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Legacy Finding Aids

The Southern Historical Collection is in the process of updating and making available online over 1000 finding aids currently only available in paper format. This work is made possible with the support of IMLS/LSTA funds administered by the State Library of North Carolina. Our anticipated completion date for this project is June 2011. If you have any questions or would like additional information about this project, please contact Jodi Berkowitz, Legacy Finding Aids Archivist.

Updated finding aids for the following collections were posted in October 2009:

W. G. Curtis Papers, #200

John Willis Ellis Papers, #242

Andrew T. Long Papers, #433

Peter Mallett Papers, #480

William Berry McKoy Papers, #471

Julian Smith Mann Papers, #488

William Francis Martin Papers, #493

Martin Van Buren Moore Papers, #520

Moore and Gatling Law Firm Papers, #521

Joseph P. Morehead Papers, #523

Archibald D. Murphey Papers, #533

Patrick Livingston Murphy Papers, #535

Walter B. Myrick Papers, #538

George Thompson Confederate Quartermaster Records, #551

Thomas Wingate Andrews Papers, #824

Hope Bain Papers, #1380

Edward Coningland Papers, #859

Daughters of the American Revolution, Davie Poplar Chapter, Records, #891

Donnell Family Papers, #1154

Harris Family Papers, #879

Heartt and Wilson Family Papers, #1373

Walter James Forbes Liddell Papers, #904

Montford McGehee Papers, #1125

North Carolina Land Grants and Deeds, #553

Robert Treat Paine Papers, #1110

Andrew Henry Patterson Papers, #1419

William Dorsey Pender Papers, #1059

A. D. Pollock Papers, #865

James Perrin Quarles Jr. Memorial Collection, #985

Kenneth Rayner Papers, #625

Daniel Lindsay Russell Papers, #645

Joseph Hubbard Saunders Papers, #650

Shotwell Family Papers, #663

Adolphus Staton Papers, #686

Charles Manly Stedman Papers, #687

Jethro Sumner Papers, #705

Cyrus Thompson Papers, #715

Whitfield Family Papers, #1257

John and William A. Williams Papers, #787

Updated finding aids for the following collections were posted in September 2009:

Elizabeth Willis Gloster Anderson Memoranda, #3350-z

Anderson Brothers Ledger, #3029-z

Martin W. B. Armstrong Papers, #3462-z

Samuel E. Asbury Papers, #2766-z

James Atkins Papers, #0032

William F. Atkinson Papers, #3191-z

Bank of Cape Fear Records, #2926-z

Richard T. Barnes Notebook, #3611-z

Susanna Elizabeth Barringer Papers, #3526-z

Stephen Chaulker Bartlett Papers, #3339-z

Bond and Fentriss Family Papers, #2768-z

Macon Bonner Papers, #3758-z

James G. Bowen Papers, #2882-z

Henry Bradford Hymn Book, #3447-z

Philip Northern Bray Account Books, #3745-z

Theodore Washington Brevard Papers,  #2871-z

Charles Wetmore Broadfoot Papers, #0087

Bedford Brown Papers, #0092-z

Edmund Strudwick Burwell Papers, #2009-z

Florence Faison Butler Papers, #0115

Ralph Potts Buxton Papers, #0116

John Byrd Papers, #3764-z

Confederate States of America Bureau of Conscription, 7th North Carolina Congressional District Records, #0170

