Special Collections & Archives

The papers of Charles Lee Smith, Wake Forest College alumnus, UNC Board of Trustee Member, Edwards and Broughton president, and Wake Forest donor. The collection include correspondence with Lady Maureen Watson (wife of Sir John Willliam Watson) ranging from the years 1939-1941, Richard T. Ely (American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement), and others. His work with Wake Forest, Chapel Hill, and Johns Hopkins is documented along with printed materials of Smith's interests and events attended. A letter written in April, 1924 accounts Smith's visit with Mahatma Gandhi. The collection also contains clippings related to Gandhi at that time.