Inventory of the William Peterkin Upshur Letters, 1898-1928

Collection Number 2645


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Upshur, William Peterkin, 1881-1943.
Title
William Peterkin Upshur Letters, 1898-1928.
Call Number
2645
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1,000 items (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Marine Corps officer. Letters from Upshur to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. John N. Upshur in Richmond, Va., written every few days, except during 1912, 1913, and 1923. The letters were written from Virginia Military Institute, 1898- 1901; University of Virginia, 1902-1903; the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, 1904; on the U.S.S. Kearsarge off the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies, 1905-1907; Virginia and South Carolina, 1908-1911; Peking, 1914; Haiti, 1915-1917; and at Quantico and Richmond, Va., Annapolis, Md., Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and other American cities and marine stations, 1917-1928. Upshur described his educational, military, and other experiences, as well as his surroundings and reflections, sometimes in significant detail.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1943
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 William Peterkin Upshur Letters, #2645, 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.

Annapolis (Md.)--Description and travel.
Beijing (China)--Description and travel.
Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)--Description and travel.
Haiti--Description and travel.
Kearsarge (Ship)
Quantico (Va.)--Description and travel.
Richmond (Va.)--Description and travel.
South Carolina--Description and travel.
United States Naval Academy--Students--Social life and customs.
United States. Marine Corps--Military life--History--20th century.
United States. Marine Corps--Officers--History--20th century.
University of Virginia--Students--Social life and customs.
Upshur, William Peterkin, 1881-1943.
Virginia Military Institute--Students--Social life and customs.
Virginia--Description and travel.
West Indies--Description and travel.
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Biographical Note

Marine Corps officer.

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Collection Overview

Letters from Upshur to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. John N. Upshur in Richmond, Va., written every few days, except during 1912, 1913, and 1923. The letters were written from Virginia Military Institute, 1898- 1901; University of Virginia, 1902-1903; the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, 1904; on the U.S.S. "Kearsarge" off the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies, 1905-1907; Virginia and South Carolina, 1908-1911; Peking, 1914; Haiti, 1915-1917; and at Quantico and Richmond, Va., Annapolis, Md., Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and other American cities and marine stations, 1917-1928. Upshur described his educational, military, and other experiences, as well as his surroundings and reflections, sometimes in significant detail.