Inventory of the John Mitchell Davidson Papers, 1851-1863
Collection Number 3536-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Davidson, John Mitchell, 1829-1917.
- Title
- John Mitchell Davidson Papers, 1851-1863.
- Call Number
- 3536-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 5 items.
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Administrative Information
- Alternate Form of Material
- Typed transcriptions of some items available; all items available on microfilm.
- 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 John Mitchell Davidson Papers, #3536-z, 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.
- College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Confederate States of America. Congress--Elections.
- Davidson, Allen Turner, 1819-1905.
- Davidson, John Mitchell, 1829-1917.
- Dunn, Isaac M. C.
- Patronage, Political--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.
- Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894.
Related Material
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Allen Turner Davidson Papers (#1738-z); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Overview
Five letters addressed to Davidson, Buncombe County, N.C.: two, 1851 and 1852, from his cousin Zebulon Baird Vance, written while Vance was a student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, concerning college activities and other matters; one, 1863, from Vance, then governor, regretting that it was not in his power to favor Davidson with a certain position; one, 1861, from Davidson's brother, Allen Turner Davidson, concerning the latter's election to the Confederate Congress; and one, 1863, from Isaac M. C. Dunn, Davidson's father-in-law.