Inventory of the David McMichen Lees Papers, 1825-1960 and undated

Collection Number 3705-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
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Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Lees, David McMichen, 1807-1872.
Title
David McMichen Lees Papers, 1825-1960
Call Number
3705-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 19
Abstract
David McMichen Lees (1807-1872) was the son of William Lees and Jane Lees of Mecklenburg County, N.C. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1829.
The collection includes five family letters, 1825-1829, to and from David McMichen Lees while he was a student at Ebenezer Academy, Iredell County, N.C., and at the University of North Carolina; scattered later family letters; undated orations and essays by Lees, at least some of which were written while he was a college student; and genealogical data about the Lees (later Lee) family compiled by Ellie P. Grier of Charlotte, N.C.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Gift, 1964.
Processing Information
Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff, Undated
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, January 2005
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the David McMichen Lees Papers #3705-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

College orations--North Carolina--History--19th century.
College prose--North Carolina--History--19th century.
College students--Social life and customs--19th century.
EbenezerAcademy (Iredell County, N.C.)--Students--History--19th century.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Lees, David McMichen, 1807-1872.
Lee family.
Lees family.
Mecklenburg County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
North Carolina--Genealogy.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

David McMichen Lees (1807-1872) was the son of William Lees and Jane Lees of Mecklenburg County, N.C. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1829. In more recent years, the family name was spelled Lee. The University of North Carolina Alumni Catalog spells the middle name McMicken.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes five family letters, 1825-1829, to and from David McMichen Lees of Mecklenburg County, N.C., while he was a student at Ebenezer Academy, Iredell County, N.C., and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; scattered later family letters; undated orations and essays by Lees, at least some of which were written while he was a college student; and genealogical data about the Lees (later Lee) family compiled by Ellie P. Grier of Charlotte, N.C.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1825-1871, 1909, 1960 and undated.
Folder 1
Letters
1825-1829: Family letters, three of which were written by David McMichen Lees at Ebenezer Academy and at the University of North Carolina and two which were written to him by his brother, sister, and mother
1870: Letter from a marbleworks about a tombstone for David McMichen Lees's son
1871: Draft of a letter to the editor of the Observer written by David McMichen Lees about politics and other matters
1909, 1960: Two notes to Virginia Lee Bell Rhodes
Nine undated orations, essays, and letters to editors written by David McMichen Lees, some during his college years, some later
Genealogical data compiled by Ellie P. Grier of Charlotte, N.C., concerning the Lees (later Lee) family, which settled in Mecklenburg Cuonty, N.C., in 1775

Digital version: "The Great Power of Literary Men," Speech of David M. Lees, [September 1828]

Digital version: Letter from David M. Lees to Hugh M. Lees, 17 March 1829

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