Inventory of the Marcellin Gillis Papers, 1825-1925
Collection Number 3288
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/
Back to Top
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Gillis, Marcellin, b. 1824.
- Title
- Marcellin Gillis Papers, 1825-1925.
- Call Number
- 3288
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 550 items (1.0 linear foot).
Back to Top
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 Marcellin Gillis Papers, #3288, 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--France--History--19th century.
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Family--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
- France--Economic conditions.
- France--Social conditions.
- French--Louisiana--History--19th century.
- Gillis, Carolina Emily Griffin, b. 1835.
- Gillis, Marcellin, b. 1824.
- Griffin family.
- Liddell family.
- Louisiana--Commerce--History--19th century.
- Merchants--Louisiana--History--19th century.
- New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Ship Island (Miss.)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
- Viticulture--France--History--19th century.
- Washington and Lee University--Students--History--19th century.
Biographical Note
French immigrant who was a cotton factor in New Orleans, La., and a landowner in Catahoula Parish, La.
Back to TopCollection Overview
Family correspondence, 1850-1890, of Gillis with his relatives in France and with his wife, Carolina Emily Griffin (born 1835), relating to economic, agricultural, and social conditions in France, particularly viticulture, 1846-1896; family news, including reports from members of the Griffin and Liddell families of Mississippi; Gillis's Confederate Army career, including his participation in the First Battle of Bull Run and his imprisonment at Ship Island, Miss.; wartime conditions in New Orleans, especially for French citizens; schooling of his son at Washington and Lee University, 1872-1874; and other matters. Some legal and business papers are also included.