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| Size | 10.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7200 items) |
| Abstract | The Link family lived many years in Princeton, N.J., but their roots were in West Virginia and North Carolina. Arthur S. Link (1920-1998) was the son of John William Link and Helen Elizabeth Link of Shepherdstown, W.Va., and later Mount Pleasant, N.C. He earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he met Margaret Douglas Link (1918-1996), the daughter of James Douglas and Anniebelle Douglas of Davidson, N.C. The couple had four children: Stanley Link (1947-), James D. Link (1950-), Margaret Link ("Peggy") (1951-), and William A. Link (1954-). Arthur S. Link spent most of his career at Princeton University and was a leading scholar of Woodrow Wilson. The collection documents the everyday lives of the Link family. Correspondence is chiefly of the family but is interspersed with letters with friends and professional colleagues. For the most part, the correspondence is informal, dynamic, and thoughtful. There is some discussion of current events, including World War II from civilian and soldier perspectives, race relations, the civil rights movement, and presidential politics and elections, but the majority of the letters document the relationships, careers, and interests of Link family members. Topics include the courtship and marriage of Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link; the raising of their children, especially with regard to summer camps, mental health, and college life; Arthur S. Link's writing and editing projects on Woodrow Wilson; and declining health of older family members. Letters are abundant from the 1940s to the 1960s, but thin out from the 1970s through the 1990s. Other Papers include school materials, newspaper clippings, genealogy notes and miscellaneous family history materials, a scrapbook documenting events surrounding Helen Elizabeth Link's graduation in 1907 from Shepherd College State Normal School, grade books of Arthur S. Link, some published materials about the Presbyterian Church, and a signed copy of Links: My Family in American History, by William A. Link. Photographs consist chiefly of snapshots and professonal portraits of family members, but also include images of graves, family heirlooms, houses, churches, and colleges. |
| Creator | Link (Family : Link, Arthur S. (Arthur Stanley), 1920-1998) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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The Link family lived many years in Princeton, N.J., but their roots were in West Virginia and North Carolina. Arthur S. Link (1920-1998) was the son of third cousins John William Link and Helen Elizabeth Link of Shepherdstown, W.Va., and later Mount Pleasant, N.C. John William Link served as a chaplain in World War I and Helen Elizabeth Link, a graduate of Shepherd College State Normal School, taught school. Together they had four children: John William Link Jr., Elizabeth Link, Arthur S. Link, and Elinor Link Cagan. Arthur S. Link received both his B.A. (1941) and his Ph.D. (1945) from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He taught first at Princeton University, from 1945 to 1949, then at Northwestern University from 1949 to 1960, before returning to Princeton University in 1962. Link was a leading scholar of Woodrow Wilson, having written a five-volume biography and edited 69 volumes of Wilson's papers. He was awarded the Bancroft Prize in 1957 for Wilson: The New Freedom and in 1961 for Wilson: The Struggle for Neutrality, 1914-1915.
Margaret Douglas Link (1918-1996) was the daughter of James and Anniebelle Douglas of Davidson, N.C. She had one brother, John Douglas, who served in the military during World War II. John Douglas was stationed in the South Pacific. Margaret graduated from Agnes Scott College in Georgia and Davidson College in Davidson, N.C. She earned a masters degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She and Arthur S. Link met while in graduate school. They married in North Carolina in June 1945. The couple had four children: Stanley Link (1947-), James D. Link (1950-), Margaret Link ("Peggy") (1951-), and William A. Link (1954-).
Stanley Link attended Davidson College from 1965 to 1969, went to medical school at Columbia University from 1969 to 1972, and then practiced medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. James D. Link enrolled at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968, but after a few months he was hospitalized for mental illness, first at Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C., and then at the Institute of Living, in Hartford, Conn. He reenrolled at Chapel Hill in the fall of 1970 but dropped out soon after, although he continued to live in Chapel Hill, N.C., until moving in with his parents in Princeton, N.J., in the summer of 1972. James D. Link continued to struggle with mental illness for the next several years before finding medical treatment that allowed him to live an autonomous life. Peggy Link attended Queens College from 1969 to 1972, and has since worked in the travel and tourism industry. William A. Link attended Davidson College from 1972 to 1976, earned a Ph.D. in history at the University of Virginia in 1981, and taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro until 2004, when he became chair of the history department at the University of Florida. William A. Link is the author of biographies of William Friday and Jesse Helms.
Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link moved back to North Carolina following Arthur's retirement in 1992. Margaret Douglas Link died in 1996. Arthur S. Link died in 1998.
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Series 1 Correspondence is chiefly personal letters exchanged by Link family members, interspersed with some professional correspondence and some correspondence with friends. For the most part, the correspondence is informal, dynamic, and thoughtful. There is some discussion of current events, including World War II from civilian and soldier perspectives, race relations, the civil rights movement, and presidential politics and elections, but the majority of the letters document the relationships, careers, and interests of Link family members. Topics include the courtship and marriage of Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link; the raising of their children, Stanley Link, James D. Link, Margaret Link ("Peggy"), and William A. Link, especially with regard to summer camps, mental health, and college life; Arthur S. Link's writing and editing projects on Woodrow Wilson; and declining health of older family members. Letters are abundant from the 1940s to the 1960s, but thin out from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Series 2 Other Papers consists chiefly of school materials of the Link children, especially essays of William A. Link; newspaper clippings about Arthur S. Link; genealogy notes; and miscellaneous family history materials. There are also a scrapbook documenting events surrounding Helen Elizabeth Link's graduation in 1907 from Shepherd College State Normal School; grade books of Arthur S. Link; calendars; address books; and scattered financial and legal documents. Published materials include an article, sermon, booklet, and book about the Presbyterian Church and a signed copy of Links: My Family in American History, by William A. Link.
Series 3 Photographs consists chiefly of snapshots and professonal portraits. There are also photographs documenting family history, including images of graves, family heirlooms, houses, churches, and colleges.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1864-1998 (bulk 1934-1979).
Restriction: Correspondence dated 1956 and later (folders 50-146) is CLOSED to researchers until 2025.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Correspondence is chiefly personal letters exchanged by Link family members, interspersed with some professional correspondence and some correspondence with friends. For the most part, the correspondence is informal, dynamic, and thoughtful. There is some discussion of current events, including World War II from civilian and soldier perspectives, race relations, the civil rights movement, and presidential politics and elections, but the majority of the letters document the relationships, careers, and interests of Link family members. Topics include the courtship and marriage of Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link; the raising of their children, Stanley Link, James D. Link, Margaret Link ("Peggy"), and William A. Link, especially with regard to summer camps, mental health, and college life; Arthur S. Link's writing and editing projects on Woodrow Wilson; and declining health of older family members. Letters are abundant from the 1940s to the 1960s, but thin out from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Correspondence that pre-dates the Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link family include letters from James M. Douglas of Davidson, N.C., to his wife, Anniebelle Douglas, and his daughter, Margaret Douglas Link; Margaret Douglas Link's correspondence, 1922-1942, with her parents and friends, some of whom were women attending college in the South, chiefly written while she attended Davidson College and during her graduate studies at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; John William Link's genealogy correspondence, 1938-1939; and John William Link Jr.'s correspondence, 1942-1946, with his brother Arthur S. Link, that discuss John William's war experiences and his work as director of a college music department and composer, and some of his other music-related work in Blair, Neb., and Lincoln, Neb., the brothers' draft eligibility, John William's post-war jobs, and Arthur's academic work.
