Inventory of the James Welch Patton Papers, 1948-1973
Collection Number 3971
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 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/
- Processed by
- SHC Staff
- Date Processed
- 1973
- Encoded by
- Laura Capell
- Date Encoded
- April 2002
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
- Patton, James Welch, 1900- .
- Title
- James Welch Patton Papers, 1948-1973
- Call Number
- 3971
- Extent
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- About 2,500 items (4.5 linear feet)
- Abstract
- James Welch Patton (1900-1973) was the director of the Southern Historical Collection, 1948-1967, and history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1948-1973. The papers contain correspondence and manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, 1948-1973. Correspondence concerns Patton's work at the Southern Historical Collection; his career as a history professor and historian; his membership in numerous organizations, including the Southern Historical Association; and his publications. Writings include manuscripts and other items relating to The Messages, Addresses, and Public Papers of Luther H. Hodges, Governor of North Carolina, 1954-1961; Journal of a Secesh Lady: The Diary of Catherine Ann Devereux Edmonston, 1860-1861; Notable American Women, 1607-1950; "The Diocese of North Carolina, 1861-1833"; and an introduction that Patton wrote for E. M. Coulter's William Montague Browne, Versatile Anglo-Irish American, 1823-1883. There are also papers relating to the formation, activities, and disbanding of the North Carolina Civil War Round Table.
Administrative Information
- Provenance
- Received from Mrs. James W. Patton in 1973 and transferred from University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in September 1999 (Acc. 98442).
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the James Welch Patton Papers #3971, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Governors--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Historians--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.
- Manuscripts--Southern States--Collections--History.
- Patton, James Welch, 1900- .
- Southern Historical Association.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection--History.
- Edmonston, Catherine Devereux.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Societies, etc.
- History--Societies, etc.
- Episcopal Church--North Carolina--History.
Biographical/Historical Note
James Welch Patton (1900-1973) grew up in Tennessee. He was graduated from Vanderbilt University and received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He taught history at Georgia State Women's College, 1925-1927; the Citadel, 1929-1930; Wittenberg College, 1930-1931; Converse College, 1931-1942; and North Carolina State University, where he was the head of the History Department, 1942-1948. In 1948, Patton returned to the University of North Carolina. He served as the head of the Southern Historical Collection until 1967; he taught history until he retired shortly before his death in 1973.
Patton authored and edited numerous publications, including The Messages, Addresses, and Public Papers of Luther H. Hodges, Governor of North Carolina, 1954-1961 (1960-1963) and Journal of a Secesh Lady: The Diary of Catherine Ann Devereux Edmonston, 1860-1861 (1979). He was active in the Southern Historical Association, serving as president in 1956. Patton also served as president of the South Carolina Historical Association, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, and the Historical Society of North Carolina. He was also a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.
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The James Welch Patton papers contain correspondence and manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, 1948-1973. Correspondence concerns Patton's work at the Southern Historical Collection, his career as a history professor and historian, his membership in numerous organizations, and his publications. Topics include the English-Speaking Union, the Historical Markers Commission, the Historical Society of North Carolina, the Francis B. Simkins Memorial, and the Southern Historical Association.
Patton's writings include manuscripts and other items relating to his work on The Messages, Addresses, and Public Papers of Luther H. Hodges, Governor of North Carolina, 1954-1961 and Journal of a Secesh Lady: The Diary of Catherine Ann Devereux Edmonston, 1860-1861. Also included are materials relating to Notable American Women, 1607-1950; "The Diocese of North Carolina, 1861-1833"; and an introduction that Patton wrote for E. M. Coulter's William Montague Browne, Versatile Anglo-Irish American, 1823-1883.
The addition of September 1999 includes professional and personal correspondence, 1948-1967, including items relating to the formation, activities, and disbanding of the North Carolina Civil War Round Table.
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1. Correspondence
2. Writings and Related Materials
Addition of September 1999
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Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Correspondence, 1948-1973.
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2. Writings and Related Materials.
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Additions.
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Items Separated
Items separated include pictures (P-3971) and oversize papers (OP-3971).