Inventory of the Eliza Hall Parsley Papers, 1802-1922

Collection Number 576


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
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
Parsley, Eliza Hall, fl. 1862-1897.
Title
Eliza Hall Parsley Papers, 1802-1922 (bulk 1890-1918).
Call Number
576
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
600 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Eliza Hall Parsley was the president of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; and resident of Wilmington, N.C. The collection includes letters and papers of Eliza Hall (Mrs. W. M.) Parsley of Wilmington, N.C., chiefly those she received or collected, 1890s to 1918, in her capacity as member and president of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Also included are historical sketches and clippings; scrapbooks and club records; Civil War letters written by Lieutenant Colonel William Murdock Parsley (1840-1865) of the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, in Virginia and as a prisoner at Fort Delaware and at Hilton Head, S.C., and his memoranda concerning his capture at Spotsylvania, Va., and imprisonment; a portfolio of amateur plays and pageants presented in Wilmington in the 1890s; and other items.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
1938-1965
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Eliza Hall Parsley Papers, #576, 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.

Amateur theater--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 3rd.
Fort Delaware (Del.)
Hilton Head (S.C.)--History--19th century.
Parsley, Eliza Hall, fl. 1862-1897.
Parsley, William Murdock, 1840-1865.
United Daughters of the Confederacy. North Carolina Division.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Wilmington (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Women--North Carolina--Societies and clubs.
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Biographical Note

Eliza Hall Parsley (fl. 1862-1897) was the president of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; resident of Wilmington, N.C.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes letters and papers of Eliza Hall (Mrs. W. M.) Parsley of Wilmington, N.C., chiefly those she received or collected, 1890s to 1918, in her capacity as member and president of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Also included are historical sketches and clippings; scrapbooks and club records; Civil War letters written by Lieutenant Colonel William Murdock Parsley (1840-1865) of the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, in Virginia and as a prisoner at Fort Delaware and at Hilton Head, S.C., and his memoranda concerning his capture at Spotsylvania, Va., and imprisonment; a portfolio of amateur plays and pageants presented in Wilmington in the 1890s; and other items.