Inventory of the William Lucius Faison Papers, 1857-1901

Collection Number 2247


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
Faison, William Lucius, 1839-1891.
Title
William Lucius Faison Papers, 1857-1901.
Call Number
2247
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
60 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Chiefly letters of Faison of Sampson County, N.C., an officer in 61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, including letters from him about fighting and other military activities, and to him in 1864 from members of his regiment while he was recovering from a wound; and letters of Betty Peden Faison and other members of the Peden and Faison families. One letter, 1868, describes difficult economic and social conditions in Texas. Also included are a few papers 1883 and 1888 of the Sampson County, N.C., militia.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Original returned to private owner in 1954.
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 William Lucius Faison Papers, #2247, 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.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 61st.
Faison family.
Faison, Betty Peden.
Faison, William Lucius, 1839-1891.
North Carolina. Militia--History--19th century.
Peden family.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Texas.
Sampson County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Texas--Economic conditions.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Chiefly letters of Faison of Sampson County, N.C., an officer in 61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, including letters from him about fighting and other military activities, and to him in 1864 from members of his regiment while he was recovering from a wound; and letters of Betty Peden Faison and other members of the Peden and Faison families. One letter, 1868, describes difficult economic and social conditions in Texas. Also included are a few papers 1883 and 1888 of the Sampson County, N.C., militia.