Inventory of the Charles Wesley Bain Papers, 1885-1918

Collection Number 2739


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
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
Bain, Charles Wesley, 1864-1915.
Title
Charles Wesley Bain Papers, 1885-1918 (bulk 1901-1910).
Call Number
2739
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 500 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Professor of Greek at the University of South Carolina, 1898- 1910, and at the University of North Carolina, 1910-1915. Author of textbooks and editor of classical texts. Schoolmaster and teacher in southern states before 1898. Received M.A. in 1895 from the University of the South, graduated from the University of Virginia, attended Colonel William Gordon McCabe's school in Virginia. Correspondence, notes, and writings of Bain, chiefly letters from southern classical scholars and other southern educators. Correspondents include Colonel William Gordon McCabe (1841-1920), founder and headmaster of the University School at Petersburg and Richmond, Va., and rector of the University of Virginia; Willis H. Bocock, professor of Greek at the University of Georgia; Eben Alexander; and Basil L. Gildersleeve (1831- 1924).


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Administrative Information

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 Charles Wesley Bain Papers, #2739, 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.

Alexander, Eben, 1851-1910.
Bain, Charles Wesley, 1864-1915.
Bocock, Willis H.
Classical education--History.
Classicists--Southern States--History.
Educators--Southern States--History.
Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924.
McCabe, W. Gordon (William Gordon), 1841-1920.
University of Georgia--Faculty--History.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History.
University of South Carolina--Faculty--History.
University of Virginia--History.
University School (Petersburg, Va.)
University School (Richmond, Va.)
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Biographical Note

Professor of Greek at the University of South Carolina, 1898- 1910, and at the University of North Carolina, 1910-1915. Author of textbooks and editor of classical texts. Schoolmaster and teacher in southern states before 1898. Received M.A. in 1895 from the University of the South, graduated from the University of Virginia, attended Colonel William Gordon McCabe's school in Virginia.

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Collection Overview

Correspondence, notes, and writings of Bain, chiefly letters from southern classical scholars and other southern educators. Correspondents include Colonel William Gordon McCabe (1841-1920), founder and headmaster of the University School at Petersburg and Richmond, Va., and rector of the University of Virginia; Willis H. Bocock, professor of Greek at the University of Georgia; Eben Alexander; and Basil L. Gildersleeve (1831- 1924).