Inventory of the Goelet and Buncombe Family Papers, 1712-1932

Collection Number 1112


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
Buncombe family.
Goelet family.
Title
Goelet and Buncombe Family Papers, 1712-1932.
Call Number
1112
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
800 items (2.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Family correspondence, some business papers, and genealogical materials pertaining to the related Buncombe, Goelet, Rogers, and Smith families of North Carolina, Alabama, and Louisiana, dating from the colonial period to the 20th century. The bulk of the collection consists of the personal correspondence and genealogical materials of Elizabeth (Goelet) Rogers (1843-1924) of New Orleans, La., with some papers of her husband, Walter Henry Rogers, judge and Louisiana attorney general. Also included are papers of the Goelet and Buncombe families of Washington County, N.C., from the colonial period through the Civil War; after 1857, family correspondence of Jane (Smith) Goelet, mother of Elizabeth (Goelet) Rogers, and her Smith relatives of Mobile and Demopolis, Ala., including Civil War letters; and other items. Volumes include a record book, 1756, kept by Francis Goelet at St. Eustatius, West Indies (now Netherlands Antilles), of goods shipped to his family; a book of home remedies, 1850- 1860; and a photograph album of Confederate military officers and government officials.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift and loan 1946, 1959
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 Goelet and Buncombe Family Papers, #1112, 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.

Buncombe family.
Confederate States of America--Officials and employees--Photographs.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Photographs.
Family--Alabama--Social life and customs.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Goelet family.
Goelet, Francis, 1724-1767.
Goelet, Jane Smith.
Netherlands Antilles--Commerce.
North Carolina--Genealogy.
Rogers family.
Rogers, Elizabeth Goelet, 1843-1924.
Rogers, Walter Henry, d. 1906.
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)--Economic conditions--18th century.
Smith family.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Southern States--Genealogy.
Traditional medicine--United States--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Washington County (N.C.)--History.
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Collection Overview

Family correspondence, some business papers, and genealogical materials pertaining to the related Buncombe, Goelet, Rogers, and Smith families of North Carolina, Alabama, and Louisiana, dating from the colonial period to the 20th century. The bulk of the collection consists of the personal correspondence and genealogical materials of Elizabeth (Goelet) Rogers (1843-1924) of New Orleans, La., with some papers of her husband, Walter Henry Rogers, judge and Louisiana attorney general. Also included are papers of the Goelet and Buncombe families of Washington County, N.C., from the colonial period through the Civil War; after 1857, family correspondence of Jane (Smith) Goelet, mother of Elizabeth (Goelet) Rogers, and her Smith relatives of Mobile and Demopolis, Ala., including Civil War letters; and other items. Volumes include a record book, 1756, kept by Francis Goelet at St. Eustatius, West Indies (now Netherlands Antilles), of goods shipped to his family; a book of home remedies, 1850- 1860; and a photograph album of Confederate military officers and government officials.