Supporting local figure

Daphne Athas

4 works in the index name this person, and 3 more are by them.

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State Archives catalog: 1 collection naming Daphne Athas State Archives of North Carolina Manuscripts, county and state records held in Raleigh; consult on site

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Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room in Hillsborough: books, maps, microfilm, family files, and staff who know the county

In the index

Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.

Chapel Hill in Plain Sight

Athas, Daphne · 2010 · Eno Publishers

The way to find Hestia -- Carrboro, Carrboro, the Paris of the Piedmont : America abandons Richard Wright -- Daddies and donkeys, gods and gadflies : the last questions of Horace Williams -- Betty Smith looks homeward :…

NC Cardinal UNC OCPL Duke NC State NCCU Durham Chapel Hill PL Library of Congress

North Carolina Literary Festival records, 1995-2009

North Carolina Literary Festival · 1995

UNC

Daphne Athas papers, 1970s-2000s

Athas, Daphne, 1923-2020 · 1974

UNC

Max Steele papers, 1693-2004.

Steele, Max, 1922-2005 · 1693

UNC

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