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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
Abstract | Harry Woodburn Chase (1883-1955), a native of Massachusetts, was professor, 1910-1918, and president, 1919-1930, of the University of North Carolina; president of the University of Illinois, 1930-1933; and later chancellor of New York University. The collection includes letters received upon the occasions of Chase's becoming chancellor of New York University, upon his retirement, and at his death. Also included are carbon copies of papers, articles, and addresses, 1911-1956, by and about Chase, compiled by Louis R. Wilson, 1959. |
Creator | Chase, Harry Woodburn, 1883-1955. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2009; Nancy Kaiser, December 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Harry Woodburn Chase (1883-1955), a native of Massachusetts, was professor, 1910-1918, and president, 1919-1930, of the University of North Carolina; president of the University of Illinois, 1930-1933; and later chancellor of New York University.
Back to TopThe collection includes the correspondence of Harry Woodburn Chase relating to his becoming chancellor at New York University, 1933, and his retirement, 1950-1951. There are also letters of condolence addressed to his wife upon his death, 1955. In addition there are scattered letters from Henry Smith Pritchett, Edmund E. Day, Elihu Root, Harold O. Voorhis, and Thomas John Watson, and two addresses by Herman Harrell Horne introducing Chase. Also included are carbon copies of papers, articles, and addresses, 1911-1956, by and about Chase, compiled by Louis R. Wilson, 1959.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1924-1933 |
Folder 2 |
1934-1949 |
Folder 3 |
1950 |
Folder 4 |
1951-1954 |
Folder 5-6
Folder 5Folder 6 |
1955 |
Folder 7 |
1955-1956 |
Folder 8 |
Printed ephemera |
Transcription Volume TV-3429/1-4
TV-3429/1TV-3429/2TV-3429/3TV-3429/4 |
Transcription volumes |
Image Folder PF-3429/1 |
Photographs of Harry Woodburn Chase |
Photographs of groups containing Harry Woodburn Chase |