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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
Abstract | Leonard Earl Fields was born in 1897 in Kinston, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina for his undergraduate degree, 1917-1921, and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1929. He married Sarah Beckton Stanley in 1924. Fields became a practicing physician in 1930 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He served as an examining physician for the Selective Service System in Orange County, N.C., during World War II. Fields died in September 1984. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and other papers. The bulk of the letters are from the Fields' tenant farmer and have information pertaining to the family farm in Kinston, N.C., including weather, planting schedules, and finances. There are photographs of Leonard and Sarah Fields, as well as a photograph of the 1957 University of North Carolina men's basketball team arriving home after winning the NCAA championship game. The photograph shows Sarah Fields holding a flag in the center of the welcoming crowd. There are also financial records, newspaper clippings, and other items. |
Creator | Fields, Leonard Earl. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Mitchell Ducey and Kathryn Roth, August 1985 and October 2007
Encoded by: Kathryn Roth, October 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, November 2009
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Leonard Earl Fields was born on 20 June 1897 in Kinston, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina for his undergraduate degree, 1917-1921, and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1929. He married Sarah Beckton Stanley in 1924. Fields became a practicing physician in 1930 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He served as an examining physician for the Selective Service System in Orange County, N.C., during World War II. Fields died on 19 September 1984.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, photographs, and other papers of physician Leonard Earl Fields of Chapel Hill, N.C. The bulk of the letters are from the Fields' tenant farmer and have information pertaining to the family farm in Kinston, N.C., including weather, planting schedules, and finances. There are photographs of Leonard and Sarah Fields as well as a photograph of the 1957 University of North Carolina men's basketball team arriving home after winning the NCAA championship game. The photograph shows Sarah Fields holding a flag in the center of the welcoming crowd. There are also financial records, newspaper clippings, and other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1927-1972Bulk of the letters are from the Fields' tenant farmer, who discusses the news on the farm including finances, the weather, and planting schedules. |
Folder 2 |
1973-1981Bulk of the letters are from the Fields' tenant farmer, who discusses the news on the farm including finances, the weather, and planting schedules. |
Folder 3 |
Miscellaneous and undatedBulk of the letters are from the Fields' tenant farmer, who discusses the news on the farm including finances, the weather, and planting schedules. |
Folder 4 |
DiplomasPost graduate diplomas and other certificates of Leonard Fields. |
Folder 5 |
Farm AccountInvoices, financial records, correspondence, and other papers relating specifically to the Fields' family farm in Kinston, N.C. The letters discuss problems on the farm such as supplies and planting schedules for tobacco and cotton. |
Folder 6 |
Newspaper Clippings, 1930-1984 |
Folder 7 |
Birthday BookNames, numbers, addresses, and birthdays of the Fields' acquaintances. |
Folder 8 |
Other Papers, 1942-1973Financial records, notes, and contact lists. |
Image Folder P-4415/1 |
PhotographsIndividual, group, and snapshot photographs of Leonard and Sarah Fields. Included are a baby photograph, photographs from their travels, and a photograph of Leonard with his University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine classmates, circa 1925-1927. There is also a photograph of the 1957 University of North Carolina men's basketball team arriving home after winning the NCAA championship game, which shows Sarah Fields holding a flag in the center of the welcoming crowd. |