Charles Wilson Harris papers, 1765-1924.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Charles Wilson Harris papers, 1765-1924.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23107630

Papers include letters from Charles Wilson Harris to his uncle, Charles Harris, a physician, and to his brother, Robert Harris, a student at the Universiy of North Carolina and later a merchant in Salisbury, N.C. Topics include business, foreign affairs, state politics, the Universiy of North Carolina, and the legal and medical professions, and advising his brother on choosing a career. Additions include a 1916 publication reproducing some of Harris's letters; a history of the Poplar Tent Church, a Presbyterian church in Cabarrus County, N.C., in which the Harris family was active; and deeds, correspondence, genealogical information, and other items relating to Charles Wilson Harris and the Harris and related families.

About 100 items (0.5 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7093499

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64499xp (corporateBody)

The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Harris, Charles E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q82214 (person)

Dr. Charles Harris (1762-1825) has been credited with starting the first medical school in North Carolina. From the description of Ledger, 1796-1807. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 722087888 ...

Harris, Robert.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61r70f6 (person)

Robert Harris was a library consultant under contract with the government of British Columbia. He acted as Secretary or Executive Director to several co-ordinating and planning committees and as supervisor of a number of research and implementation projects. His major role was as Executive Director of the Management Advisory Council, a body reporting to the Ministry of Education. From the description of Robert Harris fonds. 1977-1981. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCa...

Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z05fx (person)

Charles Wilson Harris (1771-1804), originally from Concord, N.C., was a lawyer and educator of Halifax and Warren counties, N.C., and one of the first professors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. From the description of Charles Wilson Harris papers, 1765-1924. WorldCat record id: 23107630 Charles Wilson Harris (1771-15 or 26 January 1804), educator and lawyer, was born at Mill Grove Plantation, about seven miles west of Concord, N.C. His p...

Harris family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bm0d20 (family)

Poplar Tent Church (Cabarrus County, N.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c7cp3 (corporateBody)