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Thomas Hardy

1840–1928 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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James Osler Bailey papers, 1924-1976.

Bailey, J. O. (James Osler), 1903-1979 · 1924

Two hundred items in 2.5 linear feet make up the papers of the literary scholar J. O. Bailey (1903-1979), covering 1924 to 1976, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4113. Topics include science fiction criticism, the work of Thomas Hardy, the play 'Strike song: a play of the Southern mills' and Loretto Carroll Bailey, with further material on William T. Couch and the Friends of the Library at Chapel Hill.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.

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