The Link family correspondence begins in earnest in 1943. Correspondence, 1943-1945, chiefly is that of Margaret Douglas Link and Arthur S. Link. Margaret Douglas Link lived in Davidson, N.C., and also spent time teaching at Queens College in Charlotte, N.C., in 1943 and Columbia University in New York City, N.Y., in 1944. Arthur S. Link lived in Raleigh, N.C., and traveled to New York City, N.Y., in 1944 and 1945 to work on his dissertation on Woodrow Wilson. The couple married in June 1945 and moved to Princeton, N.J., later that year. Their letters discuss in detail social issues, religion, culture, politics, their jobs as teachers and scholars, and other topics. There is also some discussion of World War II, including their views on the war, as well as the status of enlisted friends and family members. There are many letters from other family members as well. Letters from Helen Elizabeth Link to her son Arthur S. Link, discuss events back in Mount Pleasant, everyday domestic chores, concerns about her other children and John William Link as a father, and working at the school cafeteria to earn extra money to support her daughter Elinor's education and efforts to start a singing career. Both she and John William Link advised Arthur on how to manage his draft status. John William Link also wrote to Arthur S. Link about the end of the war and its meaning. There are also letters from John Douglas, who was stationed in the South Pacific, to his sister Margaret Douglas Link discussing their parents and the war.
Correspondence, 1946-1959, documents close familial relationships. Correspondence of Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link discusses the children, parenting, Arthur's progress on his writing and editing projects on Woodrow Wilson, the family's year at Oxford University, and the declining health of aging parents. Also of note are Arthur S. Link's occasional letters with friend and colleague John Hope Franklin. Other family correspondents include Helen Elizabeth Link, discussing church and family news; John William Link, discussing finances, acquaintances, and family illnesses; Elinor Link Cagan, discussing traveling, suitors and friends, her singing performances, various jobs, and her affection for her niece; John William Link Jr., reflecting on his time in Europe during the war (1957-1959) and on his separation and divorce from his wife and the custody battle over their son; Anniebelle Douglas; and John Douglas. There are also a few letters from friends, and a small amount of genealogical correspondence of John William Link, Paxson Link, and other Link family members.
Correspondence, 1960-1964, chiefly consists of letters from Margaret Douglas Link, Arthur S. Link, and younger siblings Peggy Link and William A. Link, who were in Palo Alto, Calif., to older siblings Stanley Link and James D. Link, who were at summer camp at Camp Mondamin, in Tuxedo, N.C. There are some letters from Arthur S. Link to Margaret Douglas Link at their summer home in Montreat, N.C. The letters discuss camp activities; family news, including discussion of Arthur's writing and editing projects on Woodrow Wilson; and current events, such as race relations, the civil rights movement, and presidential politics and elections. Arthur S. Link was hospitalized for an operation for a slipped disc in May 1964, during which time the correspondence surges with sympathy letters from friends, family, and colleagues. There are also letters to the Link children from their friends. Also of note is a brief correspondence in November-December 1964 of Arthur S. Link with J. McDowell Richards, president of Columbia Theological Seminary, and with Frontis W. Johnston, dean of Davidson College, regarding the relationship between university and church, with regard to a religious subscription under consideration for adoption by the Davidson College Board of Trustees.
Correspondence, 1965-1968, chiefly concerns Link family summer activities, but there is some school-year correspondence with Stanley Link at Davidson College. During the summer of 1966, Stanley Link traveled in Europe and James D. Link, William A. Link, and Peggy Link attended summer camps in North Carolina and South Carolina. Margaret Douglas Link and Arthur S. Link traveled to South America in 1966 and to Europe in 1967. The letters provide detailed accounts of the day-to day life of parents, teenagers, and young adults. Stanley Link's letters discuss schoolwork, grades, career plans, and fraternity and social life. James D. Link's and William A. Link's letters discuss outdoor activities and social interactions at camp. Peggy Link's letters discuss friends, dating, and social events; there are also several letters to Peggy Link from her friends in 1967, providing gossip and news from home. There are also sympathy letters from friends, family, and colleagues following Arthur S. Link's gall bladder surgery in December 1966.
