Vance Birthplace, 1936; Courtesy of North Carolina Museum of History

 

 

 

1966
Florence Harrison Dunlop


Florence Leftwich Harrison Dunlop (1901 – 1979) was an educator and historian who won the award in 1966 for her work in furnishing the newly-rebuilt Zebulon B. Vance birthplace. “She delved tirelessly into the history of the WNC region and made many contributions to its preservation.”