Inventory of the Hope Bain Papers, 1827-1930

Collection Number 1380


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Bain, Hope, b. 1795.
Title
Hope Bain Papers, 1827-1930.
Call Number
1380
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
75 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, sermons, theological notes, and other papers of Bain, a Universalist minister, and papers of his sons. Until circa 1851, Bain lived at Baltimore, Md., and thereafter at various towns in eastern North Carolina, finally settling in Goldsboro. Diaries, 1839-1868, with occasional gaps, contain brief daily records of weather and professional activities, with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda. Correspondence, 1827-1876, pertains to temperance activities in Baltimore and to Universalist matters in the South, and includes a series of letters from John C. Burness, a minister at Notasulga, Ala., in the 1850s. Papers of Bain's sons include a record book of the Goldsboro Rifles, 1877-1881, and a muster role for Company B, 1st North Carolina Regiment in the Spanish-American War.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
1947
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 Hope Bain Papers, #1380, 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.

Bain, Hope, b. 1795.
Baltimore (Md.)--Religious life and customs.
Burness, John C., fl. 1850.
Clergy--Maryland--History--19th century.
Clergy--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Diaries.
Goldsboro (N.C.)--Religious life and customs.
Goldsboro Rifles (Firm)
Sermons--History--19th century.
Southern States--Religion--19th century.
Temperance--Maryland--History--19th century.
United States. Army--History--War of 1898.
United States. Army. North Carolina Regiment, 1st (1898)
Universalist churches--Doctrines--History.
Universalist churches--Sermons.
Universalist churches--Southern States--History--19th century.
Universalists--Maryland--History--19th century.
Universalists--North Carolina--History--19th century.
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Collection Overview

Correspondence, diaries, sermons, theological notes, and other papers of Bain, a Universalist minister, and papers of his sons. Until circa 1851, Bain lived at Baltimore, Md., and thereafter at various towns in eastern North Carolina, finally settling in Goldsboro. Diaries, 1839-1868, with occasional gaps, contain brief daily records of weather and professional activities, with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda. Correspondence, 1827-1876, pertains to temperance activities in Baltimore and to Universalist matters in the South, and includes a series of letters from John C. Burness, a minister at Notasulga, Ala., in the 1850s. Papers of Bain's sons include a record book of the Goldsboro Rifles, 1877-1881, and a muster role for Company B, 1st North Carolina Regiment in the Spanish-American War.