Inventory of the De Graffenried Family Papers, 1735-1958

Collection Number 1692


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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
De Graffenried family.
Title
De Graffenried Family Papers, 1735-1958.
Call Number
1692
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 200 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Pictures, biographical and genealogical clippings and writings, and family data relating to Baron Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743), founder of New Bern, N.C., and his family and descendants in Switzerland and America. One original item is a letter, 1735, from the Baron to his son about genealogy.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1929-1959
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 De Graffenried Family Papers, #1692, 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.

De Graffenried family.
Graffenried, Christoph von, 1661-1743.
North Carolina--Genealogy.
Swiss Americans--North Carolina--Biography.
Switzerland--Genealogy.
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Collection Overview

Pictures, biographical and genealogical clippings and writings, and family data relating to Baron Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743), founder of New Bern, N.C., and his family and descendants in Switzerland and America. One original item is a letter, 1735, from the Baron to his son about genealogy.