Inventory of the Mangum Family Papers, 1777-1993

Collection Number 483

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information

Descriptive Summary

Administrative Information

Online Catalog Headings

Historical Note

Collection Overview

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1777-1990s.

2. Other Papers, 1825-1993.

3. Clippings, 1840s-1993.

4. Pictures, 1840s-1993.

Additions After October

Items Separated

Related Collections

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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Southern Historical Collection

Creator: Mangum family.

Title: Mangum Family Papers, 1777-1993

Call Number: 483

Language of Materials: Materials in English

Extent: Items: About 4,000; Linear Feet: 11.5

Abstract

Mangum family members include Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861) of Orange County, N.C., lawyer, Superior Court judge, Whig Party leader, U.S. representative and senator; A. W. Mangum (1834-1890), Methodist minister and teacher at the University of North Carolina; Ernest Preston Mangum (1865-1904), superintendent of schools for two North Carolina counties; Charles Staples Mangum (1870-1939), professor of anatomy at UNC; his wife Laura Rollins Payne Mangum; their son lawyer Charles Staples Mangum, Jr.; William Goodson Mangum (1924- ), artist; his wife Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum (1928- ), daughter of U.S. Army Colonel Benjamin Abbott Dickson and granddaughter of Brigadier General Tracy Campbell Dickson; and their son William Preston Mangum II (1958- ).

The collection includes correspondence and other papers relating to the Mangum, Dickson, Abbott, Holliday, Overman, and other families. Willie Person Mangum items include a short 1841 note from Henry Clay and an 1844 letter in which Mangum discussed Whig politics. Papers 1851-1890 relate chiefly to A. W. Mangum, documenting his life as a student at Randolph-Macon College and work as a Methodist preacher in North Carolina; Confederate Army chaplain at Salisbury Prison, N.C.; and professor at the University of North Carolina, 1875-1890. Some 1870s-1880s items relate to Greensboro Female College. In 1894, there are courtship letters of Tracy Campbell Dickson. From the 1900s through the 1920s, there are family and University of North Carolina letters of Charles Staples Mangum and his wife and son in Chapel Hill, including 1917 letters from a soldier. By 1937, most letters relate to Ariana Mangum, including many from her father as a soldier in World War II through his retirement in the 1970s. Letters between William Goodson Mangum and Ariana begin in 1949, with some relating to his art, teaching career at Salem College, and European trips they took. In the early 1970s, there are letters from William Preston Mangum II, a student at Randolph-Macon Academy. Also included are genealogical material; speeches of Willie Person Mangum; reminiscences of Salisbury Prison and other writings; and photographs relating to family members.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access: This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.

Usage Restrictions: William Preston Mangum II materials (series 1.6, 1.7, and 2.2.7) CLOSED until 1 January 2025; additions after October 1993 CLOSED until screened and processed.

Acquisitions Information: Received from various sources beginning around 1938. Donors include Mrs. Archibald Henderson, James N. B. Hill, Ariana Holliday Mangum, Charlotte Preston Mangum, Mrs. Ernest P. Mangum, Grace N. Mangum, Kevin E. Mangum, William P. Mangum II, Henry T. Shanks, Elizabeth B. Watson, Mrs. N. H. D. Wilson, and other gifts and purchases. See control file for details of individual accessions.

Processing Information: Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom with the assistance of Sarah White, October 1993; Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, March 2005; Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.; This collection was processed with support, in part, from the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Mangum Family Papers #483, 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.

Abbott family.

Artists--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.

Confederate States of America. Army--Chaplains.

Courtship--History--20th century.

Diaries.

Dickson, Benjamin Abbott, 1897-1976.

Dickson family.

Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Family--Virginia--Social life and customs.

Greensboro Female College.

Holliday family.

Mangum, A. W. (Adolphus Williamson), 1834-1890.

Mangum, Ariana Holliday Dickson, 1928- .

Mangum, Charles Staples, 1870- .

Mangum, Ernest Preston, 1865-1904.

Mangum family.

Mangum, William Goodson.

Mangum, William Preston, 1958- .

Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861.

Methodist Church--North Carolina--Clergy--History--19th century.

Methodist Church--Sermons.

Overman family.

Randolph-Macon Academy--Students--History.

Salem College (Winston-Salem, N.C.)--Faculty--History--20th century.

Salisbury Prison (N.C.).

Soldiers--United States--World War, 1916-1918--Correspondence.

United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.

University of North Carolina (1795-1963)--Faculty--History--19th century.

Whig Party (U.S.).

