Inventory of the University of North Carolina Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1802-1976

Collection Number 3129

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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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
Southern Historical Collection
Title
University of North Carolina Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1802-1976
Call Number
3129
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 2200
Linear Feet: 3.0
Abstract
The University of North Carolina is the nation's oldest public institution of higher learning, chartered in 1789 and opened for instruction in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1795.
The collection includes miscellaneous letters from students, student autograph albums, notes made by students of lectures by professors, other student notebooks, and other items relating to the University of North Carolina. There are about twelve letters, 1828-1882, dealing with student life and other matters. The ten albums, 1852-1862, sometimes include brief biographical information on students. The notes, chiefly for the 1890s, relate to engineering, chemistry, anatomy, philosophy, and other subjects, and include an apparently unauthorized "study aid," 1846. Other items include humorous and scatological poems; records, 1894-1898, of the University of North Carolina chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity; and about 2100 pieces of correspondence, 1924-1961, of members of the faculty of the University's Department of History, consisting chiefly of carbon copies of outgoing letters about academic matters. The correspondents include Wallace E. Caldwell, James L. Godfrey, Fletcher M. Green, Cecil S. Johnson, Hugh T. Lefler, Loren C. MacKinney, Carl H. Pegg, J. Carlyle Sitterson, and H. M. Wagstaff.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Gifts, 1956-1993.
Processing Information
Processed by: Staff, 1993
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, January 2005
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the University of North Carolina Miscellaneous Personal Papers #3129, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

Autograph albums--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Beta Theta Pi--History.
Caldwell, Wallace Everett, 1890-1961.
Cheating (Education)--History--19th century.
College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
College teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Godfrey, James L. (James Logan), 1907- .
Greek letter societies--History.
Green, Fletcher Melvin, 1895- .
Historians--North Carolina--Correspondence.
Humorous poetry, American--North Carolina.
Johnson, Cecil S., 1900-1976.
Lefler, Hugh Talmage, 1901- .
MacKinney, Loren Carey, 1891-1963.
Pegg, Carl H. (Carl Hamilton), 1905- .
School notebooks--History--19th century.
Sitterson, J. Carlyle (Joseph Carlyle), 1911- .
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Poetry.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Autographs.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Biography.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Conduct of life--History--19th century.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Department of History--Records and correspondence.
Wagstaff, Henry McGilbert.
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Historical Note

The University of North Carolina is the nation's oldest public institution of higher learning, chartered in 1789 and opened for instruction in Chapel Hill, N.C. in 1795.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes miscellaneous letters from students, student autograph albums, notes made by students of lectures by professors, other student notebooks, and other items relating to the University of North Carolina. There are about twelve letters, 1828-1882, dealing with student life and other matters. The ten albums, 1852-1862, sometimes include brief biographical information on students. The notes, chiefly for the 1890s, relate to engineering, chemistry, anatomy, philosophy, and other subjects, and include an apparently unauthorized "study aid," 1846. Other items include humorous and scatological poems; records, 1894-1898, of the University of North Carolina chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity; and about 2100 pieces of correspondence, 1924-1961, of members of the faculty of the University of North Carolina Department of History, consisting chiefly of carbon copies of outgoing letters about academic matters. The correspondents include Wallace E. Caldwell, James L. Godfrey, Fletcher M. Green, Cecil S. Johnson, Hugh T. Lefler, Loren C. MacKinney, Carl H. Pegg, J. Carlyle Sitterson, and H. M. Wagstaff.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Student Papers and University of North Carolina Ephemera
2. Department of History Faculty Correspondence
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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Student Papers and University of North Carolina Ephemera, 1802-1976.

