Inventory of the John Houston Thorpe Papers, 1861; 1864; 1930; 1932

Collection Number 3936-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
Thorpe, John Houston, 1840-1932.
Title
John Houston Thorpe Papers, 1861; 1864; 1930; 1932.
Call Number
3936-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
8 items.
Abstract
Detailed letter, 20 June 1861, from Thorpe, 47th North Carolina Regiment, at Yorktown, Va., describing the Battle of Big Bethel (Bethel Church), 1861; a brief note, 8-9 May 1864, from Bennett Bunn and Benjamin Bunn to Mrs. S. E. Bunn; and photocopies of biographical items concerning John H. Thorpe.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 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 John Houston Thorpe Papers, #3936-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.

Big Bethel, Battle of, Va., 1861.
Bunn, Benjamin, fl. 1864.
Bunn, Bennett, fl. 1864.
Bunn, S. E., fl. 1864.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 47th.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Thorpe, John Houston, 1840-1932.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Collection Overview

Detailed letter, 20 June 1861, from Thorpe, 47th North Carolina Regiment, at Yorktown, Va., describing the Battle of Big Bethel (Bethel Church), 1861; a brief note, 8-9 May 1864, from Bennett Bunn and Benjamin Bunn to Mrs. S. E. Bunn; and photocopies of biographical items concerning John H. Thorpe.