Finding Aid of the Luther C. Hodges Photograph Collection, PHC.56

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Finding Aid of the Luther C. Hodges Photograph Collection, PHC.56

Abstract

Eight 8 x 10 photographic prints depicting the launching of the merchant ship S. S. Zebulon B. Vance. One drawing contains a view of the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Luther C. Hodges Photograph Collection
Call Number
PHC.56
Creator
Hodges, Luther C.
Date
December 6, 1941
Extent
8.00 items
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Restrictions on Access & Use

    Access Restrictions

    Available for research.

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], PhC.56, Luther C. Hodges Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina; Raleigh, NC.

    Collection Overview

    The eight, 8 x 10 prints depict the launching of the merchant ship S. S. Zebulon B. Vance from the shipyard at Wilmington, North Carolina on December 6, 1941. The oversized drawing contains a view of the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1940.

    *The photo lab has made copy negatives of the above photographs. The negatives of the Zebulon B. Vance are numbered N. 94.4s

    Biographical/Historical note

    The S. S. Zebulon B. Vance was a liberty ship built at Wilmington during World War II. It was named for North Carolinas governor from 1877 to 1879.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  2. Zebulon B. Vance (Ship)
  3. Shipyards--North Carolina--Wilmington.
  4. Acquisitions Information

    These photographs were donated to the North Carolina State Archives by Mr. Luther C. Hodges, 2345 Airline Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, on March 29, 1994. The collection was accessioned in April, 1994.

    Processing Information

  5. Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, June, 1994
  6. Encoded by Dietra Stanley
  7. Enocding updated by Aaron Cusick, January, 2012