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Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge: Some Historical Notes consists of three typed pages about Joseph Palmer Knapp and his home on Mackay Island, Currituck County, N.C. The notes include details about Knapp, his family and life in Currituck County. The notes also contain references to The Clansman author Thomas Dixon.
Allan R. Miller (1952 - 1994) received his bachelor's (1975) and master's (1977) degrees from North Carolina State University. Publisher, financier, and philanthropist Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864 - 1951) was the director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and publisher of numerous magazines, including Collier's and The Women's Home Companion. He first came to Currituck County, N.C., in 1916, and purchased Mackay Island and a hunting club from author Thomas Dixon soon thereafter. Beginning in 1920, he and his family spent most of their time in North Carolina. In 1923, Knapp began donating money to the educational system in Currituck County, N.C.. Through the Knapp Foundation, Inc., he continued to donate money to North Carolina schools for the rest of his life. The Knapp Foundation's biggest contribution, funding to construct the Insitute of Government Building at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, occurred after Knapp's death.
Allan R. Miller (1952 - 1994) received his bachelor's (1975) and master's (1977) degrees from North Carolina State University.
Publisher, financier, and philanthropist Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864 - 1951) was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and graduated from Columbia University in 1884. He was the director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as well as publisher of numerous magazines, including Collier's and The Women's Home Companion. He first came to Currituck County, N.C., in 1916, and purchased Mackay Island and a hunting club from author Thomas Dixon soon thereafter. Beginning in 1920, he and his family spent most of their time in North Carolina. In 1923, Knapp began donating money to the educational system in Currituck County. Through the Knapp Foundation, Inc., he continued to donate money to North Carolina schools for the rest of his life. The Knapp Foundation's biggest contribution, funding to construct the Insitute of Government Building at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, occurred after Knapp's death.
Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge: Some Historical Notes : some historical notes consits of three typed pages about Joseph Palmer Knapp and his home on Mackay Island, Currituck County, N.C. The notes include details about Knapp, his family and Currituck County. The notes also contain references to The Clansman author Thomas Dixon.
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[Identification of item], Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge: Some Historical Notes by Allan R. Miller, MSS 00191, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Received from Allan R. Miller, 1987 October 26
Processed by Special Collections staff, 2005; updated by Susan C. Rodriguez, 2015 December.
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[Identification of item], Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge: Some Historical Notes by Allan R. Miller, MSS 00191, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
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.