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Size | 72.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 21,000 items) |
Abstract | The collection includes correspondence and other papers relating to white members of the Mangum, Dickson, Abbott, Holliday, Overman, and other families in North Carolina and Virginia. Materials relating to Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861), a lawyer, Superior Court judge, Whig Party leader, U.S. representative and senator of Orange County, N.C., include family and political correspondence and printed political materials. Of note are a short 1841 letter from Henry Clay and an 1844 letter in which Mangum discussed Whig politics. Papers, 1851-1890, relate chiefly to A. W. Mangum (1834-1890) documenting his life as a student at Randolph-Macon College and work as a Methodist preacher in North Carolina; Confederate Army chaplain at Salisbury Prison, N.C.; and professor at the University of North Carolina, 1875-1890. Some 1870s-1880s items relate to Greensboro Female College. In 1894, there are courtship letters of Tracy Campbell Dickson. Other 19th century materials include financial records and scrapbooks. Of note are an 1840s physician's ledger documenting medical care of enslaved people, an 1840s account book with labor contracts for overseers and a list of names of enslaved people, and loose bills of sale and hiring out receipts that document the trafficking of enslaved people. From the 1900s through the 1920s, there are family and University of North Carolina letters of Charles Staples Mangum (1870-1939), his wife Laura Rollins Payne Mangum, and their son lawyer Charles Staples Mangum Jr. in Chapel Hill, including 1917 letters from a soldier. By 1937, most letters relate to Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum (1928-2017), including many from her father, U.S. Army Colonel Benjamin Abbott Dickson, as a soldier in World War II through his retirement in the 1970s. Letters between William Goodson Mangum (1924-2013), an artist, and Ariana begin in 1949, with some relating to his art, teaching career at Salem College, and European trips they took. In the early 1970s, there are letters from William Preston Mangum II (1958- ), a student at Randolph-Macon Academy. Letters from the 1970s to the 2010s are chiefly of William Goodson Mangum, Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum, and William Preston Mangum II. Also included are genealogical materials and family histories; speeches of Willie Person Mangum; reminiscences of Salisbury Prison; school notebooks; sketchbooks and loose drawings of William Goodson Mangum; writings by Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum and William Preston Mangum II; clippings about family, Chapel Hill, and other topics of interest; printed materials for schools, arts programming, and travel; and photographs depicting family members, milestones, events, and travels. |
Creator | Mangum (Family : Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom with the assistance of Sarah White, October 1993; additions of 1994-2016 were processed by Wilson Library Staff, September 2022
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, March 2005
Revisions by: Wilson Library Staff, July and October 2019, November 2020, January 2021, September 2022, April 2023
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Conscious Editing by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2022: updated abstract, subject headings, biographical note, scope and content note, contents list.
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
This collection was processed with support, in part, from the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
Items reviewed during collection reprocessing in 2022 and discarded include commercial photographic slides; duplicate, print and other manuscript materials deemed out of collection scope; and 3-D artifacts including lapel pins and other small personal effects.
Back to TopThe following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Numerous sources on Mangum family history exist, including biographies of several members of the Mangum family in the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Series 2 of this collection contains much material on Mangum, Dickson, and related family history, including "A Short History of the Mangum Family of North Carolina," written by Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum in 1956. This work contains a general genealogy and biographies of some family members (see subseries 2.1). Some of the information below was supplied by William Preston Mangum II. Among family members documented in this collection are the following:
Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861) of Walnut Hall Plantation near Red Mountain, Orange (now Durham) County, N.C., was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1815 and was a lawyer; Superior Court judge, 1818-1823 and 1828; and United States representative and senator, 1823-1853, serving as president of the Senate, 1842-1845. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina for 47 years. Willie was considered a national leader of the Whig Party, running for president in 1836. Mangum married Charity Alston Cain in 1819.
Priestley Hinton Mangum (d. 1850) was the brother of Senator Willie Mangum and was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons.
A. W. Mangum (1834-1890) was the son of Willie Person Mangum's cousin, Ellison Goodloe Mangum, of Locust Grove Plantation, Orange County. He attended Randolph-Macon College and became a Methodist minister. During the Civil War, A. W. served briefly as a Confederate chaplain at Salisbury and Goldsboro, N.C. He later preached in several North Carolina towns. In 1875, he became professor at the University of North Carolina, holding the chair of mental and moral philosophy and teaching history and English literature. He remained on the faculty until just before his death. His wife was Laura Jane Overman (1843-1914) of Salisbury.
Ernest Preston Mangum (1865-1904) was the son of A. W. and Laura Mangum. Ernest was graduated from the University of North Carolina. He was superintendent of schools in Asheville, Clinton, Concord, and Wilson, N.C., and taught briefly at Western Carolina College. He married Lola Griffin (1867-1949), with whom he had two sons, Charles Preston Mangum (b. 1893) and Ernest Preston Mangum Jr. (1903-1955).
