Person in the county’s record

Isabel Smith

1906–1982 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds one work for Isabel Smith so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Old book news.

Old Book Corner (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1981 · The Old Book Corner

News and catalogs from the Old Book Corner, a Chapel Hill bookshop run by Paul and Isabel Smith, who also edited the sheet. Issue 9, from 1981, includes a brief history of the business and of the owners' careers. Volumes of 28 cm, issued by the shop.

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Life and Orange County connections

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1958 The Intimate Bookshop moves into the old Berman Department Store on East Franklin Street After Sam Berman's death, Paul and Isabel Smith moved their bookshop into the store his department store had used, the 119 East Franklin building it kept for forty years. People: Paul Smith (Intimate Bookshop), Isabel SmithSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 303
1965 Paul and Isabel Smith sell the Intimate Bookshop to Wallace Kuralt The Smiths sold the East Franklin bookshop to Kuralt but kept running a rare-book department inside the store until the end of 1968. People: Isabel SmithSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 323

Places in this person’s story

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The Intimate Bookshop Businesses, mills and venues · Chapel Hill · 2 events here

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Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 16 Orange County pages naming Isabel Smith DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Isabel Smith NC LIVE 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
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL 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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