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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 150 items) |
Abstract | The collection includes diaries, scattered correspondence, and writings of a family of Methodist ministers and editors of church publications of North Carolina. Among other volumes are the diary, 1838-1844, and autobiography, 1842, of Sidney D. Bumpass (1808-1851), while a minister and editor at various places in North Carolina, and the diary, 1842-1854, of his wife, Frances Moore Webb Bumpass (1819-1898), editor and publisher of the "Weekly Message" of Greensboro, N.C., 1851-1871, and officer in the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. There is very little information about Frances's editing or missionary activities. Also among the volumes are the intermittent diary, 1874-1899, of Sidney and Frances's son, Robah Fidus Bumpass (1850-1933), who was a Methodist minister in the North Carolina Conference for 54 years, and a diary of Robah's 1906 trip to Europe and the Middle East. In addition, there are scattered letters, including one from 1847 about a service Sidney Bumpass led that was attended by Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker; poems by family members; and stories by Robah Fidus Bumpass. There are also four scrapbooks, chiefly containing 20th-century clippings on church and world affairs, and material collected by Paul F. Bumpass about racial violence in Tennessee in 1946 when he was the district attorney responsible for investigating and prosecuting the cases. |
Creator | Bumpass (Family : Bumpass, Frances M. (Frances Moore), 1819-1898) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff, 1940s-1970s; Roslyn Holdzkom, December 1992
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
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Sidney D. Bumpass (1808-1851) was a Methodist minister of the North Carolina Conference, pastor, presiding elder, editor, and author. His wife, Frances Moore Webb Bumpass (1819-1898), edited and published The Weekly Message of Greensboro, 1851-1871, and was corresponding secretary of the North Carolina Conference of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Their son, Robah Fidus Bumpass (1850-1933), was for 54 years a Methodist minister in the North Carolina Conference, serving in Wilmington, Beaufort, New Bern, Kinston, Raleigh, and other North Carolina locations.
Back to TopThe collection includes a small number of letters among family members; other papers, including family history materials and writings chiefly of Robah Fidus Bumpass; and volumes, including diaries and scrapbooks.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Arrangement: chronological.
Three letters from Sidney D. Bumpass to Frances Moore Webb, two before their marriage about his activities and desire to marry and one after their marriage about his work, including an 1847 service he led that was attended by Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker. There is also one letter from Frances Moore Webb Bumpass to her husband about her activities at home.
Folder 1 |
1842-1847 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters in the 1860s are to the young Robah Fidus Bumpass in Greensboro, N.C., from various friends; the 1899 letter relates to W. H. Bagley of Raleigh, who had just returned from Cuba; and the letters, 1928-1933, are from family members and friends to Robah commenting on his writings and giving news of their activities (see also volume S-12).
Folder 2 |
1866-1868; 1899 |
Folder 3 |
1928-1933 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Arrangement: chronological.