Record #:

4169

Author(s):

Stewart, Alva

Abstract:

William S. Powell, professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a leading authority on the state's history. Powell was appointed curator of the university library's North Carolina Collection in 1958 and later joined the history department in 1973. His works and awards are numerous. One of his best-known works is North Carolina Through Four Centuries, a work that has been called the preeminent North Carolina history book.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 58 Issue 2, July 1990, p12-13, por

Subject(s):

Powell, William Stevens, 1919-