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F. A. (Forster Alexander) Sondley

From the state marker
“Historian, lawyer, and bibliophile. Gave to Asheville the Sondley Reference Library. His home is 2.7 mi. north.”
State historical marker: P-30: Foster A. Sondley 1857-1931

1857–1931 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Selection of correspondence to and from H. H. Brimley.

Royster, Hubert Ashley, 1871-1959 · 1902

Correspondence of 1902 and 1903 to and from museum curator H. H. Brimley about founding the North Carolina Academy of Science, with Hubert A. Royster among the writers. Other scientists named include C. S. Brimley, W. W. Ashe, T. Gilbert Pearson, Franklin Sherman and H. V. Wilson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 16 images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sondley, F. A. (Forster Alexander), 1857-1931.

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Background

NCpedia: Forster Alexander Sondley Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Historical marker P-30: Foster A. Sondley 1857-1931NC Highway Historical Marker Historian, lawyer, and bibliophile. Gave to Asheville the Sondley Reference Library. His home is 2.7 mi. north.

Records of the time

DigitalNC newspapers: 2 Orange County pages naming F. A. Sondley Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers

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Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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