COOLEY, Harold Dunbar, 1897-1974


Guide to Research Collections

University of North Carolina
Southern Historical Collection
Chapel Hill, NC
Papers: ca. 1934-1971, 168 linear feet.
Correspondence, office files, legislative and executive files, and other material of Harold Dunbar Cooley. Cooley’s district encompassed, at one time or another, Chatham, Davidson, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Randolph, Vance, and Wake counties. Letters from constituents and material concerning agriculture make up the bulk of the collection, but there is also material concerning flood control on the Cape Fear, Neuse, and New Hope rivers, and rural mail delivery and post offices. A finding aid is available in the repository and online.