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Alfred Stratton Lawrence was rector of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill from 1921 to 1943, after serving parishes that included Hillsborough, and helped found the Chapel Hill School of Religion. Born in Essex, England, he was a World War I chaplain.
Source: UNC Libraries: Alfred Stratton Lawrence Papers, 1914-1944
Also found in catalogs as Alfred S. (Alfred Stratton) Lawrence.
1882–1958 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
1 indexed work is connected with this person, and the index includes one work by Alfred Stratton Lawrence.
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Papers of Alfred Stratton Lawrence, 1882 to 1958, spanning 1914 to 1944, about 250 items in half a linear foot, collection 4350 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. The papers concern Episcopal clergy in North Carolina, including material on the Chapel of the Cross, the Chapel Hill School of Religion, the Diocese of North Carolina, Joseph Blount Cheshire and Elwood Haines.
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