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Collection Number: 03638-z

Collection Title: Francis Harper Papers, 1902-1968.

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Size 15 items.
Abstract Francis Harper, native of Massachusetts, was a zoologist and author affiliated with many universities. He was the author of "Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp Region of Georgia" (1927). He retired in Chapel Hill, N.C. "An Exchange of Letters, 1913-1915, with Will Henry Thompson," typescript, 16 pages, including transcriptions of four letters and Harper's extensive notes on Thompson, Thompson's brother, Maurice, and Okefenokee Swamp, Ga. Also included is an original letter, 1913, from W. H. Thompson to Harper, drafts of four letters from Harper to Thompson, a typed draft of "Deep in the Okefinokee Swamp," by W. H. Thompson, a photograph relating to Thompson, and other correspondence of Harper.
Creator Harper, Francis, 1886-1972.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Francis Harper Papers, #3638-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1963, 1968
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2022

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Francis Harper, native of Massachusetts, was a zoologist and author affiliated with many universities. He was the author of "Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp Region of Georgia" (1927). He retired in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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"An Exchange of Letters, 1913-1915, with Will Henry Thompson," typescript, 16 pages, including transcriptions of four letters and Harper's extensive notes on Thompson, Thompson's brother, Maurice, and Okefenokee Swamp, Ga. Also included is an original letter, 1913, from W. H. Thompson to Harper, drafts of four letters from Harper to Thompson, a typed draft of "Deep in the Okefinokee Swamp," by W. H. Thompson, a photograph relating to Thompson, and other correspondence of Harper.

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15 items.
Folder 1

Francis Harper Papers, 1902-1968

Image Folder PF-3638/1

Photograph

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Photographs (PF-3638/1)

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