Related Collections

Willie Person Mangum Papers, Library of Congress.
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Historical Note

Numerous sources on Mangum family history exist, including biographies of several members of the Mangum family in the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Series 2 of this collection contains much material on Mangum, Dickson, and related family history, including "A Short History of the Mangum Family of North Carolina," written by Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum in 1956. This work contains a general genealogy and biographies of some family members (see subseries 2.1). Some of the information below was supplied by William Preston Mangum II. Among family members important in this collection are the following:

Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861) of Walnut Hall Plantation near Red Mountain, Orange (now Durham) County, N.C., was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1815 and was a lawyer; Superior Court judge, 1818-1823 and 1828; and United States representative and senator, 1823-1853, serving as president of the Senate, 1842-1845. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina for 47 years. Willie was considered a national leader of the Whig Party, running for president in 1836. Mangum married Charity Alston Cain in 1819.

A. W. Mangum (1834-1890) was the son of Willie Person Mangum's cousin, Ellison Goodloe Mangum, of Locust Grove Plantation, Orange County. He attended Randolph-Macon College and became a Methodist minister. During the Civil War, A. W. served briefly as a Confederate chaplain at Salisbury and Goldsboro, N.C. He later preached in several North Carolina towns, and, in 1875, became professor at the University of North Carolina, holding the chair of mental and moral philosophy and teaching history and English literature. He remained on the faculty until just before his death. His wife was Laura Jane Overman (1843-1914) of Salisbury.

Ernest Preston Mangum (1865-1904) was the son of A. W. and Laura Mangum. Ernest was graduated from the University of North Carolina. He was superintendent of schools in both Kinston and Wilson, N.C., and taught briefly at Western Carolina College. He married Lola Griffin (1867-1949), with whom he had two sons, Charles Preston Mangum (1893- ) and Ernest Preston Mangum, Jr. (1903-1955).

Charles Staples Mangum (1870-1939) was born in Greensboro, N.C., son of A. W. and Laura Mangum. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1891 and, three years later, completed his medical training at the Jefferson Medical College. He returned to Chapel Hill in 1896 as professor of physiology and later became professor of anatomy. He served as dean of the Medical School and was a founder of the School of Public Health. Charles married Laura Rollins Payne (1873-1956) in 1900. One of their children was Charles Staples Mangum, Jr. (1902-1980), a lawyer.

William Goodson Mangum (1924- ) was born in Kinston, N.C., the son of Charles Preston Mangum and Margaret Blanche Edwards Mangum (1895- ). He served in the Army Air Force in World War II and attended the University of North Carolina, where he earned a M.A. in 1959. He also studied at the Corcoran School of Art, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Students League of New York. His work--paintings, drawings, and sculpture--was been widely exhibited. He also taught at Western Carolina College in Cullowhee, N.C., and at Salem College, in Winston-Salem, N.C. He married Ariana Holliday Dickson in 1953.

Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum (1928- ) of Richmond, Va., was the daughter of Benjamin Abbott Dickson (1897-1976), who, as a colonel in the United States Army, saw active duty in both world wars, and Alice Holliday Dickson (b. 1900) of Indianapolis. Ariana's grandfather was Brigadier General Tracy Campbell Dickson. Ariana's parents divorced in the 1930s, and her mother later became Mrs. Henry Coudon Lau Miller. Ariana's father also remarried; her stepmother was Eleanor Shaler Dickson and her stepbrothers Colin Campbell Dickson and William Abbott Dickson. Ariana traveled extensively, settling in Ireland for seven years. Children of Ariana and William were Margaret Ariana Holliday Mangum (1954-), William Preston Mangum II (1958- ), Alice Holiday Mangum (1960- ), Laura Jane Overman Mangum (1963- ), and Grace Elizabeth Mangum (1966- ).

William Preston Mangum II was graduated from Randolph-Macon Academy in 1978 and pursued several occupations, including working with horses in Montana, Wyoming, and Kentucky, and in restaurants, hotels, and retail stores in various locations. He has also designed t-shirts and written numerous articles on Western lore and family history.

Collection Overview

The collection includes correspondence and other papers relating to the Mangum, Dickson, Abbott, Holliday, Overman, and other families. Willie Person Mangum items include a short 1841 note from Henry Clay and an 1844 letter in which Mangum discussed Whig politics. Papers 1851-1890 relate chiefly to A. W. Mangum, documenting his life as a student at Randolph-Macon College and work as a Methodist preacher in North Carolina; Confederate Army chaplain at Salisbury Prison, N.C.; and professor at the University of North Carolina, 1875-1890. Some 1870s-1880s items relate to Greensboro Female College. In 1894, there are courtship letters of Tracy Campbell Dickson. From the 1900s through the 1920s, there are family and University of North Carolina letters of Charles Staples Mangum and his wife and son in Chapel Hill, N.C., including 1917 letters from a soldier. By 1937, most letters relate to Ariana Mangum, including many from her father as a soldier in World War II through his retirement in the 1970s. Letters between William Goodson Mangum and Ariana begin in 1949, with some relating to his art, teaching career at Salem College, and European trips they took. In the early 1970s, there are letters from William Preston Mangum II, a student at Randolph-Macon Academy. Also included are genealogical material; speeches of Willie Person Mangum; reminiscences of Salisbury Prison and other writings; and photographs relating to family members.

