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| Size | 11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4500 items) |
| Abstract | Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington (1876-1955) of Warrenton, N.C., was the daughter of Major Arthur S. and Victoria Louis Pendleton. Through her mother she was related to several prominent Virgina families. She was president and chief organizer of the North Carolina State Art Society, a trustee of the University of North Carolinaa, and a member of several women's clubs and patriotic societies for descendants of various groups. This collection primarily contains materials from Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington's investigation of her own family's genealogy. Approximately half of the correspondence comes from the papers of Charles Arthur Hoppin, a New York City genealogist employed by Arrington. The collection also contains photocopies of documents, including wills and deeds, from the 16th to 18th centuries. There are also writings in the collection by Arrington and Hoppin about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families, reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent clergy of various faiths, and a variety of other genealogical materials, including charts, notes, and data. Families notable in the collection include Clark, Hardee, Lanier, Pendleton, Sampson, Washington, and Wright. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors, and photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910. |
| Creator | Arrington, Katherine Clark Pendleton, b. 1876. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington (1876-1955) of Warrenton, N.C., was the daughter of Major Arthur S. and Victoria Louis Pendleton. Through her mother she was related to several prominent Virgina families. She graduated from Hollins College in 1896. She was married to Peter Arrington (d. 1916), the director of the British American Tobacco Company. Arrington was the long-time president and chief organizer of the North Carolina State Art Society; a trustee of the University of North Carolina, from which she received an honorary degree in 1947; and a member of several women's clubs and patriotic societies for descendants of various groups.
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Scope and Content
The collection chiefly contains materials relating to Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington's investigation of her own family's genealogy. Approximately half of the correspondence came from the papers of Charles Arthur Hoppin, a New York City, N.Y., genealogist employed by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington, which were acquired by her following his death in 1941. The collection contains photocopies of documents, including wills and deeds, from the 16th to 18th centuries. There are also writings in the collection by Arrington and Hoppin about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families, reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent ministers of various faiths, and a variety of other genealogical materials, including charts, notes, and data. Families notable in the collection include Alston, Armistead, Clark, Drake, Fontaine, Hardee, Howland, Lanier, Maury, Pendleton, Percy, Plummer, Rice, Sampson, Washington, and Wright, among others. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors, and photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910.
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Series 1. Papers, 1895-1951.
Arrangement: chronological.
Contains photocopies of documents, including wills, deeds and other documents relating to the Pendletons and related ancestors, from the 16th to 18th centuries. Also contains correspondence of Victoria Louis Clark Pendleton, Charles Arthur Hoppin, and Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington relating to various families.
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Series 2. Writings, Charts, Data, and Notes.
Arrangement: topical.
Contains writings, charts, data, notes, and related family materials. The writings are about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families and the reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent clergy of various faiths. There is also a genealogical chart of some of the descendants of Anne Washington Wright and the ancestors of George Washington. The notes, charts, and data relate to genealogical research.
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Addition of 1971: Family Files, circa 1870-1951.
Arrangement: alphabetical by family name.
Contains notes, data, correspondence, pictures, photographs, photocopies of related documents, clippings, and miscellaneous items. There is overlap with materials in the previous two series. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910, and reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Processed by: SHC staff
Encoded by: Danielle Fasig, September 2012
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