John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 (bulk 1922-1941).

Collection Number: 00586

Collection Title: John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 (bulk 1922-1941).

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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	1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items)
Abstract	John Clifford Pemberton (born 1893) of New York was an author and grandson of Confederate Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1891), who commanded at Vicksburg, Miss., 1863. The collection chiefly contains papers about Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton. Included is correspondence, 1922-1941, of John Clifford Pemberton about his grandfather's military career and the biography he published, Pemberton, Defender of Vicksburg (1942). Also included are manuscript drafts of the biography, a variety of collected material about General Pemberton, and some 19th-century correspondence of the Pemberton family.
Creator	Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), b. 1893.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

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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 John C. Pemberton Papers, #586, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Gift of John C. Pemberton, 1941-1942

Additional Descriptive Resources: A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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John Clifford Pemberton (born 1893) of New York was an author and grandson of Confederate Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1891), who commanded at Vicksburg, Miss., 1863.

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The collection includes papers about Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1881), Pennsylvania-born Confederate officer who commanded at Vicksburg. Included is correspondence, 1922-1941, of John Clifford Pemberton (b. 1893) of New York about his grandfather's military career and the biography he published, Pemberton, Defender of Vicksburg (1942). Also included are manuscript drafts of the biography, a variety of collected material about General Pemberton, and some 19th-century correspondence of the Pemberton family.

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Folder 1a	Original finding aid #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 1a
Folder 1	1814-1857 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 1
Folder 2	1861-1862 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 2
Folder 3-4	1863-1876 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 3-4 Folder 3 Folder 4
Folder 5	1881-1907 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 5
Folder 6	1931-1937 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 6
Folder 7	1937-1938: Steele-Pemberton correspondence, privately printed 40 page booklet #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 7
Folder 8	1938-1939 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 8
Folder 9	1940-1942 and undated #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 9
Folder 10	Notes on the Pemberton family #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 10
Folder 11-12	Clippings #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 11-12 Folder 11 Folder 12
Folder 13	Miscellaneous correspondence, 1922-1941 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 13
Folder 14	Old manuscript biography #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 14
Folder 15	Original of General John C. Pemberton manuscript #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 15
Folder 16	Mimeograph of General Pemberton manuscript #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 16
Folder 17	Miscellaneous material used in General Pemberton's biography #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 17
Folder 18	Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." Folder 18
Audiodisc D-586/1	Audiodisc #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." D-586/1 Audiodisc of talk by John C. Pemberton, 3rd, on the subject "Pemberton and the Defense of Vicksburg." This disc is aluminum, covered with acetate plastic, and was made from a tape recording. Pemberton gave several talks on the subject for Civil War interest groups.
Image P-586/1	John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/1 Photograph of engraving.
Image P-586/2	John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/2 Negative photograph of engraving. Same image as P-586/1.
Image P-586/3	John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/3 Photograph of engraving. Same image as p-586/1-2.
Image P-586/4	John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1863 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/4 Photograph of painting.
Image P-586/5	John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1863 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/5 Postcard. Same image as P-586/4.
Image P-586/6	John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1863 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/6 Cut-out of photograph pasted on cardboard. Partial image of P-586/4-5.
Image P-586/7	John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/7 Photograph of engraving.
Image P-586/8	John Clifford Pemberton and Grant at Vicksburg, 3 July 1863 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/8 Postcard.
Image P-586/9	Martha "Patty" Pemberton, ca. 1855 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/9 Photograph of halftone.
Image P-586/10	William Henry Lyons, ca. 1850-1870 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/10 Photograph of portrait.
Image P-586/11	A. T. Summey, ca. 1890-1910 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/11 Cabinet card.
Image P-586/12	Rosina Patton #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/12 Photograph of drawing.
Image P-586/13	Washington Morrison #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/13 Photograph of drawing.
Image P-586/14	Gallery ticket to Senate, ca. 1868 #00586, Series: "John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 and undated." P-586/14 Ticket to the "Impeachment of the President," 6 May 1868 (Negative only).

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Photographs (PF-586/1-14)
Audiodisc (D-586/1)

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010

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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Collection Number: 00586 Collection Title: John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 (bulk 1922-1941).