Inventory of the Leonard Earl Fields Papers, 1927-1984

Collection Number 4415


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Items Separated
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
Fields, Leonard Earl.
Title
Leonard Earl Fields Papers, 1927-1984
Call Number
4415
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 200
Linear Feet: 0.5
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.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Received from the estate of Leonard Earl Fields, Chapel Hill, N.C., in March 1985 (Acc. 85036).
Processing Information
Processed by: Mitchell Ducey and Kathryn Roth, August 1985 and October 2007
Encoded by: Kathryn Roth, October 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Leonard Earl Fields Papers #4415, 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.

Agriculture--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History.
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Farm tenancy--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Fields, Leonard Earl.
Kinston (N.C.)--History.
Physicians--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Tenant farmers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Basketball--Photographs.
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Biographical Note

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.

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Collection Overview

The 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.

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Items Separated

Photographs (P-4415/Folder 1)

Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1927-1984.
About 200 items.
Folder 1-3
Correspondence and related materials of Leonard and Sarah Fields, 1927-1981
Bulk 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
Diplomas
Post graduate diplomas and other certificates of Leonard Fields.
Folder 5
Farm Account
Invoices, 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 Book
Names, numbers, addresses, and birthdays of the Fields' acquaintances.
Folder 8
Other Papers, 1942-1973
Financial records, notes, and contact lists.
Image Folder P-4415/Folder 1
Photographs

1957 University of North Carolina men's basketball team arriving home after the winning NCAA championship game
Individual, 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.

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