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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Robert Gilliam Lassiter Notebooks, #3908-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the North Carolina Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June 1970.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Durgy Mine.
• Lassiter, Robert Gilliam, 1881-1936.
• Mines and mineral resources--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Mines and mineral resources--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Public works--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Public works--Virginia--History--20th century.
• Roads--Maintenance and repair--Contracting out.
• Roads--Maintenance and repair--History--20th century.
• Roads--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Roads--Virginia--History--20th century.

Robert Gilliam Lassiter (1881-1936) of Oxford, N.C., was a graduate of the Univeristy of North Carolina, a civil engineer, mining engineer, quarryman, geologist, and contractor.

The collection includes a notebook, 1909-1913, of Robert Gilliam Lassiter including notes on bids, bids of competitors, supplies and specifications for street work and engineering projects at various construction sites, mostly in towns and cities in North Carolina and Virginia; and a volume, 1909-1910, of production records and ore shipments for "Durgy Mine," location unknown, but presumed to be in Granville or Person County, N.C., or in Halifax or Mecklenburg County, Va.