Inventory of the Edmund Kirby-Smith Papers, 1776-1906

Collection Number 404


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
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
Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893.
Title
Edmund Kirby-Smith Papers, 1776-1906 (bulk 1840-1866).
Call Number
404
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
2,000 items (3.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Edmund Kirby-Smith was a United States and Confederate Army officer, president of the University of Nashville, and professor of mathematics at the University of the South. The collection contains correspondence and other papers, chiefly 1840-1866, of Edmund Kirby-Smith, dealing with his personal affairs, education, military career, and later life as president of the University of Nashville and professor at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Includes notes on the Kentucky campaigns of 1862; letters of the Revolutionary War period written by his grandfather, Ephraim Kirby (1757-1804) and some by Joseph Smith written to his brother, Elnathan Smith; diary and miscellaneous notes, 1849-1868; official letter book, 1863-1865; a notebook, 1865, giving an account of Kirby-Smith's flight to Cuba and Mexico; and a scrapbook of Civil War clippings.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
1834-1958
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 Edmund Kirby-Smith Papers, #404, 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.

Confederate expatriates.
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
Kirby, Ephraim, 1757-1804.
Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893.
Smith, Elnathan.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
University of Nashville--History.
University of the South--History.
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Biographical Note

Edmund Kirby-Smith (1824-1893) was a United States and Confederate Army officer, president of the University of Nashville, and professor of mathematics at the University of the South.

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Collection Overview

The collection contains correspondence and other papers, chiefly 1840-1866, of Edmund Kirby-Smith, dealing with his personal affairs, education, military career, and later life as president of the University of Nashville and professor at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Includes notes on the Kentucky campaigns of 1862; letters of the Revolutionary War period written by his grandfather, Ephraim Kirby (1757-1804) and some by Joseph Smith written to his brother, Elnathan Smith; diary and miscellaneous notes, 1849-1868; official letter book, 1863-1865; a notebook, 1865, giving an account of Kirby-Smith's flight to Cuba and Mexico; and a scrapbook of Civil War clippings.