Inventory of the John Paris Papers, 1828-1905

Collection Number 575


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Items Separated
Contact Information:
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Paris, John, 1828-1905.
Title
John Paris Papers, 1828-1905
Call Number
575
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 125
Linear Feet: 0.5
Abstract
John Paris (1809-1883) was a Methodist Episcopal minister of Guilford County, N.C., author of religious works, and a Confederate Army chaplain.
The collection includes diaries, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of John Paris. Within the three-volume diary is a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Beginning on 12 June 1863, diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race" after the war. The Addition of 2007 primarily contains correspondence of John Paris and his wife. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, funerals, the church's position on social matters such as slavery, and the growing separation of Christian sects. A 20 September 1864 letter from John Paris to his wife describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. There are also notebooks containing sermons, finanicial information, and notes that were kept by John Paris; daguerreotypes, ambrotypes (including one of an unidentified Confederate soldier), and tintypes possibly of Paris family members; financial records of John Paris; and other items.

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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
RESTRICTED: Volumes may not be photocopied.
Alternate Form of Material
Partial microfilm copy (filmed August 2003) available.
Reel 1: Folders 1-4
Acquisitions Information
Received from Minnie Paris of Rocky Mount, N.C., before 1940. Addition received from Margo Wilslow Wiley Bennett in October 2007 (Acc. 100801).
Processing Information
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996
Encoded by: Linda Sellars, 2003
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Revisions: Updated in December 2007 by Kathryn Roth because of addition
The addition of October 2007 has not been incoporated into the original deposit of material.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Paris Papers #575, 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.

African Americans--Southern States--Religion.
African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.
Clergy, Writings of.
Confederate States of America. Army--Chaplains.
Confederate States of America. Army--Chaplains--Diaries.
Diaries.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Guilford County (N.C.)--History.
Guilford County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Methodist Episcopal Church--North Carolina--Clergy.
Methodist Episcopal Church--North Carolina--History--19th century.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
North Carolina--Religion--19th century.
Paris, John, 1809-1883.
Perch, Jacob, fl. 1863.
Sermons.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Photographs.
Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
Southern States--Race relations.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Historiography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 110th (1862-1865)
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864.
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Biographical Note

John Paris (1809-1883) was a Methodist Episcopal minister of Guilford County, N.C., author of religious works, and a Confederate Army chaplain.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes diaries, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of Methodist Episcopal minister John Paris of Guilford County, N.C. Within the three-volume diary is a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Beginning on 12 June 1863, diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on post-war African Americans, called the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race." The Addition of 2007 primarily contains correspondence of John Paris and his wife. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, funerals, the church's position on social matters such as slavery, and the growing separation of Christian sects. A 20 September 1864 letter from John Paris to his wife describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. There are also notebooks containing sermons, finanicial information, and notes that were kept by John Paris; daguerreotypes, ambrotypes (including one of an unidentified Confederate soldier), and tintypes possibly of Paris family members; financial records of John Paris; and other items.

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Arrangement of Collection

Original Deposit
Additions
Addition of October 2007
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Items Separated

Special format images (SF-P-575/1-10)

Detailed Description of the Collection

Original Deposit, 1828-1871.

About 25 items.
Diary, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of John Paris. The three-volume diary contains a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Beginning on 12 June 1863, the diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race" after the war.
Folder 1
1828-1871
Folder 2
Volume 1. Diary, 1863
Folder 3
Volume 2. Diary, 1864
Folder 4
Volume 3. Diary, 1865

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Additions

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Addition of October 2007 (Acc. 100801), 1828-1905.
About 100 items.
Folder 5-9
Correspondence, 1828-1905 and undated
Primarily letters to John Paris and his wife, Addie Paris. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, and funerals. Letters also discuss the church's position on social matters such as slavery and the growing separation of Christian sects. There is also a letter dated 20 September 1864 from John Paris to his wife, in which he describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. Other letters are to Paris's wife regarding Paris's sickness and death.
Folder 10
"The rules for measuring corn houses"
Notebook containing word problems with mathematical equations underneath. There are also lines and sermons from specific services that John Paris performed, including a wedding and a funeral, and birth and death dates of Paris family members.
Folder 11-12
Notebooks, 1858-1880
Two notebooks belonging to John Paris containing financial information, contacts, and notes.
Folder 13
Fragments
Includes pieces of letters and documents relating to Paris family members.
Folder 14
Printed materials
Contains a pamphlet on southern herbs and roots, an unidentified review of a book on sermons at infant baptisms, and a fragment from a printed work.
Folder 15
Receipts and financial records, 1860-1903
Folder 16
Newspaper clippings, 1883-1884
Folder 17
Other papers
Contains an unidentified sermon or poem and an obituary, possibly for John Paris.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/1
Daguerreotype of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris
Special Format Image SF-P-575/2-3
Tintypes of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris
Special Format Image SF-P-575/4
Tintype of Mary Ellen Paris
Special Format Image SF-P-575/5
Daguerreotype of an unidentified woman and an unidentified girl
Special Format Image SF-P-575/6-7
Ambrotypes of unidentified girls
These girls do not appear to be the same girl as in SF-P-575/5.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/8
Ambrotype of unidentified woman
This woman does not appear to be the same woman as depicted in SF-P-575/4 or SF-P-575/5.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/9
Ambrotype of unidentified man wearing a Confederate soldier uniform
This man does not appear to be the same man as in SF-P-575/1-3.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/10
Tintype of two unidentified men
These men do not appear to be the same men as depicted in SF-P-575/1-3 or SF-P-575/9.

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