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Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 875 items) |
Abstract | The papers of the Lyman family and Appleton family of Waltham, Mass., and Savannah, Ga., the Arnold family of Providence, R.I., and White Hall plantation, Bryan County, Ga. comprise this collection. Central figures include Mary Ellen Lyman who married first J. Amory Appleton and second Charles S. Arnold; George Lyman Appleton (born 1841); and George's wife, Louisa Caroline Arnold, daughter of Samuel Green and Louisa Arnold. The collection includes correspondence, chiefly 1864-1870, of George Lyman Appleton while in Europe during the Civil War, and of his wife, Louisa; papers pertaining to the Lyman, Appleton, and Arnold families; diary, probably kept by Mrs. George W. Lyman during a trip to England in 1822; diary (1864-1869) kept by Mrs. Mary Ellen (Lyman) Appleton Arnold, telling of running the blockade from Wilmington, N.C., to Nassau, and life in Europe; personal diary (1864-1869) of Louisa Arnold; record (1842) of ships and cargoes of William Appleton and Company, Boston; and other miscellaneous family items. |
Creator | Arnold (Family : Providence, R.I.)
Appleton (Family : Savannah, Ga.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010; Nancy Kaiser, August 2020
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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The Lyman and Appleton families were of Waltham, Mass., and Savannah, Ga. and the Arnold family was of Providence, R.I., and White Hall plantation, Bryan County, Ga. Central figures include Mary Ellen Lyman who married first J. Amory Appleton and second Charles S. Arnold; George Lyman Appleton (born 1841); and George's wife, Louisa Caroline Arnold, daughter of Samuel Green and Louisa Arnold.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, chiefly 1864-1870, of George Lyman Appleton while in Europe during the Civil War, and of his wife, Louisa; papers pertaining to the Lyman, Appleton, and Arnold families; diary, probably kept by Mrs. George W. Lyman during a trip to England in 1822; diary (1864-1869) kept by Mrs. Mary Ellen (Lyman) Appleton Arnold, telling of running the blockade from Wilmington, N.C., to Nassau, and life in Europe; personal diary (1864-1869) of Louisa Arnold; record (1842) of ships and cargoes of William Appleton and Company, Boston; and other miscellaneous family items.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1822-1863 |
Folder 2-3
Folder 2Folder 3 |
1864-1865 |
Folder 4 |
1866 |
Folder 5 |
1867 |
Folder 6-9
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1868 |
Folder 10-16
Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16 |
1869-1870 |
Folder 17 |
1871-1875 |
Folder 18 |
July 1876-March 1901 |
Folder 19-30
Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
Undated |
Folder 31 |
Financial Material, 1836-1880 |
Folder 32 |
Printed Menus, August 1881-August 1882 |
Folder 33 |
Newspaper Clippings |
Folder 34 |
Miscellaneous |
Image Folder PF-25/1 |
Photographs |
Folder 35 |
Vol. 1 May-August, 1822Journal of European travel. Unidentified author, probably Elizabeth Gray (Otis) Lyman, of Waltham, Mass., daughter of Harrison Gray Otis and wife of George W. Lyman, traveling with her husband and baby. Full descriptions of travel in England and the return voyage to New York, N.Y. |
Folder 36-37
Folder 36Folder 37 |
Vol. 2a, Vol. 2b1837. Two small commonplace books kept by Mary Ellen (Lyman) Appleton. |
Folder 38 |
Vol. 31841. Knitting directions by Mary Ellen (Lyman) Appleton. |
Folder 39 |
Vol. 4, 1841-1869Irregular private journal of Mary Ellen (Lymon) Appleton concerned almost entirely with the state of health of George Lyman Appleton. |
Folder 40 |
Vol. 51842. Record of ships and cargoes, W.A. & Co. Probably records of William Appleton. |
Folder 41 |
Vol. 6, April 1842-July 1858Account of George W. Lyman with Mary Ellen (Lyman) Appleton. |
Folder 42 |
Vol. 7, January-November, 1852Short entry journal by George Lyman Appleton and Mary Ellen (Lyman) Appleton. |
Folder 43 |
Vol. 81864. History notebook by Louisa Caroline. Arnold. |
Folder 44 |
Vol. 91864-1869. Mary Ellen Arnold's journal of European travel with her son, George Lyman Appleton. The journal tells of running the blockade from Wilmington, R.I., to Nassau, and has full descriptions of places visited; not all the entries are in chronological order. |
Folder 45 |
Vol. 10October 1-18, 1864. Brief journal kept on European trip by George Lyman Appleton |
Folder 46-58
Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58 |
Vol. 11-431864-1869. Diaries and notebooks of Louisa Caroline (Arnold) Appleton, Providence and Newport, R.I., and Georgia. Diaries cover her school life as well as travel in the East, South, and Midwest. |
Folder 59 |
Vol. 441872-1874. Scattered brief diary entries, probably by Louisa Caroline (Arnold) Appleton. |
Folder 60 |
Vol. 451875-1878. Commonplace book, by Louisa Caroline (Arnold) Appleton. |