Richard Gaither Walser Papers Inventory (#4168)

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

Collection Information


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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Date Completed:
October 1989
Encoded by:
Jackie Dean

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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Richard Gaither Walser Papers (#4168) 1918-1988
Creator
Walser, Richard Gaither, 1908- .
Extent
About 27,800 items (32.5 linear feet)
Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Abstract
Richard Gaither Walser (1908-1988) was a professor of English at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and author of numerous works, chiefly relating to North Carolina's literary heritage. The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials chiefly relating to North Carolina' literary heritage. Files on individual authors and literary subjects dominate, with special emphasis on the life and works of Thomas Wolfe. Other authors represented in the collection include Doris Betts, Helen Bevington, James Boyd, Richard Chase, Jonathan Daniels, Wilma Dykeman, Charles Edward Eaton, John Ehle, Paul Green, Bernice Kelly Harris, George Moses Horton, Gerald W. Johnson, Frederick H. Koch, Guy Owen, Robert C. Ruark, Wilbur D. Steele, Hardin E. Taliaferro, and Jonathan Williams. There is also material on North Carolina folklore and other topics not directly connected to literature. A small number of items relate to Walser's life as a student at the University of North Carolina and to his service with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II.
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Administrative Information

Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Provenance
Received from Richard Gaither Walser, 1979-1985, and from the estate of Richard Gaither Walser in 1989.
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Online Catalog Terms

Authors, American--North Carolina.
Betts, Doris.
Bevington, Helen Smith, 1906- .
Boyd, James, 1888-1944.
Chase, Richard, 1904- .
Daniels, Jonathan, 1902- .
Dykeman, Wilma.
Eaton, Charles Edward, 1916- .
Ehle, John, 1925- .
Folklore--North Carolina.
Green, Paul, 1894-1981.
Harris, Bernice Kelly.
Horton, George Moses, 1708?-1880?
Johnson, Gerald W. (Gerald White), 1890-1980.
Koch, Frederick Henry, 1877-1944.
Literature--History and criticism.
North Carolina--Literature.
North Carolina State University--Faculty--History--20th century.
Owen, Guy, 1925- .
Ruark, Robert Chester, 1915-1965.
Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886-1970.
Taliaferro, Hardin E., 1811-1875.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--20th century.
Walser, Richard Gaither, 1908- .
Williams, Jonathan, 1929- .
Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.
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Biographical Note

Richard Gaither Walser was born in Lexington, North Carolina, in 1908, the son of state Attorney General Zeb Vance Walser and Estelle Adderton Walser. He attended Davidson College for one year, and then transferred to the University of North Carolina, from which he was graduated in 1929. He received an MA from the University in 1933.

Walser taught English in Linwood, Lexington, Durham, and Greenville, North Carolina, high schools until 1942, when he enlisted in the United States Navy. Returning from service with the United States Naval Reserve, he taught briefly at the University of North Carolina before joining the English faculty at North Carolina State University in 1946. He retired from teaching in 1970. He died in 1988.

During his teaching career and continuing after retirement, Walser was a strong advocate for North Carolina culture, with particular emphasis on the state's literary heritage. Tom Wicker called Walser "the evangelist of North Carolina writing "(Winston- Salem Journal, 5 August 1956) and W.C. Burton dubbed him North Carolina's "anthologist laureate" (Greensboro Daily News, 12 March 1978. Walser wrote or edited more than 30 books during his career, most of them collections of works relating to various aspects of North Carolina life and literature. He also explored the work of several North Carolina writers more intensely, however, producing major works on Thomas Wolfe, George Moses Horton, and William Hill Brown.

Walser was interested in folklore studies and was an active member of the North Carolina Folklore Society. He also held active membership in many organizations dedicated to teaching, writing, and history, among them the North Carolina English Teachers Society, North Carolina Writers Conference, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, the Watauga Club of Raleigh, and the Historical Society of North Carolina. Walser received numerous fellowships and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957 and the North Carolina Award for Literature in 1976.

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Collection Overview

This collection consists chiefly of Walser's working files on individual authors (Series 1) and subjects (Series 2). Materials (correspondence, clippings, and other items) generated in the course of producing some of his major works, chiefly anthologies, is filed in Series 3, with the texts of a few published and unpublished shorter works that do not relate to a particular writer or subject. Texts of writings that do relate to a specific individual or subject are filed in Series 1 or 2 as appropriate. There are some slightly more personal items in Series 4, but information about Walser's private life, outside of slight information about his student days, is rare. Materials relating to his naval career consist, for the most part, of records documenting troop movements and other impersonal military matters.

The files in Series 1 and 2 are the result of years of compiling information about North Carolina culture, with special concentration on its literary heritage. Individual files are sometimes composed entirely of printed matter relating to the author in question, chiefly clippings from newspapers and journals. There are many instances, however, where original correspondence with these authors or others knowledgeable about them appears. Files with correspondence that may be of interest have been starred in the folder list for this series. Subject file titles (most of which were created by Walser) should be read as through the words "North Carolina" were appended to them; with few exceptions, all material in this series treats subjects in the context of North Carolina culture. These files also include items relating to organizations in which Walser was active. Much of the material in Series 1 and 2 was used by Walser to produce the writings documented in Series 3 and other works that are not represented in that series.

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Organization of Collection

1. Individual files
2. Subject files
3. Writings
4. Other papers
4.1. Correspondence
4.2. Scrapbook, diary, travel journal
4.3. Speaking engagements
4.4. United States Naval Reserve
4.5. Clippings
4.6. Genealogy
4.7. Miscellaneous
5. Pictures

