Inventory of the Mrs. J. Boyd Massenburg Letters, 1862, 1874, 1932-1933

Collection Number 909-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Massenburg, J. Boyd, Mrs.
Title
Mrs. J. Boyd Massenburg Letters, 1862, 1874, 1932-1933.
Call Number
909-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
5 items.
Abstract
The collection is miscellaneous letters, including one from Jason B. Jones to his sister, describing naval engagements near Norfolk, March 1862 (handwritten transcription); a letter, 1874, recalling General Lee's visit to Warrenton, N.C., in 1870; and two letters, April 1933, to Mrs. J. B. Massenburg from Jessica Randolph Smith concerning Smith's father, Orren Randolph Smith (1827-1913), the Confederate flag, and activities of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
1944
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Mrs. J. Boyd Massenburg Letters, #909-z, Southern Historical Collection, The 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.

Flags--Confederate States of America.
Jones, Jason B., fl. 1862.
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Massenburg, J. Boyd, Mrs.
Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century.
Smith, Jessica Randolph.
Smith, Orren Randolph, 1827-1913.
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Flags.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
Warrenton (N.C.)--History.
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Collection Overview

The collection is miscellaneous letters, including one from Jason B. Jones to his sister, describing naval engagements near Norfolk, March 1862 (handwritten transcription); a letter, 1874, recalling General Lee's visit to Warrenton, N.C., in 1870; and two letters, April 1933, to Mrs. J. B. Massenburg from Jessica Randolph Smith concerning Smith's father, Orren Randolph Smith (1827-1913), the Confederate flag, and activities of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.