Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

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ALDERMAN FAMILY PAPERS
Inventory

Abstract:          Correspondence of members of a Fayetteville,
           N.C., family, including letters, 1874-1878, from
           William T. Purviance, a relative with a cotton
           brokerage firm in Galveston, Tex., and New York City,
           concerning personal and family matters; letters, 1877-
           1878, from William Colin Alderman, a student at the
           University of North Carolina about student life and
           campus and town events in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and
           miscellaneous other letters.

Online Catalog Terms:
       Alderman family.
       Alderman, William Colin.
       Chapel Hill (N.C.)—Social life and customs—19th century.
       College students—North Carolina—Social life and
         customs—19th century.
       Family—New York (N.Y.)—Social life and customs—19th century.
       Family—North Carolina—Social life and customs.
       Family—Texas—Social life and customs—19th century.
       Fayetteville (N.C.)—Social life and customs—19th century.
       Galveston (Tex.)—Social life and customs—19th century.
       Purviance, William T.
       University of North Carolina (1793-1962)—Students—Social
         life and customs—19th century.

Size:      21 items.

Date Span: 1874-1925.

Provenance:    Received from  Claude W. Rankin of Fayetteville,
               N.C., in 1954.

Access:        No restrictions.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.

Table of Contents:
   Description

                          DESCRIPTION

       Scattered family and personal letters received by members
of the Alderman family of Fayetteville, N.C.  Most of the letters
are addressed to Miss Belle Alderman (later Mrs. J. Ed Hawley),
and some are addressed to her sister Miss Kate.  Six letters are
from their brother William Colin Alderman.  Belle, Kate, and
William were the children of William and Annie Purviance
(Jackson) Alderman.  Among the correspondents are William T.
Purviance and Mrs. L. P. (Floy) Erambert, with mention of Henry
Alderman of Sanford, N.C.


Folder 1.  1874-1878.  Five letters from William T. Purviance to Belle
           Alderman, written from Galveston and New York, where he was in
           the cotton brokerage business.

           1876.  Invitation to Miss Belle.  1 item.

           1877-1878.  Six letters from William Colin Alderman at
           the University of North Carolina, to his sister Belle, telling
           of his daily activities as a student, and the
           events on campus and in the town of Chapel Hill.

Folder 2.  1884-1886.  Letters from friends to Belle and Kate
           Alderman.  4 items.

           1914, 1918.  Two letters from William, while in the U.S. Navy,
           to Belle.

           1919.  Letter from Kate T., Birmingham,  Ala., to Miss Kate.

           1924.  Letter from Marshall R. Anspach, Williamsport, Pa., to
           Mrs. Hawley.

           1925.  Letter from Anna Boush, Delray, Fla., to Mrs. Erambert.