John Paris Papers, 1828-1905

Collection Number: 00575

Collection Title: John Paris Papers, 1828-1905

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This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Size	0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 125 items)
Abstract	John Paris (1809-1883) was a Methodist Episcopal minister of Guilford County, N.C., author of religious works, and a Confederate Army chaplain. The collection includes diaries, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of John Paris. Within the three-volume diary is a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Beginning on 12 June 1863, diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race" after the war. The Addition of 2007 primarily contains correspondence of John Paris and his wife. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, funerals, the church's position on social matters such as slavery, and the growing separation of Christian sects. A 20 September 1864 letter from John Paris to his wife describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. There are also notebooks containing sermons, finanicial information, and notes that were kept by John Paris; daguerreotypes, ambrotypes (including one of an unidentified Confederate soldier), and tintypes possibly of Paris family members; financial records of John Paris; and other items.
Creator	Paris, John, 1828-1905.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use: RESTRICTED: Volumes may not be photocopied.

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 John Paris Papers #575, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Partial microfilm copy (filmed August 2003) available.

Reel 1: Folders 1-4

Acquisitions Information: Received from Minnie Paris of Rocky Mount, N.C., before 1940. Addition received from Margo Wilslow Wiley Bennett in October 2007 (Acc. 100801).

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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996

Encoded by: Linda Sellars, 2003

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, November 2009; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

Revisions: Updated in December 2007 by Kathryn Roth because of addition

The addition of October 2007 has not been incoporated into the original deposit of material.

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John Paris (1809-1883) was a Methodist Episcopal minister of Guilford County, N.C., author of religious works, and a Confederate Army chaplain.

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The collection includes diaries, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of Methodist Episcopal minister John Paris of Guilford County, N.C. Within the three-volume diary is a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Beginning on 12 June 1863, diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on post-war African Americans, called the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race." The Addition of 2007 primarily contains correspondence of John Paris and his wife. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, funerals, the church's position on social matters such as slavery, and the growing separation of Christian sects. A 20 September 1864 letter from John Paris to his wife describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. There are also notebooks containing sermons, finanicial information, and notes that were kept by John Paris; daguerreotypes, ambrotypes (including one of an unidentified Confederate soldier), and tintypes possibly of Paris family members; financial records of John Paris; and other items.

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Original Deposit, 1828-1871.
Additions
Addition of October 2007 (Acc. 100801), 1828-1905.

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About 25 items.

Diary, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of John Paris. The three-volume diary contains a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Beginning on 12 June 1863, the diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race" after the war.

Folder 1	1828-1871
Folder 2	Volume 1. Diary, 1863
Folder 3	Volume 2. Diary, 1864
Folder 4	Volume 3. Diary, 1865
Reel M-575/1	Microfilm

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About 100 items.

Folders 5-9: Correspondence, 1828-1905 and undated

Primarily letters to John Paris and his wife, Addie Paris. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, and funerals. Letters also discuss the church's position on social matters such as slavery and the growing separation of Christian sects. There is also a letter dated 20 September 1864 from John Paris to his wife, in which he describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. Other letters are to Paris's wife regarding Paris's sickness and death.

Folder 5	1828-1864
Folder 6	1870-1878
Folder 7	1880-1889
Folder 8	1890-1905
Folder 9	Undated

Folder 10	"The rules for measuring corn houses" Notebook containing word problems with mathematical equations underneath. There are also lines and sermons from specific services that John Paris performed, including a wedding and a funeral, and birth and death dates of Paris family members.
Folder 11	Notebook, 1858 Notebook belonging to John Paris containing financial information, contacts, and notes.
Folder 12	Notebook, 1880 Notebook belonging to John Paris containing financial information, contacts, and notes.
Folder 13	Fragments Includes pieces of letters and documents relating to Paris family members.
Folder 14	Printed materials Contains a pamphlet on southern herbs and roots, an unidentified review of a book on sermons at infant baptisms, and a fragment from a printed work.
Folder 15	Receipts and financial records, 1860-1903
Folder 16	Newspaper clippings, 1883-1884
Folder 17	Other papers Contains an unidentified sermon or poem and an obituary, possibly for John Paris.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/1	Daguerreotype of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris
Special Format Image SF-P-575/2	Tintype of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris
Special Format Image SF-P-575/3	Tintype of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris
Special Format Image SF-P-575/4	Tintype of Mary Ellen Paris
Special Format Image SF-P-575/5	Daguerreotype of an unidentified woman and an unidentified girl
Special Format Image SF-P-575/6	Ambrotype of unidentified girl This girl does not appear to be the same girl as in SF-P-575/5 or SF-P-575/7.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/7	Ambrotype of unidentified girl This girl does not appear to be the same girl as in SF-P-575/5 or SF-P-575/7.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/8	Ambrotype of unidentified woman This woman does not appear to be the same woman as depicted in SF-P-575/4 or SF-P-575/5.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/9	Ambrotype of unidentified man wearing a Confederate soldier uniform This man does not appear to be the same man as in SF-P-575/1-3.
Special Format Image SF-P-575/10	Tintype of two unidentified men These men do not appear to be the same men as depicted in SF-P-575/1-3 or SF-P-575/9.

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Microfilm (M-575/1)

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Collection Number: 00575 Collection Title: John Paris Papers, 1828-1905