Back to TopDescriptive Summary
- Repository
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Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
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Battle family.
- Title
- Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955
- Call Number
- 3223
- Language of Materials
- Materials in
English
- Extent
-
- Items: About 10,000
- Linear Feet: 17.5
Abstract
Prominent members of the Battle family of North Carolina included William Horn Battle (1802-1879) of Louisburg, Raleigh, and
Chapel Hill, lawyer, legislator, judge of the North Carolina superior and supreme courts, and trustee and professor of law
at the University of North Carolina; his son, Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, lawyer, president
of the Chatham Railroad, who was active in state affairs during the Civil War, served as state treasurer and as University
of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907; and Kemp Plummer Battle's son, William James
Battle (1870-1955), University of North Carolina and Harvard student, professor of classics, dean, and acting president, 1893-1917,
and professor of classics, 1920-1955, at the University of Texas, and professor of classics, 1917-1920, at the University
of Cincinnati.
Papers give detailed coverage of the life of William Horn Battle and his family and many aspects of North Carolina history,
including life on the Confederate homefront and social conditions during Reconstruction. There are also materials relating
to the Episcopal Church, in which the Battles were active lay members, and some slave bills of sale and Chatham County Railroad
items. Papers of Kemp Plummer Battle relate to his interest in the early history of North Carolina and of the University of
North Carolina. Papers of William James Battle document family and personal affairs. They are especially rich in Battle family
history, but do not include many items relating to his professional career. Volumes are chiefly student notes and personal
accounts kept by William James Battle, 1885-1909. The addition of April 2005 contains correspondence and other papers of Battle
family members, mostly Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), but also his wife and children. Professional papers of Kemp Plummer
Battle include his notes from the secret sessions of the North Carolina convention of 1861, notes and drafts of articles and
speeches by Kemp Plummer Battle, clippings of articles by or about Kemp Plummer Battle, and a few other items. Many letters
are from Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908), whose brother Charles Phillips married Kemp Plummer Battle's aunt, Laura Caroline
Battle.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions.
- Alternate Form of Material
- Microfilm copy (filmed January 1968) available.
Reel 1: 1765-1850
Reel 2: 1851-1859
Reel 3: 1860-September 1865
Reel 4: October 1865-23 May 1871
Reel 5: 25 May 1871-1875
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from the descendants of Kemp Plummer Battle and the estate of William James Battle through Kemp Davis Battle of Rocky
Mount, N.C., in May and October 1956, with additions from Mrs. Andrew H. Patterson and Mary Patterson Fisher in August 1955;
Kemp D. Battle in December 1960; Baily Webb of Durham, N.C., in August 1990; Edward H. Smythe of Saugenties, N.Y., in August
1991; transfers from other collections in the Southern Historical Collections; and addition from John M. Mebane, Jr., of Rocky
Mount, N.C., in April 2005 (Acc. 100061).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, February 1996
- Encoded by: Peter Hymas, October 2004
- This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
- Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the
encoding of this finding aid.
- Revisions: Finding aid updated in August 2005 by Linda Sellars.
- The Addition of April 2005 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.
In the addition, Series 5 has been added to hold professional papers of Kemp Plummer Battle.
Back to TopAdditional Descriptive Resources
A detailed description of the collection produced in 1961 is available in box 1, folder 1.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Battle Family Papers #3223, Southern Historical Collection, 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.
Back to TopOnline Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Battle family.
- Battle, Kemp P. (Kemp Plummer), 1831-1919.
- Battle, William H. (William Horn), 1802-1879.
- Battle, William James, 1870-
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Chatham Railroad Company--Officials and employees.
- College students--Southern States--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Episcopal Church--North Carolina--History.
- Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Judges--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Lawyers--North Carolina--History.
- Louisburg (N.C.)--History--19th century.
- North Carolina. Convention (1861-1862)
- North Carolina--Genealogy.
