Inventory of the James McBride Dabbs Papers, 1914-1980
Collection Number 3816
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 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
- Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970.
- Title
- James McBride Dabbs Papers, 1914-1980 (bulk 1923-1970).
- Call Number
- 3816
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 7,000 items (15.0 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- 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 James McBride Dabbs Papers, #3816, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906-
- Clergy, Writings of.
- Clergy--South Carolina--Political activity--20th century.
- Clergy--Spiritual life.
- Conant, Isabella Fiske.
- Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970.
- Penn Community Services--History.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Clergy.
- South Carolina--Social conditions.
- Southern States--Race relations.
Related Material
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Fellowship of Southern Churchman Papers (#3479); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Biographical Note
English professor, Presbyterian churchman, civil rights leader, and farmer of Mayesville, S.C.
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The bulk of the papers consists of writings, correspondence, subject files, and administrative records relating to Dabbs's activities as professor of English, churchman, civil rights leader, Penn Community Services trustee, and farmer. Very little family correspondence is included and there are few items dating before the mid-1920s, but most facets of Dabbs's professional involvements and interests are covered. Topics of writings, correspondence, and subject files include observations on social and political issues of the day, concerns about racial inequalities, and Dabbs's own life and religious beliefs. Dabbs's leadership of civil rights councils, religious organizations, and the Board of Trustees of Penn Community Services are well documented. Note that all letters are not in the correspondence series; some are included in subject files. Correspondents of note included Isabell Fiske Conant and Sarah Patton Boyle.