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John Henderson Cotten

1913–1982 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By John Henderson Cotten

John Henderson Cotten papers, 1928-1968.

Cotten, John Henderson, 1913-1982 · 1928

Correspondence, maps and personal narratives of John Henderson Cotten, 1913 to 1982, running from 1928 to 1968, about 975 items in two linear feet, collection 1505 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Subjects include Navy service, including maps of Okinawa Island, along with the Cotten family, race relations in Chapel Hill, and the history of the university library.

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About John Henderson Cotten

Lyman A. Cotten papers, 1927-1995.

Cotten, Lyman A., 1909-1991 · 1927

About 110 items dated 1927 to 1995 from Lyman A. Cotten (1909-1991), a member of the university faculty at Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection 4944-z. The papers concern social life and customs in Chapel Hill, the Order of Gimghoul, other members of the Cotten family, and description and travel in Japan including Hiroshima. Faculty life at the University of North Carolina runs through the papers.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Cotten, John Henderson, 1913-1982.

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