Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942

Collection Number: 00083

Collection Title: Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942

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Size	8 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3000 items)
Abstract	Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer (Nellie Waddell Brenizer) of Washington, D.C., worked for the Forestry Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a scientific illustrator. The collection includes genealogical materials relating to the Moore, Waddell, Yeamans, Swann, Brownrigg, Wright, Gilmer, Brenizer, and related families; personal and family correspondence, including letters from her father, L. R. Waddell of Smithfield, N.C.; photographs; scrapbooks; clippings; and materials dealing with the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and various other ancestral societies. Also included is material relating to Mrs. Brenizer's work with the Forestry Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a story written about the renovation of an 1810 house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Creator	Brenizer, Gilmer, Mrs. (Nellie Waddell), 1865-1943.
Curatorial Unit	Southern Historical Collection
Language	English.

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers #83, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material: Microfilm copy (filmed 1979) available.

Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer estate, 1943-1944. Addition received from Elizabeth Waddell Royall Sutton of Goldsboro, N.C., in August 2003 (Acc. 99603).

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Processed by: SHC Staff, 1944-1958

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, 2003

Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas and Nancy Kaiser, 2020

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Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer (Nellie Waddell Brenizer) of Washington, D.C., daughter of L. R. Waddell of Smithfield, N.C., worked for the Forestry Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a scientific illustrator. She died in 1942.

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The collection includes genealogical materials relating to the Moore, Waddell, Yeamans, Swann, Brownrigg, Wright, Gilmer, Brenizer, and related families; personal and family correspondence, including letters from her father, L. R. Waddell of Smithfield, N.C.; photographs; scrapbooks; clippings; and materials dealing with the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and various other ancestral societies. Also included are materials relating to Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer's work with the Forestry Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a story written about the renovation of an 1810 house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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About 3000 items.

Folder 1-19 Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder 11 Folder 12 Folder 13 Folder 14 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17 Folder 18 Folder 19	Personal correspondence
Folder 20-21 Folder 20 Folder 21	Personal notebooks
Folder 22-29 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29	Department of Agriculture
Folder 30-34 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34	Travel notebooks
Folder 35	Photographs
Folder 36-71 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58 Folder 59 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71	Scrapbooks and clippings
Photograph Album PA-83/1	Scrapbook
Folder 72-122 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87 Folder 88 Folder 89 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97 Folder 98 Folder 99 Folder 100 Folder 101 Folder 102 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106 Folder 107 Folder 108 Folder 109 Folder 110 Folder 111 Folder 112 Folder 113 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120 Folder 121 Folder 122	Genealogical materials
Folder 123	Miscellaneous
Image Folder PF-83/1-7 PF-83/1 PF-83/2 PF-83/3 PF-83/4 PF-83/5 PF-83/6 PF-83/7	Photographs Black-and-white prints, albumin prints, carte de visites, postcards.
Image Folder PF-83/8	Photograph album
Special Format Image SF-P-83/1-2 SF-P-83/1 SF-P-83/2	Photographs

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Collection Number: 00083 Collection Title: Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942

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Collection Number: 00083

Collection Title: Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942