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Luther H. Hodges

Hodges worked his way through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was president of the student council and of his senior class before graduating in 1919. After serving as governor and as U.S. secretary of commerce he returned to Chapel Hill, worked for the Research Triangle Foundation and lectured in the university’s business school.

Source: NCpedia: Hodges, Luther Hartwell (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)

Also found in catalogs as Luther Hartwell Hodges.

1898–1974 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

15 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 2 works by Luther H. Hodges.

Luther H. Hodges
Luther H. Hodges

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By Luther H. Hodges

Selection of correspondence to Paul M. Gross, Vice-President of Duke University, regarding the North Carolina Atomic Energy Commission.

Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974 · 1959

Correspondence from 1959 and 1960 to Paul M. Gross of Duke about the North Carolina Atomic Energy Commission, with Governor Luther Hodges among the writers. It includes the final text of the state's law on atomic energy, radioactivity and ionizing radiation and a memorandum setting out radiological health duties under the State Board of Health. 27 images.

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

Luther Hartwell Hodges papers, 1947-1969.

Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974 · 1947

Luther Hartwell Hodges (1898-1974) served as governor of North Carolina and then as United States Secretary of Commerce. His papers, 1947 to 1969, run to about 74,000 items in 114 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3698. Topics include state and national Democratic politics, race relations, school integration and segregation, the textile industry, and the Research Triangle Foundation.

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Fire damage at Luther Hodges' house

Morton, Hugh M. · 1969

Aftermath of the 1969 fire at the Chapel Hill house of Luther Hodges, former governor of North Carolina and later United States Secretary of Commerce. Black-and-white sheet film negative by Hugh Morton.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

Kennedy Library event/memorial, May 17, 1964

Morton, Hugh M. · 1964

Evangelist Billy Graham speaks at the podium during a 17 May 1964 memorial and fundraiser at UNC for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Former governor Luther H. Hodges is visible at right. Color 35 mm slide by Hugh Morton.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

North Carolina's Tribute to President John F. Kennedy

Morton, Hugh M. · 1964 · North Carolina Film Board

Hugh Morton film for the North Carolina Film Board of the state's memorial program for President John F. Kennedy, held in Kenan Stadium at Chapel Hill on 17 May 1964. Governor Terry Sanford, Luther H. Hodges and Billy Graham are among the speakers; Edward M. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and William B. Aycock also appear. Part of the North Carolina Sights and Sounds collection.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

John F. Kennedy at University Day, October 12, 1961

Morton, Hugh M. · 1961

Color 4 by 5 inch transparency of President Kennedy at the Kenan Stadium podium on University Day, 12 October 1961. Behind him, left to right, are Chancellor William Aycock, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges, Frank Porter Graham and former UNC president Gordon Gray. By Hugh Morton.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

John F. Kennedy at University Day, October 12, 1961

Morton, Hugh M. · 1961

Kennedy speaking onstage in Kenan Stadium on University Day, 12 October 1961, with Governor Terry Sanford, UNC System President William C. Friday, an unidentified man, Chancellor William B. Aycock and NC State Chancellor John Caldwell seated behind him. Color slide by Hugh Morton; Graham, Gray, Hodges and Sitterson also appear.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

John F. Kennedy at University Day, October 12, 1961

Morton, Hugh M. · 1961

Hugh Morton made this 4 by 5 inch color transparency as President Kennedy spoke at University Day on 12 October 1961. Behind him, left to right, are William Friday, Fred Weaver, John Caldwell and J. Carlyle Sitterson, with Aycock, Graham, Gray and Hodges also identified.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

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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.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

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

Selection of correspondence to and from Paul M. Gross, Vice-President of Duke University, regarding the North Carolina Atomic Energy Commission.

Gross, Paul M. · 1956

Paul M. Gross, vice president of Duke University, exchanged these letters from 1956 to 1958 about a North Carolina Atomic Energy Commission. With them are a report to the Governor's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy and proposed state legislation on radioactive materials. Governor Luther Hodges and William D. Carmichael Jr. of the University of North Carolina are among the names involved. 34 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

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

James Welch Patton papers, 1948-1973.

Patton, James Welch, 1900-1973 · 1948

Papers of the historian James Welch Patton (1900-1973), covering 1948 to 1973, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3971. Patton taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His papers concern the Southern Historical Association, the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, Governor Luther Hartwell Hodges and the Civil War.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

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Walter Reece Berryhill papers, 1919-1979.

Berryhill, W. Reece (Walter Reece), 1900-1979 · 1919

Walter Reece Berryhill (1900-1979) taught in the School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. His papers, 1919 to 1979, hold about 6,500 items in 10.5 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4174. The papers cover medical education and student medical care at the university. Correspondents include William C. Friday, Albert Coates, Luther Hodges and Sam J. Ervin, Jr.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

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  1. Luther Hodges leads the UNC student council and his senior class Hodges worked his way through the University of North Carolina, where he was president of the student council and of his senior class. He graduated in 1919.Search the index · NCpedia: Hodges, Luther Hartwell (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
  2. Students open the Graham Memorial fund drive in Gerrard Hall At a student rally led by Albert Coates, with William H. Bobbitt and Luther Hodges also speaking, students and faculty pledged $20,000 toward a building now budgeted at $150,000. The drive reached about $70,000 by its June deadline and $120,000 by the end of 1919. People: Albert Coates, William H. (William Haywood) Bobbitt, Luther H. HodgesSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., The Good Government Man: Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government (2018), p. 39

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

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