Georgia Pearsall Hearne Papers, 1865-2013, (bulk 1919-1982), undated

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Georgia Pearsall Hearne Papers, 1865-2013, (bulk 1919-1982), undated

1865-2013

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0430

Papers (1865-2013, bulk 1919-1982) relating to Georgia Pearsall Hearne, an artist, musician, and teacher, whose portraits of prominent North Carolinians earned her state-wide recognition, including consisting of correspondence, daybooks, photographs, original artwork, reproductions of art work, newspaper clippings, printed forms, printed materials, genealogical materials, and miscellany.

2.56 Cubic feet, 5 archival boxes, 7 oversized folders

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11617900

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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