Inventory of the William Furnifold Marshall Papers, 1879-1926
William Furnifold Marshall attended Wake Forest College, 1879-83, where he was a debator and tutor. Awarded his diploma in 1890, he was a school teacher in Fair Bluff, North Carolina, 1884-86; Principal of Globe Academy, 1886-89; and a teacher in Lenoir North Carolina, before becoming editor of the Gastonia (North Carolina) Gazette, 1890-?, and the North Carolina Educator, 1911-.
His papers consist of his Wake Forest College receipts, accounts, compositions, poems, Latin exercises, a survey, speech notebook, diary/notebook, and a logic and rhetoric examination taken by Eva Belle Simmons. His professional papers include papers from the high school at Fair Bluff, North Carolina; correspondence; Gastonia Gazette newspaper clippings; correspondence with F.P. Hall, and other clippings relating to the Democratic Campaign Club, Gastonia, North Carolina; North Carolina Education and North Carolina Poems, 1886-1912; and photographs. Also included are letters from Dr. Willian Louis Poteat to W.F. Marshall concerning a gift in memory of his son William (class of 1910), who died of typhoid fever in 1912.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- William Furnifold Marshall Papers,
- Creator
- Marshall, William Furnifold, 1861-1943
- Date
- 1879-1926 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 2.0 linear feet / 1 Banker's box 1 letter box
- ID
- MS382
Biographical and Historical Note
William Furnifold Marshall attended Wake Forest College, 1879-83, where he was a debator and tutor. Awarded his diploma in 1890, he was a school teacher in Fair Bluff, North Carolina, 1884-86; Principal of Globe Academy, 1886-89; and a teacher in Lenoir, North Carolina, before becoming editor of the Gastonia [North Carolina] Gazette, 1890-?, and the North Carolina Educator, 1911-.
Collection Overview
His papers consist of his Wake Forest College receipts, accounts, compositions, poems, Latin exercises, a survey, speech notebook, diary/notebook, and a logic and rhetoric examination taken by Eva Belle Simmons. His professional papers include papers from the high school at Fair Bluff, North Carolina; correspondence; Gastonia Gazette newspaper clippings; correspondence with F.P. Hall, and other clippings relating to the Democratic Campaign Club, Gastonia, North Carolina; North Carolina Education and North Carolina Poems, 1886-1912; and photographs. Also included are letters from Dr. Willian Louis Poteat to W.F. Marshall concerning a gift in memory of his son William (class of 1910), who died of typhoid fever in 1912.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2004
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- MS 382, William Furnifold Marshall Papers, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.