Inventory of the Bertha Bragg Scriven Papers, 1898-1909

Collection Number 2981-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
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
Scriven, Bertha Bragg.
Title
Bertha Bragg Scriven Papers, 1898-1909.
Call Number
2981-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
38 items.
Abstract
Chiefly letters received by Bertha Bragg Scriven from her husband, George Percival Scriven (1854-1940), United States army officer, in Georgia, the Philippines, Cuba, and Peking, concerning family and personal matters, and Scriven's daily activities. Also included are letters received from her father, Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912), Union army officer and United States representative from Wisconsin, written while he was consul general at Hong Kong, 1903-1904, concerning family and social affairs.


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Administrative Information

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 Bertha Bragg Scriven Papers, #2981-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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Americans--China--Hong Kong--Social life and customs--20th century.
Bragg, Edward S. (Edward Stuyvesant), 1827-1912.
Consuls--China--Hong Kong--Social life and customs--20th century.
Hong Kong (China)--Social life and customs.
Scriven family.
Scriven, Bertha Bragg.
Scriven, George P. (George Percival), b. 1854.
United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
United States. Army--Officers--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

Chiefly letters received by Bertha Bragg Scriven from her husband, George Percival Scriven (1854-1940), United States army officer, in Georgia, the Philippines, Cuba, and Peking, concerning family and personal matters, and Scriven's daily activities. Also included are letters received from her father, Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912), Union army officer and United States representative from Wisconsin, written while he was consul general at Hong Kong, 1903-1904, concerning family and social affairs.