Inventory of the Thomas Pearson Papers, 1916-1963
Collection Number 4051
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Pearson, Thomas, 1893-1963.
- Title
- Thomas Pearson Papers, 1916-1963.
- Call Number
- 4051
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 70 items (0.5 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- 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 Thomas Pearson Papers, #4051, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Dominican Republic--Description and travel.
- Dominican Republic--Economic policy.
- Haiti--Description and travel.
- Haiti--Economic policy.
- Iran--Description and travel.
- Iran--Economic policy--20th century.
- Pearson, Thomas, 1893-1963.
- Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961.
Biographical Note
Pearson, of Asheville, N.C., was an economic advisor to several foreign countries, especially Persia (later Iran), 1922-1927; the Dominican Republic, 1937-1941; and Haiti, 1941-1947.
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Selected items documenting Pearson's career, including letters of commendation, appointments and commissions, and typed versions of miscellaneous articles, travel essays, and poems by him, relating to his service in Persia, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. Included is a letter in Spanish, 23 November 1938, from Rafael L. Trujillo Molina.