Correspondence, 1969-1974, is focused on James D. Link, who had enrolled at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968, but after a few months, was hospitalized due to mental illness, first at Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C., and then at the Institute of Living, in Hartford, Conn. He reenrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the fall of 1970 but dropped out soon after, although he continued to live in Chapel Hill, N.C., until moving in with his parents in Princeton, N.J., in the summer of 1972. Most letters in 1969 are either to or from James D. Link at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn., including a large number between James D. Link and Arthur S. Link discussing James's life, illness, and finances. The letters from the rest of the family are more focused on activities and daily life, including some discussion of the political climate on college campuses in the late 1960s. Peggy Link wrote from Queens College in Charlotte, N.C., where she enrolled in the fall of 1969. There are also letters to James D. Link and William A. Link from friends. Letters from Stanley Link indicate he attended Columbia University Medical School in New York City, N.Y., from 1969 to 1972; his letters from spring 1972 describe his medical work and travel in Kenya and Monrovia, Liberia. William A. Link attended Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., beginning in the fall of 1972. His letters to his parents and siblings describe student life, including a study abroad program and travel in England.
Correspondence, 1975-1980, discusses William A. Link's decision to pursue a Ph.D. in history at the University of Virginia, his studies there, and his move to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to work as a professor. In 1980, there are also letters regarding William A. Link's engagement and marriage to Susannah Link. Peggy Link's letters discuss living and working in the travel industry in Cambridge, Mass. Stanley Link's letters document his search for work as a physician in Winston Salem, N.C., and Charlotte, N.C. There are letters that discuss the declining health of Helen Elizabeth Link and John William Link Jr.; and there are a few letters with John Douglas after a lapse of many years. Also included are letters from William A. Link's wife, Susannah Link, and other family, friends, and colleagues.
Correspondence, 1981-1998, is thinner than in previous decades. In the 1980s, most letters are written from Stanley Link, Peggy Link, and William A. Link to their parents. James D. Link was institutionalized during this period; letters to or from him are infrequent, but there are several letters and poems to James D. Link from a man named David, whom he may have met while hospitalized. There are also letters from siblings, grandchildren, friends, and colleagues of Margaret Douglas Link and Arthur S. Link, including letters regarding the death of Helen Elizabeth Link and execution of her will; Margaret Douglas Link's support for crisis ministry at a church in Princeton, N.J.; and Arthur S. Link's retirement from Princeton University and subsequent move to North Carolina in the early 1990s. There are letters expressing sympathy to Arthur S. Link for Margaret Douglas Link's death in 1996, and sympathy letters to William A. Link following Arthur S. Link's death in 1998.
| Folder 1 |
1864A letter, 20 July 1864, from Henry A. Stokes, a private from Chaffin's Bluff, Va., in Lunenburg "Rebel" Virginia Light Artillery Battery, to his father, in which he described cannonading by the Yankees near Petersburg, Va. |
| Folder 2 |
1912A letter, 23 November 1912, from Margaret Moore Douglas to her uncle while she was on board the S.S. Vasari en route from New York to teach in Pernambuco, Brazil. |
| Folder 3 |
1914-1915Genealogy |
| Folder 4 |
1919-1928: James M. Douglas |
| Folder 5 |
1922-1936: Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 6 |
1937: Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 7 |
1938: Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 8 |
1938-1939: John William Link |
| Folder 9 |
1939-1942: Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 10 |
1930s: Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 11 |
1942: John William Link Jr. |
| Folder 12 |
1943Letters from Helen Elizabeth Link to Arthur S. Link in April 1943 about a farming tragedy in Mount Pleasant, N.C. |
| Folder 13 |
1943: Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 14 |
1943: John William Link Jr. |
| Folder 15 |
1944 |
Folder 16-18
Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18 |
1944: Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 19 |
1944: John William Link Jr. |
| Folder 20 |
1945 |
Folder 21-25
Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
1945: Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas Link |
| Folder 26 |
1945: John William Link Jr. |
| Folder 27 |
1946 |
Folder 28-30
Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
1946: January-June: Arthur S. Link and Margaret Douglas LinkOf note are a letter, 6 July 1946, in which Arthur S. Link considered editing the Wilson papers, and a letter, 10 November 1946, in which Margaret Douglas Link described her breastfeeding and labor and delivery experience. |
| Folder 31 |
1946: John William Link Jr. |
| Folder 32 |
1946: Genealogy |
| Folder 33 |
1947 |
| Folder 34 |
1947: Genealogy |
Folder 35-38
Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38 |
1948 |
| Folder 39 |
1948: Genealogy |
| Folder 40 |
1949 |
| Folder 41 |
1949: Genealogy |
Folder 42-43
Folder 42Folder 43 |
1950Includes a letter from Arthur S. Link discussing a visit with John Hope Franklin. |
Folder 44-45
Folder 44Folder 45 |
1951Topics include care for elderly parents, hospital stays. |
| Folder 46 |
1951: Genealogy |
| Folder 47 |
1952Includes a letter from John William Link Jr. criticizing "progressive"teacher education. |
