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Edgar Stewart Coffey Collection

Finding Aid & Inventory

E.S. Coffey was a native of Watauga County, and an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1890). He later taught school and became an attorney in Boone, North Carolina. This collection contains a Euzelian Literary Society lapel pin, Greek, Latin, Chemistry and Zoology notebooks, and an 1890 Wake Forest College commencement program. One notebook appears to have belonged to brother Thomas Finley Coffey.

Biographical and Historical Note

Edgar Stuart (E. S.) Coffey was a native of Watauga County, North Carolina, and an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1890). He later taught school and became an attorney in Boone, North Carolina. Stuart had an older brother, Thomas Finley Coffey, who graduated Wake Forest College in 1888.

Collection Overview

This collection contains his Euzelian Literary Society lapel pin (circa 1886), Greek, Latin, Chemistry and Zoology notebooks, and an 1890 Wake Forest College commencement program. One notebook, dated 1886 appears to have belonged to his brother Thomas Finley Coffey, Wake Forest College class of 1888.

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Creator
Coffey, Edgar Stewart
Title
Edgar Stewart Coffey Collection
ID
MS520
Date [inclusive]
1886-1890
Extent
0.42 linear feet  1 document box
Mixed materials [Box]
1

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 2005
Access Restrictions
Collection is open. 
Copyright Notice
Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law. 
Preferred Citation
Edgar Stewart Coffey Collection (MS520), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. 

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