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| Size | 7.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3,150 items) |
| Abstract | Elizabeth 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. |
| Creator | Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson. |
| Language | English |
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Elizabeth 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. Before her husband's death in 1926, Mrs. Cotten lived for some time in Istanbul, Turkey, and Tokyo, Japan, and was active in Women's Clubs there. She was an advocate of women's rights, and was active in the Democratic Party, the Episcopal Church, Liberty Loan Drives of World War I, Red Cross relief in the influenza epidemic of 1918, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Colonial Dames.
A leader in the Tryon Palace Restoration, and involved in many other North Carolina preservation and restoration projects, she was co-editor of Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina (1939) and author of The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition (1966).
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The collection includes correspondence, reports, speeches, and clippings concerning various restoration or historical projects in North Carolina with which Elizabeth Henderson Cotten was involved. Projects covered include the publication of two volumes on early North Carolina homes and architecture; the restoration of Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.), the Nash-Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.), and St. John's Episcopal Church (Williamsboro, N.C.); research and speaking engagements on Virginia Dare; and the publication of a volume on the John Paul Jones-Willie Jones tradition.
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Series 1. Early North Carolina Homes and Gardens Materials, 1936-1956 and undated.
Correspondence, clippings, and scrapbook dealing especially with preparations for Early Architecture of North Carolina with photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston and text by Thomas Tileston Watterman; Old Homes of North Carolina was sponsored by a committee of the Garden Clubs of North Carolina consisting of Mrs. Charles A. Cannon, Elizabeth H. Cotten, and Mrs. James A. Latham with photographs by Mrs. Bayard Wootten and text by Archibald Henderson; and New Bern: Cradle of North Carolina.
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Subseries 1.1. Publications Materials
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence to and from Elizabeth H. Cotten about the preparation and publication of Early Architecture of North Carolina, Old Homes of North Carolina, and New Bern: Cradle of North Carolina.
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Subseries 1.2. North Carolina Historical Buildings Materials
Arrangement: alphabetical by county.
Clippings and other materials related to historical buildings in North Carolina.
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Series 2. Tryon Palace Restoration Materials, 1949-1963 and undated.
Correspondence, reports, speeches, and inventories of furnishings dealing with the work of the Committee for the Restoration of Tryon Palace at New Bern, N.C., of which Elizabeth H. Cotten was a member.
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Subseries 2.1. Restoration Materials
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence, speeches, inventories, and other materials dealing with the restoration of Tryon Palace.
| Folder 77a-77b |
1949-1952 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 77a-77b |
| Folder 78-80 |
1953 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 78-80Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
| Folder 81-84 |
1954 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 81-84Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84 |
| Folder 85-88 |
1955 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 85-88Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88 |
| Folder 89-93 |
1956 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 89-93Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93 |
| Folder 94-104 |
1958 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 94-104Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104 |
| Folder 105-109 |
1959 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 105-109Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109 |
| Folder 110-120 |
1960 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 110-120Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120 |
| Folder 121-131 |
1961 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 121-131Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131 |
| Folder 132-136 |
1962 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 132-136Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136 |
| Folder 137-140 |
1963 #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 137-140Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140 |
| Folder 140 |
Undated #01650, Subseries: "2.1. Restoration Materials" Folder 140 |
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Subseries 2.2. Tryon Council and Commons Descendant Materials
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence dealing with ancestry of Tryon Council and Commons members who wished to have their names in a book at Tryon Palace.
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Series 3. Nash-Kollock School Materials, 1944-1948 and undated.
Papers of Jessie Parker of Hillsborough, N.C., representative of the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, all relating to attempts to save and restore the house in Hillsborough in which Maria Nash, Sallie Nash, and Sara Kollock had a school for young ladies, 1859-1891. In addition to Parker's correspondence on the subject, there is some data relating to the history of the school and the house, a list compiled in the 1940s of students of the school, mounted press notices relating to the campaign to save the house, and diagrams of classroom layout.
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Series 4. St. John's Episcopal Church Materials, 1949-1962.
Correspondence dealing with the restoration of St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamsboro, N.C., mainly with the architects, Milton Grigg, and other members of the committee on restoration, of which Elizabeth H. Cotten was secretary. Also included are clippings and a drawing of St. John's created by the architect.
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Series 5. Virginia Dare Materials, 1926; 1950-1953.
Correspondence, speeches, and photographs dealing with the rescue and eventual placement of Louise Lander's statue of Virginia Dare in the Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island, N.C. and of the Virginia Dare desk and gavel in the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Correspondence is mainly among Elizabeth H. Cotten, Mrs. George Pou, and Dr. Christopher Crittenden. Speeches are by Elizabeth Cotten and Sallie Southall Cotten.
| Folder 201-203 |
Virginia Dare materials #01650, Series: "5. Virginia Dare Materials, 1926; 1950-1953." Folder 201-203Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203 |
| Image Folder PF-1650/1 |
Photographs #01650, Series: "5. Virginia Dare Materials, 1926; 1950-1953." PF-1650/1 |
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Series 6. John Paul Jones Materials, 1947-1962 and undated.
Includes correspondence, notes, and typescripts concerning John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Correspondence is chiefly among Elizabeth H. Cotten, Harry A. Baldridge, Josephus Daniels, and Ernest Eller concerning the claim that John Paul added Jones to his name out of gratitude to Willie and Allen Jones of North Carolina. Also included are notes and typescripts of chapters of The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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