Arrangement of Collection

Series 1. Correspondence and Related Materials
Subseries 1.1. 1777-1849
Subseries 1.2. 1851-1890
Subseries 1.3. 1893-1929
Subseries 1.4. 1930-1948
Subseries 1.5. 1949-1974
Subseries 1.6. 1975-1993 CLOSED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2025
Subseries 1.7. Undated CLOSED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2025
Series 2. Other Papers
Subseries 2.1. Mangum Family General
Subseries 2.2. Individual Family Members
Subseries 2.2.1. Willie Person Mangum
Subseries 2.2.2. A. W. Mangum
Subseries 2.2.3. Ernest Preston Mangum
Subseries 2.2.4. Charles Staples Mangum
Subseries 2.2.5. Charles Staples Mangum, Jr.
Subseries 2.2.6. William Goodson Mangum
Subseries 2.2.7. William Preston Mangum II CLOSED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2025
Series 3. Clippings
Series 4. Pictures
Subseries 4.1. Loose Prints
Subseries 4.2. Cased Images
Subseries 4.3. Albums
Additions after October 1993 CLOSED UNTIL SCREENED AND PROCESSED.
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Items Separated

Items separated include oversize volumes (V-483/S-2, S-5, S-7, S-12) and pictures (P-483; SF-P-483; PA-483).

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1777-1990s.

About 1450 items.

Arrangement: chronological. Note that, especially after 1920, materials are roughly sorted by year.

1.1. 1777-1849.

About 35 items.

Chiefly personal correspondence and related materials of members of the Mangum family. Also included are items of the related Dickson, Abbott, Holliday, Overman, and other families.

The earliest material, beginning in 1777, consists of deeds and indentures relating to land in Orange (now Durham) County, N.C. There is a copy of lawyer Willie Person Mangum's statement, 1823 or 1824, about his knowledge of debt and controversy between Herman Royster and Duncan Cameron, which had become part of a dispute between Cameron and William Montgomery, rival candidates for state senate. In 1824, there is a letter from William McMurray to the postmaster general about the location of post offices and estate and legal papers relating to Willie Person Mangum. In 1834, there is a letter from Charity Cain Mangum to her sister, Mary Cain Sutherland, in which she complained about the terms of her father's will. In 1837-1840, there are other legal papers relating to Sutherland and Cain family members.

From 1841 to 1846, there are letters from Willie Person Mangum in Washington, D.C., to his wife, daughters, and others about his activities and opinions. In 1841, there is a short note from Henry Clay about Mangum's not needing to attend a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In 1844, there is a letter from Mangum to James Watson Webb of the Morning Courier and New York Enquirer giving Whig Party positions on the tariff, the treaty with Texas, and Henry Clay's chances for success. In 1845, there are photocopies of letters (originals at Yale University) from Willie Person Mangum to Francis O. Bacon about the United States Senate's pending investigation of fraud and the testimony to be given by Bacon.

In 1848, there is a letter from Willie Person Mangum to John Strother Pendleton of Virginia denying a rumor that Mangum was supporting Cass and Butler rather than the Whig presidential ticket and expressing zeal for the Taylor and Fillmore ticket. In 1849, there is a photographic copy of a letter from Abraham Lincoln to Willie Person Mangum about an appointment Lincoln wanted (location of original unknown).

Folder 1

1777-1827

Folder 2

1832-1849

1.2. 1851-1890.

About 160 items.

Papers relating to A. W. Mangum, son of Willie Person Mangum's cousin, Ellison Goodloe Mangum, begin in 1851 with letters A. W. wrote to his father and others from Randolph-Macon College in Boydton, Va. These letters document Mangum's college life and also activities of the Mangum family members to whom he wrote. In 1852, there is a letter from A. W.'s brother Addison Mangum (b. 1822) of Orange County, N.C., son of E. G. Mangum, about his recent visit to Washington, D.C., and commenting on political issues. In 1853 and 1854, Nathan Hunt Daniel Wilson, a Methodist minister in Greensboro, N.C., is mentioned in A. W. Mangum's letters. Wilson's son, N. H. D. Wilson, Jr., later married A. W. Mangum's daughter Mary Elizabeth. In 1854, the elder Wilson's account as treasurer of the North Carolina Methodist Conference Education Society appears. A. W. Mangum was graduated from Randolph-Macon in 1854, and in 1854 and 1855, there are letters to him from college friends.

