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Dean W. Colvard

1913–2007 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

5 works about Dean W. Colvard are indexed here.

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Selection of correspondence to Paul M. Gross, Vice-President of Duke University, regarding the Governor's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy and draft legislation.

Whyburn, William M. (William Marvin), 1901-1972 · 1959

Letters of 1959 to Duke vice president Paul M. Gross from William M. Whyburn of the University of North Carolina and others, on the Governor's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy. Included are a draft act on ionizing radiation, radiation machines, radioactive materials and atomic energy, and papers on a Southern interstate nuclear effort. Luther Hodges, Dean W. Colvard and J. W. Roy Norton are among those named. 36 images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Cameron Morrison Harris oral history interview, 2014 June 12, 2014-06-12

Harris, Cameron M. (Cameron Morrison) · 2014

Cameron Morrison Harris, a longtime Charlotte resident and UNC Charlotte graduate, recalls growing up in the city and his ties to the university and to Charlotte College before it. His grandfather Cameron Morrison, governor of North Carolina in the early 1920s, is discussed, along with Bonnie Cone and Dean Colvard. Interview of 12 June 2014, about 53 minutes, from the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007.

Cameron Morrison Harris oral history interview, 2014 June 12, 2014-06-12

Harris, Cameron M. (Cameron Morrison) · 2014

Oral history recorded 12 June 2014 with Cameron Morrison Harris, a longtime Charlotte resident and UNC Charlotte graduate, about growing up in Charlotte and his ties to UNC Charlotte and its forerunner, Charlotte College. He talks about his grandfather, Governor Cameron Morrison, and figures such as Bonnie Cone and Dean Colvard come up. From the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews; one MP3, 53 minutes.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007.

Jack Claiborne oral history interview 2, 2012 March 28, 2012-03-28

Claiborne, Jack · 2012

Jack Claiborne, for many years a Charlotte Observer reporter and editor and later public relations director at UNC Charlotte, shares memories of Bonnie Cone and the first years of Charlotte College in an interview of 28 March 2012. He follows the college into the state university system as its fourth campus, with William Friday, Dean Colvard and Elmer Garinger among the names. Second interview, about 2 hours 25 minutes.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007.

Jack Claiborne oral history interview 2, 2012 March 28, 2012-03-28

Claiborne, Jack · 2012

Jack Claiborne, longtime Charlotte Observer reporter and editor and later UNC Charlotte's public relations director, recalls Bonnie Cone and the early years of Charlotte College, through its entry into the University of North Carolina system as the fourth campus. Recorded 28 March 2012 for the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews; one audio file of about 2 hours 25 minutes.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007.

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