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W. J. Peele

1855–1919 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. 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. Peele, James Cole Taylor Place: Memorial HallDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 576

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Papers,

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.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Peele, W. J. -- 1855-1919.

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

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