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Lucy M. (Lucy Maria) Cobb

1877–1969 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By Lucy M. (Lucy Maria) Cobb

Lucy M. Cobb papers, 1928-1965.

Cobb, Lucy M. (Lucy Maria), 1877-1969 · 1928

Opera librettos and scores sit alongside genealogy in the papers of Lucy Maria Cobb (1877-1969), dated 1928 to 1965, about 2,000 items in three linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4019. Topics include American women authors in North Carolina, the social conditions of single women, aging in the state, family history, and social life in Chapel Hill. Mary Louisa Cobb is also named.

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