Inventory of the William Davis Jones II Papers, 1907-1977

Collection Number 4015


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
Related Material
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Jones, William Davis, 1894-1977.
Title
William Davis Jones II Papers, 1907-1977.
Call Number
4015
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 3,000 items (4.5 linear feet).
Abstract
William Davis Jones II (1894-1977) was born in Belton, Mo. After World War I, he worked with various agricultural organizations, chiefly in North Carolina. He was a warehouse examiner for the United States Department of Agriculture, 1936-1950. In 1951, he became director of the Storage and Distribution Division, United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, from which he retired in 1961. Personal and family correspondence and writings of William Davis Jones II. Included is correspondence between Jones and his son, William Davis Jones III, in Raleigh, N.C.; personal and family history materials relating to the Jones and Kitchen families; job applications and employment data; volumes containing essays, diary entries, and copies of outgoing letters; and family photographs.


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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
RESTRICTED: Not fully processed. Use may require staff assistance.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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 William Davis Jones II Papers, #4015, 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.

Family--Missouri--History.
Family--Missouri--Social life and customs.
Family--North Carolina--History.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Genealogy.
Jones family.
Jones, William Davis, 1894-1977.
Jones, William Davis, 1926-
Kitchen family.
Missouri--Genealogy.
North Carolina--Genealogy.
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Related Material

See also William Davis Jones II papers (#4603) in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

William Davis Jones II (1894-1977) was born in Belton, Mo. After World War I, he worked with various agricultural organizations, chiefly in North Carolina. He was a warehouse examiner for the United States Department of Agriculture, 1936-1950. In 1951, he became director of the Storage and Distribution Division, United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, from which he retired in 1961.

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Collection Overview

Personal and family correspondence and writings of William Davis Jones II. Included is correspondence between Jones and his son, William Davis Jones III, in Raleigh, N.C.; personal and family history materials relating to the Jones and Kitchen families; job applications and employment data; volumes containing essays, diary entries, and copies of outgoing letters; and family photographs.