Address
James Reston, the New York Times columnist, gave the University Day address at Chapel Hill on October 12, 1968, the anniversary of the university's founding, and the university News Bureau issued the text on nine leaves.
Person in the county’s record
James Reston
1909–1995 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for James Reston so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
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By James Reston
About James Reston
Norval Neil Luxon papers, circa 1930-1989.
Norval Neil Luxon (1899-1989) was a faculty member at Chapel Hill and Ohio State University, and his papers, circa 1930 to 1989, run to about 12,800 items in 15.5 linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4585. Journalists fill the subject list, among them James Reston, Vermont Royster, Clifton Daniel, Gerald W. Johnson, Sam Ragan and Holt McPherson, with William C. Friday and Gail Godwin also named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Reston, James, 1909-1995.
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Records of the time
- DigitalNC newspapers: 253 Orange County pages naming James Reston Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for James Reston Library card An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
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