T. G. Harbison Letters, . 1905-1926

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T. G. Harbison Letters, . 1905-1926

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T. G. (Thomas Grant) Harbison (1862-1936) was a field botanist who came to Highlands, N.C., in 1866. The collection includes letters, chiefly 1912-1919, received by T. G. Harbison from Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927), arboriculturist and director of Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. Letters concern the botanical and arboricultural projects in which they were engaged.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Harbison, T. G. (Thomas Grant), 1862-1936

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Thomas Grant Harbison was born in Union County, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1862. He had an unconventional education that included correspondence courses offered by the University of the City of New York. He earned a B.S. and an A.M. and a Ph.D. from the National University (Chicago) in 1888. During Harbison's youth, he set out on walking tour of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. While visiting Highlands, North Carolina, on this trip, he was said to have been quite fond of the area’s natural...