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Also found in catalogs as H. V. (Henry Van Peters) Wilson.
1863–1939 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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William R. Burk's history of botany at the University of North Carolina, from its early natural scientists such as Denison Olmsted and Elisha Mitchell through later figures including George Francis Atkinson, Joseph Austin Holmes and Henry Van Peters Wilson, closing with a chapter on the Department of Botany itself. Published in Fort Worth in 2023.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Wilson, H. V. 1863-1939.
Account ledger of Patterson's General Store in Chapel Hill for 1910 to 1911, recording what customers owed. Accounts run from townspeople and the university Athletic Association to figures such as Kemp Plummer Battle, Edward Kidder Graham, Collier Cobb, Horace Williams and Louis Round Wilson, and firms including the Bank of Chapel Hill, Odell Hardware, Standard Oil and the Southern Railway. Part of North Carolina Memory.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Wilson, H. V. (Henry Van Peters), 1863-1939.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Wilson, H. V. (Henry Van Peters), 1863-1939.
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