Inventory of the Rufus Lenoir Patterson Papers, 1894-1900; 1943; 1956; 1967

Collection Number 4154-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


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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, Rufus Lenoir, 1872-1943.
Title
Rufus Lenoir Patterson Papers, 1894-1900; 1943; 1956; 1967.
Call Number
4154-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
33 items.
Abstract
Patterson of Salem, N.C., was an inventor and the founder of the American Machine and Foundry Company. Letters, 1894-1895, to Patterson about the development of tobacco processing machinery; two letters, 1896 and 1900, from Patterson to his wife, Margaret; printed articles about Patterson; and a scrapbook, 1967, of materials related to the Patterson World Tobacco Engineering Center, Richmond, Va.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1977
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 Rufus Lenoir Patterson Papers, #4154-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.

Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Inventors--North Carolina--Biography.
Patterson World Tobacco Engineering Center.
Patterson, Rufus Lenoir, 1872-1943.
Tobacco industry--Southern States--History.
Tobacco--Processing--Machinery.
Usher, Margaret Patterson.
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Related Material

Jones and Patterson Family Papers (#578); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Patterson of Salem, N.C., was an inventor and the founder of the American Machine and Foundry Company.

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Collection Overview

Letters, 1894-1895, to Patterson about the development of tobacco processing machinery; two letters, 1896 and 1900, from Patterson to his wife, Margaret; printed articles about Patterson; and a scrapbook, 1967, of materials related to the Patterson World Tobacco Engineering Center, Richmond, Va.