Collection (1939) consisting of a pamphlet entitled Bishop[Thomas Campbell] Darst and East Carolina during the past twenty five years [1914-1939]. by Frederick Arthur Turner.
Bishop Darst earned Doctor of Divinity degrees at the Virginia Seminary, The University of the South, Roanoke College, The University of North Carolina, and Duke University. Darst was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina from 1915-1945. He took special interest supporting missions at military bases and Intracoastal Waterways. He married Florence Newton Wise of Alexandria and had three sons: George Wise, Thomas Campbell, and Meade Clark.
The collection contains letters from Bishop Thomas Darst to Mr. Charles White and from Rev. John Bill regarding a churh position in Greenville, North Carolina. The collection also contains a pampphlet written by Frederick A. Turner about Bishop Darst's time at East carolina.
Gift of Egbert L. Nunn, Jr
Gift of William E. "Mickey" Elmore
Gift of Charles William Gee
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