Inventory of the John Rose Ficklen Papers, 1882-1942
Collection Number 257
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
- Ficklen, John Rose, 1858-1907.
- Title
- John Rose Ficklen Papers, 1882-1942.
- Call Number
- 257
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 270 items (1.5 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 John Rose Ficklen Papers, #257, 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.
- Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910.
- Ficklen, Bessie Alexander, b. 1861.
- Ficklen, John Rose, 1858-1907.
- Historians--Louisiana--History--19th century.
- History--Study and teaching--Louisiana--History--19th century.
- Tulane University--Faculty--History--19th century.
Related Material
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Edward Porter Alexander Papers (#7), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Biographical Note
John Rose Ficklen (1858-1907) was a professor of history at Tulane University.
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The collection includes chiefly correspondence of Ficklen with his professional colleagues; personal and family letters received; and writings, lectures, and notes by him. Also included are papers, beginning in 1888, of his wife, Bessie Alexander Ficklen (b. 1861), consisting of letters from her father, Edward Porter Alexander (1835-1910); correspondence about the publication of her husband's work after his death; and items relating to her own interest in poetry and art.