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Collection Overview
| Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 750 items) |
| Abstract | Richmond Pugh Bond (1899-1979) was a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection is chiefly photocopies of 17th-century and 18th-century British newspapers, journals, and other printed materials used by Bond in his research on American and British printing history. Also included are papers relating to Bond's service as a United States Naval Reserve aviation officer on active duty with the Pacific Fleet during World War II, including military papers and personal correspondence; and materials used by Bond as he prepared his book, Queen Anne's American Kings (1952), about Mohawk Indians in London. |
| Creator | Bond, Richmond Pugh, 1899-1979 |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical
Information
Richmond Pugh Bond (1899-1979) was a Kenan professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bond joined the faculty in 1929, specializing in English literature, especially British newspapers and periodicals to 1800.
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Scope and Content
The collection is chiefly photocopies of 17th- and 18th-century British newspapers, journals, and other printed materials used by Richmond Pugh Bond in his research on American and British printing history. Also included are papers relating to Bond's service as a United States Naval Reserve aviation officer on active duty with the Pacific Fleet during World War II, including military papers and personal correspondence; and materials used by Bond as he prepared his book, Queen Anne's American Kings (1952), about Mohawk Indians in London.
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Series 1. Personal and Professional Papers, 1940-1949 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
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Series 2. Queen Anne's American Kings Material, 1938-1951 and undated.
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Series 3. 17th- and 18th-Century Newspapers
Arrangement: alphabetical by title.
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Series 4. 17th- and 18th-Century Printed Materials
Arrangement: alphabetical by title.
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Series 5. 17th- and 18th-Century Correspondence
Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent.
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Series 6. Other Miscellaneous Historical Materials
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Items Separated
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 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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