Inventory of the Andrew Henry Patterson Papers, 1902-1925; 1964

Collection Number 1419


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Patterson, Andrew Henry, 1870-1928.
Title
Andrew Henry Patterson Papers, 1902-1925; 1964.
Call Number
1419
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
52 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Correspondence of Andrew Henry Patterson, professor of physics at the University of North Carolina, and members of his family, and weather records made by Patterson. Included are family and personal letters of Patterson; his parents, Mary E. Fries and Rufus L. Patterson; and his grandparents, Phoebe Caroline Jones and Samuel F. Patterson. Among the earlier letters are some apparently written in North Carolina during the Civil War by Samuel F. Patterson and others about impressment of crops and livestock, rumors of Union Army movements, and the advisability of travel. The majority of the later letters are from Andrew H. Patterson in Chapel Hill, N.C., to his mother, giving news of his family, the University of North Carolina, and life in Chapel Hill. There are seven volumes, 1908- 1920, of daily records of temperature, rain, and wind at Chapel Hill. The records were kept by Patterson as a cooperative observer for the United States Weather Bureau.


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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Andrew Henry Patterson Papers, #1419, 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.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Climate--Observations.
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Meteorology--North Carolina--Observations--History--20th century.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confiscations and contributions.
Patterson, Andrew Henry, 1870-1928.
Patterson, Mary E. Fries, 1844-1927.
Patterson, Phoebe Caroline Jones.
Patterson, Rufus Lenoir, 1830-1879.
Patterson, Samuel Finley, 1799-1874.
United States. Weather Bureau.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.
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Collection Overview

Correspondence of Andrew Henry Patterson, professor of physics at the University of North Carolina, and members of his family, and weather records made by Patterson. Included are family and personal letters of Patterson; his parents, Mary E. Fries and Rufus L. Patterson; and his grandparents, Phoebe Caroline Jones and Samuel F. Patterson. Among the earlier letters are some apparently written in North Carolina during the Civil War by Samuel F. Patterson and others about impressment of crops and livestock, rumors of Union Army movements, and the advisability of travel. The majority of the later letters are from Andrew H. Patterson in Chapel Hill, N.C., to his mother, giving news of his family, the University of North Carolina, and life in Chapel Hill. There are seven volumes, 1908- 1920, of daily records of temperature, rain, and wind at Chapel Hill. The records were kept by Patterson as a cooperative observer for the United States Weather Bureau.