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[Identification of item], in the Mrs. Earl Lewis Diaries #5408, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift from Mark Anthony Pace in September 2008 (Acc. 101039).

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• Diaries.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Farmers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Knightdale (N.C.)--History.
• Knightdale (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Lewis family.
• Lewis, Earl, Mrs.
• Tobacco farmers--North Carolina.
• Tobacco--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Women--North Carolina--Diaries.
• Women--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Mrs. Earl Lewis of Knightdale, N.C., was a homemaker and community volunteer active with her church and the local parent-teacher association, in the early 1950s. The Lewis family appears to have been involved in tobacco cultivation.

The collection consists of two diaries, one each for the years 1951 and 1952, kept by Mrs. Earl Lewis of Knightdale, N.C. Diary entries document household chores, farm work, community activities, and family life.