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No restrictions. Open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the W. J. Hoxie Books, #1114-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Typed transcription of diary available.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Animals--Photographs--History.
• Bird watching--Florida--History--19th century.
• Birds--Research--Southern States--History.
• Florida--Description and travel.
• Hoxie, W. J. (Walter John), 1848-1934.
• Hunting--Florida--History--19th century.
• Landscape--Southern States--Photographs--History.
• Ornithologists--Florida--Diaries.
• Ornithologists--Florida--History--19th century.
• Ornithologists--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• Photograph albums--History.
• Seminole language--History--19th century.

W. J. Hoxie was an ornithologist of Beaufort, S.C., and St. Petersburg, Fla.

The collection contains records of Hoxie, including a diary, 1888, of a bird observation and hunting expedition in the Titusville-Canaveral area of Florida, with notes on the Seminole language; two albums of photographs of wildlife, people, and scenes; notes about birds, 1869-1885; a scrapbook of nature articles by Hoxie; and a biographical sketch of Hoxie.

• Photo albums (PA-1114/2, 3)
• Microfilm (Reel M-1114/1)