Charles Staples Mangum (1870-1939) was born in Greensboro, N.C., son of A. W. and Laura Mangum. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1891 and, three years later, completed his medical training at the Jefferson Medical College. He returned to Chapel Hill in 1896 as professor of physiology and later became professor of anatomy. He served as dean of the Medical School and was a founder of the School of Public Health. Charles married Laura Rollins Payne (1873-1956) in 1900. One of their children was Charles Staples Mangum Jr. (1902-1980), a lawyer.
William Goodson Mangum (1924-2013) was born in Kinston, N.C., the son of Charles Preston Mangum and Margaret Blanche Edwards Mangum (b. 1895). He served in the Army Air Force in World War II and attended the University of North Carolina, where he earned a M.A. in 1959. He also studied at the Corcoran School of Art, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Students League of New York. His work--paintings, drawings, and sculpture--was widely exhibited. He also taught at Western Carolina College in Cullowhee, N.C., and at Salem College, in Winston-Salem, N.C. He married Ariana Holliday Dickson in 1953.
Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum (1928-2017) of Richmond, Va., was the daughter of Benjamin Abbott Dickson (1897-1976), who, as a colonel in the United States Army, saw active duty in both world wars, and Alice Holliday Dickson (b. 1900) of Indianapolis. Ariana's grandfather was Brigadier General Tracy Campbell Dickson. Ariana's parents divorced in the 1930s, and her mother later married Henry Coudon Lau Miller. Ariana's father also remarried; her stepmother was Eleanor Shaler Dickson and her stepbrothers Colin Campbell Dickson and William Abbott Dickson. Ariana traveled extensively, settling in Ireland for seven years. Children of Ariana and William were Margaret Ariana Holliday Mangum (1954- ), William Preston Mangum II (1958- ), Alice Holiday Mangum (1960- ), Laura Jane Overman Mangum (1963- ), and Grace Elizabeth Mangum (1966- ).
William Preston Mangum II was graduated from Randolph-Macon Academy in 1978 and pursued several occupations, including working with horses in Montana, Wyoming, and Kentucky, and in restaurants, hotels, and retail stores in various locations. He has also designed t-shirts and written numerous articles on Western lore, horses (especially of the Civil War era), the James-Younger gang, and family history.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence and other papers relating to white members of the Mangum, Dickson, Abbott, Holliday, Overman, and other families in North Carolina and Virginia.
Materials relating to Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861), a lawyer, Superior Court judge, Whig Party leader, U.S. representative and senator of Orange County, N.C., include family and political correspondence and printed political materials. Of note are a short 1841 letter from Henry Clay and an 1844 letter in which Mangum discussed Whig politics.
Papers, 1851-1890, relate chiefly to A. W. Mangum (1834-1890) documenting his life as a student at Randolph-Macon College and work as a Methodist preacher in North Carolina; Confederate Army chaplain at Salisbury Prison, N.C.; and professor at the University of North Carolina, 1875-1890. Some 1870s-1880s items relate to Greensboro Female College. In 1894, there are courtship letters of Tracy Campbell Dickson.
Other 19th century materials include financial records and scrapbooks. Of note are an 1840s physician's ledger documenting medical care of enslaved people, an 1840s account book with labor contracts for overseers and a list of names of enslaved people, and loose bills of sale and hiring out receipts that document the trafficking of enslaved people.
From the 1900s through the 1920s there are family and University of North Carolina letters of Charles Staples Mangum (1870-1939) and his wife Laura Rollins Payne Mangum and their son lawyer Charles Staples Mangum Jr. in Chapel Hill, including 1917 letters from a soldier. By 1937, most letters relate to Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum (1928-2017), including many from her father, U.S. Army Colonel Benjamin Abbott Dickson, as a soldier in World War II through his retirement in the 1970s. Letters between William Goodson Mangum (1924-2013), an artist, and Ariana begin in 1949, with some relating to his art, teaching career at Salem College, and European trips they took. In the early 1970s, there are letters from William Preston Mangum II (1958-), a student at Randolph-Macon Academy. Letters from the 1970s to the 2010s are chiefly of William Goodson Mangum, Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum, and William Preston Mangum II.
Also included are genealogical materials and family histories; speeches of Willie Person Mangum; reminiscences of Salisbury Prison; school notebooks; sketchbooks and loose drawings of William Goodson Mangum; writings by Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum and William Preston Mangum II; clippings about family, Chapel Hill, and other topics of interest; printed materials for schools, arts programming, and travel; and photographs depicting family members, milestones, events, and travels, as documented by the families from the 1880s until the early 2010s.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological. Note that, especially after 1920, materials are roughly sorted by year.
Chiefly personal correspondence and related materials of members of the Mangum family. Also included are items of the related Dickson, Abbott, Holliday, Overman, and other families.
The earliest material, beginning in 1777, consists of deeds and indentures relating to land in Orange (now Durham) County, N.C. There is a copy of lawyer Willie Person Mangum's statement, 1823 or 1824, about his knowledge of debt and controversy between Herman Royster and Duncan Cameron, which had become part of a dispute between Cameron and William Montgomery, rival candidates for state senate. In 1824, there is a letter from William McMurray to the postmaster general about the location of post offices and estate and legal papers relating to Willie Person Mangum. In 1834, there is a letter from Charity Cain Mangum to her sister, Mary Cain Sutherland, in which she complained about the terms of her father's will. In 1837-1840, there are other legal papers relating to Sutherland and Cain family members.