| Folder 48 |
1952: Genealogy |
| Folder 49 |
1953 |
| Folder 50 |
1956Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 51 |
1957Closed until 2025. Letters from John William Link Jr. describe his separation from and child custody battle with his wife Verna Mae. |
| Folder 52 |
1958Closed until 2025. Letters from John William Link Jr. describe his separation from and child custody battle with his wife Verna Mae. |
| Folder 53 |
1959Closed until 2025. Letters from John William Link Jr. describe his separation from and child custody battle with his wife Verna Mae. Of note is a letter, 4 May 1959, from John William Link Jr., commenting on North Carolina Superior Court Judge Susie Sharpe with regard to his child custody court case. |
Folder 54-55
Folder 54Folder 55 |
1960Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 56 |
1961Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 57 |
1962Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 58 |
1963Closed until 2025. |
Folder 59-61
Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61 |
1964Closed until 2025. Topics include presidential politics, the Goldwater nomination, a biracial painting project at an Elm City church, race rioting in the context of the presidential campaign. |
| Folder 62 |
1965Closed until 2025. A letter, 8 February 1965, describing hell week at Davidson College. |
Folder 63-65
Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
1966Closed until 2025. |
Folder 66-67
Folder 66Folder 67 |
1967Closed until 2025. |
Folder 68-69
Folder 68Folder 69 |
1968Closed until 2025. |
Folder 70-78
Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78 |
1969Closed until 2025. |
Folder 79-83
Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83 |
1970Closed until 2025. Includes a letter, 26 February 1970, in which Elizabeth Link discussed her cancer and how to inform people of it; a letter, 31 October 1970, in which James D. Link wrote to Arthur S. Link about guns and violence in the South; a letter, 8 november 1970, in which William A. Link described a James Taylor concert. |
Folder 84-86
Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86 |
1971Closed until 2025. |
Folder 87-92
Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92 |
1972Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 93 |
1972: To Julie TenneyClosed until 2025. |
Folder 94-96
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96 |
1973: January-AprilClosed until 2025. |
Folder 97-100
Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100 |
1974Closed until 2025. |
Folder 101-106
Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106 |
1975Closed until 2025. |
Folder 107-109
Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109 |
1976Closed until 2025. |
Folder 110-112
Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112 |
1977Closed until 2025. |
Folder 113-114
Folder 113Folder 114 |
1978Closed until 2025. |
Folder 115-116
Folder 115Folder 116 |
1979Closed until 2025. |
Folder 117-118
Folder 117Folder 118 |
1980Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 119 |
1981Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 120 |
1982Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 121 |
1983Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 122 |
1984Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 123 |
1985Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 124 |
1986Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 125 |
1987Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 126 |
1988Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 127 |
1989Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 128 |
1990Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 129 |
1991Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 130 |
1992Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 131 |
1993Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 132 |
1994Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 133 |
1995Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 134 |
1996Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 135 |
1996Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 136 |
1996Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 137 |
1996Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 138 |
1996Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 139 |
1997Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 140 |
1998Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 141 |
UndatedClosed until 2025. |
| Folder 142 |
UndatedClosed until 2025. |
| Folder 143 |
Greeting cards, 1980s-1990sClosed until 2025. |
| Folder 144 |
William A. Link: History Department letters, 1977-1980Closed until 2025. Letters concerning William A. Link's academic progress in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. |
| Folder 145 |
William A. Link: Miscellaneous financial and legal papers, 1978-1980Closed until 2025. |
| Folder 146 |
William A. Link: Editorial work, 1979-1980Closed until 2025. Letters relating to editorial work for a book about Woodrow Wilson. |
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Series 2. Other Papers, 1907-2012.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Other Papers consist chiefly of school materials of the Link children, especially essays of William A. Link; newspaper clippings about Arthur S. Link; genealogy notes; and miscellaneous family history materials. There are also a scrapbook documenting events surrounding Helen Elizabeth Link's graduation in 1907 from Shepherd College State Normal School; grade books of Arthur S. Link at Princeton University; calendars; address books; and scattered financial and legal documents. Published materials include a signed copy of Links: My Family in American History, by William A. Link, and an article and sermon by Arthur S. Link and a booklet and book by Thomas Hugh Spence Jr. about the Presbyterian Church.
