Inventory of the Emily Hines Nisbet Polhill Papers, 1823-1874
Collection Number 3009-z
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
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Polhill, Emily Hines Nisbet.
- Title
- Emily Hines Nisbet Polhill Papers, 1823-1874.
- Call Number
- 3009-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 16 items.
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Administrative Information
- 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 Emily Hines Nisbet Polhill Papers, #3009-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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Family--Georgia--Social life and customs.
- Macon (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
- Milledgeville (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
- Polhill, Benjamin M.
- Polhill, Emily Hines Nisbet.
- Polhill, John G.
Collection Overview
Scattered letters and papers of John G. Polhill of Milledgeville, of his son Benjamin M. Polhill of Macon, who married Emily Hines Nisbet of Athens in 1856, and of relatives of the Polhills. Most items are antebellum family letters discussing relatives, neighborhood news, and personal activities.