Inventory of the Edwin M. Gill Papers, 1935-1978
Collection Number 4011
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 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
- Gill, Edwin M. (Edwin Maurice), 1899-1978.
- Title
- Edwin M. Gill Papers, 1935-1978.
- Call Number
- 4011
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 30,000 items (42.5 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- 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 Edwin M. Gill Papers, #4011, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Art museums--North Carolina.
- Art--North Carolina--Societies, etc.
- Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--20th century.
- Education--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Gardner, Oliver Max, 1882-1947.
- Gill, Edwin M. (Edwin Maurice), 1899-1978.
- North Carolina Art Society.
- North Carolina Museum of Art.
- North Carolina--Economic policy.
- North Carolina--Finance.
- Parole--North Carolina.
- Roads--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Taxation--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Biographical Note
Edwin Maurice Gill was born in Laurinburg, N.C., 20 July 1899. He served in the General Assembly in 1929 and 1931 and was private secretary to Governor O. Max Gardner, 1931-1933. He was Commissioner of Paroles, 1933-1942; Commissioner of Revenue, 1942-1949; and Collector of Internal Revenue, 1950-1953. He was elected State Treasurer in 1953, an office he held until his retirement in 1977.
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Personal files maintained by Gill, circa 1933-1977, consisting of correspondence and speeches, book reviews, and other writings by him. Subjects documented include O. Max Gardner, tax structure and state finances in North Carolina, parole, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the North Carolina Art Society, and education, economic development, roads and the Democratic Party in North Carolina.