From 1841 to 1846, there are letters from Willie Person Mangum in Washington, D.C., to his wife, daughters, and others about his activities and opinions. In 1841, there is a short note from Henry Clay about Mangum's not needing to attend a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In 1844, there is a letter from Mangum to James Watson Webb of the Morning Courier and New York Enquirer giving Whig Party positions on the tariff, the treaty with Texas, and Henry Clay's chances for success. In 1845, there are photocopies of letters (originals at Yale University) from Willie Person Mangum to Francis O. Bacon about the United States Senate's pending investigation of fraud and the testimony to be given by Bacon.
In 1848, there is a letter from Willie Person Mangum to John Strother Pendleton of Virginia denying a rumor that Mangum was supporting Cass and Butler rather than the Whig presidential ticket and expressing zeal for the Taylor and Fillmore ticket. In 1849, there is a photographic copy of a letter from Abraham Lincoln to Willie Person Mangum about an appointment Lincoln wanted (location of original unknown).
Folder 1 |
1777-1827 |
Folder 2 |
1832-1849 |
Papers relating to A. W. Mangum, son of Willie Person Mangum's cousin, Ellison Goodloe Mangum, begin in 1851 with letters A. W. wrote to his father and others from Randolph-Macon College in Boydton, Va. These letters document Mangum's college life and also activities of the Mangum family members to whom he wrote. In 1852, there is a letter from A. W.'s brother Addison Mangum (b. 1822) of Orange County, N.C., son of E. G. Mangum, about his recent visit to Washington, D.C., and commenting on political issues. In 1853 and 1854, Nathan Hunt Daniel Wilson, a Methodist minister in Greensboro, N.C., is mentioned in A. W. Mangum's letters. Wilson's son, N. H. D. Wilson Jr., later married A. W. Mangum's daughter Mary Elizabeth. In 1854, the elder Wilson's account as treasurer of the North Carolina Methodist Conference Education Society appears. A. W. Mangum was graduated from Randolph-Macon in 1854, and in 1854 and 1855, there are letters to him from college friends.
By 1857, A. W. Mangum was preaching the Methodist circuit in western North Carolina, and letters, 1857-1860, from him to family members reflect his opinions on local politics and document his activities. In 1858, there are letters from Chapel Hill and other locations where he was preaching, and also letters to and from A. W. Mangum about his receiving and rejecting an offer to teach at the Spartanburg Female Seminary in South Carolina.
In 1861, Mangum's friend Garland Hanes, who was a lawyer in Virginia, wrote about his desire for immediate secession. Letters show that Mangum, who was preaching in Salisbury, N.C., became active ministering to Confederate soldiers, traveling to Virginia shortly after the fall of Fort Sumter to start his tenure as chaplain. In 1862, he was back in Salisbury, from which he wrote describing conditions in the prison there, where United States soldiers were held as prisoners of war. In 1863, Mangum was apparently no longer a chaplain, but was preaching in Goldsboro, from which he wrote to family members about conditions there. In 1864, he returned to Salisbury from which he documented the fear of Sherman's approach (although he does not mention Sherman's Raid). Also in 1864, there is a letter from Addison Mangum in Salisbury to his wife about his activities, and, in 1865, to her about preparations of the Salisbury-Charlotte area against the enemy's approach.
In 1866, Mangum began writing to friends and others gathering information for a sketch of life at Salisbury Prison. In 1868, there is a deed of trust from Greensboro College to Mangum's friend N. H. D. Wilson to secure the debts owned by the College. In 1875, there are materials relating to A. W. Mangum's distribution of the estate of E. G. Mangum. In that year, there are also letters from Kemp P. Battle relating to conditions at the University of North Carolina, where Mangum had become professor of moral philosophy, history, and English literature. In the late 1870s and 1880s, there are a few items relating to the continuing financial problems at Greensboro Female College. In the late 1880s, there are items relating to the Victoria Institute, also called the Philosophical Society of Great Britain), which A. W. Mangum was asked to join. Also in the late 1880s, there are letters to and from Overman and Wilson relatives. In 1890, there are letters of sympathy on the death of A. W. Mangum.
In 1894, there are many courtship letters to Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum's grandfather, Brigadier General Tracy Campbell Dickson, from his soon-to-be wife, Belle. Dickson, then a lieutenant, was stationed at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Mass.
In 1904, there are letters of sympathy on the death of Ernest Preston Mangum. During the 1900s, there are also letters to and from Charles Staples Mangum and his wife, Laura Rollins Payne Mangum. Most of these letters document routine travel and family affairs. A few in the early 1910s are from Laura's brother Billy, who was serving in some capacity with the Isthmian Canal Commission. These letters are also about routine family affairs. There is also a letter in 1912 apparently from Benjamin Abbott Dickson, Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum's father, also with the Isthmian Canal Commission to his mother. In 1914, there are letters of sympathy on the death of Laura Jane Overman Mangum. In 1917, there are many letters that discuss military life in general from John Overman Dysart with the American Expeditionary Forces to Charles Staples Mangum Jr. in Chapel Hill.
