rexall Drug Company in recognition of the store's high standard of service to the community. White was a recipient of the Mortar and Pestle Trophy, presented by the Rexall Drug Company as an annual award to outstanding member-druggists, and also served as president of the North Carolina Rexall Company. White had a collection of more than 80 antique mortars and pestles acquired from different parts of the world, later donated to the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association.

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This scrapbook includes photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and brochures primarily documenting the professional career of James S. White, the Carolina Drug Company in Mebane, N.C., and White's collection of antique mortars and pestles. Many of the materials pertain to honors awarded to White and the Carolina Drug Company by the Rexall Drug Company. Some of the scrapbook's contents are glued to paper, while others are loose.

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Contents list

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1 item.
Oversize Box OB-HC0044/1

Scrapbook, 1919-1970

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