Inventory of the William Calvin Rankin Papers, 1772-1966

Collection Number 3717


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
Rankin, William Calvin, 1881-1962.
Title
William Calvin Rankin Papers, 1772-1966.
Call Number
3717
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 9,000 items (12.0 linear feet).
Abstract
William Calvin Rankin (1881-1962), a native of Guilford County, N.C., worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville before retiring in 1948 to Charlotte, N.C., where he began researching the history of his family and their relations in Guilford County. He was the son of John Henry Rankin (1844-1921) and Nancy Jane Smith Rankin (1846-1919). Chiefly genealogical and biographical compilations of William Calvin Rankin, related to his work after 1948 in writing the history of the Rankin, Wharton, and related families. Also included is correspondence of Rankin with persons connected to, or interested in, the families he was investigating. Much of this material is contained in 354 Family Folders. Scattered Guilford County letters, deeds, account books, scrapbooks and commonplace books, wills, obituary clippings, and his family pictures spanning the late 18th through the 19th centuries related to Rankin's studies, which came into his possession from his ancestors and kinsmen, are also included.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Loan 1966
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 William Calvin Rankin Papers, #3717, 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.

Account books.
Family--North Carolina--Photographs.
Genealogists--North Carolina--Correspondence.
Guilford County (N.C.)--History.
North Carolina--Genealogy.
Rankin family.
Rankin, John Henry, 1844-1921.
Rankin, Nancy Jane Smith, 1846-1919.
Rankin, William Calvin, 1881-1962.
Wharton family.
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Biographical Note

William Calvin Rankin (1881-1962), a native of Guilford County, N.C., worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville before retiring in 1948 to Charlotte, N.C., where he began researching the history of his family and their relations in Guilford County. He was the son of John Henry Rankin (1844-1921) and Nancy Jane Smith Rankin (1846-1919).

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Collection Overview

Chiefly genealogical and biographical compilations of William Calvin Rankin, related to his work after 1948 in writing the history of the Rankin, Wharton, and related families. Also included is correspondence of Rankin with persons connected to, or interested in, the families he was investigating. Much of this material is contained in 354 "Family Folders." Scattered Guilford County letters, deeds, account books, scrapbooks and commonplace books, wills, obituary clippings, and his family pictures spanning the late 18th through the 19th centuries related to Rankin's studies, which came into his possession from his ancestors and kinsmen, are also included.