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Size | 51 items |
Abstract | Stuart Noblin (b. 1913) was a professor of History at North Carolina State University and author of Leonidas La Fayette Polk, Agrarian Crusader (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1949). The collection includes Noblin's correspondence, 1937-1940, documenting his search for biographical material on L.L. Polk (1837-1892), North Carolina's first commissioner of agriculture, founder of the Progressive Farmer, and president of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union; and copies of some Polk papers, 1891-1892. Among the correspondents are Alex M. Arnett, Samuel A. Ashe, H.E.C. Bryant, P.A. Carter, Josephus Daniels, R.A. Doughton, Thomas Dixon, John D. Hicks, Francis Joyner, J.J. Lane, James C. Malin, W.F. Marshall, Thomas Bedford Moseley, Edward A. Oldham, Carl C. Taylor, R.T. Vann, William Allen White, and Peter Mitchell Wilson. The copies of Polk items include typed transcripts of seven items from the Donnelly Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society, consisting of four letters from Polk to Ignatius Donnelly, one letter from Polk to A.L. Stomberg, and two letters from H.E. Taubeneck to Ignatius Donnelly. |
Creator | Noblin, Stuart. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Stuart Noblin (b. 1913) received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, 1947, and was the author of Leonidas La Fayette Polk, Agrarian Crusader and other writings and articles on L. L. Polk (1837-1892), North Carolina's first commissioner of agriculture, founder of the Progressive Farmer, and president of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union.
Back to TopThe collection includes Stuart Noblin's correspondence, 1937-1940, documenting his search for biographical material on L. L. Polk; and copies of some Polk papers, 1891-1892. Among the correspondents are Alex M. Arnett, Samuel A. Ashe, H. E. C. Bryant, P. A. Carter, Josephus Daniels, R. A. Doughton, Thomas Dixon, John D. Hicks, Francis Joyner, J. J. Lane, James C. Malin, W. F. Marshall, Thomas Bedford Moseley, Edward A. Oldham, Carl C. Taylor, R. T. Vann, William Allen White, and Peter Mitchell Wilson. The copies of Polk items include typed transcripts of seven items from the Donnelly Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society, consisting of four letters from Polk to Ignatius Donnelly, one letter from Polk to A. L. Stomberg, and two letters from H. E. Taubeneck to Ignatius Donnelly.
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