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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Annabel Harrill |
| Title: | Collectioin 317. Annabel Harrill Papers, 1942 - 1999, n.d. |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | Annabel Harrill Collection of Papers consist of papers, photographs and slides collected during study on Ashe County, North Carolina mills. Many mills were located in the South Fork of the New River area. Also included are newspaper clippings and a ballad about Laura Foster, a Wilkes County, North Carolina native who was murdered in the 1860s. |
| Slides are stored separately in the cold storage unit. | |
| Extent: | 0.5 linear feet, 1 archival box |
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[Identification of item], Collection 317. Annabel Harrill Papers, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
Annabel Harrill donated this collection to the W.L. Eury Appalachian in 23 February 2004 and the Laura Foster materials in April 7, 2004. The accession number is 04-09. It was opened to the public in May 2006.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, May, 2006
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, May, 2006
Annabel Harrill is a native of Ashe County, North Carolina. Her ancestors worked in mills. She was on the Board of the National Committee for the New River.
Basil D. Barr (1894-1995) was a native of Ashe County, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina State University in 1921. In 1934, he was postmaster in West Jefferson. He served in World War II and the Korean Conflict, beginning as a Second Lieutenant and retiring as Lieutenant Colonel. Basil also served 13 years in the Army Corps of Engineers, supervised the construction of several buildings around Ashe County, and served three terms in the North Carolina General Assembly. His first wife was Mabel Phillips. They had three children, Nena, Winfred, Basil, Jr. His second wife was Blanche Laxton Critcher.
| Foster, Laura, d. 1865 or 6 |
| Dula, Tom, 1843 or 4-1868 |
| Flour Mills |