David Franklin Caldwell Papers, #0126

Samuel Caldwell Papers, #3371-z

Ted Robinson Caldwell Papers, #0128

James Chalmers Letters, #3126-z

Chapel Hill Council of Churches Records, #3596-z

Chapel Hill Telephone Company Ledgers, #3451-z

William Gerard Chapman Papers, #3476-z

Henry S. Clarke Letters, #3575-z

Edmund Janes Cleveland Diary, #2888-z

T. L. Clingman Papers, #0157

Philip Charles Cocke Speeches, #3248-z

Elizabeth Pendleton Coles Papers, #3325-z

William L. Connelly Papers, #3362-z

Herbert Arthur Cooley Letters, #2431-z

Lucy S. Costen Papers, #3582-z

Thomas Cowan Letters, #3748-z

Cumberland Association Papers, #2075-z

Davidson College Drawings, #3643-z

Rebecca Pitchford Davis Letters, #3328-z

Earl Dean Scrapbooks, #3337-z

Devereaux, Chester, & Orme Account Book, #2903-z

Wilse Dial Letter, #3143-z

James C. Dobbin Letters, #2666-z

Elizabeth R. Doggett Papers, #3403-z

Dogwood Festival, Incorporated Records, #3654-z

James M. Drennan Papers, #3187-z

John Early Diary, #3323-z

Weldon Nathaniel Edwards Papers, #3381-z

Zaccheus Ellis Letters, #3266-z

Gertrude Dixon Enfield Papers, #3696-z

Augustus Coutanche Evans Papers, #2991-z

Richard Everard Proclamation, #3045-z

Thomas Faucett Account Books, #2927-z

Fayetteville Insurance Agents’ Papers, #2995-z

Gertrude Evans Fearing Papers, #3356-z

Charles E. Fenner Papers, #0255-z

Lawrence Flinn Diary, #3253-z

George N. Folk Papers, #3421-z

Daniel P. Foust Papers, #3489-z

Alson Fuller Account Books, #3261-z

J. J. Gilchrist Account Books, #2925-z

Grady Family Papers, #3486-z

Felix Grundy Papers, #2026-z

Eben Thomas Hale Papers, #2466-z

Halifax County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Account Books, #3490-z

Anne Troy Hall Papers, #3131-z

Rena C. Harrell Correspondence, #3751-z

John McLean Harrington Papers, #3341-z

Karl Pomeroy Harrington Papers, #3763-z

John Robert Hawes Papers, #3599-z

Louis Hebert Autobiography, #3047-z

Philo Henderson Manuscript, #3395-z

P. C. Henkel Letter, #3106-z

Hertford County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Papers, #3037-z

Addison Hibbard Papers, #3645-z

Frederick Jones Hill Papers, #2469-z

Whitmel Hill Papers, #3099-z

Martha Holland Papers, #3324-z

Emilie Rose Smedes Holmes Papers, #3492-z

John K. Hoyt Journal, #3431-z

N. Collin Hughes Papers, #3680-z

Susan Davis Nye Hutchison Journals, #3635-z

Cadwallader Jones Iredell Papers, #0363-z

Thomas J. Jennings Letters, #3719-z

John Judge Papers, #0390

J. H. King Papers, #3548-z

Lenoir County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Account Books, #3666-z

