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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Pollock Irwin Papers #5255, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from W. W. Kale of Williamsburg, Va., in September 2005 (Acc. 100318).

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• Authors, American--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Burlington (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Chi Psi. Alpha Sigma Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• College students--North Carolina--Societies, etc.
• Diaries.
• Greek letter societies--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• Iran--Description and travel.
• Iran--Photographs.
• Iran--Social life and customs.
• Student activities--North Carolina--History.
• Teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Travelers--Diaries.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Societies, etc.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.
• Wilmington (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Teacher and writer Pollock Irwin was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1926. He lived in Iran, 1931-1934, where he taught at the American School in Tabriz, which was operated by the Presbyterian Church USA. These experiences formed the basis of his book, A Tar Heel in Iran (1958). Irwin later taught in Burlington and Wilmington, N.C., schools, where he was active in student theater productions. He authored "The Passion of Our Lord", an Easter play that was presented for many years in Presbyterian churches in cities where he taught.

The collection of teacher and writer Pollock Irwin includes two scrapbooks prepared by Irwin, one containing clippings and photographs from his days as a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma of Chi Psi fraternity and the other containing materials relating to Iran. Also included are a manuscript and galley proof of A Tar Heel in Iran; a 1933 travel diary and notebook from Iran; about 50 postcards from Iran, Greece, Paris, Jerusalem, and Rome; Irwin's teaching credentials; two checkbook registers; a small number of letters; photographs of Iran, productions of Irwin's Easter play, and a house, possibly Irwin's; and clippings, chiefly 1940s-1950s, relating to Christmas and Easter events, school activities, gardening, and A Tar Heel in Iran.

• Negatives
• Photographs (P-5255/1)
• Scrapbooks (S-5255/1-2)