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Series Descriptions

1. Individual files, 1930s-1980s.

About 18,000 items.
Chiefly correspondence, clippings, and writings of Walser and others about the writers, chiefly North Carolinians, listed below. Clippings from newspapers and other printed sources predominate. Asterisks indicate folders containing substantive correspondence either with or about the author in question. Folder titles are those used by Walser.
   Folder 1
*Abernethy, Arthur Talmage
   Folder 2
Abrams, W. Amos
   Folder 3
Ackley, Randall
   Folder 4
*Adams, Agatha Boyd
   Folder 5
Adams, Cynthia DeFord
   Folder 6
Adcock, Betty
   Folder 7
Ader, Paul
   Folder 8
Alderman, Edwin
   Folder 9
Allen, Sarah S.
   Folder 10
Alley, Felix
   Folder 11
Ammons, A.R.
   Folder 12
Anderson, Henry
   Folder 13
Anderson, Sherwood
   Folder 14
Applewhite, James
   Folder 15
Arnett, Ethel Stephens
   Folder 16
Arthur, Billy
   Folder 17
Ashe, Smauel A'Court
   Folder 18
Aswell, Edward C.
   Folder 19
Athas, Daphne
   Folder 20
*Atkins, Stewart
   Folder 21
Avery, Isaac Erwin
   Folder 22
Badger, J. Lawrence
   Folder 23
*Bahnson, Agnew
   Folder 24
Baily, Waldron
   Folder 25
*Baity, Elizabeth Chesley
   Folder 26
Baker, Emma
   Folder 27
Banning, Margaret Culkin
   Folder 28
*Barnwell, Robinson
   Folder 29
*Barrie, Donald
   Folder 30
*Barringer, Bugs
   Folder 31
*Bartlett, Paul
   Folder 32
Bartram, John and William
   Folder 33
Bassett, John Spencer
   Folder 34
Basso, Hamilton
   Folder 35
Battle, Dossey
   Folder 36
Battle, Kemp Plummer
   Folder 37
*Bayes, Ronald H.
   Folder 38
*Beaman, Joyce Proctor
   Folder 39
*Bell, Corydon and Thelma Harrington
   Folder 40
*Bell, Holley Mackie, II
   Folder 41
*Bell, Mae Woods
   Folder 42
Bennett, Peggy
   Folder 43
*Bernstein, Aline and Klein, Carole
   Folder 44-45
*Betts, Doris
   Folder 46
*Bevington, Helen
   Folder 47
*Bishop, Don
   Folder 48
Bittle, Camilla
   Folder 49
*Bjorkman, Edwin
   Folder 50
*Blackstock, Walter
   Folder 51
*Blair, John Fries
   Folder 52
Blomquist, H.L.
   Folder 53
*Blount, Charlotte
   Folder 54-55
*Blythe, LeGette
   Folder 56
*Bonitz, Fred
   Folder 57
Bonner, John Henry
   Folder 58
Bowman, Robert A.
   Folder 59
*Boyd, James
Boyd, Madeleine (See: Hoagland, Clayton)
   Folder 60
Boyd, William Kenneth
   Folder 61
Bradbury, Ray
   Folder 62
*Bragaw, John
   Folder 63
*Brandon, Evan
   Folder 64
*Brantley, Russell
   Folder 65
Brawley, Benjamin
   Folder 66
Brett, Catherine
   Folder 67
*Brewer, John Mason
   Folder 68
Brickell, John
   Folder 69
*Bridgers, Ann Preston
   Folder 70
*Broadfoot, Thomas
   Folder 71
*Brockman, Zoe K.
   Folder 72
Brodin, Pierre
   Folder 73
Brookhouse, Christopher
   Folder 74
Brooks, A.L.
   Folder 75
*Brown, Bob
   Folder 76
Brown, Marion
   Folder 77-80
*Brown, William Hill
   Folder 81
*Browning, Dixie
   Folder 82
Bunting, John N.
   Folder 83
Burch, Viola S.
   Folder 84
Burgess, Jackson
   Folder 85
*Burgwyn, Mebane H.
   Folder 86-87
Burke, Thomas
   Folder 88
*Burt, Struthers and Newlin, Katherine
   Folder 89
Burton, W.C.
   Folder 90
Byrd, Sam
   Folder 91
Byrd, William
   Folder 92
Calapai, Letterio
   Folder 93
*Canady, Julia
   Folder 94
Cannon, Marion
   Folder 95
*Carroll, Ruth and Latrobe
   Folder 96
Carroll, Walter
   Folder 97
Cash, W.J.
   Folder 98
Catesby, Mark
   Folder 99
Chaloner, John Armstrong
   Folder 100
Chamberlain, Hope Summerell
   Folder 101
*Champion, Myra
   Folder 102-103
Chappell, Fred
   Folder 104
*Chase, Richard
   Folder 105
Cheshire, Joseph Blount
   Folder 106
Chestnutt, Charles W.
   Folder 107
Clarke, Jim
   Folder 108
Clarke, Mary B.
   Folder 109
*Clarvoe, Frank A.
   Folder 110
Clay, J.W.
   Folder 111
Cleaver, Vera and Bill
   Folder 112
Coates, Albert
   Folder 113
Cobb, Irvin S.
   Folder 114
*Cobb, Lucy Maria
   Folder 115
Cobb, Needham Bryan
   Folder 116
Cobb, William E.
   Folder 117
Cochran, Hamilton
   Folder 118
Cohn, David L.
   Folder 119
*Coker, Elizabeth Boatwright
   Folder 120
*Coker, Robert E.
   Folder 121
Coleman, Elliot
   Folder 122
Coleman, Lonnie
   Folder 123
Conner, R.D.W.
   Folder 124
Conrad, Barnaby
   Folder 125
Coogler, J. Gordon
   Folder 126
Copeland, Helen
   Folder 127
Corbitt, D.L.
   Folder 128
Cotton, Sally Southall
   Folder 129
*Councilman, Emily
   Folder 130
Craven, Braxton
   Folder 131
Credle, Ellis
   Folder 132
Creecy, Richard Benbury
   Folder 133
Crisp, Lucy Cherry
   Folder 134
*Cushman, Rebecca
   Folder 135
Daly, Augustin
   Folder 136-137
*Daniels, Jonathan
   Folder 138
Daniels, Josephus
   Folder 139
Daniels, Lucy
   Folder 140
*Dargon, Olive Tilford
   Folder 141
*Davidson, Chalmers
   Folder 142-144
*Davis, Burke
   Folder 145
Davis, Chester
   Folder 146
Davis, James
   Folder 147
*Davis, Lambert
   Folder 148
Davis, Rebecca Harding
   Folder 149
Debram, W.E.
   Folder 150
*Dejong, David
   Folder 151
DeJong, Meindart
   Folder 152
