Josephus Daniels Letter and Address
MSS 00027
Special Collections Research Center
0.1 linear foot
1 folder
1939, 1943
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.
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Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
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Acquisitions Information
Gift of Arnold Krochmal, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1968 July 2.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, MSS 00027, 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.
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.
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--History.
Upchurch, C. A.
Letters (correspondence)
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.