Stuart Hall Smith collection of Halifax County, N.C., materials, 1862-1976

Collection Number: 04495

Collection Title: Stuart Hall Smith collection of Halifax County, N.C., materials, 1862-1976

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Size	1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items)
Abstract	Correspondence, notes, writings, clipppings, charts, and other items collected by Archibald Stuart Hall Smith, relating to genealogical studies and to historic sites in and around Halifax County, N.C. The genealogical material centers on the Smith family of North Carolina and other closely allied families and is chiefly the work of Claiborne Smith, Jr. The historical material includes files on Old Trinity Church (Episcopal) in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, and other sites in Scotland Neck. Also included is an autograph album signed by students and professors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in the 1860s.
Creator	Smith, Stuart Hall, b. 1876.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Stuart Hall Smith collection of Halifax County, N.C., materials #4495, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Mrs. J. B. S. Brodie of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, in October 1987 and June 1998 (Acc. 98145).; Received from Julia Boyd Smith Brodie of Syracuse, N.Y., in June 1998 (Acc. 98145).

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MISCELLANEOUS FAMILY PAPERS (#2182, 53 AND 54)
CLAIBORNE T. SMITH PAPERS (#3088)
PETER EVANS SMITH PAPERS (#677)

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Autograph album signed by and including personal data about classmates, professors, and friends at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in the 1860s.

Contents list

Expand/collapse Series 1. Genealogy.

Correspondence, notes, charts, clippings, and other items relating to genealogical studies of the Smith family of Halifax County, North Carolina, and to the closely allied Eaton, Hall, Hill, Jones, Norfleet, Stuart, and Weldon families. Included is material relating to Richard Henry Smith (1841-1910) and other 19th-century family members.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. Correspondence, 1924-1976 and undated.

circa 120 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence, chiefly of Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., relating to the genealogy of the Smith, Stuart, Norfleet, and other families.

Folder 1-2

Folder 1

Folder 2

Correspondence

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. Notes.

circa 150 items

Folder 3-5

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

Notes

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3. Clippings.

circa 6 items

Folder 6

Clippings

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.4. Other Items.

7 items

Folder 7-8

Folder 7

Folder 8

Typed genealogical studies of the Smith, Hall, Weldon, Eaton, Stuart, Jones, and other families. Also included is a photograph of Sarah Smith Baker (b. 1867).

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.5. Genealogical Charts.

circa 25 items

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4495/1	Charts of the Smith, Norfleet, and other families.
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4495/1	Muster rolls and geneaological charts.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.6. Richard Henry Smith, 1862-1892.

circa 100 items.

Letters, financial material, and legal papers of Richard Henry Smith (1841-1910) and other 19th century family members.

Folder 9

Correspondence

Folder 10-11

Folder 10

Folder 11

Financial Material

Folder 12

Legal Material

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Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Old Trinity Church.

circa 30 items

Writings, notes, clippings, and a photograph relating to Old Trinity Church, an Episcopal church in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The photograph is of the church graveyard.

Folder 13	Writings and Notes
Folder 14	Clippings and Photograph

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Scotland Neck.

12 items

Writings, notes, and clippings relating to Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina. Included is "Informal Sketches in the History of Scotland Neck" by Martha Hall Holloman.

Folder 15	Writings and Notes
Folder 16	Clippings

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Miscellaneous.

circa 15 items

Writings and clippings about Halifax County and historic buildings such as St. Paul's Church, Edenton, North Carolina, and the Sally-Billy House, Halifax, North Carolina.

Folder 17	Writings
Folder 18	Clippings

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Collection Number: 04495 Collection Title: Stuart Hall Smith collection of Halifax County, N.C., materials, 1862-1976