Inventory of the Henry C. Lay Papers, 1842-1885

Collection Number 418


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
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
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
Lay, Henry C. (Henry Champlin), 1823-1885.
Title
Henry C. Lay Papers, 1842-1885.
Call Number
418
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
2,850 items (9.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Henry C. Lay was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. The collection includes family and church-related correspondence, including sermons, scrapbooks, writings, and diaries of H. C. Lay while an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. The collection includes a journal of Episcopal acts for most of the years 1863-1885. Also, European travel diaries, 1866-1867 and 1878-1879. Lay preached to the Army of Tennessee at times during the Civil War.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Full text of sermons, 1861-1865
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 Henry C. Lay Papers, #418, 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.

Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Arkansas--Religious life and customs.
Clergy, Writings of.
Confederate States of America. Army--Chaplains.
Episcopal Church--Sermons.
Episcopal Church--Southern States--History--19th century.
Europe--Description and travel.
Huntsville (Ala.)--History--19th century.
Lay, Henry C. (Henry Champlin), 1823-1885.
Maryland--Religious life and customs.
Sermons.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.
Virginia--Religious life and customs.
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Related Material

George William Lay papers (#417), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Henry Champlin Lay (1823-1885) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. Lay was an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; a missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. Lay preached to the Army of Tennessee at times during the Civil War.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes family and church-related correspondence, including sermons, scrapbooks, writings, and diaries of H. C. Lay while an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. The collection includes a journal of Episcopal acts for most of the years 1863-1885. Also included are European travel diaries, 1866-1867 and 1878-1879.