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| Size | 8.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7000 items) |
| Abstract | Edgar Wallace Knight (1885-1953) was University of North Carolina Kenan professor of educational history, and author of numerous publications. This collection chiefly contains source material from various repositories collected by Knight in preparation for A Documentary History of Education in the South before 1860 (1949-1954). Papers include letters; wills; petitions; trustees' minutes of schools and colleges; personal diaries; and other selected materials concerning education and related cultural and social aspects of the antebellum South. Institutions represented include the University of Alabama, the University of Georgia, Davidson College, South Carolina College, the University of Tennessee, and the Texas Military Institute. Persons and organizations represented include Henry Harrisse, Horace Mann, Henry Barnard, Joseph Lancaster, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and Dr. Thomas Bray's Associates. |
| Creator | Knight, Edgar Wallace, 1885-1953. |
| Language | English |
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Edgar Wallace Knight (1885-1953) was University of North Carolina Kenan professor of educational history, and author of numerous publications, including A Documentary History of Education in the South Before 1860 (1949-1954).
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This collection chiefly contains source material from various repositories collected by Edgar Wallace Knight (1885-1953) in preparation for A Documentary History of Education in the South before 1860 (1949-1954). Papers include letters; wills; petitions; trustees' minutes of schools and colleges; personal diaries; and other selected materials concerning education and related cultural and social aspects of the antebellum South. Institutions represented include the University of Alabama, the University of Georgia, Davidson College, South Carolina College, the University of Tennessee, and the Texas Military Institute. Persons and organizations represented include Henry Harrisse, Horace Mann, Henry Barnard, Joseph Lancaster, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and Dr. Thomas Bray's Associates.
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Series 1. Miscellaneous Items, 1631-1881 and undated.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Series chiefly contains photocopies of wills, petitions, and reports, along with a few letters and photographs of documents.
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Series 2. Minutes, Diaries, and Related Documents, 1640-1866.
Transcripts of minutes, diaries, and publications. Volume 23 is only avaiable on microform (F-378.768 Tk-b).
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Series 3. Selected Papers, circa 1743-1858.
Selected materials from collections of papers at different repositories. Volumes 26-27 are from the Henry Harrisse Papers; volume 28 is from the Henry Barnard Papers; volume 30 is from the Joseph Lancaster Papers; and volumes 31-32 are from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Papers.
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Series 4. Subject Files, circa 1825-1950 and undated.
These files include theses and other literature relating to American education.
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Series 5. State Documents, circa 1800-1921.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
State reports, articles, and other literature relating to education in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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