Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#1004-z
SARAH BARNWELL ELLIOTT PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Sarah Barnwell Elliott, daughter of Charlotte Bull
Barnwell and Stephen Elliott, was a novelist,
playwright, and suffragist of Sewanee, Tenn.
Twenty-one letters, 1886-1887, from Sarah Barnwell
Elliott traveling in Europe, to her mother Charlotte
Bull Barnwell Elliott in Sewanee, Tenn., and two items
relating to Elliott's brother-in-law Bishop Francis
Asbury Shoup (1834-1896). Elliott's letters give
detailed descriptions of scenes and experiences in
France, Italy, England, Egypt, the Suez Canal, and the
Holy Land. The Shoup items are a handwritten article
by him on the sacrament of confession and a tribute to
him.
Online Catalog Terms:
Authors, American--19th century--Journeys--Europe.
Authors, American--19th century--Journeys--Middle East.
Egypt--Description and travel--19th century.
Elliott, Charlotte Bull Barnwell, fl. 1848-1887.
Elliott, Sarah Barnwell, 1848-1928.
England--Description and travel--1801-1900.
Episcopal Church--Bishops--History--19th century.
France--Description and travel--1800-1918.
Italy--Description and travel--1861-1900.
Palestine--Description and travel--19th century.
Shoup, Francis Asbury, 1834-1896.
Suez Canal (Egypt)--Description and travel--19th century.
Voyages and travel--History--19th century.
Women authors, American--19th century.
Size: 24 items (1 folder).
Provenance: Received from Mrs. F. E. Shoup in 1945.
Access: No restrictions.
Related Collections: Stephen Elliott Letterbook (#241);
Habersham Elliott Papers (#2510).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.