Inventory of the Sallie S. Billmyer Lemen Papers, 1866-1890
Collection Number 5137
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 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
- Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
- Lemen, Sallie S. Billmyer.
- Title
- Sallie S. Billmyer Lemen Papers, 1866-1890
- Call Number
- 5137
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: About 100
- Linear Feet: 0.5
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchased from Carmen Valentino of Philadelphia, Pa., in Novmeber 2003 (Acc. 99666).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Valerie Gillispie, June 2005
- Encoded by: Valerie Gillispie, June 2005
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Sallie S. Billmyer Lemen Papers #5137, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Billmyer family.
- Dating (Social customs)--United States--History--19th century.
- Diaries.
- Family--Maryland--Social life and customs.
- Family--West Virginia--Social life and customs.
- Hagerstown Female Seminary (Hagerstown, Md.)
- Hagerstown (Md.)--Social life and customs.
- Lemen family.
- Lemen, Sallie S. Billmyer, b. ca. 1852.
- Marriage--United States--History--19th century.
- Recipes--History--19th century.
- Shepherdstown (W.Va.)--Social life and customs.
- Travelers--United States--Diaries.
- Women--Health and hygiene--History--19th century.
- Women--Maryland--Social life and customs.
- Women--West Virginia--Social life and customs.
- Women travelers--United States--History--19th century.
- Young women--Maryland--History--19th century.
- Young women--West Virginia--History--19th century.
Biographical/Historical Note
Sallie S. Billmyer Lemen grew up in Shepherdstown, W.Va., in Jefferson County. She was the daughter of David Billmyer, who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1867 and 1868. Her brother, William H. Billmyer, attended Georgetown College. Sallie Billmyer attended Hagerstown Female Seminary in Hagerstown, Md., from approximately 1868 to the early 1870s. While there, she made many friends with whom she continued to correspond for at least a decade.
Around 1878, Sallie met and began dating W. L. "Newt" Lemen, a Shepherdstown businessman. At some point before 1881, the two married and settled in Shepherdstown. Newt Lemen became a founding partner in the Shepherstown Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company in 1891.
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The Sallie S. Billmyer Lemen papers include correspondence, a travel diary, and other materials related to her early life. The collection is divided into two series. The first series, Correspondence, chiefly contains letters sent to Lemen from friends and family, 1866-1890, especially letters from young women friends. Topics include Lemen's schooling at the Hagerstown Female Seminary; the lives of family and friends in Hagerstown, Md., Shepherdstown, W.Va., and elsewhere; dating, marriage, and children; health and sickness; parties and events; and the recreational travels of friends. The second series, Other Materials, includes an 1876 travel diary, a recipe, a report card, and a few miscellaneous writings.
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1. Correspondence
2. Other Materials
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Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Correspondence, 1866-1890 and undated.
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2. Other Materials, 1870-1976 and undated.
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