Inventory of the Parish Family Papers, 1836-1890

Collection Number 2121-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Parish family.
Title
Parish Family Papers, 1836-1890
Call Number
2121-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 31
Abstract
The Parish family of Florida included Richard Parish of Leon County, Fla.; his wife, Dorothy Parish; and their daughters, Lydia Elen Parish and Julia Jane Parish, who attended school in Sparta, Ga., and Caroline A. Turnbull of Monticello, Fla.
The collection includes family correspondence, chiefly 1830s and 1840s, with letters in the late 1830s written by Richard Parish of Leon County, Fla., his wife, and other relatives to Parish's daughters, Lydia and Julia, at school in Sparta, Ga. There is also correspondence of the Parishes with relatives in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Wilmington, N.C. Most letters deal with family affairs and local news; some relate to the girls' schooling.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy (filmed November 2004) available.
Reel 1: Folders 1-3
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mary Simpson Yarbrough of Miccosukee, Fla., in May 1944.
Processing Information
Processed by: Elizabeth Cotten, 1950s
Encoded by: Linda Sellars, November 2004
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Parish Family Papers #2121-z, 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.

Family--Florida--Social life and customs.
Leon County (Fla.)--Social life and customs.
Parish, Julia.
Parish, Lydia.
Parish, Richard, fl. 1830-1850.
Parish family.
Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
Wilmington (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Women--Education--Georgia--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

Parish family of Florida, including Richard Parish of Leon County, Fla.; his wife, Dorothy Parish; their daughters, Lydia Elen Parish and Julia Jane Parish, who attended school in Sparta, Ga., and Caroline A. Turnbull of Monticello, Fla.

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Collection Overview

The Parish family collection includes family correspondence, chiefly 1830s and 1840s, with letters in the late 1830s written by Richard Parish of Leon County, Fla., his wife, and other relatives to Parish's daughters, Lydia Parish and Julia Parish, at school in Sparta, Ga. There is also correspondence of the Parishes with relatives in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Wilmington, N.C. Most letters deal with family affairs and local news; some relate to the girls' schooling.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1836-1890.
31 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1
1836-1838
Folder 2
1840-1850
Folder 3
1860-1890 and undated

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