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Title | Letter from Heriot Clarkson to R. Getty Browning |
Date | January 12, 1939 |
Description | Very sarcastic letter by Clarkson to Browning, the Senior Locating and Claim Engineer at the State Highway Commission. Clarkson attacks Browning's views of justice and makes some threatening statements about the Mass Meeting Committee's desire to print a second pamphlet about his negligence at Little Switzerland. |
Commentary | Shows how antagonistic Clarkson was. A few of the references in the letter also show Clarkson's paternalistic views of the "mountain people". Box 11. |
Location |
Location Name: Little Switzerland Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147 |
Creator Individual | Heriot Clarkson |
Tags |
Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way
Browning, R. Getty Letters Little Switzerland (N.C.) Mass meeting (Little Switzerland, N.C.) State Highway and Public Works Commission |
Credit | Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |