Box 3

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Photocopy of The Times-News regarding the history of Hendersonville, North Carolina.

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Includes letter from The American Missionary Society regarding Potts acquiring Avery Institute's property; and statements for commission checks and correspondence regarding Potts's rental of property, then selling to Palmer College.

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Includes contract of sale and correspondence regarding loan and mortgage.

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From Charles E. Palmer regarding interest payments to Potts; and renewal insurance policy.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection includes materials relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography and material regarding Potts's service as a United States navy recruiter. His family papers include Potts's narrative history of the family, with some correspondence, clippings, ephemera and related matter. Materials also include Potts's and his wife Muriel, her family, and their children, with data on the Logan family, including notes...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection includes materials relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography and material regarding Potts's service as a United States navy recruiter. His family papers include Potts's narrative history of the family, with some correspondence, clippings, ephemera and related matter. Materials also include Potts's and his wife Muriel, her family, and their children, with data on the Logan family, including notes...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection includes materials relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography and material regarding Potts's service as a United States navy recruiter. His family papers include Potts's narrative history of the family, with some correspondence, clippings, ephemera and related matter. Materials also include Potts's and his wife Muriel, her family, and their children, with data on the Logan family, including notes...

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Writings by John Foster Potts, Sr. relating to schools and educational issues.

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Includes abbreviated version from Potts's Cornell University Graduate School; also includes paper regarding progressive schools.

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Inlcudes issue of The Nation's Schools containg Potts's essay; The Palmetto Leader clipping regarding the essay.