Record #:

10767

Author(s):

Arendell, Banks

Abstract:

Colonel Fred A. Olds, resident of Raleigh, was a newspaper man, Chamber of Commerce worker, North Carolina tour guide, North Carolina historian, and the former of youth organizations. He is credited with donating the more than 20,000 items that made up the initial collection of the North Carolina Hall of History, established in 1902. He is said to have personally escorted more than 300,000 persons on sightseeing tours around Raleigh.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 36 Issue 3, July 1968, p13-14, por

Subject(s):

Olds, Frederick Augustus, 1853-1935