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W. J. Peele

1855–1919 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Craig, Locke · 1880

Papers of Locke Craig, Asheville lawyer who served in the North Carolina legislature from 1898 to 1903 and as governor from 1913 to 1917. The 126 items, beginning in 1880, include personal letters, political and religious speeches, an address on Freemasonry, and a chemistry notebook he kept as a University of North Carolina student. Kemp P. Battle, Henry G. Connor and Woodrow Wilson are among the names that appear.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Peele, W. J. -- 1855-1919.

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June 1900 Commencement marks twenty-five years since the university reopened The 1900 commencement was given over to the reopening of 1875, with nineteen members of the 1875-76 student body present and addresses by Kemp Battle, George T. Winston, W. J. Peele and President Alderman. People: Kemp Plummer Battle, George Tayloe Winston, W. J. PeeleDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 576

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Memorial Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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Background context: NCpedia: William Joseph Peele NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 24 Orange County pages naming W. J Peele DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
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