William Whatley Pierson papers, 1764-1830; 1925-1941 [manuscript].

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William Whatley Pierson papers, 1764-1830; 1925-1941 [manuscript].

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Research materials, writings, and miscellaneous correspondence of Pierson, professor of history and political science at the University of North Carolina, relating almost completely to his interest in political institutions in Latin America. The bulk of the collection comprises photocopies and typed transcriptions of original documents held by the Spanish Archives in Seville and Simancas, concerning the origins and early development of the intendencia of colonial Cuba, 1764-1825.

550 items (2.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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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...

Pierson, William Whatley, 1890-

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William Whatley Pierson (born 1890) was a professor of history and political science at the University of North Carolina. From the guide to the William Whatley Pierson Papers, ., 1764-1830; 1925-1941, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...