John Alexander Lillington Diary, #2856-z

John S. Littler Letters, #3282-z

Littleton College Memorabilia, #3577-z

F. F. Long Ledger, #3628-z

Long Family Papers, #3269-z

Benson John Lossing Papers, #3436-z

Lynch Family Papers, #3711-z

Frederick Fagg Malloy Correspondence, #0481-z

Alfred H. Martine Papers, #3706-z

John Calhoun McDowell Papers, #3147-z

McKenzie and Sumner Family Papers, #3039-z

Anna Blue McLaurin Papers, #3562-z

McMillan Family Papers, #3683-z

James Isaac Metts Papers, #3624-z

Lucinda Sugg Moore Papers, #3608-z

William Groves Morris Papers, #3626-z

Henry Leonidas Morrison Papers, #3591-z

Mehetable Mumford Letters, #2953-z

Hanson Finla Murphy Letters, #3677-z

Music Books, #3396-z

Myers Family Papers, #2765-z

Nashville (N.C.) Postmaster’s Account Book, #3181-z

Papers Relating to L. L. Polk, #3738-z

North Carolina Governors’ Autographs, #3078-z

James Alves Hogg Norwood Letters of Recommendation, #3636-z

Robert B. Owens Book, #3001-z

Oxford Women’s Literary Club Minutes, #3644-z

Daniel Allen Penick Papers, #2641-z

Phifer Family Papers, #2726-z

Thomas Merritt Pittman Papers, #3316-z

William George Randall Notebook, #3580-z

Claude Wharton Rankin Papers, #3609-z

Regulator Papers, #0626-z

Emil Rosenthal Ledger, #3083-z

Thomas Settle Papers, #0656-z

Joshua Sharpe Papers, #3255-z

Mary T. Martin Sloop Letters, #3620-z

Benjamin R. Smith Autograph Album, #3379-z

John E. Smith Papers, #3707-z

Michael Spainhour Papers, #3161-z

C. Bayard Springer Diary, #3270-z

Walter L. Steele Papers, #3681-z

John Henry Steinmeyer Memoir, #3627-z

Marcus Cicero Stephens Letters, #3402-z

Oscar Malachi Styron Papers, #3750-z

Andrew Sullins Account Book, #3427-z

John Dudley Tatum Letters, #3279-z

Charles Thomson Letter, #3394-z

Selected papers relating to North Carolina and North Carolinians, #3417-z

William U. Watson Survey Book, #3389

Cora E. White Books, #3262-z

William Wallace White Diaries, #3265

George William Whitfield Papers, #3354-z

Williamston (N.C.) Night Watch Reports, #3422-z

Wilmington (N.C.) Papers, #2497-z

H. V. Wilson Papers, #3202-z

Mary Ann Covington Wilson Papers, #3251-z

Richard Don Wilson Poem, #2896-z

E. D. Witherspoon Scrapbooks, #3363-z

Wooster Family Papers, #2120-z

Wright and Herring Family Papers, #3234-z

Wright Brothers Press Dispatches, #3134-z

Updated finding aids for the following collections were posted in July 2009:

Julian Allen Scrapbook, #13-z

John Armstrong Papers, #23-z

Alfred Baird Biography, #40-z

Ivan Proctor Battle Collection, #50

Mary E. Strayhorn Berry Papers, #65-z

William Kennedy Blake Recollections, #71-z

Burnett Family Papers, #106-z

H. G. Burton Papers, #110-z

Wm. Cain Books, #124

David Carter Papers, #142-z

Jesse A. Clement Papers, #155-z

James Clitherall Diary, #159-z

Corpening and Kincaid Family Papers, #178

Ellen Long Daniel Papers, #202-z

Francis Warrington Dawson Papers, #209-z

Edmund Deberry Papers, #211-z

Platt K. Dickinson Papers, #220-z

E. D. Dixon Recollections, #223-z

Malcolm Douglas Papers, #227-z

William B. Edmunson Letters, #237-z

John Elliot Papers, #240

Fanning and McCulloh Papers, #252-z

Henderson Monroe Fowler Diary and Account Books, #264-z

Daniel R. Goodloe Papers, #278

James Augustus Graham Papers, #283

William Barry Grove Letters, #293-z

Haywood W. Guion Papers, #296-z

Lewis Clark Hanes Papers, #306

Cornelius Harnett Letters, #311-z

Solomon Hilary Helsabeck Papers, #326

Mary B. Heyer Notebooks, #333-z

William J. Hoke Papers, #346

George Hooper Papers, #341-z

Baker Family Papers, #356-z

James Iredell Account Books, #366

Sarah A. Johnson Papers, #379

North Carolina Judicial Papers, #391-z

John U. Kirkland Account Books, #405-z

Richard F. Langdon Papers, #412-z

Ledbetter Family Papers, #421

North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Papers, #424-z

Thomas F. Lloyd Papers, #431-z

Lutterloh Family Papers, #440

George G. Lynch Papers, #443-z

William Lytle Papers, #445-z

John Gilchrist McCormick Papers Relating to the 1861 North Carolina Secession Convention, #451

