Record #:

14765

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Few citizens of North Carolina have been more zealous in their determination to bring about racial, social, and educational reforms than the Great Commoner, William J. Peele.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 27, Dec 1944, p9, 17

Subject(s):

Social reformers--Biography; Peele, William Joseph, 1855-1919

Record #:

16851

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

William Joseph Peele was a Raleigh lawyer and devoted citizen to the state. Peele was a native of Northampton County, born 1855, and attended Chapel Hill where he studied the classics. His greatest accomplishment was founding the Watauga Club in May 1884, an organization dedicated improving the state's educational system and economic standing.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 33 Issue 2, May 1985, p86-93, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Peele, William Joseph, 1855-1919

Record #:

22184

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This biography provides a personal history of North Carolina Booklet contributor William Joseph Peele. The article highlights his service as chairman of the executive committee of the State Literary and Historical Association and his historical study on the settlement of Roanoke Island.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 4, April 1907, p254-256 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Peele, William Joseph, 1855-1919