T. G. Harbison letters, 1905-1926 [manuscript].

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T. G. Harbison letters, 1905-1926 [manuscript].

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Letters, chiefly 1912-1919, received by Harbison, field botanist working at Highlands, N.C., 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

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Arnold Arboretum

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

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Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

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