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Lillian Hughes Prince

Lillian Hughes Prince moved to Chapel Hill in the 1930s with her husband, the illustrator William Meade Prince, and acted in thirty or more Carolina Playmakers productions, among them Paul Green's The House of Connelly and Our Town. She is buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery and left considerable funds to the Playmakers in her will.

Source: NCpedia: Prince, Lillian Hughes

1893–1962 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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William Meade Prince and Lillian Hughes Prince papers, 1890s-1996 (bulk 1890s-1962)

1894

Joint papers of William Meade Prince (1893-1951) and Lillian Hughes Prince (1893-1962), spanning the 1890s to 1996 with the bulk before 1962. Approximately 4,000 items in fifteen linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3660. Subjects include his book 'Southern part of heaven', Paul Green's 'Lost Colony', Howard Richardson's 'Dark of the moon', the Carolina Playmakers, the Order of Gimghoul in Chapel Hill, and women in the theater.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Prince, Lillian Hughes, 1893-1962.

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  1. William Meade Prince moves back to Chapel Hill to teach art The illustrator William Meade Prince and his wife, Lillian Hughes Prince, moved from Westport, Connecticut, to Chapel Hill, where he became a lecturer in the university's art department. People: Lillian Hughes PrinceSearch the index · Open Orange: William Meade Prince
  2. Illustrator William Meade Prince and his wife Lillian build a house in Greenwood William Meade Prince, the illustrator who taught art at the university, and his wife Lillian were building a home in the Greenwood neighborhood at the end of 1941. He lived and worked there until his death in 1951. People: Lillian Hughes PrinceSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, December 5, 1941, p. 1
  3. Lillian Hughes Prince leaves funds to the Carolina Playmakers Lillian Hughes Prince, who had acted in thirty or more Playmakers productions, left considerable funds to the Carolina Playmakers in her will. She died in New York and was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery.Search the index · NCpedia: Prince, Lillian Hughes

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