- North Carolina--History--Study and teaching.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- North Carolina--Social conditions--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Raleigh (N.C.)--History--19th century.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina.
- Schools--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Slave bills of sale--North Carolina.
- Slavery--North Carolina.
- Spencer, Cornelia Phillips, 1825-1908.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.
- University of Texas--Faculty--History.
Back to TopRelated Collections
Lewis Family Papers (#427)
Charles Phillips Papers (#2462)
Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683)
Kemp Plummer Lewis Papers (#3819)
Kemp Plummer Battle Papers (#1972)
Lucy Plummer Battle Papers (#4155)
Jane Hall Liddell Battle Papers (#2769)
Back to TopBiographical Note
William Horn Battle (1802-1879) lived near Louisburg, N.C., until late 1839, when he moved to Raleigh. In 1843, he moved to
Chapel Hill and remained there until the closing of the University of North Carolina in 1868, when he went to Raleigh to live
with his sons. Battle served as a Superior Court judge in 1840 and as a Supreme Court judge, 1852-1865. He was a Whig in politics
and represented Franklin County in the House of Commons, 1833-1834. Battle was a professor of law at the University of North
Carolina. The connection of the Law School with the University was nominal at the time, but Battle, as a prominent trustee,
father of several University students, and close friend of University President David L. Swain, was quite active in University
affairs.
Battle married Lucy Martin Plummer, daughter of a prominent family in Warren County, N.C. Their son, Kemp Plummer Battle,
married his cousin, Martha Ann Battle (Pattie). Kemp Plummer Battle studied at the University of North Carolina, where he
remained as a tutor for several years after graduation, studying law at the same time. When he secured his law license, he
began to practice in Raleigh and soon thereafter married Pattie. They lived in Raleigh for 20 years. During this time, Kemp
Plummer Battle practiced law and participated in public affairs as a member of the Convention of 1861; state treasurer, 1866-1868;
and as an active member of the Whig Party before the Civil War, and, after the war, as a moderate conservative, and later
Democrat. He was president of the Chatham Railroad and had interests in real estate ventures through the Southern Land Agency
and Battle, Heck, and Company. Kemp Plummer Battle was active in the re-opening of the University of North Carolina. In 1876,
he was elected president of the University and, in 1877, moved to Chapel Hill to begin work. He remained president until 1891,
when he resigned to become professor of history, a post he held until his retirement in 1907.
William James Battle, youngest son of Kemp Plummer Battle, was born in Raleigh and lived in Chapel Hill after his father became
president of the University of North Carolina. He was graduated from the University in 1888 and received his M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from Harvard University. In 1889-1890, he was an instructor of Latin at the University of North Carolina. In 1893,
he taught briefly at the University of Chicago, then moved to the University of Texas, where he served until 1917 as associate
professor and professor of Greek, dean of the College of Arts (and later of the faculty) and as acting president. In 1917,
William James Battle joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati, where he stayed until 1920 when he returned to Texas
as professor of classical languages. He lived in Austin until his death in 1955. He was co-author of The Battle Book with Herbert B. Battle and Lois Yelverton.
Laura Caroline Battle Phillips (1824-1919) was the youngest child of Joel Battle and his wife Mary "Pretty Polly" Johnston Battle. Laura Battle was married to Professor Charles Phillips on 8 December 1847 at the Battle home in Chapel Hill,
N.C. Their children included sons William and Alexander and daughters Mary and Lucy. Charles Phillips (1822-1889) was the
son of James and Julia Vermeule Phillips of Chapel Hill, N.C. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1841;
a tutor, 1844-1854; professor of mathematics, 1854-1868 and 1875-1879; and professor emeritus, 1879-1889. He taught at Davidson
College, 1868-1874. Charles Phillips's sisiter, Cornelia Phillips (1825-1908), married James Munroe Spencer in 1855 and went
with him to Alabama. At his death in 1861, she and her daughter Julia James "June" Spencer came back to Chapel Hill. During her last years, she lived in Cambridge, Mass., with her daughter and son-in-law,
June and James Lee Love, and their children, Cornelia and James Spencer Love.
