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William Dygnum Moss, known as "Parson Moss," took the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church of Chapel Hill in 1903 and, after six years in Washington, returned to it in 1912 for two more decades. Known as the unofficial University chaplain, he chaired the campus Y.M.C.A. and received an honorary doctorate of divinity from the university in 1918.
Source: UNC Libraries: William Dygnum Moss Papers, 1899-1970
1866–1932 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Papers of the Presbyterian minister William Dygnum Moss (1866-1932), about 600 items in two and a half linear feet running from 1899 to 1970 and concentrated before 1932, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4916. The collection includes sermons, diaries and photographs concerning the Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, rural education in North Carolina, student religious life at the university, and the diaries of women.
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