DeVoto, Bernard
   Folder 153
*Dickson, Frank A.
   Folder 154
Dill, A.T.
   Folder 155
*Dixon, Thomas
   Folder 156
*Doar, Harriet
   Folder 157
Dodd, William E.
   Folder 158-159
*Donald, David Herbert
Dorian, Sylvester (See: Holland Brett)
   Folder 160-161
Dugger, Shepherd Monroe
   Folder 162
*Dula, Lucile Noell
   Folder 163
Duncan, Eula G.
   Folder 164
Dupree, Louis
   Folder 165
Durham, Earnest C.
   Folder 166
*Dykeman, Wilma
   Folder 167
*Earnshaw, Edith
   Folder 168-169
*Eaton, Charles Edward
   Folder 170
Edgerton, Clyde
   Folder 171-172
*Ehle, John
   Folder 173
Elam, William C.
   Folder 174
Ellis, Milton
   Folder 175
Emery, Sarah W.
   Folder 176
Erskine, Emma P.
   Folder 177
Ervin, Sam
   Folder 178
Ethridge, Willie S.
   Folder 179-180
Evans, C.N.B.
   Folder 181
Evans, Elizabeth
   Folder 182
*Fairbanks, Marjorie C.
   Folder 183
*Fallon, Eugene A.
   Folder 184
*Faulkner, William
   Folder 185
Ferber, Edna
   Folder 186
Ferrel, Anderson
   Folder 187
*Field, Julia
   Folder 188
Field, Leslie A.
   Folder 189-190
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
   Folder 191
Fitz-simons, Foster
   Folder 191a
*Fleetham, David
   Folder 192-196
*Fletcher, Inglis
   Folder 197
Foerster, Norman
   Folder 198
*Forbus, Ina
   Folder 199
Fowler, Robert
   Folder 200
Frankel, Ernest
   Folder 201
Freeman, Ozell
   Folder 202
Fries, Adelaide Lisetta
   Folder 203
Frings, Ketti
   Folder 204
Frost, Robert
   Folder 205
Frye, Jesse
   Folder 206
*Fulenwider, John
   Folder 207
Fuller, Edwin
   Folder 208
Gales, Joseph
   Folder 209
Garcilaso de la Vega
Gardner, Angela Davis (See: Davis, Burke)
   Folder 210
Garner, Edward
   Folder 211
Gaston, William
   Folder 212
Gay, James
   Folder 213
Gibbons, Kaye
   Folder 214
Gilbert, Katharine
   Folder 215
*Gilkes, Lillian
   Folder 216
*Gillet, Mary
   Folder 217
Ginns, Patsy
   Folder 218
*Gitlin, Paul
   Folder 219
Godfrey, Thomas
   Folder 220
Godwin, Gail
   Folder 221
Goerch, Carl
Goforth, Frances (See: Richardson, Howard)
   Folder 222
Gold, Daisy
   Folder 223-224
Golden, Harry
   Folder 225
Gorsline, Douglas
   Folder 226
Gordon, Ian
   Folder 227
Graham, Billy
   Folder 228
Graves, Louis
   Folder 229
Gray, Elizabeth Janet
   Folder 230
Green, Charlotte Hilton
   Folder 231
*Green, Paul
   Folder 232
Grimsley, Linda
   Folder 233
Haas, Ben
   Folder 234
*Hagan, John
   Folder 235
*Halberstadt, John
   Folder 236
Hall, Clement
   Folder 237
*Hall, Jay
   Folder 238
Hall, Thomas Harminson
   Folder 239
Halyburton, Ed
   Folder 240
Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulac
   Folder 241
*Hancock, Alice and Mary
   Folder 242
*Hanes, Frank Borden
   Folder 243
Hannum, Alberta Pierson
   Folder 244
Hanson, Howard Gordon
   Folder 245
*Harden, John
   Folder 246
Hardison, O.B.
   Folder 247
Hardy, William and Melissa
   Folder 248
Hargrove, Marion
   Folder 249
Hariot, Thomas
   Folder 250
Harman, Henry E.
   Folder 251
Harmon, William
   Folder 252
Harrell, William Bernard
Harrington, Thelma (See: Bell, Corydon)
   Folder 253-258
*Harris, Bernice K.
   Folder 259
Harris, Bertha
   Folder 260
Harris, Gina G.
   Folder 261
Harris, Hunter Lee
   Folder 262
*Harris, R.P.
   Folder 263
Harrisse, Henry
   Folder 264
Hart, Alban J.
   Folder 265
Hartley, Lodwick
   Folder 266
Hartsell, Earl H.
   Folder 267
Hatchett, William
   Folder 268
Hay, Jacob
   Folder 269
Hay, James, Jr.
   Folder 270
Hayden, Hiram
   Folder 271
Hayes, Hubert
   Folder 272
*Hayne, Paul Hamilton
   Folder 273
Haywood, Marshall DeLancey
   Folder 274
Hedden, Worth Tuttle
   Folder 275
Helper, Hinton Rowan
   Folder 276
Hemingway, Ernest
   Folder 277
*Henderson, Archibald
   Folder 278
Henderson, Philo P.
   Folder 279-281
Henry, O.
   Folder 282
Hentz, Caroline Lee and Nicholas Marcellus
   Folder 283
Herrington, William D.
   Folder 284
*Hewitt, Andrew
   Folder 285
Hill, Theodore Hunter
   Folder 286
Hintz, Naomi A.
   Folder 287-288
*Hoagland, Clayton
   Folder 289
Hobbs, S.H.
   Folder 290
*Hodges, Betty
   Folder 291
*Hoffman, Peggy
   Folder 292
Holden, William W.
   Folder 293
Holland, Brett
   Folder 294
Hollingsworth, Jesse G.
   Folder 295-296
*Holman, C. Hugh
   Folder 297
*Holmes, E.P.
   Folder 298
*Hooks, Arah
   Folder 299
Hooper, Johnson Jones
   Folder 300
*Horne, Phillip
   Folder 301-307
*Horton, George Moses
   Folder 308-309
*Horton, George Moses--The Black Poet (Walser, 1966)
   Folder 310
*House, Robert
   Folder 311
*Houston, Noel
   Folder 312
*Hoyle, Bernadette
   Folder 313
Hubbell, Jay B.
   Folder 314
*Hudson, Arthur Palmer
   Folder 315
Huggins, Edith Warren
   Folder 316
*Hughes, Hatcher
   Folder 317
Hulme, Francis Pledger
   Folder 318
Huneycutt, Arch
   Folder 319
*Hunt, Mabel Leigh
   Folder 320-321
*Hunter, Kermit
   Folder 322
Hunter, Rixie
   Folder 323
Hurston, Zora Neale
   Folder 324
*Hutchison, Stuart
   Folder 325
Hyman, Mac
   Folder 326
*Hyman, Stella B.
