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[Identification of item], in the Horace Williams Philosophical Society Records #40186, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Horace Williams Philosophical Society.
• North Carolina--Intellectual life--20th century.
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• Williams, Henry Horace, 1858-1940.

The Horace Williams Philosophical Society was organized in June 1943 by professors Francis Bradshaw and C. P. Russell, University of North Carolina Controller Claude Teague, and Dr. Otho B. Ross of Charlotte, N.C. The objectives of the society were to commemorate and publicize the life and work of Henry Horace Williams (1858-1940), noted University of North Carolina professor of philosophy, 1890-1940. The society published works on Williams's life and philosophy of teaching and invited noted philosophers to address its members at annual meetings held during the University of North Carolina commencement week.

Records, 1945-1968, of the Horace Williams Philosophical Society at the University of North Carolina include correspondence, membership lists, minutes of meetings, and financial records.