Inventory of the James Ryder Randall Papers, 1855-1864; 1905-1912

Collection Number 1526


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
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
Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908.
Title
James Ryder Randall Papers, 1855-1864; 1905-1912.
Call Number
1526
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
150 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Poet and newspaper editor, of Baltimore, Md., and Augusta, Ga. Letters, 1863-1864, from Randall to Katherine Hammond of South Carolina, whom he later married, while he was engaged in the shipping business and briefly associated with the Confederate Navy at Wilmington, N.C. There are also letters and poems to Mary Girvin (later Peters) of Baltimore, Md., in the 1850s, copies of Randall's love poems to her, and a diary, 1855, kept by Randall while a student at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and on holidays in Baltimore. Later items are primarily news clippings concerning Randall's death and the publication of his poems.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Loan and purchases 1948 and 1956, 1971
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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 James Ryder Randall Papers, #1526, 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.

Baltimore (Md.)--Social life and customs.
College students--Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Courtship--Southern States--History--19th century.
Georgetown University--Students--History--19th century.
Love poetry, American--Southern States--History--19th century.
Love-letters.
Peters, Mary Girvin.
Poets, American--Southern States--19th century.
Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908.
Randall, Katherine Hammond.
Wilmington (N.C.)--Commerce.
Wilmington (N.C.)--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

Poet and newspaper editor, of Baltimore, Md., and Augusta, Ga.

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Collection Overview

Letters, 1863-1864, from Randall to Katherine Hammond of South Carolina, whom he later married, while he was engaged in the shipping business and briefly associated with the Confederate Navy at Wilmington, N.C. There are also letters and poems to Mary Girvin (later Peters) of Baltimore, Md., in the 1850s, copies of Randall's love poems to her, and a diary, 1855, kept by Randall while a student at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and on holidays in Baltimore. Later items are primarily news clippings concerning Randall's death and the publication of his poems.