Edmund Wilkins
Henry Wilkins Lewis's account of Edmund Wilkins, produced in Chapel Hill in 1980.
Indexed works
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By Henry Wilkins Lewis
About Henry Wilkins Lewis
Henry Wilkins Lewis papers, 1820-1997.
Papers of Henry W. Lewis (1916-2004) of the Institute of Government at UNC, spanning 1820 to 1997 in roughly 36,000 items and 61 linear feet, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4456. Diaries and photographs are among the material. Topics include family members named Lewis and Wilkins, the Bank of Northampton, the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, with Albert Coates and Frank Porter Graham also named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Lewis, Henry Wilkins, 1856-1936.
Life and Orange County connections
Dated events connected with this person, earliest first. See these 3 dated events in the chronology →
- Henry W. Lewis joins the Institute of Government faculty After his discharge from the Army, Lewis joined the small faculty of the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill, where he worked mainly on election law and the property tax. People: Henry Wilkins LewisSearch the index · UNC School of Government: In Memoriam: Henry Wilkins Lewis (1916-2004), Popular Government, Winter 2005
- Henry W. Lewis serves as director of the Institute of Government Lewis succeeded to the directorship of the Institute of Government in 1973 and held it until he retired from the faculty in 1979. People: Henry Wilkins LewisSearch the index · UNC School of Government: In Memoriam: Henry Wilkins Lewis (1916-2004), Popular Government, Winter 2005
- The Henry W. Lewis classroom is dedicated in the Knapp-Sanders Building The Institute of Government named a classroom for Lewis in its renovated Knapp-Sanders Building. People: Henry Wilkins LewisSearch the index · UNC School of Government: In Memoriam: Henry Wilkins Lewis (1916-2004), Popular Government, Winter 2005
Places in this person’s story
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- Institute of Government University schools and programs · Chapel Hill · 3 events here
Named with them in the chronology
People named in the same dated entries as Henry Wilkins Lewis, those sharing the most entries first. Each line links one of the shared entries in the chronology, where its source is cited. A shared entry shows these people in the same event, not how well they knew each other.
- Henry W. Lewis 3 entries, including Henry W. Lewis joins the Institute of Government faculty (1946)
Research sources
Additional research sources
Other catalogs to search and local organizations that can help.
- Background context: NCpedia: Henry Wilkins Lewis NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
- Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 17 collections naming Henry Wilkins Lewis State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 3 Orange County pages naming Henry Wilkins Lewis DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Henry Wilkins Lewis NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
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