| Folder 147 |
Address booksBelonging to Margaret Douglas Link. |
| Folder 148 |
Bank statements and checks, 1945 |
| Folder 149 |
Calendars, 1957-1958, 1983, 1991Belonging to Arthur S. Link. |
| Folder 150 |
Cardinal Poetry Quarterly, Summer 1970Includes poetry by James D. Link. |
| Folder 151 |
Commencement programs, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1962, 1981Mount Pleasant High School, University of North Carolina, and University of Virginia. |
| Folder 152 |
Douglas, Davison McDowell: In Memoriam, 1932Sketches, tributes, resolutions, and memorials in honor of Dr. Davison McDowell Douglas. |
| Folder 153 |
Financial and legal documents, 1920-1989 |
| Folder 154 |
Genealogy: Douglas family |
Folder 155-157
Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157 |
Genealogy: Link family |
| Folder 158 |
Grade books, 1945-1949Record of students taught by Arthur S. Link. |
| Folder 159 |
Link, Arthur S.: Miscellaneous, 1937-1984Includes invitation to wedding of Arthur S. Link and Margaret MacDowell Douglas; itinerary for travel to Europe in 1967; biographical data with list of academic appointments through 1977; class list and final examination for Bible 101 class taught by Arthur S. Link at First Presbyterian Church in Princeton, N.J.; typed notecards concerning 1915-1916 government correspondence relating to cotton prices in the South; doctor's advice on convalescence following back surgery; American Historical Association program for 1984, when Arthur S. Link served as president; program for announcement of the Bancroft Prizes for 1961; text of award accompanying his honorary doctor of humane letters from Davidson College; an editorial on Watergate by Arthur S. Link; invitation to a 1991 retirement party for Arthur S. Link. |
| Folder 160 |
Link, Margaret Douglas: Diary, 1957Chiefly a calendar of appointments, including lectures attended, such as Hodding Carter (18 February 1957) and Martin Luther King (15-16 April 1957); there are also longer notes concerning events and activities while living in Cambridge and Oxford, England. |
| Folder 161 |
Link, Margaret Douglas: Miscellaneous notebooks, 1960sOne notebook describes travel to Lima, Peru, and the other seems to be directions for a housesitter and lists of expenses for groceries, incidentals, a car, drugs and healthcare, and taxes. |
| Folder 162 |
Link, William A.: Diary, 1975Description of travel in and impressions of England and Scotland. |
| Folder 163 |
Link, William A.: Notebooks, 1965, circa 1972School notebook (1965) and family address book (circa 1972). |
| Folder 164 |
Links: My Family in American History, by William A. Link, 2012Gainesville: University of Florida Press. |
Folder 165-166
Folder 165Folder 166 |
Miscellaneous, 1870-1970sDance cards, death and wedding announcements, images of Davidson College, restricted diet guidelines, a Dansk Designs Ltd. Brochure, and an issue of MAD (Number 123, December 1968). |
Folder 167-168
Folder 167Folder 168 |
Newspaper clippings, 1940s-1980sChiefly about Arthur S. Link, with some clippings about other members of the family. |
| Folder 169 |
North Carolina Medical CollegePhotocopies of printed material about the North Carolina Medical College, which was founded by Dr. John Peter Munroe, and biographical information about three generations of Munroe and Douglas descendents who practiced medicine. |
| Folder 170 |
Passports |
| Folder 171 |
