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Collection Number: 01953-z

Collection Title: Joseph Peace Papers, 1801-1815.

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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Size 5 items
Abstract Joseph Peace and his brother William Peace (1773-1865) were partners in a general merchandising firm in Raleigh, N.C. William Peace was also a philanthropist who donated funds and land to found Peace College. The collection includes daybooks of the general merchandise firm of William Peace and his brother Joseph Peace, and an undated letter from Sherwood Haywood concerning tuition money and certificates of entrance for Nancy and Sally Haywood to Peace College.
Creator Peace, Joseph.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Joseph Peace Papers, #1953-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, January 1952.
Transferred from library storage, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 1952
Transferred from University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 1959.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Joseph Peace and his brother William Peace (1773-1865) were partners in a general merchandising firm in Raleigh, N.C. William Peace was also a philanthropist who donated funds and land in Raleigh for the foundation of a seminary for girls, which was operated by a corporation under Presbyterian influence from 1857 to 1872, becoming Peace Institute and Peace College.

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The collection includes daybooks of Joseph Peace and William Peace and an undated letter from Sherwood Haywood concerning tuition money and certificates of entrance for Nancy and Sally Haywood to Peace College.

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Contents list

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Oversize volumes (SV-1953/1-4).

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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