Below is a genealogical chart including most Battle family members who figure prominently in the papers. The children of James
Smith Battle and Sallie Harriet Westray Battle and of Kemp Plummer and Susan Martin Plummer are not listed in chronological
order by date of birth. Some Plummer family information is also included.
Elisha Battle + Elizabeth Sumner
Jacob Battle + Penelope Langley Edwards
James Smith Battle + ?
James Smith Battle + Sallie Harriet Westray
William Smith Battle + Mary Elizabeth Dancy
Turner Westray Battle + Lavinia Bassett Daniel
Mary Eliza Battle + William Francis Dancy
Mary Eliza Battle + Newsom Jones Pittman
Martha Ann Battle (1833-1913) + Kemp Plummer Battle
Penelope Bradford Battle + William Ruffin Cox
William Battle + Charity Horn
Joel Battle (1779-1829) + Mary Palmer (Polly) Johnston (1786-1866)
William Horn Battle (1802-1879) + Lucy Martin Plummer (1805-1874) (see Plummer family below)
Julian Plummer Battle (1826-1827)
Joel Dossey Battle (1828-1858) + Harriet Bunting
Susan Catharine Battle (1830-1867)
Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) + Martha Ann (Pattie) Battle
Cornelia Viola Battle (1857-1886) + Richard H. (Richard Henry) Lewis (1850-1926)
Kemp Plummer Battle Jr. (1859-1922)
Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936)
Herbert Bemerton Battle (1862-1929)
Susan Martin Battle (1864-1870)
Penelope Bradford Battle (1866-1868)
William James Battle (1870-1955)
William Horn Battle II (1833-1893) + Sophronia Ann (Sophie) Lindsay
Richard Henry Battle (1835-1912) + Annie Ruffin Ashe
Thomas Devereux Battle (1837-1838)
Mary Johnston Battle (1829-1865) + William Van Wyck II
Junius Cullen Battle (1841-1862)
Wesley Lewis Battle (1843-1863)
Amos Johnston Battle (1805-1870)
Richard Henry Battle (1807-1882)
Catherine Ann Battle + John Wesley Lewis
Benjamin Dossey Battle (1811-1857)
Christopher Columbus Battle (1814-1859)
Isaac Luther Battle (1816-1863)
Susan Esther Battle + William Henry McKee
Infant
Laura Caroline Battle + Charles Phillips
Plummer Family
Kemp Plummer + Susan Martin
Henry Lyne Plummer + Sara D. Falkener
Mary Ann Plummer + Alfred Alston
Lucy Martin Plummer + William Horn Battle (see above)
William Plummer + Eliza Armistead
Austin Plummer
Kemp Plummer Jr.
Junius Plummer
Alfred Plummer + Frances Judith Love
Thomas D. Plummer + Asia H. Hunter
Ann Maria Plummer + William A. K. Falkener
Susan Jane Plummer (d. 1888) + Lucien Cabanne
For further information, see The Battle Book and Kemp Plummer Battle's Memories of an Old-Time Tar Heel.
Back to TopCollection Overview
Papers give detailed coverage of the life of William Horn Battle and his family and many aspects of North Carolina history, including life on the homefront in the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and social conditions during Reconstruction. There are also materials relating to the Episcopal Church, in which the Battles were active lay members, and some slave bills of sale and Chatham County Railroad items. Papers of Kemp Plummer Battle relate to his interest in the early history of North Carolina and of the University of North Carolina. Papers of William James Battle document family and personal affairs. They are especially rich in Battle family history, but do not include many items relating
to his professional career. Volumes are chiefly student notes and personal accounts kept by William James Battle, 1885-1909.
