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James Nunn

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The Oral History of James Nunn: A Unique North Carolinian

Towle, W. Wilder · 1977 · Chapel Hill Historical Society

Taped conversations between James Nunn (1882-1975), an African American man of Chapel Hill, and W. Wilder Towle, transcribed as an oral history. Published by the Chapel Hill Historical Society in 1977 in a limited printing of 100 copies, this one number 75 and autographed, 246 pages with a portrait. Topics include African Americans in North Carolina and North Carolina biography.

Included because: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Nunn, James, 1882-1975.

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Rebecca Wall Collection · NC BIO NUNN TOW The Oral History of James Nunn, A Unique North Carolinian: Taped Conversations Between James Nunn and W. Wilder Towle Towle, W. Wilder · 1977
Taped conversations between James Nunn (1882-1975), an African American man of Chapel Hill, and W. Wilder Towle, transcribed as an oral history. Published by the Chapel Hill Historical Society in 1977 in a limited printing of 100 copies, this one number 75 and autographed, 246 pages with a portrait. Topics include African Americans in North Carolina and North Carolina biography.

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State Archives catalog: 3 collections naming James NunnState Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
DigitalNC newspapers: 42 Orange County pages naming James Nunn Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers

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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
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