Inventory of the Wm. Cain Books, 1868-1896, and 1920s
Collection Number 124
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
- Cain, Wm. (William), 1847-1930.
- Title
- Wm. Cain Books, 1868-1896, and 1920s.
- Call Number
- 124
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 6 volumes (0.5 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- 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 Wm. Cain Books, #124, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Bailey, John Lancaster, 1795-1877.
- Bailey, William Henry.
- Cain, Wm. (William), 1847-1930.
- Civil engineers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- French Broad River (N.C. and Tenn.)
- Mathematicians--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Public works--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Related Material
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John Lancaster Bailey Papers (#39), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Biographical Note
William Cain (1847-1930) was a mathematician and civil engineer.
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The collection includes chiefly engineering notes concerning bridges, retaining walls, pipe culverts, and a survey of cross sections of the French Broad River, western North Carolina, 1868-1869. Also included is a portfolio of memoirs, written by Cain in the 1920s, about the Civil War and his relatives, Superior Court Judge John Lancaster Bailey and William Henry Bailey.