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Jimmie Rodgers

From the state marker
““Singing Brakeman” lived in Asheville, 1927. Began his country music career with radio broadcasts on WWNC, then 50 yds. W.”
State historical marker: P-94: Jimmie Rodgers 1897-1933

1897–1933 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Epidemiology Section, Tuberculosis Control Branch: Specialty Hospital History File

Division of Health Services · 1907

History file of the state's tuberculosis hospitals, 1907 to 1980, from the Tuberculosis Control Branch. It has minutes of the North Carolina Sanatorium System board (1923 to 1972) and its successor, the Specialty Hospitals System (1972 to 1980), with 1931 appropriations hearings and financial reports. McCain, Black Mountain, Wilson and Gravely Hospital in Chapel Hill are among the institutions.

Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933.

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Background

Historical marker P-94: Jimmie Rodgers 1897-1933NC Highway Historical Marker “Singing Brakeman” lived in Asheville, 1927. Began his country music career with radio broadcasts on WWNC, then 50 yds. W.

Records of the time

DigitalNC newspapers: 20 Orange County pages naming Jimmie Rodgers Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers

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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
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