This collection contains the military paperwork corresponding to Earl Parks Welch's service in the United States Army, his North Carolina A & M Cadet uniform, and photographs of Welch.
Earl Parks Welch was a student at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) and a member of the class of 1920, and served in the Army during the late 1910s.
Earl Parks Welch was born in Derita, North Carolina (now a neighborhood in the northern part of Charlotte), in 1895. He attended North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University), where he was a member of the college's Cadet squad, eventually graduating in 1920. While enrolled, Welch joined the Army, serving in various locations around the southeastern United States in the late 1910s, being promoted in rank several times. Welch died in 1984.
This collection contains the military paperwork from Welch's time of service in the United States Army, two photographs depicting Welch, and his Cadet uniform from North Carolina A & M.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
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[Identification of item], Earl Parks Welch Papers, MC 00355, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Betty Welch Zimmerman, 2004 (Accession number 2004-0010)
Processed by Special Collections Research Center Staff
Encoded by Cate Putirskis, January 2008
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[Identification of item], Earl Parks Welch Papers, MC 00355, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.