By 1857, A. W. Mangum was preaching the Methodist circuit in western North Carolina, and letters, 1857-1860, from him to family members reflect his opinions on local politics and document his activities. In 1858, there are letters from Chapel Hill and other locations where he was preaching, and also letters to and from A. W. Mangum about his receiving and rejecting an offer to teach at the Spartanburg Female Seminary in South Carolina.

In 1861, Mangum's friend Garland Hanes, who was a lawyer in Virginia, wrote about his desire for immediate secession. Letters show that Mangum, who was preaching in Salisbury, N.C., became active ministering to Confederate soldiers, traveling to Virginia shortly after the fall of Fort Sumter to start his tenure as chaplain. In 1862, he was back in Salisbury, from which he wrote describing conditions in the prison there, where United States soldiers were held as prisoners of war. In 1863, Mangum was apparently no longer a chaplain, but was preaching in Goldsboro, from which he wrote to family members about conditions there. In 1864, he returned to Salisbury from which he documented the fear of Sherman's approach (although he does not mention Sherman's Raid). Also in 1864, there is a letter from Addison Mangum in Salisbury to his wife about his activities, and, in 1865, to her about preparations of the Salisbury-Charlotte area against the enemy's approach.

In 1866, Mangum began writing to friends and others gathering information for a sketch of life at Salisbury Prison. In 1868, there is a deed of trust from Greensboro College to Mangum's friend N. H. D. Wilson to secure the debts owned by the College. In 1875, there are materials relating to A. W. Mangum's distribution of the estate of E. G. Mangum. In that year, there are also letters from Kemp P. Battle relating to conditions at the University of North Carolina, where Mangum had become professor of moral philosophy, history, and English literature. In the late 1870s and 1880s, there are a few items relating to the continuing financial problems at Greensboro Female College. In the late 1880s, there are items relating to the Victoria Institute, also called the Philosophical Society of Great Britain), which A. W. Mangum was asked to join. Also in the late 1880s, there are letters to and from Overman and Wilson relatives. In 1890, there are letters of sympathy on the death of A. W. Mangum.

Folder 3

1851-1852

Folder 4

1853-1854

Folder 5

1855-1859 and 1850s undated

Folder 6

Undated before 1860

Folder 7

1860-1865

Folder 8

1860-1865

Folder 9

1870s

Folder 10

1880-1890

Folder 11

Undated before 1890

1.3. 1891-1929.

about 125 items.

In 1894, there are many courtship letters to Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum's grandfather, Brigadier General Tracy Campbell Dickson, from his soon-to-be wife, Belle. Dickson, then a lieutenant, was stationed at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Mass.

In 1904, there are letters of sympathy on the death of Ernest Preston Mangum. During the 1900s, there are also letters to and from Charles Staples Mangum and his wife, Laura Rollins Payne Mangum. Most of these letters document routine travel and family affairs. A few in the early 1910s are from Laura's brother Billy, who was serving in some capacity with the Isthmian Canal Commission. These letters are also about routine family affairs. There is also a letter in 1912 apparently from Benjamin Abbott Dickson, Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum's father, also with the Isthmian Canal Commission to his mother. In 1914, there are letters of sympathy on the death of Laura Jane Overman Mangum. In 1917, there are many letters that discuss military life in general from John Overman Dysart with the American Expeditionary Forces to Charles Staples Mangum, Jr., in Chapel Hill.

In the 1910s and 1920s, there are scattered letters from Mangum relatives, including from A. W. Mangum, Jr., who wrote from Bellingham, Wa., about an anti-Hindu riot. During these years, there are also scattered and routine letters from Josephus Daniels, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, June Spencer Love, and other friends of the family. Many letters relate to Charles Staples Mangum, Jr.'s academic progress at the University of North Carolina. Others to his father deal with routine University affairs.

Folder 12

1891-1894

Folder 13

1895-1909

Folder 14

1910-1915

Folder 15

1917-1919

Folder 16

1920-1925

Folder 17

1926-1929 and 1920s undated

1.4. 1830-1848.

About 185 items.

Letters of Charles Staples Mangum and Charles Staples Mangum, Jr., taper off in the early 1930s, although there are still some from Charles Staples Mangum, Jr., to his mother as late as 1944. By 1937, most of the letters relate to Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum (called Docie or Doc), then Ariana Holliday Dickson, who lived chiefly with her mother at Shooter's Hill near Richmond, Va. Many of these letters were written to Ariana at various schools by her father, Benjamin Abbott Dickson. Letters between Ariana and her father and other relatives continue through the 1940s. During World War II, many of these letters between Ariana and her father trace his army activities, and in August 1945, there is a letter enclosing a record of Benjamin Abbott Dickson's military career. In the early 1940s, there are also letters to Ariana from sisters Ann Lee Saunders and Jane Quinn Saunders, young women of her own age who lived at neighboring Tuckahoe Point Farm.

