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[Identification of item], in the Louis and Mildred Graves Papers, #4010, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• American newspapers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Chapel Hill weekly.
• Diaries.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Graham, Edward Kidder, 1911-1976.
• Graves, Ernest, 1880-1953.
• Graves, Julia Charlotte Hooper, 1856-1944.
• Graves, Louis, 1883-1965.
• Graves, Mildred Moses, 1892-1976.
• Graves, Ralph H., 1878-1939.
• Irvine, Allen Claywell.
• Journalists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Moses, Edward P. (Edward Pearson), 1857-1948.
• Moses, Herbert H.
• Newspaper editors--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Rees, Mary Graves, 1886-1953.
• Travelers--Diaries.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.

Personal and professional papers of Louis Graves (1883-1965), writer, journalist, and founder of the "Chapel Hill (N.C.) Weekly, "and of his wife, Mildred Moses Graves (1892-1976). Family correspondence includes letters to Louis Graves's mother, Julia Charlotte Hooper Graves (1856- 1944); his sister, Mary Graves Rees (1886-1953); and his brothers, Ralph Graves (1878-1939) and Ernest Graves (1880-1953); as well as letters to and from Mildred Graves's father, Edward Pearson Moses (1857-1948); her brother, Herbert Moses; her nephew, Edward Kidder Graham Junior (1911-1976); and her niece, Allen Claywell Irvine. Included in the professional correspondence are letters to and from writers; newspaper editors; publishers; academic figures, chiefly at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; North Carolina political figures; and readers of the "Chapel Hill Weekly." Also included are manuscript writings, clippings, photographs, and a paper-cut silhouette, 1814, of University of North Carolina buildings. Volumes include memo books, account books, photograph albums, scrapbooks, engagement calendars, address books, and travel diaries.