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Size | 13 items |
Abstract | James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981) of Wilkes County and Guilford County, N.C., was the North Carolina poet laureate, 1953-1981, and a newspaper publisher. The collection includes mimeographed letters, clippings, and other materials relating to the poems and family life of James Larkin Pearson. This material was apparently accumulated by David Leroy Corbitt. |
Creator | Corbitt, David Leroy, 1895-. (Collector) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981) of Wilkes and Guilford counties, N.C., was the North Carolina poet laureate, 1953-1981, and a newspaper publisher.
Back to TopThe collection includes mimeographed letters, clippings, and other materials relating to the poems and family life of James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981), poet and printer of Wilkes and Guilford counties, N.C. This material was apparently accumulated by David Leroy Corbitt.
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