Series 1 and Series 2 are currently maintained as separate accessions based on restrictions that, at one time, covered materials
in Series 2. Series 1 consists of papers focusing primarily on William Horn Battle and his son, Kemp Plummer Battle. Series
2 contains papers of William James Battle, son of Kemp Plummer Battle, that were restricted until 15 years after his death.
Because both series include material for 1875-1919, researchers interested in this time period should consult both series
for items of potential interest.
The addition of April 2005 contains correspondence and other papers of Battle family members, mostly Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), but also his wife Martha Ann (Pattie) Battle (d. 1913), and their children,
Cornelia Viola Battle Lewis (1857-1886), Kemp Plummer Battle Jr. (1859-1922), Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936), and Herbert Bemerton Battle (1862-1929). Kemp Plummer Battle's other children appear less frequently in the correspondence. Many letters are from Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908), whose brother Charles Phillips married Kemp Plummer Battle's aunt, Laura Caroline Battle. Professional papers of Kemp Plummer
Battle include his notes from the secret sessions of the North Carolina convention of 1861, notes and drafts of articles and
speeches by Kemp Plummer Battle, clippings of articles by or about Kemp Plummer Battle, and a few other items.
Back to TopArrangement of Collection
1. Battle Family Papers, 1765-1919
2. William James Battle, 1876-1955
3. Volumes
4. Pictures
Addition of April 2005
Back to TopItems Separated
Oversize papers (OP-3223)
Photographs (P-3223/1-15)
Photo album (PA-3223/1)
Tintype (SF-P-3223/1)
Back to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
1. Battle Family Papers, 1765-1919.
About 3,000 items.
Processing note: See also Addition of April 2005.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence and other papers offering detailed documentation of the life of William Horn Battle and his family. Letters
of his wife and family when Battle was away on the judicial circuit give a full account of events in Chapel Hill, N.C., as well as details of home life. Battle's letters, written as he traveled around North Carolina, describe a wide spectrum of people and events. When he served on the North Carolina Supreme Court, he traveled primarily to Raleigh and Morganton, where a western session of the Court was held. During these years, Battle was also professor of law at the University of North Carolina. Beginning in 1843, there is a great deal of material on the University scattered through the papers.
After Battle's marriage to Lucy Martin Plummer, there are many references in the papers to the activities of her brothers and sisters, as well as to those of the many Battle family relatives. As the children grew older and married, the families of their wives or husbands are documented. This is
especially true for Martha Ann Battle (Pattie), whose family, after her marriage to Kemp Plummer Battle, is represented fully in the papers. After William Horn
Battle's death in 1879, materials tend to focus on Kemp Plummer Battle and his family.
Both William Horn Battle and Kemp Plummer Battle were active in the public affairs of North Carolina and in the affairs of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and the papers include correspondence with important political, civic, and church leaders. Also of interest are three deeds
of sale for the purchase of slave girls by Mary Battle from Amos J. Battle on 23 October 1833, Robert Ricks of Edgecombe County on 21 December 1841, and Richard Battle on 1 October 1843, and an article by Kemp P. Battle on the Chatham County Railroad, of which he was president (filed with miscellaneous material). The article includes biographical information and also discusses
the railroad's organization at the beginning of the Civil War to provide access to the iron and coal mines of Chatham County.
Folder
1-18
1765-1848
Folder
19-35
1849-1856
Folder
36-50
1857-May 1864
Folder
51-65
June 1864-April 1868
Folder
66-82
May 1868-1876
Folder
83-98
1877-1888
Folder
99-111
1889-April 1902
Folder
112-128
May 1902-1919
Folder
129-141
Undated and miscellaneous
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2. William James Battle, 1876-1955.
About 6,000 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly personal papers, family correspondence, and genealogical material of William James Battle. These papers are almost
entirely family correspondence, except for a few brief schoolboy items. From the time Battle entered Harvard University until the death of his father, there is much overlap in subject matter with Series 1. Included here are circular family letters.
