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Size | 46 items |
Abstract | Addison Hibbard (1887-1945) was an English professor, 1918-1930, and dean, 1926-1930, at the University of North Carolina. The collection includes the correspondence of Hibbard concerning contemporary writing and literary criticism in the South, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, writing submitted to him for criticism, and his own writing. |
Creator | Hibbard, Addison, 1887-1945. |
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, January 2009
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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Addison Hibbard (1887-1945) was an English professor, 1918-1930, and dean, 1926-1930, at the University of North Carolina. Hibbard was the son of Daniel O. and Ida Brightman Hibbard. He was born in Racine, Wis., and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He taught at Nagasaki, Japan, 1909-1914, and at the University of Wisconsin and Miami University, Ohio, before coming to the University of North Carolina in 1918. He was also the author of articles and editor of books relating to literature of the South. He was dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of North Carolina, 1926-1930, and accepted a similar post at Northwestern University in 1930. He married Ruth Barr in 1918 and they had several children.
Back to TopThe collection includes the correspondence of Addison Hibbard concerning contemporary writing and literary criticism in the South, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, writing submitted to him for criticism, and his own writing.
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