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Sallie Manning Venable

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F. P. Venable papers, 1838-1946.

Venable, F. P. (Francis Preston), 1856-1934 · 1838

Personal and professional papers of the chemist Francis Preston Venable, who lived from 1856 to 1934, covering 1838 to 1946, about 2,300 items in 4.5 feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4368. Subjects range from inorganic chemistry, calcium carbide, acetylene and the Union Carbide Corporation to Civil War maps, European travel, hazing at Chapel Hill and Venable family social life.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Venable, Sallie Manning, Active 1850-1930.

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