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Collection Number: 05731

Collection Title: Fred Hobson Papers, circa 1970s-2017

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Size 14.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 800 items)
Abstract Fred Hobson is an English professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who specializes in Southern literary history. This collection primarly contains correspondence with various writers, researchers, and scholarly journals. Also included are materials related to Hobson's publications.
Creator Hobson, Fred, 1943-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Box 6 is restricted until 2030.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
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 Fred Hobson Papers #05731, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Donated by Fred Hobson, June 2017 (Acc. 103065), July 2017 (Acc. 103098), and May 2018 (Acc. 103360).
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: Amy Morgan, June 2017; Nancy Kaiser, August 2018

Encoded by: Laura Smith, June 2017

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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Fred Hobson is an English professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who specializes in Southern literary history.

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The Fred Hobson Papers primarily consist of correspondence with various writers, researchers, and scholarly journals. Also included are materials related to Hobson's publications.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 2. Correspondence, circa 2000s-2017 (Addition of May 2018).

500 items.

Arrangement: files are arranged as received, alphabetical by correspondent.

Acquisition Information: Accession 103360

Printed email correspondence related to Hobson's work as a writer and literary scholar.

Box 7

A-C

Box 8

D-G

Box 9

G-L

Box 10

M-T

Box 11

W-Z

Box 6

Restricted correspondence

CLOSED by donor until 2030.
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