Folder 18

1930-1938

Folder 19

1939 and 1930s undated

Folder 20

1940

Folder 21

1941

Folder 22

1942

Folder 23

1943-1944

Folder 24

1945

Folder 25

1946-1948

Folder 26

Undated before 1949

1.5. 1949-1974.

About 400 items.

Letters from William (Bill) Goodson Mangum to Ariana Holliday Dickson begin in 1949. While Ariana continued to receive letters from family, especially her father, and friend, by 1952, letters from Bill far exceed those from others by 1952. There are also some letters from Ariana to Bill. These letters chiefly document Bill and Ariana's activities, he beginning his career in painting and she completing her degree at Penn State, and their desire to be together. The volume of letters decreases greatly after their marriage in 1953.

Beginning in 1954, letters are chiefly to and from Bill and Ariana at various locations from family and friends. Many letters are from Benjamin Abbott Dickson at Cold Creek Farm in Paoli, Pa. Most letters discuss routine family and social affairs, but some relate to Bill's continuing his education at the University of North Carolina (M.A., 1959), to his increasing success in exhibiting his art work, and to his teaching career in the late 1950s at Western Carolina College in Cullowhee, N.C., and, beginning in the early 1960s, at Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C. Other letters reflect Ariana's growing interest in family history. Bill and Ariana traveled frequently, both together and separately, during this period, and there are many postcards that document their journeys. Beginning around 1971, there are many letters from Benjamin Abbott Dickson, who had moved to Devon, Pa., that were meant to be distributed to various lists of recipients. These letters document Dickson's activities and thinking on a wide range of subjects. In 1973, there are many postcards from Ariana in Europe. Also in 1973, William Preston Mangum II was at Randolph-Macon Academy and began writing letters home about his life there.

Folder 27

1949

Folder 28

1950-1951

Folder 29-30

1952

Folder 31-32

1953

Folder 33

1954

Folder 34

1955

Folder 35

1956

Folder 36

1957

Folder 37

1958

Folder 38

1959

Folder 39

1950s undated

Folder 40

1960

Folder 41

1961-1962

Folder 42

1963-1964

Folder 43

1965-1967

Folder 44

1968

Folder 45

1969

Folder 46

1970

Folder 47

1971

Folder 48

1972

Folder 49-50

1973

Folder 51

1974

1.6. 1975-1993.

About 450 items.

CLOSED until 1 January 2025.

Family materials, many of which relate to William Preston Mangum II.

Folder 52-80
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1.7. Undated.

About 100 items.

CLOSED until 1 January 2025.

Family materials, some of which relate to William Preston Mangum II.

Folder 81-84

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2. Other Papers, 1825-1993.

About 630 items.

2.1. Mangum Family General, 1853-1856 and undated.

About 130 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Folder 85-91

Genealogy. Notes family trees, and other items about the history of the Mangum, Dickson, Abbott, and related families.

Included is "A Short History of the Mangum Family of North Carolina," written by Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum in 1956 (folder 85). Ca. 100 items.

Folder 92-94

Writings.

Miscellaneous short writings--poems, essays, etc.--by various family members, especially Benjamin Abbott Dickson and Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum. Ca. 70 items.

Folder 95

Volume 1: Account book, 1852-1853; scrapbook, 1870s and undated, ca. 100 pp.

Accounts are unidentified, but appear to be petty personal accounts of students, possibly at Greensboro Female College. The book was later used for clippings and doodles.

Folder 96

Volume S-2: Scrapbook with greeting cards and clippings, 1880s-1890s, ca. 30 pp.

Compiled by Juliette Leroy Mangum, daughter of A. W. Mangum.

Folder 97

Volume 3: Scrapbook, 1888-1891, ca. 15 pp.

Newspaper clippings, chiefly articles by N. H. D. "Nath" Wilson, Jr., who married Mary Elizabeth Mangum, a daughter of A. W. Mangum. Included are letters to the editor written by him while a student of theology at Vanderbilt University.

Folder 98

Volume 4: Scrapbook with miscellaneous clippings and other items, 1880s-1900s, ca. 30 pp.

Compiled by Laura Rollins Payne Mangum.

Folder 99

Volume S-5: Scrapbook with miscellaneous clippings and other items, 1880-1910s, ca. 50 pp.

Compiled by Minnie Mangum Wilson.

