Inventory of the R. C. Gatlin Papers, 1744-1967
Collection Number 3868
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 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
- Gatlin, R. C. (Richard Caswell), 1809-1896.
- Title
- R. C. Gatlin Papers, 1744-1967.
- Call Number
- 3868
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 250 items (1.0 linear foot).
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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 R. C. Gatlin Papers, #3868, 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.
- Agriculture--Accounting--History--19th century.
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Coast defenses--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Cobb, Collier, b. 1862.
- Cobb, Mary Knox Gatlin.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of North Carolina.
- Farms--Arkansas--History--19th century.
- Fort Bridger (Wyo.)
- Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)
- Gatlin, Mary Ann Gibson.
- Gatlin, R. C. (Richard Caswell), 1809-1896.
- Gatlin, Susan Caswell.
- Sebastian County (Ark.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Related Material
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Cobb Family Papers (#4008), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Biographical Note
Gatlin, native of North Carolina, was an officer of the United States Army, 1828-1861, and then Confederate brigadier general.
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In part microfilm. Antebellum correspondence involving Gatlin, his wife, Mary Ann Gibson Gatlin, his sister, Mary Knox Gatlin, and his daughter, Susan Caswell Gatlin, concerning family and personal matters, life at Forts Laramie and Bridgers, Wyo., 1858-1860, traveling in the West with a family by wagon, and other matters; scattered Civil War and postwar letters and papers concerning the defense of the North Carolina coast, 1861, Gatlin's farm in Sebastian County, Ark., and other matters; letters, 1905-1913, from Collier Cobb and his wife Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, discussing family and personal matters and community news from Chapel Hill, N.C., and the University of North Carolina; a farm account book Gatlin kept, 1866-1871; a volume containing an account by Gatlin of his United States Army career, 1828-1861, and of operations in the Confederate military department of North Carolina, 1861-1862, family records, and other data entered by Gatlin; and other items.