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People in its history
People named in events about this site, ordered by number of mentions. Each example links to an entry with a source citation.
- Clarence Pickard1 entry: Herbert Ledbetter and Clarence Pickard open Ledbetter-Pickard Stationery (between 1929 and 1933)
In the chronology
- Herbert Ledbetter and Clarence Pickard open Ledbetter-Pickard Stationery Ledbetter, a former clerk at Alfred Williams's stationery, and Clarence "Doc" Pickard, whose grocery had failed, opened the store in part of Foister's photo shop. It did well enough to move to a larger space in 1932. People: Clarence Pickard Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 245
- Joe Page becomes sole owner of Ledbetter-Pickard Stationery Page, a clerk in the East Franklin stationery store before the war, bought Herbert Ledbetter's share in 1947 and the rest of the business when Pickard died in 1958. Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 303
Research sources
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Records of the time
- Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999)cited by 2 events here
- The Chapel Hill Weekly, 1923–1972DigitalNC Search digitized issues for names and events from this site’s history
- Chapel Hill News Leader, 1954–1959DigitalNC Search digitized issues for names and events from this site’s history
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Ledbetter-Pickard Stationery Library card Search NC LIVE for this site’s names and Orange County. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access articles, e-books, and newspapers.
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- Chapel Hill Historical Society Photographs, maps and papers on Chapel Hill and Carrboro, with a research links page
- 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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