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W. A. (William Alphonso) Withers

1864–1924 as the Library of Congress records it · 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.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Withers, W. A. (William Alphonso), 1864-1924.

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Background context: NCpedia: William Alphonso Withers NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 57 Orange County pages naming W. A. Withers DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for W. A. (William Alphonso) Withers NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) 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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