mss00027 Guide to the Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, 1939, 1943 Processed by: Special Collections Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Valerie Gillispie North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center
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2004 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program. Date of source: Finding aid written in English 2005Converted to EAD 2002 Guide to the Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, 1939, 1943 MSS 00027 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Special Collections Staff Valerie Gillispie Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948. Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, 1939, 1943 MSS 00027 1 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. on-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Acquisitions Information

Gift of Arnold Krochmal, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1968 July 2.

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[Identification of Item], Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, MSS 27, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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 Biographical Note

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.

 Scope and Content Note

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.

 Online Catalog Headings Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948. North Carolina State University--History Related Material Josephus Daniels Papers, P.C. 442, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina Josephus Daniels Papers, #203, Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Papers of Josephus Daniels, 1806-1948 (bulk 1913-1921), Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Detailed Description of the Collection Letter from Daniels to C.A. Upchurch describing the founding of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1939 Extracts from Address at Graduate Exercises for Naval Ensigns in Engineering at State College,  1943 May 21.