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Bernard H. (Bernard Henry) Boyd

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  1. George Watts Carr designs a Cape Cod house on Country Club Road for religion professor Bernard Boyd The large story-and-a-half house for Bernard and Thelma Boyd has shake siding and three gabled dormers. Carr, a lifelong advocate of the Colonial Revival, had designed Laurel Hill houses since the late 1920s. People: George Watts Carr Sr. Place: Boyd House, 313 Country Club Road, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill · Also named: Thelma Boyd, George Watts CarrSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation, National Register nomination (OR1748), p. 23
  2. Hillsboro High School holds its 1957 commencement Hillsboro High School held its commencement with Dr. Bernard H. Boyd of the University of North Carolina giving the address and principal G. A. Brown presenting the diplomas. Local clubs and merchants gave medals to the honor graduates, and school bus drivers received pins for safe driving. People: Bernard H. (Bernard Henry) Boyd, Grady A. Brown Place: Hillsboro High School, HillsboroughSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 30, 1957, p. 1
  3. Religion professor Bernard H. Boyd dies Bernard H. Boyd, James A. Gray Professor of Biblical Literature at UNC since 1950 and chairman of the religion department from 1952 to 1960, died of an apparent heart attack in Charlotte after preaching there. He had led archaeological expeditions in Israel since 1965 and won the Salgo and Tanner teaching awards; his funeral was held September 30 at University Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill. People: Bernard H. (Bernard Henry) Boyd Place: Charlotte; funeral at University Presbyterian Church, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 29, 1975, p. 1

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By Bernard H. (Bernard Henry) Boyd

Bernard Henry Boyd papers, 1946-1976.

Boyd, Bernard H. (Bernard Henry), 1910-1975 · 1946

Papers of Bernard Henry Boyd (1910-1975) covering 1946 to 1976, 10,000 items in 13.5 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4029. Boyd taught in the Department of Religion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and topics include the teaching of religion and archaeology, archaeological expeditions in Israel, American sermons and the Presbyterian Church in the Carolinas.

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