Norwood Family Papers, circa 1979

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      <p>George Alexander Norwood (1831-1909), Wake Forest College alum, began the family legacy of the finance and banking business. George Alexander Norwood Jr. (1863-1947), the eldest son of George Alexander Norwood and fellow Wake Forest College alum, established the National Bank of Goldsboro and the Goldsboro Savings and Trust Company. In the years following the Great Depression, George A. Norwood Jr.'s eldest son, Thomas Hart Norwood (1893-1984), continued working in the banking industry as a bank examiner. George A. Norwood Jr. 's second eldest son, Evan Wilkins Norwood (1894-1979), worked as a Southern Baptist missionary to China from 1924 to 1928. George A. Norwood Jr.'s youngest son, Charles Stephen Norwood (1904-1989), worked in the real estate industry alongside his position at the Bank of Goldsboro.</p>
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      <p>This collection consists of biographical materials, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and photocopies related to the Norwood family as compiled by Charles Stephens Norwood for the purpose of making a family album. A copy of the book George Alexander Norwood: A Biographical Sketch by H.T. Cook; photocopies of the introduction of George Alexander Norwood: A Biographical Sketch by H.T. Cook and family portrait; George Alexander Norwood Jr. biographical sketch by Charles Stephens Norwood, clipping, and photograph; Thomas Hart Norwood biographical sketch, memorial, and obituary; Evan Wilkins Norwood biography, clippings, and photograph; Charles Stephens Norwood biographical sketch and clipping; Norwood family album; Norwood family biographies supplement by Charles Stephens Norwood; and Norwood family photographs and Wake Forest College postcard.</p>
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      <p>Norwood Family Papers (MS 324), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p>
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        <part>Bankers</part>
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        <part>Norwood, George Alexander, Sr., 1831-1909</part>
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