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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Thomas James Lassiter Papers, #3852-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Acquisitions Information

Received from Thomas J. Lassiter, Jr., of Smithfield, N.C., April 1975.

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

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• College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore, Md.)--Students--History--19th century.
• College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Lassiter, Thomas James, 1869-1920.
• Medical students--Maryland--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Teachers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.

Thomas James Lassiter (1869-1920) of Johnston County, N.C., was the son of William G. and Bettie Woodall Lassiter. He graduated from the Turlington Institute in Smithfield, N.C., and taught school in various schools in Johnston County and also in Louisiana. When he returned from Louisiana in December 1895 he joined the Smithfield Herald where he became a partner. He married Rena Bingham in June 1908, and they had two sons, William and Tom.

The collection includes letters to Thomas James Lassiter from four friends from Johnston County who were studying at the University of North Carolina and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Md., giving accounts of student activities and interests and mentioning courses, teachers, social life, travel, and living conditions. Correspondents include William Troy Turlington (born 1866), George Andrew Hood, Elonzo Borden Grantham (1869-1931), and Willis Hinton Austin.