Inventory of the Lucy Hull Baldwin Papers, circa 1905

Collection Number 849


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


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
Baldwin, Lucy Hull, d. 1923.
Title
Lucy Hull Baldwin Papers, circa 1905.
Call Number
849
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
14 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
The collection contains the autobiography of Lucy Hull Baldwin, wife of George Baldwin, describing her childhood in Atlanta during the Civil War, plantation life, living in New York City and Savannah; poems and short stories by her; and dramatizations of works by Charles Dickens.


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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 Lucy Hull Baldwin Papers, #849, 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.

Atlanta (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
Autobiographies--United States.
Autobiography--Women authors.
Baldwin, Lucy Hull, d. 1923.
Children--Georgia--Social life and customs.
Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Plantation life--Georgia.
Savannah (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
Women--United States--Social life and customs.
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Related Material

See also George Johnson Baldwin Papers (#850), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Lucy Harvie Hull Baldwin (died 1923) was the daughter of George Gilmer Hull of Athens, Ga. She spent her childhood in Atlanta during the Civil War, and lived in New York City and Savannah. In 1882 she married George Johnson Baldwin. The Baldwins had two children, George Hull Baldwin and Dorothea Clifford Baldwin Irwin.

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Collection Overview

The collection contains the autobiography of Lucy Hull Baldwin, wife of George Baldwin, describing her childhood in Atlanta during the Civil War, plantation life, living in New York City and Savannah; poems and short stories by her; and dramatizations of works by Charles Dickens.