   Folder 327
*Idol, John L., Jr.
   Folder 328
Inman, William A.
   Folder 329
*Ives, Ulmont
   Folder 330
*Jackson, Jesse (writer of children's books)
   Folder 331-332
*Jarrell, Randall
   Folder 333
Jefferies, Susan H.
   Folder 334
Jeffreys, Raymond J.
   Folder 335
Jenks, Almet
   Folder 336
*Johnson, F. Roy
   Folder 337
*Johnson, Gerald
   Folder 338
Johnson, Pamela Hansford
   Folder 339
Johnston, Carol
   Folder 340
Jones, Decatur
   Folder 341
*Jones, Hamilton C.
   Folder 342
Jones, Weimar
   Folder 343
*Kennedy, Richard
   Folder 344
*Kennedy, X.J.
   Folder 345
Kephart, Horace
   Folder 346
Kerouac, Jack
   Folder 347
Kessel, John J.
   Folder 348
Key, Alexander
   Folder 349
Kimzey, Ardis
   Folder 350
Kirkland, Winifred M.
   Folder 351
Kizer, Carolyn
Klein, Carole (See: Bernstein, Aline)
   Folder 352
Knight, Edgar W.
   Folder 353
*Knox, Joe
   Folder 354
*Knox, Rose B.
   Folder 355
Koch, Dorothy
   Folder 356
*Koch, Frederick H.
   Folder 357
*Kodaira, Takashi
   Folder 358
Lanier, Sidney
   Folder 359
Lanman, John
   Folder 360
Latham, Edythe
   Folder 361
Lathrop, George Parson
   Folder 362
*Lathrop, Virginia T.
   Folder 363-364
Lawson, John
   Folder 365
*Layton, James S.
   Folder 366
Lederer, John
   Folder 367
Lefler, Hugh
   Folder 368
Lehman, Emma A.
   Folder 369
Leighton, Clare
   Folder 370
*Leonard, Burgess
   Folder 371
Lewis, Nell Battle
   Folder 372-373
Linney, Romulus
   Folder 374
Lockridge, Richard
   Folder 375
Longmeyer, Carole Marsh
   Folder 376
Lovejoy, J. Madison
   Folder 377
Macauley, Robie
   Folder 378
*MacDuffie, Laurette
   Folder 379
*MacLeod, Norman
   Folder 380
MacNeill, Ben Dixon
   Folder 381
MacRae, John
   Folder 382
Madison, Dolley
   Folder 383-387
*Magi, Aldo
   Folder 388
*Mahoney, John
   Folder 389
Malone, Michael
   Folder 390
*Malone, Ted
   Folder 391
Marcus, Adrianne
   Folder 392
Maron, Margaret
   Folder 393
Marquand, John
   Folder 394
Marshall, Edison
   Folder 395
Marshall, Robert K.
   Folder 396
Martenet, May Davies
   Folder 397
Martin, Alexander
   Folder 398
Martin, Leonora
   Folder 399
*Mason, Julian
   Folder 400
Mason, Mary Ann
   Folder 401
Maupin, Armistead
   Folder 402
McCall, Adeline
   Folder 403
McConnaughey, James
   Folder 404
McCorkle, Jill
   Folder 405
McCorkle, Sarah Tallulah (Lutie)
   Folder 406
McCoy, George W., Jr.
   Folder 407
McCullers, Carson
   Folder 408
McGirt, James E.
   Folder 409-411
*McGirt, William A.
   Folder 412
McIlwain, William
   Folder 413
McKenna, Richard
   Folder 414
*McKnight, John P.
   Folder 415-420
McNeill, John Charles
   Folder 421-422
*Medley, Mary L.
   Folder 423
*Meehan, James
   Folder 424
Merrick, Eliot
   Folder 425
*Metcalf, Paul
   Folder 426
Miller, Caroline
   Folder 427
*Miller, Heather Ross
   Folder 428
Miller, Helen Topping
   Folder 429
Mills, Charles
   Folder 430
*Mines, Robert
   Folder 431
*Mitchell, Joseph
   Folder 432
*Moore, Bertha
   Folder 433
Moore, Ida
   Folder 434
Moore, John Wheeler
   Folder 435
*Moose, Ruth
   Folder 436
Morehouse, Kathleen
   Folder 437
*Morgan, Fred
   Folder 438
Morgan, Robert
   Folder 439
Morly, Margaret
   Folder 440
Morphis, Sam
   Folder 441
Morrah, Dave
   Folder 442
*Morrison, Deane
   Folder 443
*Mostowski, Jan S.
   Folder 444
*Mozingo, Edgar
   Folder 445
Muller, Herbert J.
   Folder 446
*Murphy, Isabel
   Folder 447
*Murray, Elizabeth Reid
   Folder 448
Murray, Pauli
Newlin, Katherine (See: Burt, Struthers)
   Folder 449
Newman, Paul Baker
   Folder 450
Newsom, D.W.
   Folder 451
Newton, Suzanne
   Folder 452
*Niggli, Josephina
   Folder 453
*Nixon, Sallie
   Folder 454
*Norris, Hoke
   Folder 455
Nowell, Elizabeth
   Folder 456
Nye, Bill
   Folder 457
Oates, John A.
   Folder 458
Odum, Howard Washington
   Folder 459
*Oldham, Edward A.
   Folder 460
*Olds, Helen D.
   Folder 461
Olmsted, Stanley
   Folder 462
Olson, Charles
   Folder 463
*Ovid
   Folder 464
Oviedo
   Folder 465-469
*Owen, Guy
   Folder 470
*Page, Hubbard Fulton
   Folder 471
Page, Walter Hines
   Folder 472
*Parker, Roy, Jr.
   Folder 473
Parramore, Barbara and Thomas
   Folder 474
Parris, John
   Folder 475
*Patterson, Daniel W.
   Folder 476
Pattilo, Henry
   Folder 477
*Patton, Frances Gray
   Folder 478
*Payne, Anne Blackwell
   Folder 479
Pearce, T.H.
   Folder 480-483
*Pearson, James Larkin
   Folder 484
Pearson, T.R.
   Folder 485
Peattie, Elia W.
   Folder 486
Peele, William Joseph
   Folder 487
Perkins, Maxwell
   Folder 488-489
*Peterson, Mattie J.
   Folder 490
Phillips, Jane
   Folder 491-492
*Phillipson, John S.
   Folder 493
Pierce, Ovid Williams
   Folder 494
*Pingel, Martha
   Folder 495
*Pinnix, Hannah C.
   Folder 496
Poe, Clarence
   Folder 497
*Polk, William T.
   Folder 498
Polsky, Thomas
   Folder 499
Pory, John
   Folder 500-501
Poteat, Edwin McNeill
   Folder 502
Poteat, Hubert M.
   Folder 503
Poteat, William L.
   Folder 504
Potter, Robert
   Folder 505
Powell, Talmage
