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Key local figure

Paul Green

“Playwright, teacher, & humanitarian. Awarded Pulitzer Prize, 1927. His 16 outdoor dramas included The Lost Colony (1937). Lived 1 mile E.”

State historical marker: H-114: Paul Green 1894-1981

12 works in the index name this person, and 5 more are by them.

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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.

A new playwright of tragic power and poetic impulse : Paul Eliot Green at UNC-Chapel Hill in the 1920s

Saunders, Frances Wright, 1920- · 1995

UNC

James R. Spence audio recordings relating to Paul Green, 1974-1979.

Spence, James R. · 1974

UNC

Francis Lavergne Johnson photographic collection, 1948-1971.

Johnson, Francis Lavergne, 1901-1971 · 1948

UNC

Charles Mills papers, 1937-1981.

Mills, Charles, 1914-1982 · 1937

UNC

Lynn Gault papers, 1937-1998.

Gault, Lynn (Robert Lynn), -1998 · 1937

UNC

Records of the University of North Carolina Press, 1922-2015.

University of North Carolina Press · 1922

UNC

George Dewey Crawford scrapbook, ca. 1914-1917.

Crawford, George Dewey · 1914

UNC

Walter Spearman papers, 1900-1986.

Spearman, Walter · 1900

UNC

William Meade Prince and Lillian Hughes Prince papers, 1890s-1996 (bulk 1890s-1962)

1894

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