Eugene Stuart Martin Papers, #491-z

R. S. Mason Papers, #497

Augustus Summerfield Merrimon Papers, #504

North Carolina Militia, 5th Regiment Records, #536-z

North Carolina Court Papers, #552-z

J. C. Norwood Letters, #558-z

Orange County  (N.C.) Court Records, #564-z

Panacea Springs and Hotel Company Records, #574

Henry Perry Papers, #589-z

Physicians’ Account Books, #598-z

Charles Stevens Powell Reminiscences, #610-z

Emma Lydia Rankin Papers, #621-z

Robert Ransom Papers, #622-z

David A. Ray Papers, #623-z

James A. Russell Papers, #646-z

James Benson Sellers Papers, #654-z

Solomon Slatter Papers, #641-z

Archibald Aaron Tyson Smith Papers, #674-z

C. Alphonso Smith Papers, #675-z

George William Swepson Papers, #707-z

Mary B. Syme Papers, #709

Marjory Terrell Correspondence, #712-z

Isaac Tompkins Letters, #725-z

Marcus A. Turner Papers, #731-z

Nathan Wilson Walker Papers, #745-z

Richard Henry Hill Walton Account Book, #749-z

Thomas Webb Papers, #761

Gaston Hillary Wilder Papers, #779

Joseph Rennie Papers, #843

Edmund Jones Williams Letters, #866-z

S. Vance Pickens Papers, #890

Perry Family Papers, #906-z

J. A. Baldwin Books, #944-z

Walter Everett Philips Memoirs, #959-z

Baker Family Papers, #966-z

Eugene Lindsay Morehead Diary, #992-z

Brower Family Papers, #994-z

Ferdinand Hannon Whitaker Papers, #1002-z

Lutie Kealhofer Papers, #1011-z

Edwin W. Fuller Sea-Gift Manuscript Fragment, #1027-z

Mary I. Kerr Scrapbooks, #1077

Lillie Vause Archbell Papers, #1122

Thomas Pollock Devereux Papers, #1129-z

Wilkes County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Documents, #1137-z

