Record #:

11465

Author(s):

Parham, John Marshall

Abstract:

Raleigh native Lamar Stringfield is a composer and conductor and has won a Pulitzer Prize for his work. He was appointed conductor of the first state-supported orchestra in the nation, the North Carolina Symphony, when it organized in 1932.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 31, Dec 1933, p6, por

Subject(s):

Composers; Conductors (Music)--Raleigh; Stringfield, Lamar, 1897-1959

Record #:

11466

Author(s):

Weir, Lula M.

Abstract:

Weir recounts the life of James Larkin Pearson, the Wilkes County poet. He has experienced wealth and poverty, fame and ridicule, but through it all has continued to write and create. Once unhonored and unsung in North Carolina, he is today esteemed at home and abroad.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 31, Dec 1933, p11, 22, por

Subject(s):

Pearson, James Larkin, 1879-1981

Record #:

11467

Author(s):

Etheridge, R. Bruce

Abstract:

In this continuing series of articles on the various departments of North Carolina state government, Etheridge discusses the department he directs. The department was created by the General Assembly in 1925 out of the old State Geological and Economic Survey.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 31, Dec 1933, p16, 28, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina. Dept. of Commerce of Conservation and Development

Record #:

11468

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Ruth Faison Shaw, a visionary artist and internationally known educator, rediscovered the ancient art of finger painting and formulated an educational system which brought about its practical use in 1931. Through the medium of Shaw Finger Paint, her fame spread here and abroad. She was born in Kenansville in Duplin County in 1888.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 31, Dec 1933, p17, 22, por

Subject(s):

Shaw, Ruth Faison, 1888-1968

Record #:

11469

Author(s):

King, Robin O.

Abstract:

Dr. Richard Vann triumphed over adversity. Born on a Hertford County farm in 1851, he lost both his arms in a farming accident when he was twelve years old, yet went on to become one of the most prominent Baptist clergymen in the South. Among his accomplishments are the chaplaincy of Wake Forest College from 1883 to 1889, professor at Chowan Women's College, and from 1900 to 1915, president of the Baptist Female University (now Meredith College) in Raleigh.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 31, Dec 1933, p21-22, por

Subject(s):

Vann, Richard Tillman, 1851-1941; Baptists--Clergy