   Folder 506
*Powell, William S.
   Folder 507
*Preston, George R.
   Folder 508-509
Price, Reynolds
   Folder 510
Pridgen, Tim
   Folder 511
Prince, William M.
   Folder 512
*Pugh, Jesse F.
   Folder 513
Pugh, Mabel
   Folder 514
Ragan, Sam
   Folder 515
Redding, J. Saunders
   Folder 516
Reeves, Campbell
   Folder 517
*Reeves, Paschal
   Folder 518
Rehder, Jessie
   Folder 519
Reid, Christian
   Folder 520
*Reid, Elizabeth
   Folder 521
Rhine, Joseph B.
   Folder 522
Rhodes, William H.
   Folder 523
Richardson, Frank H.
   Folder 524
Richardson, Howard
   Folder 525
*Ricks, Peirson
   Folder 526
Roberts, Nancy and Bruce
   Folder 527
Robinson, Benjamin
   Folder 528
Robinson, Blackwell P.
   Folder 529
*Rogers, Lettie
   Folder 530
*Rogers, Lou
   Folder 531
Rooke, Leon
   Folder 532
*Ross, Fred, James, and Eleanor (See also: Taylor, Peter)
   Folder 533
Rounds, Glen
   Folder 534
*Rountree, Moses
   Folder 535
Royster, Vermont
   Folder 536
*Ruark, Robert
   Folder 537-538
*Rubin, Louis, Jr.
   Folder 539
Russell, Phillips
   Folder 540
Salinger, Herman
   Folder 541-544
Sandburg, Carl
   Folder 545
Sandburg, Helga
   Folder 546
Saunders, William Laurence
   Folder 547
Saunders, W.O.
   Folder 548-549
Sawyer, Lemuel
   Folder 550
Schaw, Janet
   Folder 551
*Scheer, George and Julian
   Folder 552
*Schneider, Duane
   Folder 553
Schöpfel, Johan W.A.
   Folder 554
*Schorr, Laura Howell
   Folder 555
*Schumann, Marguerite
   Folder 556
Seawell, Chub
   Folder 557
Seeman, Ernest
   Folder 558
*Sharpe, William
   Folder 559
Shaw, Bynum
   Folder 560
*Shepherd, Lilla Vass
   Folder 561
Sheppard, Muriel Early
   Folder 562
Shivers, Louise
   Folder 563
Shore, Mary Lee
   Folder 564
*Schull, Charles
   Folder 565
*Sieber, Hal A.
   Folder 566
Simms, William Gilmore
   Folder 567
*Sims, Marian
   Folder 568
Skipp, Francis E.
   Folder 569-570
Slaughter, Frank
   Folder 571
*Slaughter, Ted
   Folder 572
Sledd, Benjamin F.
   Folder 573
*Smaw, Owen Meredith
   Folder 574
Smith, Betty
   Folder 575
Smith, Charles Alphonso
   Folder 576
Smith, Edith H.
   Folder 577
*Smith, Frances
   Folder 578
Smith, Lee
   Folder 579
*Smith, Paul and Bunny
   Folder 580
Snow, A.C.
   Folder 581
*Spearman, Walter
   Folder 582
Speas, Jan Cox
   Folder 583
Spencer, Cornelia P.
   Folder 584
Stallings, Laurence
   Folder 585
Starbuck, Victor
   Folder 586
Steele, Max
   Folder 587
*Steele, Wilbur Daniel
   Folder 588-590
*Stem, Thad
   Folder 591
*Stephenson, Gilbert T.
   Folder 592
Stephenson, Shelby
   Folder 593-594
*Stick, David
   Folder 595
Stockard, Henry Jerome
   Folder 596
*Strange, David
   Folder 597-598
*Strange, Robert
   Folder 599
*Street, James H.
   Folder 600
*Street, Julia Montgomery
   Folder 601
Styron, William
   Folder 602
*Summerow, Dorothy E.
   Folder 603
Sydnor, Charles S.
   Folder 604-610
*Taliafero, Hardin E.
   Folder 611
*Taylor, Peter and Eleanor Ross
   Folder 612
*Teicher, Morton I.
   Folder 613
Terry, John S.
   Folder 614
*Theobald, Ted
   Folder 615
*Thomas, Heath
   Folder 616
*Thomas, Theresa
   Folder 617-618
*Throop, George H.
   Folder 619
Tippett, James
   Folder 620
Tourgée, Albion W.
   Folder 621
Tracy, Don
   Folder 622
*Tsunemoto, Hiroshi
   Folder 623
*Tucker, Glenn
   Folder 624
*Tucker, Helen
   Folder 625
Turnbull, Andrew
   Folder 626
*Turner, Robert
   Folder 627
Tyler, Anne
   Folder 628
*Underwood, Thomas A.
   Folder 629
*Vail, Ruth
   Folder 630
Vance, Rupert B.
   Folder 631
*Vance, Zeb
   Folder 632
Verne, Jules
   Folder 633
Verrazona
   Folder 634
*Vollmer, Lula
   Folder 635
Wagstaff, Henry McGilbert
   Folder 636
*Walters, Thomas
   Folder 637
Wann, Jim
   Folder 638
*Ward, Vernon
   Folder 639
Wardlaw, Jack
   Folder 640
Warren, Edward
   Folder 641
Watkins, Floyd
   Folder 642
*Watson, Robert
   Folder 643
Weaver, John V.A.
   Folder 644
*Webb, Mena
   Folder 645
*Wechter, Nell Wise
   Folder 646-649
*Wellman, Manly Wade
   Folder 650
West, Jessamyn
   Folder 651-652
*West, John Foster
   Folder 653
Whedbee, Charles Henry
   Folder 654
*Whisnant, Charleen
   Folder 655
*Whitaker, Paul F.
   Folder 656
White, John
   Folder 657
White, Newman Ivey
   Folder 658
Whittlesay, Sarah C.
   Folder 659-661
*Wicker, Tom
   Folder 662-664
Wiley, Calvin Henderson
   Folder 665
Wilkinson, Carolyn
   Folder 666
Wilkinson, Sylvia
   Folder 667
Williams, Cratis
   Folder 668
Williams, Horace
   Folder 669-672
*Williams, Jonathan
   Folder 673
Williams, Samm-Art
   Folder 674
Wilson, Louis Round
   Folder 675
*Wilson, Sidney Ann
   Folder 676
Wilson, Woodrow
   Folder 677
*Winslow, John
   Folder 678
Winston, Robert
   Folder 679
Wisdom, William B.
   Folder 680
Wolcott, Reed
*Wolfe, Thomas (See also: Gitlin, Paul; Gorsline, Douglas; Phillipson, John S.)
   Folder 681
*Wolfe, Thomas: 1900-1915
   Folder 682-685
*Wolfe, Thomas: 1916-1920 (at the University of North Carolina)
   Folder 686
