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 Paul F. Tavel Papers #1837-1900, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

All or part of this collection is available on microfilm from University Publications of America as part of the Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series J.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from W. G. Alexander, of Nashville, Tenn., in 1954.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: Scott Philyaw, July 1991

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.

The 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.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Agriculture--Tennessee--History--19th century.
• Air travel--History--19th century.
• Bookbinders--Tennessee--History--19th century.
• Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--19th century.
• Erni, Henry.
• Meteorology--Observations--Tennessee--History--19th century.
• Stewart County (Tenn.)--History--19th century.
• Tavel family.
• Tavel, Albert B., fl. 1874-1900.
• Tavel, Paul F., fl. 1839-1865.
• Tennessee--Climate--History--19th century.
• Viticulture--Tennessee--History--19th century.

Paul F. Tavel, probably a native of western Switzerland, arrived in the United States in 1844. Little is known of Tavel beyond his interests in agronomy and meteorology, and his trade of bookbinding. A Paul T. Tavel is also mentioned, but his relationship to Paul F. Tavel is unclear. It is possible that they were the same person. All post-1873 items relate to Albert B. Tavel (fl. 1874-1900), possibly Paul F. Tavel's son.

The collection relates chiefly to Paul F. Tavel's vineyards in Stewart and Davidson counties, Tennessee, and other agricultural efforts and studies; his meteorological observations; and his bookbinding and bookruling business. Other family members are mentioned, but authorship and ownership of the papers and account books are only rarely indicated.

Many of the papers and books are in French. No translation is provided.