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Collection Overview
| Size | 22.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9,000 items) |
| Abstract | Cotten family members include Robert Randolph Cotten of Pitt County, N.C., his wife, Sallie (Southall) Cotten, (1846-1929), and their children and grandchildren. The collection includes family correspondence of Robert Randolph Cotten, of his wife, Sallie (Southall) Cotten, and of their children and grandchildren. Sallie (Southall) Cotten's papers concern women's rights, state and national women's organizations, women's war work, 1916-1918, the Virginia Dare Memorial Association, and her many other interests and activities, as well as family and social matters. Also included are her scrapbooks, 1892-1929, writings, speeches, and personal memoranda, and letters from her son, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson) Cotten (1874-1926), as a captain in the United States Navy. The Addition of February 1995 includes family papers, chiefly relating to Lyman Atkinson Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson Cotten, their sons John Henderson Cotten and Lyman A. Cotten, and Lyman A. Cotten's wife, Patsy White Cotten. Included are many letters John Henderson Cotten wrote to his mother while he served in the Navy, and many items generated by Lyman A. Cotten during his tenure as professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1940-1974. The Addition of September 1995 consists of letters and other items chiefly relating to Lyman Cotten Junior. |
| Creator | Cotten family. |
| Language | English |
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Members of the Cotten family of North Carolina include Robert Randolph Cotten of Pitt County, N.C.; his wife, Sallie Southall Cotten (1846-1929), their children and grandchildren.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes family correspondence of Robert Randolph Cotten, Sallie Southall Cotten, and their children and grandchildren. Sallie Southall Cotten's papers concern women's rights, state and national women's organizations, women's war work, 1916-1918, the Virginia Dare Memorial Association, and her many other interests and activities, as well as family and social matters. Also included are her scrapbooks, 1892-1929, writings, speeches, and personal memoranda, and letters from her son, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson) Cotten (1874-1926), as a captain in the United States Navy. The Addition of February 1995 includes family papers, chiefly relating to Lyman Atkinson Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson Cotten, their sons John Henderson Cotten and Lyman A. Cotten, and Lyman A. Cotten's wife, Patsy White Cotten. Included are many letters John Henderson Cotten wrote to his mother while he served in the Navy, and many items generated by Lyman A. Cotten during his tenure as professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1940-1974. The Addition of September 1995 consists of letters and other items chiefly relating to Lyman Cotten Junior.
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Cotten Family Papers, 1892-1958 and undated.
The collection includes family correspondence of Robert Randolph Cotten, Sallie Southall Cotten, and their children and grandchildren. Sallie Southall Cotten's papers concern women's rights, state and national women's organizations, women's war work, 1916-1918, the Virginia Dare Memorial Association, and her many other interests and activities, as well as family and social matters. Also included are her scrapbooks, 1892-1929, writings, speeches, and personal memoranda, and letters from her son, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson) Cotten (1874-1926), as a captain in the United States Navy.
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Additions
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Addition of February 1995 (Acc. 95020), 1900s-1990s.
This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.
Processing Note: Unprocessed.
Family papers, chiefly relating to Lyman Atkinson Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson Cotten, their sons John Henderson Cotten and Lyman A. Cotten, and Lyman A. Cotten's wife, Patsy White Cotten. Included are many letters John Henderson Cotten wrote to his mother while he served in the Navy, and many items generated by Lyman A. Cotten during his tenure as professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1940-1974.
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Addition of September 1995 (Acc. 95120), 1900s-1960.
This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.
Processing Note: Unprocessed
Letters and other items chiefly relating to Lyman Cotten, Jr.
| Box 17 |
Addition of September 1995 #03589, Subseries: "Addition of September 1995 (Acc. 95120), 1900s-1960." Box 17 |
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Items Separated
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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