The Battles communicated amongst themselves with Kemp Plummer Battle circulating letters that William eventually collected.
The more prominent correspondents include William James Battle's father, his brothers, especially Herbert Bremerton Battle and Thomas Hall Battle, and his nephews, especially Kemp Davis Battle, Hyman L. Battle, Ivey Foreman Lewis (professor of biology, University of Virginia), and Kemp Plummer Lewis. Scattered throughout the letters are references to the Rocky Mount Mills and the Erwin Mills, but there are few details about the companies and no records of their operations.
Except for references to William James Battle's work in family letters, there is little information on his career. There are
many allusions to his difficulties in Texas during the gubernatorial administration of James Edward Ferguson, 1915-1917, and later during the administration of his wife, Miriam A. Wallace Ferguson ("Ma" Ferguson), 1925-1927. However, few details are given.
A major topic of these papers is The Battle Book, a family history compiled by Herbert B. Battle and completed after his death by William James Battle and Lois Yelverton. Many of the papers relate to information collected for this book or to the details of editing, publishing, and distributing
it.
Folder
1-12
1876-1890
Folder
13-25
1891-April 1892
Folder
26-38
May 1892-September 1893
Folder
39-49
October 1893-August 1894
Folder
50-62
September 1894-February 1896
Folder
63-78
March 1896-October 1897
Folder
79-93
November 1897-June 1899
Folder
94-108
July 1899-1901
Folder
109-122
1902-November 1905
Folder
123-138
December 1905-May 1907
Folder
139-155
June 1907-May 1909
Folder
156-173
June 1909-December 1911
Folder
174-189
1912-May 1915
Folder
190-203
June 1915-May 1919
Folder
204-218
June 1919-1926
Folder
219-233
1927-1930
Folder
234-250
1931-1934
Folder
251-265
1935-April 1943
Folder
266-279
May 1943-1948
Folder
280-282
1949-1955 and undated
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5 items.
Manuscript volumes belonging to William James Battle and consisting chiefly of school notebooks from his undergraduate years
at the University of North Carolina.
Folder
283
Volume 1, 1885, 192 pp.
School notebook of notes taken by William James Battle in the chemistry class of Frank P. Venable at the University of North
Carolina.
Folder
284
Volume 2, 1886, 237 pp.
School notebook of notes taken by William James Battle in the chemistry class of Frank P. Venable at the University of North
Carolina.
Folder
285
Volume 3, 1883-1893, 100 pp.
Notebook with miscellaneous items by William James Battle. Included is "An Account of Consolidation of the Libraries [at the University of North Carolina] in June 1886"; charts of age, weight and height of young members of the Battle and Lewis families, 1880s and 1890s; and a miscellaneous
bibliographic information.
Folder
286
Volume 4, 1892-1909, 150 pp.
Personal account book of William James Battle from his time at Harvard, Chapel Hill, Chicago, and Austin.
Folder
287
Volume 5, ca. 1888, 68 pp.
School notebook of notes taken by William James Battle in a constitutional law class at the University of North Carolina.
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15 items.
Processing note: See also Addition of April 2005.
Photographs of Battle family members and others.
Image
P-3223/1
Photograph of Kemp Plummer Battle, undated.
Image
P-3223/2
Photograph of Marion Alexander, 1911
Image
P-3223/3
Photograph of Eben Alexander, undated
Image
P-3223/4
Photograph of Martha Ann Battle ("Pattie"), 1855
Image
P-3223/5
Photograph of Samuel F. Phillips, undated
Image
P-3223/6
Engraving of Edward Rondthaler, undated
Image
P-3223/7
Picture of a painting of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, undated
Image
P-3223/8
Engraving of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, undated
Image
P-3223/9
Photograph of Mrs. George T. Winston, undated
Image
P-3223/10
Watercolor of "campus scene" by June Spencer, undated
Image
P-3223/11
Photograph of Orrin McRee Battle, Byron Frank Battle, Laura Groner Battle, and Pat McRee Battle,
1940s
Image
P-3223/12
Photograph of Rose Battle Attebery and William B. Attebery, 1940s
Image
P-3223/13
Photograph of Bracy Bunn Battle, 1940s
Image
P-3223/14
Photograph of William Mercer Green, ca. 1885
Photograph Album
PA-3223/1
Photograph album, probably relating to the Williamson family, undated
Special Format Image
SF-P-3223/1
Ambrotype or tintype of unidentified woman, undated
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Addition of April 2005 (Acc. 100061), 1842-1921.