James Thomas Leach Papers, #1138-z

Alfred E. Willard Correspondence, #1142-z

Griffin Stedman Williams Papers, #1155-z

Mary E. Fries Patterson Diary, #1170-z

Robert Henry Letters, #1319-z

Benjamin Smith Papers, #1321-z

Willis Alston Letter, #1331-z

Thomas C. Manning Letters, #1361-z

Ludwic Summers Arithmetic Books, #1375-z

Joseph Hewes Papers, #1381-z

Carolina Charter Reversion, #1383-z

Simeon Colton Papers, #1394-z

Henry Nutt Papers, #1440-z

Lamb Family Papers, #1481-z

Margaret Hathaway Jones Papers, #1502-z

James Ryder Randall Papers, #1526

Francis A. Boyle Books, #1555-z

Mark De Wolf Stevenson Letters, #1562-z

Henry Beasley Ansell Recollections, #1570-z

William MacLean Papers, #1579-z

Pleasant Daniel Gold Papers, #1595-z

John K. Baldwin Diary, #1611

Elisha E. Hundley Letters, #1663-z

Edward Jocelyn Moore Papers, #1709

Philomathean Society Records, #1720-z

Bertie County (N.C.) Account Books, #1758-z

Lorenzo S. Webb Account Books, #1766-z

John Warwick Thomas Papers, #1784-z

McClure and Kerns Family Papers, #1791-z

Maria Miller Hill Franck Papers, #1808

Andrew J. Sproul Papers, #1877

J. Gibson Papers, #1880

Andrew Jackson Rike Papers, #1930-z

Pleasant Union Christian Church Records, #1942-z

Mark Powell Cipher Book, #1946-z

Shiloh Mill Books, #1950-z

Fayetteville and Florence Railroad Company Subscription Book, #1952-z

Joseph Peace Papers, #1953-z

Daniel G. Marsh Cipher and Account Book, #1960-z

Martin County (N.C.) Papers, #1971-z

Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church Records, #1978-z

Thomas Crawford Papers, #1990-z

Walter A. Montgomery Papers, #1996

Alonzo Phillips Photograph Collection, #1997-z

Samuel Ashe Papers, #2015-z

William James Martin Letter, #2112-z

John Williams Papers, #2115-z

Edward Clements Yellowley Papers, #2122-z

Benjamin Simmons Guion Papers, #2212-z

John M. Richardson Papers, #2242

Hogg and Norwood Family Papers, #2258

George Whitaker Wills Letters, #2269-z

E. F. Rockwell Papers, #2271-z

Confederate Scrapbook, #2277-z

E. Percival Lewis Papers, #2297-z

Mary Clarke Bayard Papers, #2310-z

Archibald Maclaine Memorandum Book, #2313-z

John Bowen Bynum Papers, #2344-z

Leander Quincy Sharpe Papers, #2374

DeLancey Evans Papers, #2384

Marie Louise Du Brutz Reston Memoirs, #2404

Julius Alexander Robbins Letter, #2424-z

Burton Alva Konkle Papers, #2428-z

Joshua Lawrence Papers, #2452-z

Matilda Lamb Morton Memories of the War Between the States, #2467-z

William D. Alexander Diary, #2478-z

Henderson Deans Reminiscences, #2500-z

William A. Holt Papers, #2516

Walter H. Lee Scrapbooks, #2630

Patterson and Lenoir Family Papers, #2662-z

James E. Green Diary, #2678-z

Eliza Murphy Walton Letters, #2686-z

Frederick Philips Papers, #2689-z

Addison Gorgan Brenizer Papers, #2719-z

John L.  Brown Papers, #2753-z

Gudger and Love Family Papers, #2789-z

McDonald and Irving Family Papers, #2803-z

Charles Harper McDowell Papers, #2814-z

David Ker and Mary B. Ker Portraits and Papers, #3771-z

John Morgan Farm Diary, #3773-z

John C. Morrison Papers, #3777-z

Angus Kelly Papers, #3781-z

Benjamin F. White Diary, #3782-z

Joseph John Jenkins Books, #3785-z

Harmony Old Singers’ Association Minutes, #3793-z

Thomas James Lassiter papers, #3852-z

Richard Grist Ledger, #3859-z

Burns Family Papers, #3861-z

Thomason Family Papers, #3872-z

Mary Bayley Pratt Papers, #3888

Peter Arrington Letterpress Copy Book, #3906-z

Robert Gilliam Lassiter Notebooks, #3908-z

John Augustus Winfield Papers, #3925

Marvin Hendrix Stacy Papers, #3926

Sarah Susan Gay Papers, #3927-z

Lilly Valley Lodge Records, #3934-z

Marion Dudley Papers, #3935

John Houston Thorpe Papers, #3936-z

Manly Wade Wellman Letters, #3948-z

Joseph Price Papers, #3949-z

Philip Flynn Meroney Papers, #3950

Goose Wing Club Records, #3951-z

Steed and Phipps Family Papers, #3960

William J. Creasey Diary, #3961-z

W. H. Gomer Papers, #3965-z

John Aston Pritchett Papers, #3968

Silva Wilson Partridge Genealogical Papers, #3969

John L. Snell Papers, #3970

Charles Lanman Papers, #3974-z

Frank Family Papers, #3980-z

North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration Statistics, #3986

Peirson Ricks Papers, #3989

Hugh Leach Books, #3997-z

New Voices Sound Recordings, #4036

John S. Lefevre Diary, #4040-z

Thomas Pearson Papers, #4051

Wiley Britton Sanders Papers, #4060

Lionel Dane Melvin Papers, #4076

Olive Tilford Dargan Papers, #4080

Polly Mira Avery Summey Papers, #4083-z

Rebecca Hill Papers, #4085

Alonzo J. Willis Papers, #4086-z

Charles A. Tanner Papers, #4088-z

Occoneechee Hotel Guest Register, #4092-z

Julia Good Eagan Papers, #4104-z

James Larkin Pearson Papers, #4109-z

Crowder and Miller Family Papers, #4111-z

Sylvia Louise Arrowood Latshaw Papers, #4112-z

Raleigh (N.C.) Ledger Index, #4116-z

Spinsters’ Club Records, #4144-z

Neil McLeod Civil War Letters, #4150-z

William Franklin Strowd Papers, #4151-z

Andrew Dunn Kincaid Papers, #4153-z

Charles Oscar Beers Papers, #4161

Sallie Wood Moore Calvert Papers, #4216-z

Abraham Enloe Papers, #4229-z

William Reese Sharpe Papers, #4232

Tuttle Family Papers, #4233-z

Sims Family Papes, #4238-z

W. H. Howard Papers, #4247

Edward Augustus Wild Papers, #4256-z

Francis Marin Rountree Papers, #4263-z

Chapel Hill Country Club Account Book, #4272-z

Joseph Fernald Papers, #4280-z

McCauley Family Papers, #4346-z