Inventory of the Blanche Baker Papers, 1825-1937

Collection Number 903


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:
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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
Baker, Blanche, 1855-1943.
Title
Blanche Baker Papers, 1825-1937.
Call Number
903
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
800 items (2.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Chiefly correspondence, compilations, and copies of wills, letters, and other papers concerning the history of the Baker and numerous related lines, including the Allen, Ballard, Bray, Brownrigg, Cowper, de Graffenreid, Gregory, Iredell, Johnson, Jones, Keeling, Norworthy, Pipkin, Pugh, and Wiles families, who lived in Southside Virginia and northeastern North Carolina from the 17th century, collected by Miss Baker, 1890s to 1930s. Original items include antebellum family correspondence of her father, William J. Baker of Gates County, N.C.; and his letters home, 1862- 1865, while a Confederate officer in Virginia. Also included are two letters in diary form. One, July 1841, is that of a young girl, probably Sarah Collins, later wife of William J. Baker, addressed to William, describing her daily activities. The other, June 1841, was kept by William J. Baker for Sarah, while he was studying law in Richmond, Va., and describes his studies and social activities.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1944
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 Blanche Baker Papers, #903, 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 family.
Baker family.
Baker, Sarah Collina, fl. 1830-1882.
Baker, William J., fl. 1830-1879.
Ballard family.
Bray family.
Brownrigg family.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Cooper family.
Courtship--Virginia--History--19th century.
DeGraffenreid family.
Diaries.
Gregory family.
Iredell family.
Johnson family.
Jones family.
Keeling family.
Law students--Virginia--Diaries.
North Carolina--Genealogy.
Norworthy family.
Pipkin family.
Pugh family.
Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs.
Virginia--Genealogy.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Wile family.
Women--Virginia--Diaries.
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

Chiefly correspondence, compilations, and copies of wills, letters, and other papers concerning the history of the Baker and numerous related lines, including the Allen, Ballard, Bray, Brownrigg, Cowper, de Graffenreid, Gregory, Iredell, Johnson, Jones, Keeling, Norworthy, Pipkin, Pugh, and Wiles families, who lived in Southside Virginia and northeastern North Carolina from the 17th century, collected by Miss Baker, 1890s to 1930s. Original items include antebellum family correspondence of her father, William J. Baker of Gates County, N.C.; and his letters home, 1862- 1865, while a Confederate officer in Virginia. Also included are two letters in diary form. One, July 1841, is that of a young girl, probably Sarah Collins, later wife of William J. Baker, addressed to William, describing her daily activities. The other, June 1841, was kept by William J. Baker for Sarah, while he was studying law in Richmond, Va., and describes his studies and social activities.