Indexed works
Works about or by John Oliver Ranson. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Ranson family papers, 1902-1977 (bulk 1910-1926)
Ranson family · 1902
Family papers of the Ransons, 1902 to 1977 with most material from 1910 to 1926. Subjects include John Oliver Ranson, who died in 1918, along with Lucius, Paul and Robert Lacy Ranson, and they cover college football and track at Chapel Hill, photographs of athletes, family life in Huntersville and Mecklenburg County, and casualties of the First World War. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5216.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Ranson, John Oliver, -1918.
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