About 1,000 items.
Processing note: The Addition of April 2005 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original
deposit of materials. Series 5 has been added to hold professional papers of Kemp Plummer Battle.
Correspondence and other papers of Battle family members, mostly Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), his wife Martha Ann (Pattie)
Battle (d. 1913), and their children, Cornelia Viola Battle Lewis (1857-1886), Kemp Plummer Battle Jr. (1859-1922), Thomas
Hall Battle (1860-1936), and Herbert Bemerton Battle (1862-1929). Kemp Plummer Battle's other children appear less frequently
in the correspondence. Many letters are from Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908), whose brother Charles Phillips married
Kemp Plummer Battle's aunt, Laura Caroline Battle. Professional papers of Kemp Plummer Battle include his notes from the secret
sessions of the North Carolina convention of 1861, notes and drafts of articles and speeches by Kemp Plummer Battle, clippings
of articles by or about Kemp Plummer Battle, and a few other items.
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1. Battle Family Papers, 1842-1918.
About 800 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence and a few other papers of Battle family members, mostly Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), his wife Martha Ann
(Pattie) Battle (d. 1913), and their children, Cornelia Viola Battle Lewis (1857-1886), Kemp Plummer Battle Jr. (1859-1922),
Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936), and Herbert Bemerton Battle (1862-1929). Kemp Plummer Battle's other children appear less
frequently in the correspondence. Many letters are from Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908), whose brother Charles Phillips
married Kemp Plummer Battle's aunt, Laura Caroline Battle.
The earliest items in the series are a poem, 1842, written by Cornelia Phillips to her father, Dr. James Phillips, and a poem,
1865, by Cornelia Phillips Spencer, to Elizabeth H. Swain on the occasion of "Gen. A's surrender." Other items from the 1860s are letters from Cornelia Phillips Spencer to Kemp Plummer Battle in 1866 and to Mrs. Battle in
1869, and letters from Charles Phillips and Cornelia Phillips Spencer to their brother Samuel Phillips. All discuss life in
Chapel Hill in the first years after the Civil War.
Letters, 1871-1875, are chiefly to and from Kemp Plummer Battle Jr. at Bingham School in Asheville, N.C. Most are to or from
his parents or siblings, with a few from friends or cousins. The few letters from the latter half of the 1870s are mostly
from Cornelia Phillips Spencer. There is also a long letter, 25 February 1879, from J. R. Hutchins to Kemp Plummer Battle
about men who donated land to the University of North Carolina.
After 1880, most letters are either family letters, including those from Cornelia Phillips Spencer, or letters to Kemp Plummer
Battle about historical research. There are also a few letters to and from Kemp Plummer Battle Jr. and other Battle family
connections.
Cornelia Phillips Spencer's letters occasionally mention events or issues at the University of North Carolina, but mostly
relate news of family members or friends in Chapel Hill. Spencer moved to Cambridge, Mass., in 1894 and lived with the family
of her daughter, June Spencer Love, who was married to Harvard mathematics professor James Lee Love. After this time, her
letters often report news of her grandchildren, Cornelia Love and James Spencer Love, as well as of her reading, visiting,
and other activities. They also frequently mention Dr. J. Manning, Mrs. Welling, Margaret Mitchell, Laura Battle Phillips,
Samuel Field Phillips, and Nora Phillips. A letter, 19 March 1906, relates Spencer's memories of the Union Army's entry into
Chapel Hill in 1865.
