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Letter, 1939[?], from Josephus Daniels to C. A. Upchurch regarding the founding of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) and a graduation address made by Daniels for Naval Ensigns in Engineering at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1943.
Josephus Daniels was editor and publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer, Secretary of the Navy (1913-1921), Ambassador to Mexico (1933-1942), and member of the Watauga Club. Daniels had strong ties to white supremacy (including promoting the disenfranchisement of African Americans from the political process), and he played a leading role in the 1898 Wilmington coup, also known as the Wilmington massacre.
Josephus Daniels was editor and publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer, Secretary of the Navy (1913-1921), Ambassador to Mexico (1933-1942), and member of the Watauga Club. He was an alumnus of the University of North Carolina law school. Daniels was influential in publishing in the Raleigh area and published several newspapers including the State Chronicle and the North Carolinian, as well as the News and Observer. Daniels had strong ties to white supremacy (including promoting the disenfranchisement of African Americans from the political process), and he played a leading role in the 1898 Wilmington coup, also known as the Wilmington massacre.
The Josephus Daniels letter to C. A. Upchurch regarding the founding of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is a six-page letter in pencil from Daniels to C. A. Upchurch describing the founding of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University), which is believed to have been sent in an accompanying envelope postmarked Mexico City in 1939. Also included is a graduation address made by Daniels for Naval Ensigns in Engineering at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1943.
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[Identification of item], Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, MSS 00027, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Arnold Krochmal, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1968 July 2.
Processed by Special Collections staff, 2004; updated by Susan C. Rodriguez, 2015 November.
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[Identification of item], Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, MSS 00027, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
