Inventory of the Elizabeth Henderson Cotten Papers, 1926-1964

Collection Number 1650


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
Related Material
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
Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson.
Title
Elizabeth Henderson Cotten Papers, 1926-1964 (bulk 1950-1964)
Call Number
1650
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 3,150 items (7.5 linear feet.).
Abstract
Elizabeth Brownrigg (Henderson) Cotten (1875-1975) worked in the Southern Historical Collection and was secretary of the Friends of the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Papers include correspondence, reports, and clippings concerning restoration or historical projects in North Carolina. The collection is divided into six series, including: Old North Carolina houses; Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.); Nash-Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.); St. John's Episcopal Church (Williamsboro, N.C.); Virginia Dare; and the John Paul Jones-Willie Jones tradition.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gifts and transfer 1949-1963, 1975
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 Elizabeth Henderson Cotten Papers, #1650, 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.

Architecture--North Carolina--History.
Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson.
Dare, Virginia, b. 1587.
Hillsborough (N.C.)--History.
Historic buildings--North Carolina.
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
Jones, Willie, circa 1741-1801.
Nash and Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.)
New Bern (N.C.)--History.
Saint John's Episcopal Church (Williamsboro, N.C.)--History.
Schools--North Carolina--Hillsborough--History.
Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.)
Williamsboro (N.C.)--Church history.
Women historians--North Carolina.
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Related Material

See also Lyman A. Cotten papers (#182); John Steele Henderson papers (#327); Frank Nash papers (#539); Mrs. Charles A. Cannon papers (#2551); Sallie Southall Cotten papers (#3589); Archibald Henderson papers (#3650) in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Elizabeth Brownrigg (Henderson) Cotten (1875-1975) worked in the Southern Historical Collection and was secretary of the Friends of the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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Collection Overview

Papers include correspondence, reports, and clippings concerning restoration or historical projects in North Carolina. The collection is divided into six series, including: Old North Carolina houses; Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.); Nash-Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.); St. John's Episcopal Church (Williamsboro, N.C.); Virginia Dare; and the John Paul Jones-Willie Jones tradition.