In the 1910s and 1920s, there are scattered letters from Mangum relatives, including from A. W. Mangum Jr., who wrote from Bellingham, Wa., about an anti-Hindu riot. During these years, there are also scattered and routine letters from Josephus Daniels, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, June Spencer Love, and other friends of the family. Many letters relate to Charles Staples Mangum Jr.'s academic progress at the University of North Carolina. Others to his father deal with routine University affairs.
Letters of Charles Staples Mangum and Charles Staples Mangum Jr. taper off in the early 1930s, although there are still some from Charles Staples Mangum Jr. to his mother as late as 1944. By 1937, most of the letters relate to Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum (called Docie or Doc), then Ariana Holliday Dickson, who lived chiefly with her mother at Shooter's Hill near Richmond, Va. Many of these letters were written to Ariana at various schools by her father, Benjamin Abbott Dickson. Letters between Ariana and her father and other relatives continue through the 1940s. During World War II, many of these letters between Ariana and her father trace his army activities, and in August 1945, there is a letter enclosing a record of Benjamin Abbott Dickson's military career. In the early 1940s, there are also letters to Ariana from sisters Ann Lee Saunders and Jane Quinn Saunders, young women of her own age who lived at neighboring Tuckahoe Point Farm.
Letters from William (Bill) Goodson Mangum to Ariana Holliday Dickson begin in 1949. While Ariana continued to receive letters from family, especially her father, and friend, by 1952, letters from Bill far exceed those from others by 1952. There are also some letters from Ariana to Bill. These letters chiefly document Bill and Ariana's activities, he beginning his career in painting and she completing her degree at Penn State, and their desire to be together. The volume of letters decreases greatly after their marriage in 1953.
Beginning in 1954, letters are chiefly to and from Bill and Ariana at various locations from family and friends. Many letters are from Benjamin Abbott Dickson at Cold Creek Farm in Paoli, Pa. Most letters discuss routine family and social affairs, but some relate to Bill's continuing his education at the University of North Carolina (M.A., 1959), to his increasing success in exhibiting his art work, and to his teaching career in the late 1950s at Western Carolina College in Cullowhee, N.C., and, beginning in the early 1960s, at Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C. Other letters reflect Ariana's growing interest in family history. Bill and Ariana traveled frequently, both together and separately, during this period, and there are many postcards that document their journeys. Beginning around 1971, there are many letters from Benjamin Abbott Dickson, who had moved to Devon, Pa., that were meant to be distributed to various lists of recipients. These letters document Dickson's activities and thinking on a wide range of subjects. In 1973, there are many postcards from Ariana in Europe. Also in 1973, William Preston Mangum II was at Randolph-Macon Academy and began writing letters home about his life there.
Family materials, many of which relate to William Preston Mangum II.
Folder 52-80
Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
Correspondence and related materials, 1975-1993 |
Family materials, some of which relate to William Preston Mangum II.
Folder 81-84
Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84 |
Correspondence and related materials, undated |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 103650
Family correspondence, political correspondence, and printed political materials of Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861).
Box 25-26
Box 25Box 26 |
Correspondence and other papers, 1763-1905. |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Family correspondence, chiefly of William Goodson Mangum, William Preston Mangum II, and Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum.
Box 28 |
Correspondence, Pre 1800 |
Correspondence, 1800-1809 |
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Correspondence, 1810-1819 |
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Correspondence, 1820-1829 |
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Correspondence, 1830-1839 |
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Correspondence, 1840-1849 |
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Correspondence, 1850-1859 |
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Correspondence, 1860-1869 |
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Correspondence, 1870-1879 |
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Correspondence, 1880-1889 |
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Correspondence, 1890-1899 |
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Correspondence, 1900-1909 |
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Correspondence, 1910-1945 |
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Correspondence, 1948-1960 |
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William Goodson Mangum correspondence, 1960s-2000s |
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Box 24 |
William Preston Mangum II correspondence, 1971-2016Processing note: an earlier version of this finding aid included folders 165-167 in a series called "Family Papers." These folders have been integrated into this box. |
Box 29 |
Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum correspondence, 1946-1990s |
Box 30 |
Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum correspondence, 1980s-2000s |
Box 31 |
Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum correspondence, 1990s-2010s |
Arrangement: by type.
