Inventory of the M. A. Curtis Papers, 1720-1950

Collection Number 199


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
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872.
Title
M. A. Curtis Papers, 1720-1950
Call Number
199
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
3300 items (7.5 linear feet)
Abstract
M. A. Curtis was an Episcopal priest, teacher, and noted mycologist. Curtis lived in Wilmington, Raleigh, and Hillsborough, N.C., and Society Hill, S.C. The collection includes correspondence between Curtis and his wife, Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis; letters from his father, Reverend Jared Curtis of Massachusetts; letters from Mrs. Curtis's DeRosset relatives of Wilmington, N.C., and Charleston, S.C.; correspondence with the Curtis children at school, in the Confederate army, and in their own homes; scattered letters about activities of the Episcopal Church; and letters to Curtis from other botanists, especially Henry William Ravenel, Asa Gray, and Miles Joseph Berkeley, particularly about fungi. Later papers are family correspondence and papers relating to the disposition of Curtis's scientific materials. Also included are diaries, botanical notes, school notebooks, sermons, photographs, and church music.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Partial microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
1935-2004
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 M. A. Curtis Papers, #199, 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.

Berkeley, M. J. (Miles Joseph), 1808-1889.
Botanists--United States--History--19th century.
Botany--Study and teaching.
Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs.
Children--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Church music--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Curtis family.
Curtis, Jared, fl. 1823-1837.
Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872.
Curtis, Mary Jane DeRosset.
DeRosset family.
Diaries.
Episcopal Church--Clergy--North Carolina.
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
Mycologists--United States--History--19th century.
Mycology--Study and teaching.
Ravenel, Henry William, 1814-1887.
Wilmington (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
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Related Material

See also William Preston Bynum Papers (#117); DeRosset Family Papers (#214); Edmund and Dorothy Smith Berkeley, Collectors of Correspondence of Moses Ashley Curtis (#4254), in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Moses Ashley Curtis (1808-1872) was an Episcopal priest, teacher, and noted mycologist. Curtis lived in Wilmington, Raleigh, and Hillsborough, N.C., and Society Hill, S.C.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes correspondence between Curtis and his wife, Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis; letters from his father, Reverend Jared Curtis of Massachusetts; letters from Mrs. Curtis's DeRosset relatives of Wilmington, N.C., and Charleston, S.C.; correspondence with the Curtis children at school, in the Confederate army, and in their own homes; scattered letters about activities of the Episcopal Church; and letters to Curtis from other botanists, especially Henry William Ravenel, Asa Gray, and Miles Joseph Berkeley, particularly about fungi.

Later papers are family correspondence and papers relating to the disposition of Curtis's scientific materials. Also included are diaries, botanical notes, school notebooks, sermons, photographs, and church music.