Inventory of the LeConte and Furman Family Papers, 1861-1897

Collection Number 2564-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
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Furman family.
Leconte family.
Title
LeConte and Furman Family Papers, 1861-1897.
Call Number
2564-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
95 items.
Abstract
Chiefly family letters, 1869-1897, of Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) of South Carolina, geologist, chemist, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley, to his daughter Emma (1847-1932), wife of Farish Carter Furman, a Milledgeville, Ga., agriculturalist. Letters relate to scientific work, teaching, university life, family life, and travels to Yosemite and other California and mountain areas. Also included are correspondence, 1870-1894, of Furman regarding his agricultural experiments with cotton and soil fertilization, and histories (photocopies) of the LeConte and Stevens families by Walter LeConte Stevens, 1880-1910.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift and purchase 1943 and 1963
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 LeConte and Furman Family Papers, #2564-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.

Agriculture--Experimentation--History--19th century.
Agriculture--Georgia--History--19th century.
California--Description and travel.
Chemists--California--History--19th century.
College teachers--California--History--19th century.
Cotton growing--Experimentation--History--19th century.
Cotton growing--Georgia--History--19th century.
Family--California--Social life and customs.
Furman family.
Furman, Farish Carter.
Geologists--California--History--19th century.
LeConte family.
LeConte, Emma.
LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901.
Soil fertility--Experimentation--History--19th century.
Soil fertility--Georgia--History--19th century.
Stevens family.
Stevens, Walter Le Conte, 1847-1927.
University of California, Berkeley--Faculty--History--19th century.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Description and travel.
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Related Material

Emma LeConte Diary (#420); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

Chiefly family letters, 1869-1897, of Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) of South Carolina, geologist, chemist, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley, to his daughter Emma (1847-1932), wife of Farish Carter Furman, a Milledgeville, Ga., agriculturalist. Letters relate to scientific work, teaching, university life, family life, and travels to Yosemite and other California and mountain areas. Also included are correspondence, 1870-1894, of Furman regarding his agricultural experiments with cotton and soil fertilization, and histories (photocopies) of the LeConte and Stevens families by Walter LeConte Stevens, 1880-1910.