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JULIAN SHAKESPEARE CARR PAPERS, #141, 1845-1924

Letters, telegrams, business and legal documents, maps, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers pertaining to the business and personal affairs of Carr of Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina, manufacturer of tobacco products and Methodist Church and Democratic Party member. The collection includes a group of manuscript addresses and Sunday School lessons given by Carr, some of which discuss race relations in North Carolina and throughout the South (1896-1923).