*Wolfe, Thomas: 1916-1920 (at the University of North Carolina)--Carolina Playmakers
   Folder 687
*Wolfe, Thomas: 1920-1923 (at Harvard)
   Folder 688-689
*Wolfe, Thomas: 1924-1938
   Folder 690
*Wolfe, Thomas: 1938 (death)
   Folder 691
*Wolfe, Thomas: Anecdotes
   Folder 692
*Wolfe, Thomas: Angel (statue)
   Folder 693-694
*Wolfe, Thomas: Asheville (N.C.)
   Folder 695
*Wolfe, Thomas: Authors influenced by Wolfe
   Folder 696
*Wolfe, Thomas: Autobiographical outline
   Folder 697
*Wolfe, Thomas: "Biography in Sound"
   Folder 698
*Wolfe, Thomas: Book prices
   Folder 699
*Wolfe, Thomas: Braden-Hatchett Thomas Wolfe Collection Catalog
   Folder 700
*Wolfe, Thomas: Carolina Magazine (special edition, 1938)
   Folder 701
*Wolfe, Thomas: "The Crisis in Industry" (prolegomena by Walser, 1978)
   Folder 702
*Wolfe, Thomas: Criticism (remarks and opinions)
   Folder 703-705
*Wolfe, Thomas: Criticism in articles, 1935-1988
   Folder 706
*Wolfe, Thomas: Criticism in books
   Folder 707
*Wolfe, Thomas: Deaths of associates
   Folder 708
*Wolfe, Thomas: Drama
   Folder 709
*Wolfe, Thomas: The Enigma of Thomas Wolfe (Walser, 1953)
   Folder 710
*Wolfe, Thomas: "An Escape into Life" (videotape, Walser, 1986)
   Folder 711
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family
   Folder 712
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Gambell family
   Folder 713
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Letters, 1891-1952 (photocopies)
   Folder 714
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Letters to his mother (photocopies)
   Folder 715
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Wheaton, Mabel Wolfe
   Folder 716
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Wolfe, Frank, Ben, Dietz
   Folder 717
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Wolfe, Fred<
   Folder 718
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Wolfe, Julia
   Folder 719
*Wolfe, Thomas: Family--Wolfe, W.O.
   Folder 720
*Wolfe, Thomas: Germany
   Folder 721
*Wolfe, Thomas: Humor
   Folder 722-723
*Wolfe, Thomas: Identification of characters in works
   Folder 724-726
*Wolfe, Thomas: Miscellaneous
   Folder 727-728
*Wolfe, Thomas: Miscellaneous Walser speeches and writings on Wolfe
   Folder 729
*Wolfe, Thomas: Movies, plays, etc. about Wolfe
   Folder 730
*Wolfe, Thomas: Music about Wolfe
   Folder 731-733
*Wolfe, Thomas: Novels, short stories, essays
   Folder 734-735
*Wolfe, Thomas: "Old Kentucky Home"
   Folder 736
*Wolfe, Thomas: Photographs: many of these photographs were used to illustrate Walser's publications about Wolfe (most are not original prints)
   Folder 1/P-4168
Early years and family: About 50 photographs of Wolfe, members of his family, and scenes of his childhood. Many of the items are copies of photographs held by the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina.
   Folder 2/P-4168
Wolfe at the University of North Carolina: About 25 photographs taken at the University of North Carolina while Wolfe was a student there, some of which picture Wolfe, including 13 photographs, 1919-1920, sent to Walser in 1973 by Wolfe's classmate, Corydon Spruill
   Folder 3/P-4168
Miscellaneous: About 30 photographs, 1921-1938, of Wolfe, his relatives, and friends. Also includes later photographs of paintings, drawings, and pieces of sculpture depicting Wolfe
   Folder 4/P-4168
Thomas Wolfe Society: About 30 photographs, 1972-1989, taken at Thomas Wolfe Society functions
   Folder 737
*Wolfe, Thomas: Poems by Wolfe
   Folder 738
*Wolfe, Thomas: Poems sent to Wolfe
   Folder 739
*Wolfe, Thomas: Postage stamp of Wolfe
   Folder 740
*Wolfe, Thomas: Quotations
   Folder 741-743
*Wolfe, Thomas: Reminiscences of Wolfe by others
   Folder 744
*Wolfe, Thomas: Riverside Cemetery
   Folder 745
*Wolfe, Thomas: Seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations (1975)
   Folder 746-752
*Wolfe, Thomas: Symbols
   Folder 753
*Wolfe, Thomas: Symbols--Mountains
   Folder 754
*Wolfe, Thomas: Symbols--Stones
   Folder 755
*Wolfe, Thomas: Symbols--Trains
   Folder 756
*Wolfe, Thomas: Theses and dissertations on Wolfe
   Folder 757
*Wolfe, Thomas: Thomas Wolfe Club
   Folder 758
*Wolfe, Thomas: Thomas Wolfe Interviewed (Walser, 1985)
   Folder 759
*Wolfe, Thomas: Thomas Wolfe Newsletter
   Folder 760-762
*Wolfe, Thomas: Thomas Wolfe Society (see also photo-graphs above)
   Folder 763
*Wolfe, Thomas: Thomas Wolfe Undergraduate (Walser,1977)
   Folder 764
*Wolfe, Thomas: Thomas Wolfe's Pennsylvania (Walser, 1978)
   Folder 765
*Wolfe, Thomas: Wolfe and Belinda Jelliffe (Walser, 1987)
   Folder 766
*Wolfe, Thomas: The Wolfe Family in Raleigh (Walser, 1976)
   Folder 767
Wood, Charles
   Folder 768
Woolson, Constance Fenimore
   Folder 769
Worth, Daniel
   Folder 770
*Worth, Kathryn
   Folder 771
Wright, Charles D.
   Folder 772
*Wright, Watkins E.
   Folder 773
*Wyatt, David J.
   Folder 774
Yardley, Jonathan
   Folder 775
*Young, Charlotte
   Folder 776
Zachary, Hugh

