Inventory of the Elizabeth Nisbet Furman Talley Papers, 1776-1931

Collection Number 1043


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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Collection Overview
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Talley, Elizabeth Nisbet Furman, b. 1874.
Title
Elizabeth Nisbet Furman Talley Papers, 1776-1931.
Call Number
1043
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
262 items (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Chiefly Mrs. Talley's 20th-century correspondence and papers about the genealogy of the LeConte, Furman, and related families of Georgia and South Carolina. Also, scattered 19th century papers, consisting mainly of family correspondence, 1810-1872, of Farish Carter (1780-1861), Baptist minister of South Carolina; and of the scientific LeConte family of Georgia and California. Other items include the manuscript autobiography, circa 1900, and manuscript philosophical essays of the geologist Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), and recollections of and collected material about him.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Acquired 1945.
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 Elizabeth Nisbet Furman Talley Papers, #1043, 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.

Baptists--South Carolina--History--19th century.
Carter, Farish, 1780-1861.
Furman family.
Georgia--Genealogy.
LeConte family.
LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901.
South Carolina--Genealogy.
Talley, Elizabeth Nisbet Furman, b. 1874.
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Related Material

Emma LeConte Diary (#420); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

Chiefly Mrs. Talley's 20th-century correspondence and papers about the genealogy of the LeConte, Furman, and related families of Georgia and South Carolina. Also, scattered 19th century papers, consisting mainly of family correspondence, 1810-1872, of Farish Carter (1780-1861), Baptist minister of South Carolina; and of the scientific LeConte family of Georgia and California. Other items include the manuscript autobiography, circa 1900, and manuscript philosophical essays of the geologist Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), and recollections of and collected material about him.