Inventory of the George N. Folk Papers, 1845-1914
Collection Number 3421-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
- Folk, George N. (George Nathaniel), 1839-1896.
- Title
- George N. Folk Papers, 1845-1914.
- Call Number
- 3421-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 72 items.
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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 George N. Folk Papers, #3421-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.
- Caldwell County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Folk, Betty Council, d. 1912.
- Folk, George N. (George Nathaniel), 1839-1896.
- Love-letters--History--19th century.
- Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Biographical Note
Lawyer and law teacher of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C.
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Correspondence and other papers of George N. Folk and his wife, Betty Council Folk (died 1912). Papers dated 1845-1855 are love-letters and letters from friends to Betty Council before her marriage to George Folk. Almost all of the papers dated after 1855 are personal business papers and other personal items, 1860s-1890s, of George Folk, and tributes and letters of condolence at his death.