Inventory of the Harley Bascom Ferguson Papers, 1892-1941

Collection Number 2970


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Ferguson, Harley Bascom, b. 1875.
Title
Harley Bascom Ferguson Papers, 1892-1941.
Call Number
2970
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1,000 items (5.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Ferguson, of Waynesville, N.C., graduated from West Point in 1897 and served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, retiring in 1939 as a major general. The collection includes papers pertaining to Ferguson's military assignments in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, particularly to service in the China Relief Expediton, 1901; the raising of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor, 1910- 1911; and flood control on the Mississippi River, 1932-1939. There also is information on his World War I service as a general of engineers in France and commander of the Newport News (Va.) port of embarkation, and his work with industrial mobilization in the office of Assistant Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis, 1921-1927.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Harley Bascom Ferguson Papers, #2970, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

China Relief Expedition (1900-1901)
Davis, Dwight Filley, 1879-1945.
Ferguson, Harley Bascom, b. 1875.
Flood control--Mississippi River Valley.
Industrial mobilization--United States--History--20th century.
Maine (Battleship)
Mississippi River.
Newport News (Va.)--History--20th century.
River engineering--Mississippi River.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--Civil functions--History--20th century.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--History--World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918--France.
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Biographical Note

Harley Bascom Ferguson (born 1875), of Waynesville, N.C., graduated from West Point in 1897 and served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, retiring in 1939 as a major general.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes papers pertaining to Ferguson's military assignments in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, particularly to service in the China Relief Expediton, 1901; the raising of the U.S.S. "Maine" in Havana harbor, 1910- 1911; and flood control on the Mississippi River, 1932-1939. There also is information on his World War I service as a general of engineers in France and commander of the Newport News (Va.) port of embarkation, and his work with industrial mobilization in the office of Assistant Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis, 1921-1927.