Folder 85-91
Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91 |
Genealogy. Notes family trees, and other items about the history of the Mangum, Dickson, Abbott, and related familiesIncluded is "A Short History of the Mangum Family of North Carolina," written by Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum in 1956 (folder 85). Ca. 100 items. |
Folder 92-94
Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94 |
WritingsMiscellaneous short writings--poems, essays, etc.--by various family members, especially Benjamin Abbott Dickson and Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum. Ca. 70 items. |
Folder 95 |
Volume 1: Account book, 1852-1853; scrapbook, 1870s and undatedAccounts are unidentified, but appear to be petty personal accounts of students, possibly at Greensboro Female College. The book was later used for clippings and doodles. Circa 100 pp. |
Folder 96 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-483/2 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook with greeting cards and clippings, 1880s-1890sCompiled by Juliette Leroy Mangum, daughter of A. W. Mangum. Circa 30 pp. Formerly folder 96. |
Folder 97 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook, 1888-1891Newspaper clippings, chiefly articles by N. H. D. "Nath" Wilson Jr., who married Mary Elizabeth Mangum, a daughter of A. W. Mangum. Included are letters to the editor written by him while a student of theology at Vanderbilt University. Circa 15 pp. |
Folder 98 |
Volume 4: Scrapbook with miscellaneous clippings and other items, 1880s-1900sCompiled by Laura Rollins Payne Mangum. Circa 30 pp. |
Folder 99 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-483/5 |
Volume 5: Scrapbook with miscellaneous clippings and other items, 1880-1910sCompiled by Minnie Mangum Wilson. Circa 50 pp. Formerly folder 99. |
Folder 100 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook with clippings, poems, and other items, 1900s-1930sCompiled by Benjamin Abbott Dickson. Circa 30 pp. |
Folder 101 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-483/7 |
Volume 7: Scrapbook, chiefly greeting cards, undatedCompiled by Juliette Leroy Mangum. Circa 50 pp. Formerly folder 101. |
Folder 102-103
Folder 102Folder 103 |
Miscellaneous. Certificates, programs, and other items relating to members of the Mangum, Dickson, and related familiesAbout 50 items. |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-483/1 |
Family historyIncludes gravestone rubbings, newspapers, blueprints. |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 103650
Volumes include scrapbooks and accounting ledgers. Of note are the ledgers of Francis Mullen, a physician who provided medical care to whites and enslaved people in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, and of Priestley Hinton Mangum, whose volume includes labor contracts for overseers and a list of names of enslaved people, sometimes in association with an enslaver.
Box 27 |
Volume 13: Confederate nostalgia scrapbook, 1880sNewspaper clippings. |
Volume 14: Mary S. Mangum, Walnut Hall, scrapbook, 1881Newspaper clippings. |
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Volume 15: Martha Mangum and Preston Leach scrapbook, undatedNewspaper clippings. |
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Volume 16: Ledger, 1806-1808 |
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Volume 17: Ledger, Orange County, North Carolina, 1806-1808 |
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Volume 18: Ledger, Priestley Hinton Mangum (1795-1850), 1820s-1840sIncludes labor contracts for overseers and a list of names of enslaved people from 1849. |
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Volume 19: Ledger, North Carolina Wakefield, 1796-1799 |
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Volume 20: Ledger, Francis Mullen, physician, Pasquotank County, N.C., 1841-1847Includes entries for visits and treatment of enslaved people, sometimes in association with the name of an enslaver. |
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Volume 21: Ledger, Flatty Creek, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, 1829-1848 |
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Volume 22: Sallie Leach accounting notebook, 1871-1878 |
Acquisitions information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Materials include financial records, which are chiefly receipts for tuition, dry goods, crops, equipment repairs, taxes and other accounting information. Receipts and other items documenting the trafficking of enslaved people are noted below. Other materials are chiefly genealogical and family history materials for Mangum, Holliday, and Dickson families.
Box 64 |
Financial records, 1804-1899Materials include many receipts for tuition, dry goods, crops, equipment repairs, taxes and other accounting information, including creditor notes. Materials relate to John W. Harris, W. J. Hogan, the estate of Ransom Sutherland, Sallie Mangum Leach, Preston Weeks, and others. Records of enslavement include:
Other topics of interest include the salt trade during the Civil War. The Confederacy struggled with maintaining a steady supply of salt, and these records reflect that. Receipts, account books, and correspondence focus on the procurement of salt, requests for updates on salt shipments, complaints about the quality of salt, and collection letters from parties seeking payment for completed orders. |
Box 31 |
Mangum family history: Writings about |
Box 32 |
Mangum family historyWritings, invitations, ancestor charts, announcements, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials. |
Audiovisual Box 1 |
"Mangum graves, Bahama, N.C.; Mangum Family Plantations: Graves, Mount Tabor Cemetery; Elizabeth Redd (portrait),"21 July 20021 videocassette "Old Chapel Hill cemetery Mangum graves; Bahama, N.C., road markers; Mangum family plantations 'The Mountain,' 'Walnut Hall,' Locust Grove cemeteries." |
Box 32 |
Alice Mangum |
Laura Jane Overman Mangum |
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Overman genealogy for Mangum papers |
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Holliday family history |
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Benjamin Abbott Dickson |
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Box 33 |
Benjamin Abbott Dickson |
Dickson family history |
