Inventory of the Henry Lee Canfield Papers, 1921-1942

Collection Number 2456


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Canfield, Henry Lee, 1860-1942.
Title
Henry Lee Canfield Papers, 1921-1942.
Call Number
2456
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 325 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Universalist minister in Greensboro and Kinston, N.C., 1922-1936; native of Ohio. Correspondence, sermons, speeches, and articles by Canfield, concerning Universalist church matters, and Canfield's interests in race relations, capital punishment, prison reform, the blind, and other matters. Correspondents include Frank P. Graham, Lewis E. Laws, Frederick J. Libby, Howard W. Odum, George Ross Pou, Mrs. Myers Sternberger, and Gertrude Weil.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1942
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Henry Lee Canfield Papers, #2456, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Blind--Services for--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Canfield, Henry Lee, 1860-1942.
Capital punishment--United States--History--20th century.
Clergy--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972.
Greensboro (N.C.)--Religion--20th century.
Kinston (N.C.)--Religion--20th century.
Laws, Lewis E.
Libby, Frederick Joseph, 1874-
North Carolina--Social conditions.
Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954.
Pou, George Ross.
Prison reformers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Sermons, American--North Carolina.
Social reformers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Sternberger, Myers, Mrs.
United States--Race relations--20th century.
Universalist churches--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Weil, Gertrude, 1879-1971.
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Biographical Note

Universalist minister in Greensboro and Kinston, N.C., 1922-1936; native of Ohio.

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Collection Overview

Correspondence, sermons, speeches, and articles by Canfield, concerning Universalist church matters, and Canfield's interests in race relations, capital punishment, prison reform, the blind, and other matters. Correspondents include Frank P. Graham, Lewis E. Laws, Frederick J. Libby, Howard W. Odum, George Ross Pou, Mrs. Myers Sternberger, and Gertrude Weil.