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Herbert Hutchinson Brimley (1861-1946) Papers, 1861, 1880-1948

Title: Herbert Hutchinson Brimley (1861-1946) Papers, 1861, 1880-1948
MARS ID: 713
Digital Collections: Legacy Finding Aids Collection
Identifier: Brimley_HH_Papers_PC203_Final
Digital Format: application/pdf
Hosted By: State Archives of North Carolina
Metadata Creator: Cusick, Aaron
Type: Text
Notes Public: If you have questions about this collection, please contact the State Archives of North Carolina at archives@ncdcr.gov.
Local Call Number: PC.203
Source: Herbert Hutchinson Brimley Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina
Language: English
Description: Papers of Brimley, native of England, taxidermist, naturalist, and director of the State Museum, N.C. Department of Agriculture (1895-1937). Correspondence (1901-1903) concerns formation of North Carolina Academy of Science (with list of fellows elected) and an Audubon Society, office matters, origins of the Hall of History, and personal business. Correspondents include J. W. Bailey, T. Gilbert Pearson, Hubert A. Royster, F. A. Sondley, Raymond Binford, William L. Poteat, Samuel L. Patterson, and former janitor Lt. J. W. Alston, a Raleigh Negro, writing from front lines in France, 1918 (extract). Other papers include a large number of receipted bills (mostly 1896-1910) from Raleigh merchants, landlord, doctors, teachers, local government, funeral directors (1888), newspapers, and brother C. S. Brimley; certificate awarded Brimley at the World Columbian Exposition (1894); notes on cataloging system for his library and Department of Agriculture expansion (1875-1899); his radio talk on "Old Time Whaling in North Carolina"; and typescript (1948) of H. H. Brimley, North Carolina Naturalist: Selections from his Writings, by Eugene P. Odum, 1948 (Chapel Hill, 1949), containing Brimley's recollection of Raleigh on his arrival in 1880, and articles, radio talks, and poems about N.C. wildlife and conservation.
Digital Characteristics: 3 pages
Format: Finding aids
Rights: The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.
Source Collections: Herbert Hutchinson Brimley Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina

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