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Guide to the Harry Seymour Logan Papers, 1930-1936
(Manuscript Collection #111)



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Descriptive Summary
Title: Harry Seymour Logan Papers
Creator: Harry Seymour Logan, 1883-1957
Repository: J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Language: English
Abstract: Papers (1930-1936) including correspondence, letters, information concerning personal matters, reference to experiments in a new treatment for cancer, hardship of great depression.
Extent: 0.073 cubic feet, 17 items, correspondence.

Administrative Information
Accessions Information
January 28, 1970, 17 items; Letters, 1930-1936. Gift of Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, Greenville, N.C.


Access Restrictions
No restrictions


Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Preferred Citation
Harry Seymour Logan Papers (#111), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.


Acquisition Information
Gift of Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives
Processing Information
Processed by A. Sabrosky, February 1970
Encoded by Apex Data Services


Biographical/Historical Note
The collection consists of personal correspondence written by Harry Seymour Logan (1883-1957) to his half-sister, Mrs. H. C. (Murdena Susan Logan) Kennerley of Pinehurst, N.C.


Description
The letters are written from San Francisco and Sacramento, California, and most of the information concerns personal matters. Also included are references to experiments in a new treatment for cancer, the hardships of the Great Depression (1930-1931), and Depression-related actions of President Herbert C. Hoover (1931).



Online Catalog Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.

Subject Entries
Logan, Harry Seymour, 1883-1957—Correspondence
Kennerley, Murdena Susan Logan—Correspondence
Cancer—Treatment
Depressions—1929—United States
United States—Politics and government—1929-1933
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964


Preliminary Inventory
Below is material taken from a preliminary inventory and represents content from the collection that is unprocessed.

Box 1
Folder a Correspondence, 1930-1936. 17 items.
Item  Letter from Harry Seymour Logan to his half-sister