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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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Collection Overview
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| Creator: | Feer, Robert A. |
| Title: | Robert A. Feer papers |
| Dates: | 1945-1969 (bulk 1958-1969) |
| Call Number: | M59 |
| Location: | 66/1-2 |
| Volume: | 3.00 cubic ft. (10 boxes) |
| Scope and Content Note: | The collection comprises documents relating to Feer's dissertation research on Shay's Rebellion, 1786-1787, and photographs of Massachusetts's North and South Shores. Included are research notes, drafts of his dissertation, a paper titled "The Vine and the Fig Tree," and photographs of Paragon Park on Nantasket Beach, unidentified landscapes, and "Views of the North and South Shores, Massachusetts." |
| Biographical Note: | Robert Arnold Feer, former Director of Graduate Studies in History at Northeastern University, was born in Brookline, Mass. in the late 1920s. He earned a Bachelor's degree in 1950, Master's degree in 1951, and Ph.D. in 1958 from Harvard University. In 1963, Feer came to Northeastern, where he developed the Department of African-American Studies. Feer died on September 22, 1970. In 1973, the Northeastern University History Department instituted the Feer Award, a monetary prize offered to the graduate student who completes the program with the highest grade point average. |
| Arrangement: | Arranged in one alphabetical sequence. |
| Subjects and Contributors: |
- Massachusetts -- History -- 1775-1865
- Massachusetts -- Photographs
- Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787
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| Restrictions: | The collection is unrestricted. |
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| Processor: | Finding aid prepared by Cat Lea,
October 2000 |
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