Inventory of the Eli West Hall Papers, 1841-1894
Collection Number 2443-z
Manuscripts Department, 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
- Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
- Hall, Eli West, 1827-1865?
- Title
- Eli West Hall Papers, 1841-1894
- Call Number
- 2443-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
-
- Items: 68
Back to Top
Administrative Information
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996
- Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, September 2004
- This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
- Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Eli West Hall Papers #2443-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.
- College orations--University of North Carolina (1793-1962).
- College prose, American--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- College students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Hall, Eli West, 1827-1865?
- Hall, Margaret Dawson, fl. 1856-1858.
- Hall, William, fl. 1856-1858.
- Hall family.
- Hillsborough (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Law students--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Lawyers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Legislators--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate--History--19th century.
- Practice of law--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- School prose, American--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Slavery--North Carolina.
- Students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.
- Wilmington (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Biographical Note
Eli West Hall (1827-1865?) was a lawyer and North Carolina state senator of Wilmington, N.C.
Back to TopCollection Overview
The collection includes papers of lawyer and North Carolina legislator Eli West Hall consisting of compositions and speeches written by him in Fayetteville, N.C., where he was a student in the early 1840s and at Chapel Hill, N.C., where he received his A.B. from the University of North Carolina in 1847, and letters from him while he was studying law in Hillsborough, N.C.; letters, 1856-1868, from Hall and his wife, Margaret Dawson Hall, from Wilmington, N.C., where he was a lawyer, to his brother William, who was studying medicine in New York; a few letters, 1860-1861, from Hall while he was a state senator; and some civilian letters during the Civil War from members of the Hall family. Topics discussed include family matters, slavery, local and national politics, the University of North Carolina in 1853, and practicing law. Postwar items consist of a few scattered family letters.
Back to Top
Detailed Description of the Collection
 |
Digital version: "The Influence of Climate on the Mental and Physical Constitution of Man," Composition of Eli W. Hall, 1 June 1846 |
|
Digital version: "Rise and Destiny of the Union," Senior Speech of Eli W. Hall, March 1847 |
Back to Top