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William Whatley Pierson, Jr

Also found in catalogs as William Whatley Pierson.

1890–1966 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster as William Whatley Pierson Jr. → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By William Whatley Pierson, Jr

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina : a paper presented before the Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools at its eleventh annual meeting held in Atlanta, Ga., October 28, 1937

Pierson, William Whatley, Jr., 1890-1966 · 1937

William Whatley Pierson delivered this account of the doctorate at the University of North Carolina to the Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools at its eleventh annual meeting in Atlanta on October 28, 1937, and it was printed there the same year. Topics include graduate work and degrees at Chapel Hill, a source for the history of doctoral education in the South.

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About William Whatley Pierson, Jr

Cecil S. Johnson papers, 1923-1970.

Johnson, Cecil, 1900-1976 · 1923

Ten and a half linear feet of papers kept by Cecil Johnson, 1900 to 1976, spanning 1923 to 1970, about 7,000 items, collection 3806 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Johnson taught at the University of North Carolina, and the papers concern higher education and college teachers in the South, naming Charles McLean Andrews, R. D. W. Connor and William Whatley Pierson.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Pierson, William Whatley, Jr., 1890-1966.

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