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William Colin Alderman

1858–1939 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Alderman family papers, 1874-1925.

Alderman (Family : Alderman, William Colin, 1858-1939) · 1874

Twenty one items of Alderman family papers, 1874 to 1925, associated with William Colin Alderman (1858-1939). Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 2994-z. Topics include college students at the University of North Carolina in the nineteenth century and family life in Chapel Hill, Fayetteville, New York and Galveston, Texas. W. T. Purviance is also named.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Alderman, William Colin, 1858-1939.

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