Inventory of the Cornelius Tacitus Allen Papers, 1746-1915

Collection Number 12-z


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
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Allen, Cornelius Tacitus, 1841-1919.
Title
Cornelius Tacitus Allen Papers, 1746-1915.
Call Number
12-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
100 items.
Abstract
The collection contains chiefly research notes and biographical sketches related to Lunenburg County, Va., presumably by Cornelius Tacitus Allen. Also included are originals of minutes, 1840, of the Lunenburg Young Men's Literary Society, and a 20-page handwritten autobiography (written after 1843) by a Lunenburg man born in 1798.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
prior to 1940
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 Cornelius Tacitus Allen Papers, #12-z, 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.

Allen, Cornelius Tacitus, 1841-1919.
Autobiographies--Virginia--Lunenburg County.
Literature--Societies, etc.--History--19th century.
Lunenburg County (Va.)--History.
Men--Societies and clubs--History--19th century.
Young Men's Literary Society (Lunenburg County, Va.)
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Collection Overview

The collection contains chiefly research notes and biographical sketches related to Lunenburg County, Va., presumably by Cornelius Tacitus Allen. Also included are originals of minutes, 1840, of the Lunenburg Young Men's Literary Society, and a 20-page handwritten autobiography (written after 1843) by a Lunenburg man born in 1798.