Edgar Stewart Coffey Collection
E.S. Coffey was a native of Watauga County, and an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1890). He later taught school and became an attorney in Boone, North Carolina. This collection contains a Euzelian Literary Society lapel pin, Greek, Latin, Chemistry and Zoology notebooks, and an 1890 Wake Forest College commencement program. One notebook appears to have belonged to brother Thomas Finley Coffey.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Edgar Stewart Coffey Collection
- Creator
- Coffey, Edgar Stewart
- Date
- 1886-1890 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.42 linear feet / 1 document box
- ID
- MS520
Biographical and Historical Note
Edgar Stuart (E. S.) Coffey was a native of Watauga County, North Carolina, and an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1890). He later taught school and became an attorney in Boone, North Carolina. Stuart had an older brother, Thomas Finley Coffey, who graduated Wake Forest College in 1888.
Collection Overview
This collection contains his Euzelian Literary Society lapel pin (circa 1886), Greek, Latin, Chemistry and Zoology notebooks, and an 1890 Wake Forest College commencement program. One notebook, dated 1886 appears to have belonged to his brother Thomas Finley Coffey, Wake Forest College class of 1888.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2005
- 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
- Edgar Stewart Coffey Collection (MS520), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.