Folder 100

Volume 6: Scrapbook with clippings, poems, and other items, 1900s-1930s, ca. 30 pp.

Compiled by Benjamin Abbott Dickson.

Folder 101

Volume S-7: Scrapbook, chiefly greeting cards, undated, ca. 50 pp.

Compiled by Juliette Leroy Mangum.

Folder 102-103

Miscellaneous. Certificates, programs, and other items relating to members of the Mangum, Dickson, and related families. Ca. 50 items.

2.2. Individual Family Members, 1825-1993.

About 500 items.

2.2.1. Willie Person Mangum, 1825-1993 and undated.

About 10 items.

Folder 104

Photocopies of calling cards in the Willie Person Mangum Papers at the Library of Congress, 1993.

Folder 105

Miscellaneous. Manuscript copies of speeches, 1825-1841; certificates; and other items.

2.2.2. A. W. Mangum, 1825-1960 and undated.

About 250 items.

Folder 106

Volume 8: Diary, 1852-1860, about 200 pp.

There are many daily entries and also some entries that summarize Mangum's activities during short periods of time. The diary documents his life as a student at Randolph-Macon College, 1852-1854, and his work as a Methodist minister in North Carolina, 1855-1860, during which time he often preached at Chapel Hill. Also included are quotations, poems, miscellaneous thoughts, and other writings. In the back of the book, Mangum recorded resolutions on prayer and Bible reading that he made on 24 October 1852. Throughout the diary, there is much philosophizing.

Folder 107

Volume 9: Commonplace book, 1853-1854, about 150 pp.

Kept by Mangum while at Randolph-Macon College and at home, the book contains copies of his readings, poems, and disconnected historical notes, chiefly about British history.

Folder 108

Volume 10: Notebook, 1853-1857, about 400 pp.

The book contains notes Mangum took at Randolph-Macon: William A. Smith's on slavery, 1854; C. B. Stuart on geology and religion, 1854; and notes on sermons.

Folder 109

Volume 11: Notebook, undated, ca. 20 pp.

The book contains thoughts on whether or not the North Carolina Methodist Conference should be divided.

Folder 110

Salisbury prison.

Reminiscences of Mangum's experiences during the Civil War at Salisbury prison during his brief stint as Confederate chaplain.

Folder 111

Sermons: Amos, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Exodus, Ezekiel, Genesis, Hakakkuk, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Job, Joshua, I and II Kings, Malachi, Numbers

Folder 112

Sermons: Psalms, Proverbs, I Samuel, Zechariah

Folder 113

Sermons: Acts, Colossians, I Corinthians, II Corinthians

Folder 114

Sermons: Ephesians, Galatians, Hebrews, James, John

Folder 115

Sermons: I John, Luke, Mark

Folder 116

Sermons: Matthew, I and II Peter, Philippians, Revelation

Folder 117

Sermons: Romans, I Thessalonians, I and II Timothy, Titus

Folder 118

Miscellaneous

Folder 119

Notes and lists of sermons delivered

Folder 120-122

Miscellaneous short writings. Ca. 50 items.

Included are compositions written by Mangum while a student; biographical sketches, one of Willie Person Mangum and another of George Horah of Salisbury; poetry; and speeches, chiefly on religious themes.

2.2.3. Ernest Preston Mangum, 1880s.

About 20 items.

Folder 123-124

Lectures on literature and other topics.

2.2.4. Charles Staples Mangum, 1890s-1930s.

About 30 items.

Folder 125

Medical class notes, 1890s.

Folder 126

Real estate: Blueprints, deeds, drawings, and other items, 1890s-1910s, relating to property owned by Mangum, chiefly in Chapel Hill.

Folder 127

Writings: "Osteology: A Syllabus" (1907) and "The State's Call" (1913), a poem written for Good Roads Day.

Folder 128

Miscellaneous: Certificates, tributes, and other items, 1890s-1930s.

2.2.5. Charles Staples Mangum, Jr., 1920s.

About 20 items.

Folder 129

Miscellaneous: Grade reports and other items, chiefly relating to Mangum's time as a student at the University of North Carolina.

2.2.6. William Goodson Mangum, 1940s-1990s.

About 100 items.

Folder 130-132

Art catalogs and show announcements.

Folder 133-137

Representations, many printed, of art works by Mangum, and a few drawings by him.

Folder 138

Miscellaneous. Résumés and other personal items.

2.2.7. William Preston Mangum II, 1970s-1990s.

About 60 items.

CLOSED until 1 January 2025.

Folder 139-141

Writings: School compositions and short writings, some of which were published and relate to Mangum's interest in outlaws.

Folder 142

Volume S-12: Scrapbook, 1970s, ca. 30 pp., containing clippings and other items relating to football.