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2. Subject files, 1932-1988.

About 7,500 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Chiefly correspondence, clippings, and writings of Walser and others on the subjects listed below. Clippings from newspapers and other printed sources predominate. Folder titles are, except where clarification was necessary, those used by Walser.
   Folder 777
Addresses
   Folder 778
Architecture
   Folder 779
Art
   Folder 780
Biographies: Miscellaneous
   Folder 781
Black Mountain College
   Folder 782
Books: History of (in North Carolina)
   Folder 783
Books: Miscellaneous
   Folder 784
Cookbooks
   Folder 785
Dare County (N.C.)
   Folder 786
Davidson County Community College (N.C.)
   Folder 787-788
Dialects
   Folder 789
Dismal Swamp
   Folder 790
Drama: History
   Folder 791-793
Drama: Miscellaneous
   Folder 794
Drama: Outdoor
   Folder 795
Drama: Playscripts
   Folder 796
Education
   Folder 797
Epitaphs
   Folder 798
Expressions: Origins of
   Folder 799
Expressions: Origins of "Buncombe"
   Folder 800
Expressions: Origins of "Long time between drinks"
   Folder 801
Expressions: Origins of "O.K."
   Folder 802
Expressions: Origins of "Tarheel"
   Folder 803
Fiction: Miscellaneous
   Folder 804
Folklore: Books
   Folder 805
Folklore: Christmas--"John Kuners"
   Folder 806
Folklore: Christmas--"Old Christmas"
   Folder 807-808
Folklore: Clark, Joseph D.
   Folder 809
Folklore: Clark, Joseph D.--Animals
   Folder 810
Folklore: Clark, Joseph D.--East Tennessee customs
   Folder 811
Folklore: Clark, Joseph D.--Madstones
   Folder 812
Folklore: Clark, Joseph D.--North Carolina Popular Beliefs and Supersititions
   Folder 813
Folklore: Crafts
   Folder 814
Folklore: Customs
   Folder 815
Folklore: Davidson County students (1971)
   Folder 816
Folklore: Definition of
   Folder 817
Folklore: "Don Quixote Invincibles"
   Folder 818-819
Folklore: Evil creatures
   Folder 820
Folklore: Folk dancers
   Folder 821-823
Folklore: Folk yarns and tall tales
   Folder 824
Folklore: Frank C. Brown Collection
   Folder 825-827
Folklore: Ghost stories
   Folder 828
Folklore: Human oddities
   Folder 829
Folklore: Miscellaneous
   Folder 830-831
Folklore: Music
   Folder 832-836
Folklore: Myths and legends
   Folder 837
Folklore: Pack Library checklist
   Folder 838
Folklore: Phenomena
   Folder 839-840
Folklore: Societies
   Folder 841
Folklore: Superstitions, proverbs, rhymes,riddles
   Folder 842
Folklore: Voodoo
   Folder 843
Historical Society of North Carolina
   Folder 844
History: Books
   Folder 845
History: Events
   Folder 846
History: Local
   Folder 847-852
Humor
   Folder 853
Indians
   Folder 854
Iredell index
   Folder 855-856
Joint Committee for the Compilation of a Handbook of North Carolina Writers
   Folder 857
Journalism
   Folder 858-860
Juvenile literature
   Folder 861
Kings Mountain (N.C.)
   Folder 862
Libraries
   Folder 863
Literary awards
   Folder 864
"Literary Map of North Carolina" (1950)
   Folder 865
Maps
   Folder 866-867
Miscellaneous
   Folder 868
Mountains
   Folder 869
Music: Miscellaneous
   Folder 870
Music: Opera and Ballet
   Folder 871
Nonfiction
   Folder 872
North Carolina Atlas (1975)
   Folder 873-874
North Carolina Awards Commission
   Folder 875
North Carolina Literary and Historical Association
   Folder 876-877
North Carolina Poetry Society
   Folder 878-880
North Carolina Writers Conference
   Folder 881
North Caroliniana Society
   Folder 882
Novels: 1734-1939
   Folder 883
Novels: 1940-1957
   Folder 884
Novels: 1958-1960
   Folder 885
Novels: 1961-1970
   Folder 886
Novels: 1971-1983
   Folder 887
Novels: Dare County (N.C.) settings
   Folder 888
Novels: Fantasy
   Folder 889
Novels: Gastonia (N.C.) strike (1929) settings
   Folder 890
Novels: Historical
   Folder 891
Novels: Horror and violence
   Folder 892
Novels: Popular
   Folder 893
Novels: Romance
   Folder 894
Novels: Wake County (N.C.) settings
   Folder 895-899
Novels: Whodunits and science fiction
   Folder 898
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity: History
   Folder 899
Pirates
   Folder 900
Place names: Origins
Poetry (see also: folder 936 for poems collected for, but not used in the 1941 edition of Walser's North Carolina Poetry)
   Folder 901
Poetry: Before 1800
   Folder 902
Poetry: 1800-1865
   Folder 903
Poetry: 1866-1929
   Folder 904
Poetry: 1930-1945
   Folder 905
Poetry: 1946-1958
   Folder 906-907
Poetry: 1959-1966
   Folder 908-909
Poetry: 1967-1979
   Folder 910
Poetry: 1980-1988
   Folder 911-912
Poetry: Humorous
   Folder 913
Poetry Council of North Carolina
   Folder 914
Publishers
   Folder 915
Raleigh (N.C.)
   Folder 916
Raleigh RASP (1840s) (photocopies)
   Folder 917
Science
   Folder 918-919
Short stories
   Folder 920
Travel
   Folder 921
University of North Carolina. Library
   Folder 922
Watauga Club
   Folder 923
Wolf's Head Press