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House renovation: Christian Theological Seminary |
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Other family history |
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Box 34 |
Printed material, 1880s-1890s |
Children's art and writing |
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Scrapbook of children's art, 1970s |
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Di Phi, 1990s"Hon. Burton Craige of Salisbury North Carolina" by Rev. J. Rumple, D.D.; drawing of unidentified man. |
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Miscellaneous |
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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-483/1 |
Diplomas and certificates, 1946-2002 |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 20230320.2.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-00483/12 |
Ellison Goodloe Mangum cemetary mapDial's Creek, Durham County, North Carolina; Mapped by Bill Mangum and Conrad Perry, 8 June 2021 |
Box 65 |
Certificate for First Lieutenant Charles Preston Mangum"The American Legion certifies that First Lieutenant Charles Preston Mangum rendered patriotic service to the National Cause during The Great War, August 1918 - July 1919" |
1848 letter of Willie Person MangumLetter written by Willie Mangum praising the work of Samuel W. Dewey |
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Diary of William Preston Mangum2014 Scandinavian vacation |
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William Mangum artwork |
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Research material for "A Kingdom for the Horse" |
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Newspaper clippings of Alex Alexander of Woodburn Farm |
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Confederate States Military Prison at Salisbury, NC by Dr. A. W. Mangum |
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"The Lone Riders" posters |
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G-2 Journal: Algiers to the Elbe |
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Bill Mangum family papers |
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"Where the Butterflies Roam" by Ariana Mangum |
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Ariana H. Mangum's certificates and honor awards |
Acquisitions information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Box 34 |
"A Memorial to Senator Willie Person Mangum Given by William Preston Mangum II," circa 2000s |
Folder 106 |
Volume 8: Diary, 1852-1860, about 200 ppThere are many daily entries and also some entries that summarize Mangum's activities during short periods of time. The diary documents his life as a student at Randolph-Macon College, 1852-1854, and his work as a Methodist minister in North Carolina, 1855-1860, during which time he often preached at Chapel Hill. Also included are quotations, poems, miscellaneous thoughts, and other writings. In the back of the book, Mangum recorded resolutions on prayer and Bible reading that he made on 24 October 1852. Throughout the diary, there is much philosophizing. |
Folder 107 |
Volume 9: Commonplace book, 1853-1854, about 150 ppKept by Mangum while at Randolph-Macon College and at home, the book contains copies of his readings, poems, and disconnected historical notes, chiefly about British history. |
Folder 108 |
Volume 10: Notebook, 1853-1857, about 400 ppThe book contains notes Mangum took at Randolph-Macon: William A. Smith's on slavery,1854; C. B. Stuart on geology and religion, 1854; and notes on sermons. |
Folder 109 |
Volume 11: Notebook, undated, ca. 20 ppThe book contains thoughts on whether or not the North Carolina Methodist Conference should be divided. |
Folder 110 |
History of Salisbury PrisonReminiscences of Mangum's experiences during the Civil War at Salisbury prison during his brief stint as Confederate chaplain. |
Folder 111 |
Sermons: Amos, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Exodus, Ezekiel, Genesis, Hakakkuk, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Job, Joshua, I and II Kings, Malachi, Numbers |
Folder 112 |
Sermons: Psalms, Proverbs, I Samuel, Zechariah |
Folder 113 |
Sermons: Acts, Colossians, I Corinthians, II Corinthians |
Folder 114 |
Sermons: Ephesians, Galatians, Hebrews, James, John |
Folder 115 |
Sermons: I John, Luke, Mark |
Folder 116 |
Sermons: Matthew, I and II Peter, Philippians, Revelation |
Folder 117 |
Sermons: Romans, I Thessalonians, I and II Timothy, Titus |
Folder 118 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 119 |
Notes and lists of sermons delivered |
Folder 120-122
Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122 |
Miscellaneous short writings. Ca. 50 itemsIncluded are compositions written by Mangum while a student; biographical sketches, one of Willie Person Mangum and another of George Horah of Salisbury; poetry; and speeches, chiefly on religious themes. |
Folder 123-124
Folder 123Folder 124 |
Lectures on literature and other topics. |
Acquisitions information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Printed materials by Charles Staples Mangum about medical education and copy of U.S. War Department certificate of identification.
Box 34 |
Charles Staples Mangum materials, 1907-1955 |
Folder 129 |
Miscellaneous: Grade reports and other items, chiefly relating to Mangum's time as a student at the University of North Carolina. |
Acquisitions information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Baby book, article about mechanics' liens by Charles Staples Mangum Jr., newspaper clipping about a postcard on a thirteen year journey from the Antarctic, and a letter relating to Mangum's service on the Constitutional Commission in 1932
Box 34 |
Charles Staples Mangum Jr.: Baby book, 1902 |
Charles Staples Mangum Jr. materials, 1926-1963 |
Folder 130-132
Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132 |
Art catalogs and show announcements |
Folder 133-137
Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137 |
Representations, many printed, of art works by Mangum, and a few drawings by him |
Folder 138 |
Miscellaneous. Resumes and other personal items |
Acquisition information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Loose drawings and sketchbooks, biographical materials, and other scattered material about William Goodson Mangum.
