Inventory of the Goodrich Wilson Marrow Papers, 1884-1927

Collection Number 1723


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Marrow, Goodrich Wilson.
Title
Goodrich Wilson Marrow Papers, 1884-1927 (bulk 1904-1919).
Call Number
1723
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 550 items (2.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Farmer and businessman of Townsville, Vance County, N.C. Business papers, mainly 1904-1919, relating to the building, operation, and dismantling of the Roanoke River Railroad; a lumber business; the Tobacco Warehouse Company; the Northwestern Telephone and Telegraph company at Townsville; and miscellaneous local enterprises. Manuscript volumes are account books, 1884-1917.


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Administrative Information

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 Goodrich Wilson Marrow Papers, #1723, 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.

Account books.
Lumber trade--North Carolina--History.
Marrow, Goodrich Wilson.
Northwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company (Townsville, N.C.)
Railroads--North Carolina--History.
Roanoke River Railroad.
Telegraph--North Carolina--History.
Telephone companies--North Carolina--History.
Tobacco Warehouse Company (Townsville, N.C.)
Tobacco--North Carolina--History.
Townsville (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Vance County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
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Biographical Note

Farmer and businessman of Townsville, Vance County, N.C.

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Collection Overview

Business papers, mainly 1904-1919, relating to the building, operation, and dismantling of the Roanoke River Railroad; a lumber business; the Tobacco Warehouse Company; the Northwestern Telephone and Telegraph company at Townsville; and miscellaneous local enterprises. Manuscript volumes are account books, 1884-1917.