Inventory of the Hope Summerell Chamberlain Papers, 1888-1951

Collection Number 2545-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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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
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Chamberlain, Hope Summerell.
Title
Hope Summerell Chamberlain Papers, 1888-1951
Call Number
2545-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 100
Abstract
Hope Summerell Chamberlain of Raleigh, N.C., wife of Joseph Weddington Chamberlain, was a clubwoman and author of local history.
The collection includes scattered correspondence and other papers of Hope Summerell Chamberlin. Included are letters from Chamberlain as a schoolgirl and letters relating to her grandfather, Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; to North Carolina history; and to her book, Old Days in Chapel Hill (1926). There are also clippings, a biographical sketch, and nine original drawings used to illustrate the book.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. Hope Summerell Chamberlain, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in June 1945, May 1946, March 1954, and other dates.
Processing Information
Processed by: Tim West, June 1981
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, October 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Hope Summerell Chamberlain Papers #2545-z, 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Chamberlain, Hope Summerell.
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857.
North Carolina--Biography.
North Carolina--History, Local.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--19th century.
Women--Education--North Carolina--History.
Women authors, American--North Carolina.
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Related Collections

Hope Summerell Chamberlain Papers in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Typescripts of Hope Summerell Chamberlain's writings are in the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Hope Summerell Chamberlain of Raleigh, N.C., wife of Joseph Weddington Chamberlain, was a clubwoman and author of local history.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes scattered correspondence and other papers of Raleigh, N.C., author Hope Summerell Chamberlin. Included are letters from Chamberlain as a schoolgirl and letters relating to her grandfather, Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; to North Carolina history; and to her book, Old Days in Chapel Hill (1926). There are also clippings, a biographical sketch, and nine original drawings used to illustrate the book.

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Items Separated

Separated items include overize papers (OP-2545).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1888-1951.
About 100 items.
Folder 1
1888-1916
Folder 2
1917-1951 and undated
Folder 3
Materials relating to Old Days in Chapel Hill

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