Inventory of the Lamb Family Papers, 1704-1879

Collection Number 1481-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Related Material
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Lamb family.
Title
Lamb Family Papers, 1704-1879 (bulk 1861-1864).
Call Number
1481-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
22 items.
Abstract
Members of the Lamb family were residents of Elizabeth City, Williamston, and Henderson, N.C. The papers include non-military correspondence of Lieutenant Colonel John Calhoun Lamb (1835-1864), who served in the 17th North Carolina Regiment. Also included is a copy of an autograph album kept by Lieutenant Colonel Lamb while a prisoner at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass., September 1861-February 1862. Other items are personal and family letters sent and received by several family members, deeds, invitations, receipts, and calling cards.


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Administrative Information

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 Lamb Family Papers, #1481-z, 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.

Autograph albums--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 17th.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Fort Warren (Mass.)
Lamb family.
Lamb, John Calhoun, 1836-1864.
Prisoners of war--Massachusetts--Autographs.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
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Related Material

Matilda Lamb Morton Memoirs (#2467-z),
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Collection Overview

Members of the Lamb family were residents of Elizabeth City, Williamston, and Henderson, N.C. The papers include non-military correspondence of Lieutenant Colonel John Calhoun Lamb (1835-1864), who served in the 17th North Carolina Regiment. Also included is a copy of an autograph album kept by Lieutenant Colonel Lamb while a prisoner at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass., September 1861-February 1862. Other items are personal and family letters sent and received by several family members, deeds, invitations, receipts, and calling cards.