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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 300 items) |
Abstract | Guy L. Snow was born to Preston H. and Sarah Goins Snow of Mount Airy, N.C., in 1910. He graduated from Duke University. He worked as a stock broker; as a Buick dealer in Elkin, N.C., for 20 years; and at the Thompson McKinon Brokerage Firm in Winston-Salem, N.C. In 1939, Snow married Virginia McNeil, daughter of James Calvin McNeil and Daisy Badger McNeil of Bina, N.C. Virginia McNeil Snow was a graduate of the Virginia Intermount College for Women and the Bristol Commercial College. She worked as vice-president and secretary of Snow Motor Company and for the Northwestern Bank. The Snows had two sons, Guy Leighton Snow of Charlotte, N.C., and James McNeil Snow of High Point, N.C., who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 1976. Guy L. Snow died in 1989, and Virginia McNeil Snow died in 2007. The collection contains family correspondence and other materials. Correspondence, 1928-1981, includes letters discussing personal issues, education, travel, and news of family and friends. There are also grade reports, school notebooks, and drawings of Virginia McNeil Snow and James McNeil Snow; financial records; family photographs; and clippings. |
Creator | Snow (Family : Snow, Guy L. (Guy Lafayette), 1910-1989) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008
Encoded by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008
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Guy L. Snow was born to Preston H. and Sarah Goins Snow of Mount Airy, N.C., in 1910. He graduated from Duke University. He worked as a stock broker; as a Buick dealer in Elkin, N.C., for 20 years; and at the Thompson McKinon Brokerage Firm in Winston-Salem, N.C. Guy L. Snow married Virginia McNeil on 11 February 1939. Virginia McNeil Snow was born to James Calvin McNeil and Daisy Badger McNeil of Bina, N.C., in 1917. Virginia McNeil Snow was a graduate of the Virginia Intermount College for Women and the Bristol Commercial College. She worked as vice-president and secretary of Snow Motor Company and for the Northwestern Bank. The Snows had two sons, Guy Leighton Snow of Charlotte, N.C., and James McNeil Snow of High Point, N.C. James McNeil Snow graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 1976. Guy L. Snow died in 1989, and Virginia McNeil Snow died in 2007.
Back to TopThe collection contains family correspondence and other materials relating to the Snow Family of Elkin, N.C. Correspondence, 1928-1981, includes letters discussing personal issues, education, travel, and news of family and friends. The collection also contains grade reports, school notebooks, and drawings of Virginia McNeil Snow and James McNeil Snow; financial records; family photographs; and clippings.
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Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
Letters: Guy L. Snow to Virginia McNeil Snow, 1938-1968 |
Folder 3-6
Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6 |
Letters: Virginia McNeil Snow to Guy L. Snow, 1939-1946 |
Folder 7-10
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10 |
Letters: Daisy Badger McNeil to Virginia McNeil Snow, 1940-1972 |
Folder 11 |
Letters to Virginia McNeil Snow and Family, 1928-1980 |
Folder 12 |
Other Correspondence and Related Materials |
Folder 13 |
Letters: James McNeil Snow to Guy L. and Virginia McNeil Snow, 1960-1981 |
Folder 14-16
Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16 |
School Materials: Virginia McNeil Snow and James McNeil SnowIncludes grade reports, school notebooks, and drawings. |
Image Folder PF-5389/1 |
Photographs of Snow family members |
Folder 17-18
Folder 17Folder 18 |
Clippings |