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Robert W. (Robert Wilson) Madry

1897–1955 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By Robert W. (Robert Wilson) Madry

Great strides have been made at U.N.C. since Dr. Frank Graham became president

Madry, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1897-1955; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). News Bureau · 1941 · University News Bureau

A 1941 release from the University of North Carolina news bureau, written by Robert W. Madry, summarizing what the university had gained since Frank Porter Graham became its president. The release presents the university administration's view of its progress.

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Old University Printshop falls before the march of progress at Chapel Hill : familiar landmark is razed to make way for extension of Phillips Hall

Madry, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1897-1955 · 1925 · University News Bureau

A news release issued by the University News Bureau at Chapel Hill in 1925 and written by Robert W. Madry, reporting that the old University Printshop was being pulled down so that Phillips Hall could be extended. The rest of the title recalls the shop's long tie to student life, and a line beneath it holds the story for Sunday, July 26. Topics include printing in Chapel Hill.

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Explain two plans for teaching Bible in university : University Y.M.C.A. has definite program if churches cannot unite

Madry, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1897-1955 · 1924 · University News Bureau

Robert W. Madry wrote this 1924 release for the University News Bureau on two proposals for teaching the Bible at the university, with the student Y.M.C.A. prepared to run its own program if the Chapel Hill churches could not agree on a joint one. Marked for release on Sunday, May 25. Topics include religious education in Chapel Hill and the curricula of the university.

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About Robert W. (Robert Wilson) Madry

Launching of the Chapel Hill Victory

1944

Scrapbook following the construction and launch of the S.S. Chapel Hill Victory, a Second World War cargo ship that carried the town's name, launched on 4 December 1944. Baltimore figures in the story, as do Congressman Carl T. Durham and Robert W. Madry. From the North Carolina Memory collection.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Madry, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1897-1955.

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  1. Robert W. Madry becomes the University's full-time publicity man Persuaded by Louis Round Wilson that the University had to tell its story better, Chase hired Madry, an alumnus then writing for the New York Herald, as its first full-time publicity man. People: Harry Woodburn Chase, Louis Round WilsonSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), p. 270

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