Margaret Wadsworth papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists entirely of material relating to Wadsworth's tenure with The Charlotte Observer. Includes typescripts of her columns, a few newspaper clippings, recipes, and letters from readers asking for advice or recommending recipes.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 - 1949
Creator
- Wadsworth, Margaret (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers of a Charlotte widow who wrote, under the byline of "The Carolina Housewife," for The Charlotte Observer during the 1930s and 1940s. Includes typescripts of her columns, recipes, and letters from readers asking for advice and recommending recipes.
Arrangement
The Margaret Wadsworth Papers are organized into a single, alphabetical folder title list.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Austin Duncan, 1998.
Processing Information
Processed by Samantha Bonk and Melissa Bloom, 1999
Subject
- Charlotte observer (Charlotte, N.C. : 1916) (Organization)
- Wadsworth, Margaret (Person)
- Title
- Margaret Wadsworth papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Samantha Bonk and Melissa Bloom.
- Date
- 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States
spec-coll@uncc.edu
