Inventory of the Abernathy Family Papers, 1831-1952

Collection Number 4186


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Abernathy family.
Title
Abernathy Family Papers, 1831-1952.
Call Number
4186
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 500 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Family correspondence and other papers of the Abernathy family of Tennessee and Texas. Family members include Jesse Jones Abernathy (1817- 1895), his wife Sarah Esther Howard Abernathy, and the Abernathys' children, Alfred (born 1879) and Anesta (1880-1973). Both Jesse Jones Abernathy and Alfred Abernathy were physicians and professors at the Medical College of the University of the South. Anesta Abernathy was a nurse. Correspondence, chiefly 1907-1913, deals with family matters; community affairs in Devine, Medina County, Tex.; and Alto and Monteagle, Tenn.; Alfred's activities at the University of the South; and Anesta's activities as a nurse at various locations. Also included is an account book, 1868-1874, with records of medical services rendered by Jesse Jones Abernathy.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1979
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Abernathy Family Papers, #4186, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Abernathy family.
Abernathy, Alfred, b. 1879.
Abernathy, Anesta, 1880-1973.
Abernathy, Jesse Jones, 1817-1895.
Abernathy, Sarah Esther Howard.
Alto (Tenn.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Family--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
Family--Texas--Social life and customs.
Medical education--Tennessee--History.
Medicine--Practice--Accounting--History--19th century.
Medina County (Tex.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Monteagle (Tenn.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Nurses--United States--History--20th century.
Physicians--Tennessee--History.
University of the South. Medical College--Faculty--History.
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Collection Overview

Family correspondence and other papers of the Abernathy family of Tennessee and Texas. Family members include Jesse Jones Abernathy (1817- 1895), his wife Sarah Esther Howard Abernathy, and the Abernathys' children, Alfred (born 1879) and Anesta (1880-1973). Both Jesse Jones Abernathy and Alfred Abernathy were physicians and professors at the Medical College of the University of the South. Anesta Abernathy was a nurse. Correspondence, chiefly 1907-1913, deals with family matters; community affairs in Devine, Medina County, Tex.; and Alto and Monteagle, Tenn.; Alfred's activities at the University of the South; and Anesta's activities as a nurse at various locations. Also included is an account book, 1868-1874, with records of medical services rendered by Jesse Jones Abernathy.