Powell, William S., 1919-2015
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Name (Latin)
Powell, William S., 1919-2015
Other forms of name
Powell, William Stevens, 1919-2015
Powell, Bill, 1919-2015
Powell, W. S., 1919-2015
Powell, William S., 1919-
Date of birth
1919-04-28
Date of death
2015-04-10
Place of birth
Neuse River (N.C.)
Place of residence/headquarters
Statesville (N.C.)
Field of activity
North Carolina--History
Associate group
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of History
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of History (1972 - 1972)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection (1962 - 1962)
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library. North Carolina Collection
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library. North Carolina Collection (1951 - 1951)
North Carolina. State Department of Archives and History
Occupation
Historians History teachers College teachers Librarians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
William Stevens
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Sources of Information
- North Carolina (Colony) General Assembly. House of Burgesses. The journal of the House of Burgesses ... 1749, 1949.
- Tryon, W. The correspondence of William Tryon ... 1980:t.p. (William S. Powell) jkt. (prof. of hist., U. of North Car. at Chapel Hill)
- OCLC, March 25, 2014:(access points: Powell, William Stevens, 1919-; Powell, William S., 1919-; Powell, William S. (William Stevens), 1919-; usage: William S. Powell, William Stevens Powell, W. S. Powell)
- William S. Powell article (William S. Powell ... born April 28, 1919); viewed April 13, 2015 (b. along the Neuse River between Smithfield and Goldsboro; when Powell was a year old, the family moved to Statesville; researcher in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History [called State Department of Archives and History when he went to work there in the 1940s]; began his long career at the University of North Carolina when he joined the university library's North Carolina Collection in 1951; named curator in 1958; left the North Carolina Collection in 1972 to join the faculty of the history department at UNC-Chapel Hill as a professor of North Carolina history; retired in 1986; d. Apr. 10, 2015, aged 95 ( (NCpedia, viewed March 25, 2014:) )
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William S. Powell in 2000 (N 2000 2 Fr 5)
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Wikipedia description:
William Stevens Powell (April 28, 1919 – April 10, 2015) was an American historian, writer, academic, and teacher. He authored over 600 articles and books about the history of North Carolina and was the editor of the six volume Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. He was professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having retired in 1986.
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