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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 67 items) |
Abstract | Wiley Briton Sanders (1898-1973) was a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an avid bird watcher. The collection includes the notebooks of Sanders containing detailed observations of birds and their nests within a seven-mile radius of Chapel Hill, N.C., and 57 color photographs illustrating these observations taken by Wallace Patterson, professional photographer. |
Creator | Sanders, Wiley Britton, 1898- |
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
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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Wiley Britton Sanders (1898-1973) was an authority on criminology, pioneer in social work, and professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was also a bird watching enthusiast and was active with the Chapel Hill Bird Club.
Back to TopThe collection includes the bird watching notebooks of Wiley Britton Sanders containing detailed observations of birds and their nests within a seven-mile radius of Chapel Hill, N.C. There are also 57 color photographs illustrating these observations taken by Wallace Patterson, professional photographer.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Volume 1: 1957 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 2: 1957-1958 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 3: 1958-1960 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 4: 1960-1962 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 5: 1962-1964 |
Folder 6 |
Volume 6: 1964-1966 |
Folder 7 |
Volume 7: 1966-1967 |
Folder 8 |
Volume 8: 1967-1968 |
Folder 9 |
Volume 9: 1968-1971 |
Image Folder PF-4060/1-6
PF-4060/1PF-4060/2PF-4060/3PF-4060/4PF-4060/5PF-4060/6 |
Photographs illustrating Sanders's observations, 1962-1968 |
Photographs (PF-4060/1-6).
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