Inventory of the Matthias Murray Marshall Papers, 1823-1912

Collection Number 489

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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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
Marshall, Matthias Murray, 1841-1912.
Title
Matthias Murray Marshall Papers, 1823-1912
Call Number
489
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 350
Linear Feet: 1.5
Abstract
Matthias Murray Marshall was a Confederate Army lieutenant and chaplain during the Civil War, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and an Episcopal clergyman in Raleigh, N.C.
The collection includes personal, religious, and business correspondence and other papers of the Reverend Matthias Murray Marshall, chiefly while he was rector of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Raleigh, N.C., but also during his attendance at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Included are records, 1876-1879 and 1885-1892, of visits to parishioners; scrapbooks; and memorandum books, mainly relating to Christ Church. The early letters, 1824-1825, relate to a controversy between Professor Elisha Mitchell of UNC and Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft about religious doctrines and denominational influence at UNC. Other correspondents include Kemp Plummer Battle, Charles Manly, George E. Badger, Paul C. Cameron, Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., Sallie M. Cameron, the Reverend E. A. Osborne, Thomas S. Kenan, and Jonathan Worth. Volumes include an 1861 daily diary that Marshall kept as a student at Trinity and at UNC and notes on a voyage from Baltimore, Md., to San Francisco, Calif., in 1883.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Received before 1936 and from Susan Marshall, Raleigh, N.C., in July 1982 (Acc. 82082).
Processing Information
Processed by: Staff, 1936-1982
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, November 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Matthias Murray Marshall Papers #489, 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.

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866.
Battle, Kemp P. (Kemp Plummer), 1831-1919.
Cameron, Paul C., 1808-1932.
Cameron, Sallie Mayo, 1865-1932.
Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1850-1932.
Christ Church (Raleigh, N.C.)--History.
College students--United States--Social life and customs.
Episcopal Church--Clergy--North Carolina.
Episcopal Church--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Episcopal Church--North Carolina--Records and correspondence.
Kenan, Thomas S.
Manly, Charles, 1795-1871.
Marshall, Matthias Murray, 1841-1912.
Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857.
Osborne, Edwin Augustus, 1837-1926.
Raleigh (N.C.)--Religious life and customs.
Ravenscroft, John Stark, 1772-1830.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Religious life and customs.
Voyages and travels.
Worth, Jonathan, 1802-1869.
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Related Collections

Elisha Mitchell Papers (#518), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Matthias Murray Marshall was a Confederate Army lieutenant and chaplain during the Civil War; a graduate of the University of North Carolina; and an Episcopal clergyman in Raleigh, N.C.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes personal, religious, and business correspondence and other papers of the Reverend Matthias Murray Marshall, chiefly while he was rector of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Raleigh, N.C., but also during his attendance at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Included are records, 1876-1879 and 1885-1892, of visits to parishioners; scrapbooks; and memorandum books, mainly relating to Christ Church. The early letters, 1824-1825, relate to a controversy between Professor Elisha Mitchell of UNC and Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft about religious doctrines and denominational influence at UNC. Other correspondents include Kemp Plummer Battle, Charles Manly, George E. Badger, Paul C. Cameron, Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., Sallie M. Cameron, the Reverend E. A. Osborne, Thomas S. Kenan, and Jonathan Worth. Volumes include an 1861 daily diary that Marshall kept as a student at Trinity and at UNC and notes on a voyage from Baltimore, Md., to San Francisco, Calif., in 1883.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Correspondence
2. Other Papers
3. Volumes
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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Correspondence, 1823-1912 and undated.

About 300 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Personal, religious, and business correspondence of the Reverend Matthias Murray Marshall. Correspondence includes letters, 1824-1825, between John Stark Ravenscroft and Elisha Mitchell over religious doctrines and denominational influence at the University of North Carolina; a narrative, 1863, of the life and career of General Albert S. Johnston; letters, 1869, concerning the resignation of Matthias Murray Marshall of Christ Church in Elizabeth City, N.C.; letters of sympathy, 1895, concerning the death of Matthias Murray Marshall's daughter; and letters of sympathy, 1910, concerning the death of Marshall's wife. Among the correspondents are Elisha Mitchell, Bishop John Ravenscroft, Kemp Plummer Battle, Charles Manly, George E. Badger, Paul C. Cameron, J. Blount Cheshire, Jr., Sallie M. Cameron, the Reverend E. A. Osborne, Thomas S. Kenan, and Jonathan Worth.
Folder 1
1823-1824
Folder 2-3
1825

Digital version: Excerpt from the letter from Elisha Mitchell to John Ravenscroft, 8 February 1825
Folder 4
1837-1858
Folder 5
1860-1861
Folder 6
1862-1863
Folder 7
1864-1865
Folder 8
1866
Folder 9
1867
Folder 10
1869
Folder 11
1870-1880
Folder 12
1881-1889
Folder 13
1890-1891
Folder 14
1893-1894
Folder 15
1895
Folder 16
1896-1899
Folder 17
1900-1910
Folder 18
1912
Folder 19-22
Undated

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2. Other Papers, 1860-1867

About 35 items.
Arrangement: subject.
Folder 23
Sermon notes
Folder 24
Clippings
Folder 25
Diplomas

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3. Volumes, 1857-1901 and undated.

15 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 26
Volume 1, 1857
Record of Pittsboro Debating Club.
Folder 27
Volume 2, 1861
Extracts from Poets, University of North Carolina (November).
Folder 28
Volume 3, 1861
Daily diary of student life at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (January-September) and at University of North Carolina (September-December).
Folder 29
Volume 4, 1861
List of books.
Folder 30
Volume 5, 1869-1879
Scrapbook: newspaper clippings, mostly religious.
Folder 31
Volume 6, 1870-1891
Household accounts and receipts concerning groceries, servants, and laundry.
Folder 32
Volume 7, 1876-1879
Visiting list.
Folder 33
Volume 8, 1882
Scrapbook, Nettie Marshall: poems, mostly religious, from newspapers.
Folder 34
Volume 9, 1883
Notes on voyage from Baltimore to San Francisco.
Folder 35
Volume 10, 1883
Newspaper clippings dealing with the division of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, pasted in a geography book.
Folder 36
Volume 11, 1885-1892
Rector's visits.
Folder 37
Volume 12, 1891-1895
Records of baptisms and marriages.
Folder 38
Volume 13, 1894-1895
Offering account, St. Saviour's Chapel, Raleigh, N.C.
Folder 39
Volume 14, 1901
Daily memoranda in a tiny pocket memorandum book.
Folder 40
Volume 15, Undated
Album: Margaret Wingfield.

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