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William Jennings Bryan

1860–1925 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds one work for William Jennings Bryan so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Walter Clark papers, 1880-1920.

Clark, Walter, 1846-1924 · 1880

Fifty items from the judge Walter Clark, 1846 to 1924, dated 1880 to 1920, half a linear foot in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 2751. The material concerns judicial elections in North Carolina, the United States Senate, William Jennings Bryan, the Philippines, and the legal and social status of women, with a Confederate personal narrative and Hillsborough history among the earlier subjects.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.

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About 1916 William Jennings Bryan argues against entering the war in Memorial Hall Former secretary of state William Jennings Bryan, campaigning for peace, spoke in Memorial Hall to students and townspeople, a crowd that spilled into the street, and urged Americans to keep out of Europe's war.Search the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), p. 126

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Memorial Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 10 collections naming William Jennings Bryan State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 166 Orange County pages naming William Jennings Bryan DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for William Jennings Bryan NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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