Carter G. Woodson Regional Library / Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection

CTL-E-1226 · Institution · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

CPL regional library that became the permanent home of the Harsh Collection (transferred from Hall Branch in 1975) and of the Hall Branch and Howalton Day School archives. Entry supplements BCI-001; basic history not rewritten here.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-015; source research type(s): library. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

S-codes S02,S03 (see working/track-b/sources.md)
S-codes S03,S11 (see working/track-b/sources.md)

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