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H. G. Jones

In 1974 H. G. Jones succeeded William S. Powell as curator of UNC's North Carolina Collection and adjunct professor of history. The next year he founded the North Caroliniana Society, chartered with Powell and Louis M. Connor Jr., and he served as its secretary-treasurer until 2010.

Source: The Historical Society of North Carolina: Dr. H. G. Jones

Also found in catalogs as H. G. (Houston Gwynne) Jones.

1924–2018 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

6 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 4 works by H. G. Jones.

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By H. G. Jones

Historical consciousness in the early republic : the origins of state historical societies, museums, and collections, 1791-1861

Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-2018 · 1995 · North Caroliniana Society and North Carolina Collection

H. G. Jones edited this volume on the origins of state historical societies, museums and collections between 1791 and 1861, with chapters on Massachusetts, New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and the trans-Mississippi states by different hands. Published at Chapel Hill in 1995 by the North Caroliniana Society and the North Carolina Collection in an edition of five hundred signed copies. 262 pages.

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The G.I. Bill of Rights

Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-2018 · 1990

H. G. Jones gave the 1990 Kemp Plummer Battle Lecture on University Day, 12 October 1990, taking the G.I. Bill of Rights as his subject. Ten typed leaves preserve the text of the address, one of a series of University Day lectures at Chapel Hill named for Kemp Plummer Battle.

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The North Carolina Collection : examples of recent acquisitions

Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-2018 · 1990

H. G. Jones, longtime curator of the North Carolina Collection, describes recent acquisitions for that collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in this piece from 1990. It was issued with three companion essays: remarks by Alexander Heard at the rededication of Louis Round Wilson Library, Roberta Engleman on the Rare Book Collection from 1928 to 1975, and a second part by Michael R. McVaugh on the books of Elisha Mitchell.

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Preserving North Carolina's literary heritage

Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-2018 · 1990

Address or essay by H. G. Jones on preserving the literary record of North Carolina in research libraries, dated 1990. Topics include special collections in North Carolina libraries and in particular to the North Carolina Collection in the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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About H. G. Jones

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wilson Library, North Carolina Collection

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Portrait of Dr. H. G. Jones, historian and longtime curator of the North Carolina Collection at UNC, photographed in Wilson Library on 6 May 2002 for NC ECHO.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

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

Incredible State History Depicts "Unique People"

Hodges, Betty · 1983

Newspaper article by Betty Hodges in the Durham Morning Herald of 25 December 1983 about H.G. Jones' book North Carolina Illustrated, 1524-1984. Jones was curator of the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Photographic Services photographs, 1976-2003.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Photographic Services · 1976

Photographs produced by the Photographic Services unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library between 1976 and 2003, about 2,500 items in the North Carolina Collection at UNC. Includes a run of copy negatives, 1977 to 2006. Subjects include William Aycock, Doris Betts, Reynolds Price, Dean Smith, William S. Powell and Hugh Morton.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-2018.

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Recording with H.G. Jones, 1975 (Chapel Hill Historical Society cassette)

1975

H.G. Jones, recorded on cassette in 1975 for the Chapel Hill Historical Society. Part of the society's CHHS.012 Audiovisual Materials Collection.

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H.G. Jones, interviewed by Roland Giduz on "Chapel Hill Almanac".

1990 · Carolina Cable

An episode of the local cable program 'Chapel Hill Almanac' in which Roland Giduz interviews H. G. Jones, the historian long associated with the North Carolina Collection at the UNC Chapel Hill library. Recorded for Carolina Cable in 1990, one videocassette running 27 minutes in color.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-2018.

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Librarian's papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1938-2006

1938

Working files on Thomas Wolfe kept by successive librarians between 1938 and 2006, numbered 70015 in UNC's North Carolina Collection after a change from CW4 in April 2020. Subjects include a long run of Chapel Hill librarians and Wolfe scholars, among them Mary Lindsay Thornton, Charles E. Rush, Jerrold Orne, William S. Powell, H. G. Jones and Agatha Boyd Adams, with the Thomas Wolfe Society and Asheville history.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-2018.

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Life and Orange County connections

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  1. A brick Colonial Revival house is built at the entrance to Laurel Hill for Dean C. O. Cathy The story-and-a-half house on Country Club Road has end wings and a recessed columned porch. Historian H. G. Jones, later curator of the North Carolina Collection, owned it for many years. People: H. G. JonesSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation, National Register nomination (OR1748), p. 9
  2. H. G. Jones becomes curator of the North Carolina Collection Jones succeeded William S. Powell as curator of UNC's North Carolina Collection and adjunct professor of history. He held the curatorship until he retired in 1994. People: William S. PowellSearch the index · The Historical Society of North Carolina: Dr. H. G. Jones
  3. The North Caroliniana Society is chartered H. G. Jones, William S. Powell and Louis M. Connor Jr. chartered the North Caroliniana Society to promote North Carolina's historical, cultural and literary heritage. Its office is at UNC, and its main beneficiary is the North Carolina Collection. People: William S. PowellIn the index: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · North Caroliniana Society: About
  4. The North Carolina Collection Gallery opens in Wilson Library A gallery conceived by North Carolina Collection curator H. G. Jones opened in the east wing of Wilson Library, with R. Neil Fulghum as its first keeper, to exhibit items the library had collected.Search the index · Names in Brick and Stone: Louis Round Wilson Library
  5. The state puts Merritt's Store, a 1920s Chapel Hill gas station, on the Study List Members questioned whether a 1920s gas station belonged on the Study List until Robert Stipe and H. G. Jones spoke to the store's place in local social history. The committee then approved Merritt's Store with the day's other central and eastern requests on January 11, 1990. People: H. G. JonesSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: National Register Advisory Committee agendas, minutes and approved lists, p. 408

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