Inventory of the George Beall Balch Papers, 1830-1924

Collection Number 1591


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
Balch, George Beall, 1821-1908.
Title
George Beall Balch Papers, 1830-1924
Call Number
1591
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 90 items (1.0 linear feet).
Abstract
George Beall Balch of Alabama because a United States Navy Officer in 1837 and retired as a rear admiral in 1883. Official orders, reports, correspondence, and other records of the naval service of Balch. The collection includes a log of the U.S.S. Cyane in the Mediterranean, 1838-1840; a few papers pertaining to service in Latin American waters and the Perry expedition to Japan in the 1850s; order and letter books of the U.S.S. Pawnee, 1862- 1865, commanded by Balch in South Carolina coastal operations, and other Civil War papers; scattered postwar papers related to various duties and to personal affairs at Baltimore; clippings about and a few brief writings by Balch; and a manuscript novel about the Naval Academy.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1949
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 George Beall Balch Papers, #1591, 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.

Balch, George Beall, 1821-1908.
Cyane (Ship)
Logbooks--History--19th century.
Pawnee (Ship)
South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
United States. Navy--History--19th century
United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States. Navy--Sea life--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

George Beall Balch (1821-1908) of Alabama because a United States Navy Officer in 1837 and retired as a rear admiral in 1883.

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Collection Overview

Official orders, reports, correspondence, and other records of the naval service of Balch. The collection includes a log of the U.S.S. "Cyane" in the Mediterranean, 1838-1840; a few papers pertaining to service in Latin American waters and the Perry expedition to Japan in the 1850s; order and letter books of the U.S.S. "Pawnee," 1862- 1865, commanded by Balch in South Carolina coastal operations, and other Civil War papers; scattered postwar papers related to various duties and to personal affairs at Baltimore; clippings about and a few brief writings by Balch; and a manuscript novel about the Naval Academy.