Presbyterian Church, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966Report of the Committee of Twenty to the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Illinois (1957); Woodrow Wilson and the Life of Faith, by Arthur S. Link, in Presbyterian Life (1963); Building Bridges of Love (1964), a sermon by Arthur S. Link; Special Bicentennial Issue of the First Church Weekly (1966). |
| Folder 172 |
Presbyterian Church: Thomas Hugh Spence Jr., 1952, 1956Catalogues of Presbyterian and Reformed Institutions (1952) and The Historical Foundation and Its Treasures (1956) |
Folder 173-181
Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181 |
School papers, 1950s-1960sGrade reports and compositions of the Link children while they attended schools in Evanston, Ill., and Princeton, N.J.; also includes essays William A. Link wrote while attending Davidson College and course materials for a humanities class. |
| Oversize Volume SV-5527/1 |
Scrapbook: Link, Helen Elizabeth, 1907-1908Scrapbook ( The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book, Designed and Illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith ) with poems, newspaper clippings, social programs, dance cards, and other printed materials chiefly documenting events surrounding Helen Elizabeth Link's graduation in 1907 from Shepherd College State Normal School. Enclosures include photographs and additional printed materials. |
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Series 3. Photographs, 1860s-1980s.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Photographs of Link family members, including snapshots and professonal portraits. There are also photographs documenting family history, including images of graves, family heirlooms, houses, churches, and colleges.
Image Folder PF-5527/1-3
PF-5527/1PF-5527/2PF-5527/3 |
Churches, colleges, houses, and landscapes, 1900s-1970s |
| Image Folder PF-5527/4 |
Douglas, Anniebelle and James M., circa 1930 |
| Image Folder PF-5527/5 |
Douglas family, 1910s-1940s |
Image Folder PF-5527/6-7
PF-5527/6PF-5527/7 |
Family history, 1900s-1950sIncludes images of gravestones and family heirlooms. |
| Image Folder PF-5527/8 |
Link, Arthur S., circa 1935-1988 |
| Special Format Image SF-5527/1 |
Group portrait including Helen Elizabeth Link, circa 1900-1910: Tintype |
| Oversize Image Folder OPF-5527/1 |
Link, Margaret Douglas, 1945Wedding portraits |
| Image Folder PF-5527/9 |
Link, William A., and family, 1970s-1980s |
| Image Folder PF-5527/10 |
Link, William A., and friends, 1970s |
| Image Folder PF-5527/11 |
Link family, 1860s-1890s |
| Image Folder PF-5527/12 |
Link family, 1920s |
| Image Folder PF-5527/13 |
Link family, 1940s-1950s |
| Image Folder PF-5527/14 |
Link family, 1950s-1960s |
| Image Folder PF-5527/15 |
Link family, 1960s-1970s |
| Special Format Image SF-5527/2 |
Link, Emma Kate Keesecker (approximate age 20), circa 1860: Tintype |
| Special Format Image SF-5527/3 |
Link, Adam, in Confederate uniform (approximate age 30), circa 1860-1862: TintypeAdam Link of H Company, 2nd Infantry (Virginia), died of measles 28 March 1862 at New Market, Va. |
| Special Format Image SF-5527/4 |
John Adam Link III (approximate age 60), circa 1860: Tintype |
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Unidentified, 1960s-1970s: NegativesColor film; probably Link family members. |
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Unidentified children, 1960s, August 1970 |
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Miscellaneous, 1860s-1930sPhotographic copy of image of George W. Licklider, circa 1860s; photographs of a man (initials J.H.B.) with an arm cast standing on a dirt road, 1907; a collegiate football game; and a man standing near a railroad structure. |