Inventory of the Walter H. Lee Scrapbooks, 1860-1863; 1887-1891

Collection Number 2630


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
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
Lee, Walter H.
Title
Walter H. Lee Scrapbooks, 1860-1863; 1887-1891.
Call Number
2630
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
3 volumes (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Three scrapbooks of Walter H. Lee of Asheville, N.C., containing hundreds of color advertising cards; greeting cards; clippings on a variety of subjects including Confederate history, particularly the role of Southern women in the war; a program of the Ravenscroft School Handicap Athletic Meeting, 1891; and a few items concerning events in Asheville. Two of three volumes were originally used as account books, 1860-1861; items that were pasted in cover virtually all account entries.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1943
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 Walter H. Lee Scrapbooks, #2630, 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.

Advertising cards--United States--History.
Asheville (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Confederate States of America--History.
Greeting cards--United States--History.
Lee, Walter H., fl. 1860-1891.
Ravenscroft School (Raleigh, N.C.)
Scrapbooks--North Carolina.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
Women--Confederate States of America.
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Collection Overview

Three scrapbooks of Walter H. Lee of Asheville, N.C., containing hundreds of color advertising cards; greeting cards; clippings on a variety of subjects including Confederate history, particularly the role of Southern women in the war; a program of the Ravenscroft School Handicap Athletic Meeting, 1891; and a few items concerning events in Asheville. Two of three volumes were originally used as account books, 1860-1861; items that were pasted in cover virtually all account entries.