About 50 items.
Single items, chiefly from the 19th century, related to the University of North Carolina, but not part of the University Archives, including students' letters, lecture notes, autograph albums, pictures, and other items.
Folder 1a-1c
Student notebooks, 1897-1899
Owned by University of North Carolina student Frances William Coker, containing notes on philosophy and psychology lectures given by Professor Horace Williams.
Folder 2
Programs and souvenirs from the installation of Queen Mother Elizabeth as Chancellor of the University of London, 24 November 1955
Folder 3
Letter and review, 1961
Letter from B. L. Ullman to A. N. L. Munby concerning Munby's review of the book Incunabula in the Hanes Collection of the Library of University of North Carolina and the typed review.
Folder 4
University of North Carolina commencement invitation, 1853
Folder 5
Student letters, poems, and essays, 1802-1948

Digital version: Letter from Samuel R. Blake to Thomas Blake, 23 September, 1831

Digital version: Letter from Joshua Perry to Jeremiah Perry, 18 May 1839

Digital version: Letter from Preston H. Sessoms to Penelope E. White, 27 September 1861
Folder 6
Chapel Hill Speaks on the Bicentennial pamphlet, 1976
Collection of addresses delivered at the University of North Carolina on the ocassion of its commemoration of the United States bicentennial.
Folder 7
Autograph album, 1860-1861
Owned by University of North Carolina student Samuel Wiley Gray, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 8
Autograph album, 1858
Owned by University of North Carolina student John Decatur Barry, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 9
Autograph album, 1859-1861
Owned by University of North Carolina student George P. Bass, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 10
Autograph album, 1860-1862
Owned by University of North Carolina student Daniel Henry March, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 11
Autograph album, 1859-1860
Owned by University of North Carolina student James McKimmon, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 12
Autograph album, 1859-1860
Owned by University of North Carolina student Joseph Trolinger Bason, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 13
Autograph album, 1861-1863
Owned by University of North Carolina student Stanley Morehead Riggsbee, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 14
Autograph album, 1852
Owned by University of North Carolina student Charles Shepard Bryan, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 15
Autograph album, 1859-1862
Owned by University of North Carolina student Thomas Badger, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 16
Autograph album, 1856-1861
Owned by University of North Carolina student John Martin Fleming, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 17
Student notebook, 1846
Titled "The Freshman's Friend: A Translation To Xenophon's Memorabilia," this notebook appears to be an unauthorized study aid for students facing examinations based on Xenophon's Greek text.
Folder 18
Student notebook, 1884
Contains notes on teaching methods and names of professors instructing at the Summer Normal School at Chapel Hill.
Folder 19
Student notebook, 1894
Owned by University of North Carolina student Eugene Denson, containing notes on 23 anatomy lectures.
Folder 20
Student notebook, 1906-1907
Owned by University of North Carolina student E. B. Jeffress, containing his field notes for land surveys on the University of North Carolina campus.
Folder 21
Autograph album, 1859
Owned by unknown University of North Carolina student, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates.
Folder 22
Student notebook, 1894-1898
Treasurer's ledger of the University of North Carolina fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, concerning fraternity member expenses.
Folder 23
Student notebook, 1894-1897
Minutes of the University of North Carolina fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, as recorded by the secretary.
Folder 20
Student notebook, [1896-1900?]
Owned by University of North Carolina student Claude Baker Denson, containing notes on chemistry lectures.

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2. Department of History Faculty Correspondence, 1924-1961.

About 2100 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Personal and professional correspondence of University of North Carolina history professors consisting chiefly of carbons of outgoing letters typed by departmental secretaries. Most of the letters concern civic activities, publications, and routine academic matters. Correspondents are chiefly colleagues at other colleges and universities.
Folder 25-61
Caldwell, Wallace E., 1947-1959 and undated
Folder 62-63
Godfrey, James L., 1948-1950
Folder 64-92
Green, Fletcher M., 1949-1961
Folder 93
Johnson, Cecil S., 1950-1961
Folder 94-104
Lefler, Hugh T., 1949-1961 and undated
Folder 105
MacKinney, Loren C., 1955-1960 and undated
Folder 106-109
Pegg, Carl H., 1952-1960
Folder 110-111
Sitterson, J. Carlyle, 1950-1957
Folder 112-118
Wagstaff, H. M., 1924-1945

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