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Library of the University of North Carolina
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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

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LOUIS AND MILDRED GRAVES PAPERS
Summary

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Graves, Louis, 1883-1965.
Louis and Mildred Graves papers, 1814; 1876-1976.
7,350 items (9.5 linear ft.).

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, Jr. (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.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   American newspapers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
   Chapel Hill Weekly.
   Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs--20th century.
   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 Henry, 1878-1939.
   Irvine, Allen Claywell.
   Journalists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Moses, 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.

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