Folder 143-144

Miscellaneous: Mangum's baby book, grade reports from various schools, financial materials, a few items relating to horses and to the Onyx T-shirt Company, and other items.

3. Clippings, 1840s-1993.

About 1000 items.

Arrangement: unsorted.

Clippings, chiefly relating to activities of Mangum family members, including the art career of William Goodson Mangum, and to the interests of individual family members, notably William Preston Mangum II's study of outlaws and the American West.

Folder 145-164

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4. Pictures, 1840s-1993.

About 900 items.

4.1. Loose Prints, 1870s-1990s.

About 850 items.

Image Folder P-483/1

Abbott, B. F., 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/2

Arvis, John G., 1 image, 1899.

Image Folder P-483/3

Baker, Frank, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/4

Barry family, 2 images, 1906 and undated.

Image Folder P-483/5

Baskerville, Charles, 4 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/6

Battle, Tamar Manning, 1 image, 1894.

Image Folder P-483/7

Berry, Harriet, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/8

Blaisdale family, 4 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/9

Blalock family, 2 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/10

Busbee, Loulie, 1 image, 1903.

Image Folder P-483/11

Chappell, Nora Mangum, 1 image, 1891.

Image Folder P-483/12

Cook, Mary Elizabeth, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/13

Cowper family, 5 images, 1940s-1950s.

Image Folder P-483/14

Deletrine, Cornelia, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/15

Dickson, Benjamin Abbott, about 20 images, 1910s-1970s (see also Subseries 4.3.).

Image Folder P-483/16

Dickson family, about 10 images, 1920s-1980s.

Image Folder P-483/17

Doub, Peter, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/18

Dye, Alice O'Neal, 1 image, 1950s.

Image Folder P-483/19

Early family, 2 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/20a

Ellis family, about 10 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/20b

Goodson, Lola Griffin Mangum, 3 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/21

Harrison family, 5 images, 1940s-1950s.

Image Folder P-483/22

Holliday family, 7 images, 1900s-1940s.

Image Folder P-483/23

Horner, Mansfield, 3 images, 1920s.

Image Folder P-483/24

Iboude family, 1 image, 1930.

Image Folder P-483/25

Kenan, William Rand, 1 image, 1895.

Image Folder P-483/26

Mangum, Adolphus Mathew, 2 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/27

Mangum, A. W., 3 images, undated (see also Subseries 4.2.).

Image Folder P-483/28

Mangum, Alice Holliday, about 15 images, 1960s-1970s.

Image Folder P-483/Folders 29-30

Mangum, Ariana Holliday Dickson, about 40 images, 1930s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/31

Mangum, Augusta Wilkerson, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/32

Mangum, Bartlett, 4 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/33

Mangum, Baxter, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/34

Mangum, Carrington, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/35

Mangum, Charles Preston, Jr., about 10 images, 1920s-1940s.

Image Folder P-483/36

Mangum, Charles Preston, Sr., about 10 images, 1890s-1930s.

Image Folder P-483/37

Mangum, Charles Staples, Jr., about 15 images, 1900s-1950s (see also Subseries 4.3.).

Image Folder P-483/Folders 38-39

Mangum, Charles Staples, Sr., about 40 images, 1890s-1930s.

Image Folder P-483/40

Mangum, Charlotte, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/41

Mangum, Cleveland, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/42

Mangum, Elizabeth Whitefield Wall, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/43

Mangum, Ernest Preston, Jr., 12 images, 1900s-1950s.

Image Folder P-483/44

Mangum, Ernest Preston, Sr., 4 images, 1890s (see also Subseries 4.3.).

Image Folder P-483/45

Mangum, G. William, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/46

Mangum, Grace Elizabeth, 8 images, 1970s.

Image Folder P-483/47

Mangum, Grace Noble, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/48

Mangum, John, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/49

Mangum, Juliette, 7 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/50

Mangum, Laura Jane Overman, Jr., about 10 images, 1960s-1970s.

Image Folder P-483/51

Mangum, Laura Jane Overman, Sr., 4 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/52

Mangum, Laura Payne, about 20 images, 1880s-1920s (see also Subseries 4.2.).

Image Folder P-483/53

Mangum, Lucy, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/54

Mangum, Margaret Ariana Holliday, about 30 images, 1950s-1980s.

Image Folder P-483/55

Mangum, Margaret Blanche Edwards, 4 images, 1920s-1950s.

Image Folder P-483/56

Mangum, Nannie Mary Elizabeth, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/57

Mangum, Presley Jackson, 1 image (photocopy), 1885.

Image Folder P-483/58

Mangum, Robert, 6 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/59

Mangum, Victor Bryant, 1 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/60

Mangum, William Goodson, about 30 images, 1930s-1970s.

