Baker Family Papers, 1830-1872 (bulk 1830-1860).

Summary

Creator:
Baker (Family : Locust Hill, N.C.)
Abstract:

The Baker family resided in Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C., and Louisa County, Va.

The collection contains scattered letters, chiefly antebellum, concerning health and other family news of the Baker family of Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C., and Louisa County, Va., and their Glaze and Swift relatives in Caswell County and in Walker County, Ga. Correspondents include Lucinda Baker, William M. Baker, Elizabeth Glaze, and Eugenia S. Swift.

Extent:
50 items
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

The Baker family resided in Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C., and Louisa County, Va.

Scope and content:

The collection contains scattered letters, chiefly antebellum, concerning health and other family news of the Baker family of Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C., and Louisa County, Va., and their Glaze and Swift relatives in Caswell County and in Walker County, Ga. Some letters mention agricultural issues and prices of crops and other commodities. Correspondents include Lucinda Baker, William M. Baker, Elizabeth Glaze, and Eugenia S. Swift.

Acquisition information:

Received from Patty Gwaltney prior to 1940.

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

No usage restrictions.

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Baker Family Papers, #356-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu