Edmund Wilkins
Henry Wilkins Lewis's account of Edmund Wilkins, produced in Chapel Hill in 1980.
Life and Orange County connections
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- 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 W. Lewis, Henry Wilkins Lewis Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Institute of GovernmentSearch 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 The UNC Board of Governors appointed Lewis director of the Institute of Government on October 22, 1973, for a five-year term beginning November 1, succeeding John Sanders. He held the post until he retired from the faculty in 1979. People: Henry W. Lewis, Henry Wilkins Lewis Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: John Sanders · Also mentions: Institute of GovernmentSearch the index · UNC School of Government: In Memoriam: Henry Wilkins Lewis (1916-2004), Popular Government, Winter 2005 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, October 23, 1973, p. 2
- 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 W. Lewis, Henry Wilkins Lewis Place: Knapp-Sanders Building, Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC School of Government: In Memoriam: Henry Wilkins Lewis (1916-2004), Popular Government, Winter 2005
People named in the same events
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- Henry W. Lewis 3 entries, including Henry W. Lewis joins the Institute of Government faculty (1946)
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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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Lewis, Henry Wilkins, 1856-1936.
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- Institute of Government University schools and programs · Chapel Hill · 3 events here
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Background
- NCpedia: Henry Wilkins Lewis Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Records of the time
- State Archives catalog: 17 collections naming Henry Wilkins LewisState Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
- DigitalNC newspapers: 3 Orange County pages naming Henry Wilkins Lewis Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Henry Wilkins Lewis Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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