Many letters to Kemp Plummer Battle appear to be responses to his requests for information about people or places in the history
of North Carolina. Other letters are requests to him for information, especially about the history of the University of North
Carolina, but also about other historical topics. In 1913, there are many letters complimenting Battle's book on the history
of the University of North Carolina or ordering copies of it. Correspondents include Stephen B. Weeks, H. G. Connor, A. M.
Waddell, Samuel A. Ashe, Archibald Henderson, and William B. Phillips.
Folder
288
1842, 1865-1869
Folder
289-292
1871-1872
Folder
293
1873-1874
Folder
294-296
[1871-1875]
Folder
297
1876-1879
Folder
298
1880-1883
Folder
299
1884-1889
Folder
300
1890-1895
Folder
301
1896
Folder
302
1897
Folder
303
1898-1901
Folder
304
1902-1904
Folder
305
1905
Folder
306
1906
Folder
307
1907-1909
Folder
308
1910
Folder
309
1911
Folder
310
1912
Folder
311-312
1913
Folder
313-317
1913: Letters of Condolence on Death of Martha Ann (Pattie) Battle
Folder
318
1914
Folder
319
1915
Folder
320
1916
Folder
321
1916: Kemp Plummer Battle 85th Birthday Letters
Folder
322
1917
Folder
323
1918, 1920
Folder
324
Undated: Kemp Plummer Battle
Folder
325
Undated: Cornelia Phillips Spencer
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4. Pictures.
1 item.
Image
P-3223/15
Picture of L. M. [Lucy Martin] Battle
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5. Kemp Plummer Battle Papers, 1861-1921.
About 200 items.
Arrangement: by subject.
Professional papers of Kemp Plummer Battle include his notes from the secret sessions of the North Carolina convention of
1861, notes and drafts of articles and speeches by Kemp Plummer Battle, clippings of articles by or about Kemp Plummer Battle,
and a few other items.
Battle's notes on the secret sessions of the Convention of 1861 include dated notes from meetings between 28 May 1861 and
April 1862. Some notes are not dated. Some are fragmentary. For each date, Battle summarized statements by various members
of the convention, e.g., Graham of Orange, Ruffin, Winslow, Pettigrew, Johnston, Ashe, Osborne. Some topics include disposition
of troops, sea coast defense, and actions of citizens of eastern North Carolina.
Notes and drafts of articles and speeches include research on North Carolina schools, North Carolina in 1802, Elisha Mitchell,
and other topics.
Clippings files include articles by Kemp Plummer Battle in The Woman Patriot, The Wachovia Moravian, The Churchman, the Raleigh News and Observer, the Asheville Daily Citizen, and many other newspapers, mostly on historical topics. Also included are reviews of Battle's History of the University of North Carolina and articles about Battle.
Writings by others are a history essay by J. F. Duncan; a handwritten copy of a review, 9 July 1857, of A Manual of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry; with some of its Applications, by Charles Phillips, Professor of Civil Engineering in the University of North Carolina. Raleigh, printed by William D.
Cooke, 1857; and a pamphlet, 1921, "A Plea to Physicians to Employ Active Immunization, and So prevents Deaths from Diphtheria, " Department of Health, City of New York.
Folder
326-327
Notes: Convention of 1861, Secret Sessions
Folder
328-330
Research on North Carolina Schools
Folder
331
Biographical Sketches
Folder
332
History of the Great Seal and Coat of Arms of the State of North Carolina
Folder
333
Lords Proprietors
Folder
334
North Carolina in 1802
Folder
335
Objections to Court of United States
Folder
336
Saint Paul
Folder
337
S.P.G. Missionaries
Folder
338-346
Drafts and notes
Folder
347-349
Notes and drafts of speeches
Folder
350-355
Clippings
Folder
356
Writings by Others
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