Inventory of the John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942

Collection Number 586


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

Collection Information


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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), b. 1893.
Title
John C. Pemberton Papers, 1814-1942 (bulk 1922-1941).
Call Number
586
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 250 items (1.0 linear feet).
Abstract
John C. Pemberton was an author of New York; grandson of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton (1814-1891).
The collection includes papers about Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton, Pennsylvania-born Confederate officer who commanded at Vicksburg. Included is correspondence, 1922-1941, of John C. Pemberton III (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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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
1941 and 1942
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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.
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.

Authors, American--Research--New York (State)
Pemberton family.
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881.
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), b. 1893.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Biography.
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
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Biographical Note

John C. Pemberton was an author of New York; grandson of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton (1814-1891).

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Collection Overview

The collection includes papers about Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton, Pennsylvania-born Confederate officer who commanded at Vicksburg. Included is correspondence, 1922-1941, of John C. Pemberton III (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.