Image Folder P-483/Folders 61-63

Mangum, William Preston II, about 50 images, 1960s-1990s (see also Subseries 4.3.).

Image Folder P-483/64

Mangum, Willie Person, 1 image (photograph of painting), undated.

Image Folder P-483/65

Miller family, about 20 images, 1930s-1980s.

Image Folder P-483/66

Morrison, Hallie, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/67

Newman family, 4 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/68

Overman family, 2 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/69

Parker, Grace Mangum, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/70

Patterson family, 3 images. 1870s-1930s.

Image Folder P-483/71

Payne family, about 10 images, 1870s-1920s.

Image Folder P-483/72

Perrigo, Lucia, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/73

Peyton, W. E., 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/74

Powell, Walter, Jr., 2 images, 1910s.

Image Folder P-483/75

Pratt family, 3 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/76

Presley, Wade Hampton, 1 image, 1902.

Image Folder P-483/77

Pulsifer family, 8 images, 1940s-1970s.

Image Folder P-483/78

Rose family, 8 images, 1928.

Image Folder P-483/79

Roser, Dr., 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/80

Saunders, Ann Lee, 1 image, 1940s.

Image Folder P-483/81

Spence, Elizabeth Mangum, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/82

Summerall, Hope, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/83

Thompson family, 2 images, 1970s-1890s.

Image Folder P-483/84

Veasey, Elizabeth Mangum, 7 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/85

Wheeler family, 10 images, 1940s-1970s.

Image Folder P-483/86

Wilson family, 7 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/87

Worth, George, 1 image, undated.

Image Folder P-483/Folders 88-89

Miscellaneous friends and relatives, about 40 images, 1890s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/Folders 90-92

Unidentified persons, about 75 images, undated.

Image Folder P-483/93

Graves, about 40 images, 1970s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/94

Historical markers and monuments, about 30 images, 1970s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/Folders 95-96

Homes, chiefly of Mangum family members, about 50 images, 1880s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/97

Horses, about 10 images, 1940s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/Folders 98-99

Chapel Hill, N.C., including University of North Carolina and Chapel of the Cross, about 15 images, 1890s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/Folders 100-101

Miscellaneous scenes, about 50 images, 1910s-1990s.

Image Folder P-483/102

Unidentified scenes, about 20 images, undated.

4.2. Cased Images, 1840s-1880s and undated.

18 items.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/1

Mangum, Addison Goodloe (see also Subseries 4.1.).

Special Format Image SF-P-483/2-4

Mangum, A. W. (see also Subseries 4.1.).

Special Format Image SF-P-483/5

Mangum, Elizabeth Harris.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/6

, Ellison Goodloe.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/7

Mangum, Ernest Preston, Sr. (see also Subseries 4.1.).

Special Format Image SF-P-483/8-10

Mangum, Laura Jane Overman.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/11

Mangum, James.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/12

Mangum, Priestly Hinton.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/13

Mangum, Samuel C.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/14

Mangum, Sandy G.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/15

Overman, William.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/16

Venable, Preston.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/17

Webb, Amanda Mangum.

Special Format Image SF-P-483/18

Unidentified persons.

4.3. Albums, 1900s-1993.

10 items.

Image Folder PA-483/1-3

Charles Staples Mangum

Three albums with photographic prints, 1900s-1930s, relating to Charles Staples Mangum, Laura Rollins Mangum, and Charles Staples Mangum, Jr. Most of the photographs are snapshots depicting family life in Chapel Hill. (See also Subseries 4.1.)

Image Folder PA-483/4-6

Benjamin Abbott Dickson

Three albums with photographic prints, 1910s-1930s, some for use in "Long Way Home," which Dickson wrote in 1920 about his trip from Manila to New York, and others showing Dickson, Alice Baker Holliday Dickson, and other on various excursions. (See also Subseries 4.1.)

Image Folder PA-483/7-10

William Preston Mangum II

Album with photographic prints, 1960s, relating to Mangum as a child; an album of photographic slides and an album of photographic prints relating to the time Mangum spent in the West in the late 1970s; and an album of photographic prints and other images assembled by Mangum under the title "William Preston Mangum's Personal History in Pictures, 1965-1993."

Additions After October

Additions of 1994-January 1995 (Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003), 1990s.

About 100 items.

CLOSED until screened and processed.

Miscellaneous family materials, including photographs of Mangum locations in Durham, N.C.

Folder 165-166

Family materials

Image Folder P-483/103

Photographs

Addition of October 1995 (Acc. 95134), 1990s.

About 20 items.

CLOSED until screened and processed.

Miscellaneous family materials.

Folder 167

Family materials