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3. Writings, 1948-1986.

About 1,500 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Chiefly correspondence, clippings, and other items relating to the publication of several of Walser's major compilations of North Carolina poetry, prose, and anecdotes. Publication dates are given in parentheses. The texts of these works are not included, except for a bound volume of outtakes from the 1941 edition of North Carolina Poetry and the text, in galley form, of Tar Heel Laughter (1974). Folders 926-927 contain the texts of shorter works--published and unpublished articles, poems, and reviews--that do not relate to particular individuals or subjects. Writings that do related to specific individuals or subjects are filed in Series 1 (individuals) or 2 (subjects) as appropriate.
   Folder 924
Literary North Carolina (1970)
   Folder 925
Literary North Carolina (1986)
   Folder 926
Miscellaneous short published works (early poems, book reviews, articles, etc.)
   Folder 927
Miscellaneous short unpublished works (early poems, articles, etc.)
   Folder 928
Nematodes in My Garden of Verse: A Bookof Tar Heel Poems (1959)
   Folder 929
North Carolina Drama (1956)
   Folder 930
North Carolina in the Short Story (1948)
   Folder 931
North Carolina Legends (1980)
   Folder 932
North Carolina Miscellany (1962)
   Folder 933-934
North Carolina Parade: Stories of History and People (1966)
   Folder 935
North Carolina Poetry (1941)
   Folder 936
North Carolina Poetry (1941): Outtakes
   Folder 937
North Carolina Poetry (1952)
   Folder 938
"One Hundred Outstanding Books About North Carolina" (1956)
   Folder 939
Picturebook of Tar Heel Authors (1957, 1960, 1966)
   Folder 940
Poets of North Carolina (1963)
   Folder 941
Short Stores from the Old North State (1959)
   Folder 942
Tar Heel Laughter (1974)
   Folder 943-944
Tar Heel Laughter: Reprint permissions
   Folder 945-947
Tar Heel Laughter: Galleys
   Folder 948
"The Twelve Most Influencial North Carolina Books" (1986)

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4. Other materials.

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4.1. General correspondence, 1918-1981.
About 200 items.
Correspondence between Walser and professional colleagues that Walser maintained in separate correspondence files. Occasionally, specific projects in which Walser was engaged are discussed, but few letters contain substantive information. Letters from the 1920s through the 1940s document his early career as a student and as a public school teacher. Beginning in the 1950s, letters relate to Walser's position at North Carolina State University and to honors and awards he received. Letters documenting his personal life are rare.
   Folder 949
1918-1949
   Folder 950-952
1950-1959
   Folder 953
1960-1969
   Folder 954
1970-1979
   Folder 955
1980-1981
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4.2. Scrapbook, Diary, Travel Journal, 1926-1936.
3 items.
Scrapbook, 1925-1936; diary, 23 December 1932-2 January 1934; and journal of a European trip, 12 June-2 September 1936. The scrapbook contains papers written for classes at the University of North Carolina, original and collected poems, notes, and other materials relating to Walser's undergraduate and graduate student studies. The diary contains sporadic entries about Walser's graduate studies, a failed romance, and other aspects of student life. The travel journal, profusely illustrated with small photographs, documents Walser's trip to England and France in the summer of 1936.
   Folder 956
Scrapbook, 1925-1936
   Folder 957
Diary, 23 December 1932-2 January 1934
   Folder 958
Travel journal, 23 June-2 September 1936
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4.3. Speaking engagements, 1934-1988.
About 200 items.
Letters, clippings, and other items documenting Walser's many speaking engagements. Walser's speeches before professional organizations chiefly dealt with aspects of the North Carolina literary scene or with the work of specific North Carolina writers. He spoke also to more general audiences (at high school commencements, book club meetings, etc.) on more general topics. A list of speeches given, 1947-1988, is filed in folder 964. Where they exist, the texts of speeches dealing with specific topics were filed with other materials on those topics. The texts of a small number of non-specific speeches are filed in Series 3.
   Folder 959
1934-1957
   Folder 960
1958-1967
   Folder 961
1968-1972
   Folder 962
1973-1975
   Folder 963
1976-1978
   Folder 964
1979-1988 and list of speeches, 1947-1988
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4.4. United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
About 30 items.
Official letters, printed materials, and other items relating to Walser's World War II service in the United States Naval Reserve. See also Series 4.5 for clippings and Series 5, particularly the photograph albums, for photographs from this period.
   Folder 965
United States Naval Reserve
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4.5. Clippings, 1925-1977.
About 200 items.
Clippings from newspapers and other printed sources that document Walser's career.
   Folder 966
1925-1949
   Folder 967-968
1950-1959
   Folder 969
1960-1969
   Folder 970
1970-1977
4.6. Genealogy, ca. 1977-1981.
About 50 items.
Correspondence, printed materials, and notes relating to Walser's interest in family history.
   Folder 971-972
Genealogy
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4.7. Miscellaneous, 1908-1977.
About 30 items.
Walser's school records and certificates, citations, fellowship applications, and other items relating to Walser's education and professional career.
   Folder 973
Miscellaneous

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5. Pictures, 1891-1986.

About 65 items.
Loose photographs and photograph albums. Most photographs are of Walser alone, although some show him lecturing to groups of people or receiving awards. See also Series 1, Wolfe, Thomas.
There are about 60 photographs of Walser from 1908 (age 6 months) to 1986. Photographs are professional shots for promotional purposes (book jackets, etc.) and informal snapshots, chiefly taken at various meetings and awards ceremonies. They are separated by date.
   Folder 5/P-4168
1908-1969
   Folder 6/P-4168
1970-1986
PA-4168/1-2: Photograph albums containing annotated photographs, 1891-1982, of Walser, his family, and his friends. Included are photographs of Zeb Vance Walser. Coverage of Walser's years at the University of North Carolina (1/PA-4168) and his World War II career (both albums) is particularly heavy.

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