Box 34 |
ArtLoose drawings and sketchbooks. |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-483/2 |
Art publicity |
Box 35 |
Biographical materials |
Funeral guest book, 2013 |
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Ireland |
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Trip to France, 1976 |
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School materials |
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World War IIChiefly ephemera, such as rations card and social event cards; also includes awards entitlement form. |
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Miscellaneous |
Folder 139-141
Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141 |
Writings: School compositions and short writings, some of which were published and relate to Mangum's interest in outlaws |
Folder 142 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-483/12 |
Volume 12: Scrapbook, 1970s, ca. 30 pp., containing clippings and other items relating to footballFormerly folder 142. |
Folder 143-144
Folder 143Folder 144 |
Miscellaneous: Mangum's baby book, grade reports from various schools, financial materials, a few items relating to horses and to the Onyx T-shirt Company, and other items. |
Acquisition information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Chiefly research and writings about the James-Younger gang, horses, and family history topics.
Acquisition information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Chiefly writings and notebooks; also includes biographical materials, diaries, school materials, and other materials documenting Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum's interests in travel, Ireland, writing, and music.
Arrangement: unsorted.
Clippings, chiefly relating to activities of Mangum family members, including the art career of William Goodson Mangum, and to the interests of individual family members, notably William Preston Mangum II's study of outlaws and the American West.
Folder 145-164
Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164 |
Clippings, 1840s-1993 |
Acquisition information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Clippings and other printed materials; of note are funeral programs ("Homecoming services"); school and camp materials, such as the Ogontz Mosaic; and clippings about high profile news events in Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Photographic prints, cased images, and photograph albums depicting members of the Mangum family and extended family members. Also included are images depicting major milestones, events, and travels documented by the families from the 1880s until the early 2010s.
Image Folder PF-483/1 |
B. F. Abbott, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/2 |
John G. Arvis, 1899 |
Image Folder PF-483/3 |
Frank Baker, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/4 |
Barry family, circa 1906 |
Image Folder PF-483/5 |
Charles Baskerville, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/6 |
Tamar Manning Battle, 1894 |
Image Folder PF-483/7 |
Harriet Berry, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/8 |
Blaisdale family, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/9 |
Blalock family, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/10 |
Loulie Busbee, 1903 |
Image Folder PF-483/11 |
Nora Mangum Chappell, 1891 |
Image Folder PF-483/12 |
Mary Elizabeth Cook, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/13 |
Cowper family, 1940s-1950s |
Image Folder PF-483/14 |
Cornelia Deletrine, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/15 |
Benjamin Abbott Dickson, 1910s-1970s |
Photograph Album PA-483/4-6
PA-483/4PA-483/5PA-483/6 |
Benjamin Abbott DicksonThree albums with photographic prints, 1910s-1930s, some for use in "Long Way Home," which Dickson wrote in 1920 about his trip from Manila to New York, and others showing Dickson, Alice Baker Holliday Dickson, and other on various excursions. (See also Subseries 4.1.) |
Image Folder PF-483/16 |
Dickson family, 1920s-1980s |
Image Folder PF-483/17 |
Peter Doub, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/18 |
Alice O'Neal Dye, 1950s |
Image Folder PF-483/19 |
Early family, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/20a |
Ellis family, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/20b |
Lola Griffin Mangum Goodson, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/21 |
Harrison family, 1940s-1950s |
Image Folder PF-483/22 |
Holliday family, 1900s-1940s |
Image Folder PF-483/23 |
Mansfield Horner, 1920s |
Image Folder PF-483/24 |
Iboude family, 1930 |
Image Folder PF-483/25 |
William Rand Kenan, 1895 |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/1 |
Addison Goodloe Mangum |
Image Folder PF-483/26 |
Adolphus Mathew Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/27 |
A. W. Mangum, undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/2-4
SF-P-483/2SF-P-483/3SF-P-483/4 |
A. W. Mangum |
Image Folder PF-483/28 |
Alice Holliday Mangum, 1960s-1970s |
Image Folder PF-483/29-30
PF-483/29PF-483/30 |
Ariana Holliday Dickson Mangum, circa 1930s-1990s |
Image Folder PF-483/31 |
Augusta Wilkerson Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/32 |
Bartlett Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/33 |
Baxter Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/34 |
Carrington Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/35 |
Charles Preston Mangum Jr., 1920s-1940s |
Image Folder PF-483/36 |
Charles Preston Mangum Sr., 1890s-1930s |
Photograph Album PA-483/1-3
PA-483/1PA-483/2PA-483/3 |
Charles Staples MangumThree albums with photographic prints, 1900s-1930s, relating to Charles Staples Mangum, Laura Rollins Mangum, and Charles Staples Mangum Jr. Most of the photographs are snapshots depicting family life in Chapel Hill. |
Image Folder PF-483/37 |
Charles Staples Mangum Jr., 1900s-1950s |
Image Folder PF-483/38-39
PF-483/38PF-483/39 |
Charles Staples Mangum Sr., 1890s-1930s |
Image Folder PF-483/40 |
Charlotte Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/41 |
Cleveland Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/42 |
Elizabeth Whitefield Wall Mangum, undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/5 |
Elizabeth Harris Mangum |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/6 |
Ellison Goodloe Mangum |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/7 |
Ernest Preston Mangum Sr. |
Image Folder PF-483/43 |
Ernest Preston Mangum Jr., 1900s-1950s |
Image Folder PF-483/44 |
Ernest Preston Mangum Sr., 1890s |
Image Folder PF-483/45 |
G. William Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/46 |
Grace Elizabeth Mangum, 1970s |
Image Folder PF-483/47 |
Grace Noble Mangum, undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/11 |
James Mangum |
Image Folder PF-483/48 |
John Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/49 |
Juliette Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/50 |
Laura Jane Overman Mangum Jr., 1960s-1970s |
Image Folder PF-483/51 |
Laura Jane Overman Mangum Sr., undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/8-10
SF-P-483/8SF-P-483/9SF-P-483/10 |
Laura Jane Overman Mangum |
Image Folder PF-483/52 |
Laura Payne Mangum, 1880s-1920s |
Image Folder PF-483/53 |
Lucy Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/54 |
Margaret Ariana Holliday Mangum, 1950s-1980s |
Image Folder PF-483/55 |
Margaret Blanche Edwards Mangum, 1920s-1950s |
Image Folder PF-483/56 |
Nannie Mary Elizabeth Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/57 |
Presley Jackson Mangum, 1885 |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/12 |
Priestly Hinton Mangum |
Image Folder PF-483/58 |
Robert Mangum, undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/13 |
Samuel C. Mangum |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/14 |
Sandy G. Mangum |
Image Folder PF-483/59 |
Victor Bryant Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/60 |
William Goodson Mangum, 1930s-1970s |
Image Folder PF-483/61-63
PF-483/61PF-483/62PF-483/63 |
William Preston Mangum II, 1960s-1990sPhotographic prints, 1960s, relating to Mangum as a child and other images assembled by Mangum under the title "William Preston Mangum's Personal History in Pictures, 1965-1993." |
Image Box IB-483/37 |
William Preston Mangum II, 1960s-1970sAlbum of photographic slides and an album of photographic prints relating to the time Mangum spent in the West in the late 1970s. |
Image Folder PF-483/64 |
Willie Person Mangum, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/65 |
Miller family, 1930s-1980s |
Image Folder PF-483/66 |
Hallie Morrison, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/67 |
Newman family, undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/15 |
William Overman |
Image Folder PF-483/68 |
Overman family, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/69 |
Grace Mangum Parker, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/70 |
Patterson family, 1870s-1930s |
Image Folder PF-483/71 |
Payne family, 1870s-1920s |
Image Folder PF-483/72 |
Lucia Perrigo, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/73 |
W. E. Peyton, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/74 |
Walter Powell Jr., 1910s |
Image Folder PF-483/75 |
Pratt family, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/76 |
Wade Hampton Presley, 1902 |
Image Folder PF-483/77 |
Pulsifer family, 1940s-1970s |
Image Folder PF-483/78 |
Rose family, 1928 |
Image Folder PF-483/79 |
Dr. Roser, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/80 |
Ann Lee Saunders, 1940s |
Image Folder PF-483/81 |
Elizabeth Mangum Spence, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/82 |
Hope Summerall, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/83 |
Thompson family, 1970s-1890s |
Image Folder PF-483/84 |
Elizabeth Mangum Veasey, undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/16 |
Preston Venable |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/17 |
Amanda Mangum Webb |
Image Folder PF-483/85 |
Wheeler family, 1940s-1970s |
Image Folder PF-483/86 |
Wilson family, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/87 |
George Worth, undated |
Special Format Image SF-P-483/18 |
Unidentified persons |
Image Folder PF-483/88-89
PF-483/88PF-483/89 |
Miscellaneous friends and relatives, 1890s-1990s |
Image Folder PF-483/90-92
PF-483/90PF-483/91PF-483/92 |
Unidentified persons, undated |
Image Folder PF-483/93 |
Mangum family grave sites, 1970s-1990s |
Image Folder PF-483/94 |
Historical markers and monuments, 1970s-1990s |
Image Folder PF-483/95-96
PF-483/95PF-483/96 |
Homes, chiefly of Mangum family members, 1880s-1990s. |
Image Folder PF-483/97 |
Horses, 1940s-1990s |
Image Folder PF-483/98-99
PF-483/98PF-483/99 |
Chapel Hill, N.C., including University of North Carolina and Chapel of the Cross, 1890s-1990s |
Extra Oversize Image Folder X-OP-PF-483/1 |
Oversize photographs and drawings |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 94058, 94126, 94162, 94180, 95003, 95134, 96197, 98647, 98840, 99078, 99501, 99744, 100353, 100404, 100781, 101408, 101812, 102180, 102254, 102575, 102698
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Photographic prints, slides, photograph albums, and some negatives depicting members of the Mangum family and extended family members. Topics include major milestones, events, and travels as documented by the families from the 1880s until the early 2010s.
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 20230320.2.
Oversize volumes (SV-483/2,5,7,12,23)
Pictures (PF-483/1-99; SF-P-483/1-18; PA-483/1-12; IB-483/1-53)
Audiocassettes, videocassette, 8mm film (Audiovisual box 1)
Oversize folders (OPF-00483/1-12
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