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By William S. Powell
The War of the Regulation and the Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771
Powell, William S. · 1976 · State Dept. of Archives and History
William S. Powell's short account of the War of the Regulation and its end at the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771, when Governor Tryon's militia defeated the backcountry Regulators. The fighting took place in what was then Orange County, and Hillsborough, the county seat, had been the center of the Regulators' grievances and riots. Issued by the State Department of Archives and History, 32 pages with illustrations, facsimiles, a portrait and a folding map; this printing is dated 1976.
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill : a student's guide to localized history
Powell, William S., 1919-2015 · 1968 · Teachers College Press
William S. Powell's guide for students taking up the local history of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, published in 1968 by Teachers College Press in New York. Forty-one pages of outlines and reading suggestions with bibliographies. Powell was the longtime historian of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the guide points a beginner to the sources for each of the three towns.
William Stevens Powell papers, 1880s, 1930s-2006.
Powell, William S., 1919-2015 · 1884
Papers of the historian William S. Powell (1919-2015), covering the 1880s and the 1930s through 2006, about 162,000 items in 228 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4190. Powell taught in the history department at Chapel Hill, and topics include his work with the Historical Society of North Carolina, the Roanoke Island Historical Association, and the teaching of state history.
The first state university : a pictorial history of the University of North Carolina
Powell, William S. · 1992
William S. Powell's pictorial history of the University of North Carolina, first published in 1979 and issued here in a third edition, revised and enlarged, by the University of North Carolina Press in 1992. Illustrations and maps, many in color, carry the account of the Chapel Hill campus, with Powell's text between them. 389 pages in a large format.
University Days of the past
Powell, William S., 1919-2015 · 1975
Delivered on University Day, October 12, 1975, William S. Powell's address looks back at earlier University Days at Chapel Hill. Seven leaves, published in the town without a named publisher. It concerns the celebrations and the history of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the short anniversary talks the campus produced each October.
The North Carolina Collection : acquisition policy
Powell, William S., 1919-2015 · 1959
A statement of acquisition policy for the North Carolina Collection, written by William S. Powell and issued at Chapel Hill in 1959. Topics include library acquisitions in North Carolina and the university library, so the document records the collecting scope set for its North Carolina material.
About William S. Powell
Recording with William S. Powell, 1983 (Chapel Hill Historical Society cassette)
1983
Historian William S. Powell, who taught North Carolina history at UNC, recorded in 1983 for the Chapel Hill Historical Society. Oral history cassette in the Society's Audiovisual Materials Collection, CHHS.012.
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