George Washington Finley Harper Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence and school work. The letters are from family and friends in Lenoir, North Carolina to Harper while he was a student at Davidson College. The school work includes 2 essays and 2 grade reports. There is also a typescript of Harper's diary for 1855-1856 in his Alumni file. It was copied from records in the manuscript collections at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Dates
- Creation: 1855 - 1856
Biographical / Historical
George Washington Finley Harper attended Davidson College in 1855 and 1856 as an irregular student in the science course. He served as a Trustee of Davidson College from 1904 to 1921. He was also director of the State Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina and president of the Bank of Lenoir.
Extent
2 folders (2 folders)
Language
English
Processing Information
Processed on Sep-94
Subject
- Title
- George Washington Finley Harper Papers
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository