Francis Harper Papers, 1902-1968.

Summary

Creator:
Harper, Francis, 1886-1972.
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.

Extent:
15 items
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
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Background

Biographical / historical:

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.

Scope and content:

"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.

Acquisition information:

Gift 1963, 1968

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2022

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Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Francis Harper Papers, #3638-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
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