Inventory of the Grace Elizabeth King Papers, 1781-1933

Collection Number 1111


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
King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932.
Title
Grace Elizabeth King Papers, 1781-1933.
Call Number
1111
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1120 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Business, literary, and personal correspondence of Miss Grace King of New Orleans, author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and leader in historical and literary activities. The correspondence contains criticism and analysis of her works by her editors, and discussion of business connected with its publication. Among the correspondents are: editor H. M. Alden, author Thérese Bentzon, author Samuel L. Clemens, editor Hamilton W. Mabie, William McLennan of Montreal, William M. Sloane of Princeton, naturalist Reginald Somers-Cocks, and Charles Dudley Warner. Also included are items, 1781-1865, relating to Charles Gayarré of Louisiana (149 items), including letters from George Bancroft, Joseph M. Bossier, J. D. B. DeBow, Benjamin French, Francis Parkman, William Gilmore Simms, and William Tecumseh Sherman, discussing the publication of Gayarre's works and general political issues, 1850s-1860s. There are also 79 items relating to the Miller and King families of New Orleans, La., dated 1833-1922, including letters to a son at college in Baltimore in the 1830s disucssing family news and local events; letters, 1861-1865, from Thomas D. Miller commenting on Confederate military and financial problems in Louisiana and Mississippi; and postwar family letters. Also included in the collection are two notebooks, 1886-1903, with biographical sketches of Charles Gayarré and diary entries, 1866-1904, of Grace King.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals privately owned at the time of filming. At least part are now apparently located at Louisiana State University.
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 Grace Elizabeth King Papers, #1111, 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.

Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919.
Authors, American--Louisiana.
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
Bentzon, Th., 1840-1907.
Confederate States of America--Economic conditions.
De Bow, J. D. B. (James Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.
Diaries.
Family--Louisiana--Social life and customs.
French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877.
Gayarré, Charles, 1805-1895.
Historians--Louisiana--History--19th century.
King family.
King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932.
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916.
McLennan, William, 1856-1904.
Miller family.
New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs.
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870.
Sloane, William Milligan, 1850-1928.
Somers-Cocks, Reginald.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900.
Women authors, American--Louisiana.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Business, literary, and personal correspondence of Miss Grace King of New Orleans, author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and leader in historical and literary activities. The correspondence contains criticism and analysis of her works by her editors, and discussion of business connected with its publication. Among the correspondents are: editor H. M. Alden, author Thérese Bentzon, author Samuel L. Clemens, editor Hamilton W. Mabie, William McLennan of Montreal, William M. Sloane of Princeton, naturalist Reginald Somers-Cocks, and Charles Dudley Warner. Also included are items, 1781-1865, relating to Charles Gayarré of Louisiana (149 items), including letters from George Bancroft, Joseph M. Bossier, J. D. B. DeBow, Benjamin French, Francis Parkman, William Gilmore Simms, and William Tecumseh Sherman, discussing the publication of Gayarre's works and general political issues, 1850s-1860s. There are also 79 items relating to the Miller and King families of New Orleans, La., dated 1833-1922, including letters to a son at college in Baltimore in the 1830s disucssing family news and local events; letters, 1861-1865, from Thomas D. Miller commenting on Confederate military and financial problems in Louisiana and Mississippi; and postwar family letters. Also included in the collection are two notebooks, 1886-1903, with biographical sketches of Charles Gayarré and diary entries, 1866-1904, of Grace King.