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Collection Number: 04060

Collection Title: Wiley Britton Sanders Papers, 1957-1971.

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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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Size 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 67 items)
Abstract Wiley Briton Sanders (1898-1973) was a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an avid bird watcher. The collection includes the notebooks of Sanders containing detailed observations of birds and their nests within a seven-mile radius of Chapel Hill, N.C., and 57 color photographs illustrating these observations taken by Wallace Patterson, professional photographer.
Creator Sanders, Wiley Britton, 1898-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Wiley Britton Sanders Papers, #4060, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. Wiley B. Sanders of Chapel Hill, N.C., September 1975.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 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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Wiley Britton Sanders (1898-1973) was an authority on criminology, pioneer in social work, and professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was also a bird watching enthusiast and was active with the Chapel Hill Bird Club.

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The collection includes the bird watching notebooks of Wiley Britton Sanders containing detailed observations of birds and their nests within a seven-mile radius of Chapel Hill, N.C. There are also 57 color photographs illustrating these observations taken by Wallace Patterson, professional photographer.

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Contents list

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Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Folder 1

Volume 1: 1957

Folder 2

Volume 2: 1957-1958

Folder 3

Volume 3: 1958-1960

Folder 4

Volume 4: 1960-1962

Folder 5

Volume 5: 1962-1964

Folder 6

Volume 6: 1964-1966

Folder 7

Volume 7: 1966-1967

Folder 8

Volume 8: 1967-1968

Folder 9

Volume 9: 1968-1971

Image Folder PF-4060/1-6

PF-4060/1

PF-4060/2

PF-4060/3

PF-4060/4

PF-4060/5

PF-4060/6

Photographs illustrating Sanders's observations, 1962-1968

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Photographs (PF-4060/1-6).

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