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| Size | 4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 480 items) |
| Abstract | Otelia Carrington Cunningham (Mrs. David M.) Connor of Durham and Chapel Hill, N.C., clubwoman and newspaper feature writer. The papers consist of correspondence and other items of Otelia (Cunningham) Connor and her mother, Mrs. John S. Cunningham. Included are materials concerning the genealogy of the Cunningham, Carrington, Codrington, and Cabel families and to a lesser extent, the Ruffin, Wilson, and Alston families; activities of the Colonial Dames, Daughters of the American Revolution, and other women's patriotic and historical societies; Mrs. Cunningham's suffragette activities as president of the North Carolina Equal Suffrage Association, 1917-1919, including her correspondence and activities with Gertrude Weil, and her attendance as a delegate to the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, 1920; Mrs. Connor's work at the Emergency Hospital in Washington, N.C., and the Veterans' Hospital in Durham, N.C.; and problems of the Governor Morehead School, Durham, N.C., 1944. Also included are writings by Mrs. Connor for Durham and Edenton, N.C., newspapers in the 1940s and 1950s; a scrapbook, 1888-1948, of local political, social, and Episcopal church events; and letters received from David W. Connor at the Episcopal High School, Alexanderia, Va., 1951-1952, the University of North Carolina, 1953-1957, while serving in the United States Navy, 1956-1960, and while living in Wilson, N.C. Other correspondents include James M. Carrington, Lenoir Chambers, Walter Clark, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rose Lawless Geyer, Henry R. Luce, John H. Manning, Henry G. Riely, William H. Ruffin, and Archibald Rutledge. |
| Creator | Connor, Otelia Carrington Cunningham, 1892?-1969. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: Carolyn Hamby with assistance from Abigail Peoples and Alicia Reeves, March 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas, July 2021
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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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.
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Scope and Content
The papers consist of correspondence and other items of Otelia (Cunningham) Connor and her mother, Mrs. John S. Cunningham. Included are materials concerning the genealogy of the Cunningham, Carrington, Codrington, and Cabel families and to a lesser extent, the Ruffin, Wilson, and Alston families; activities of the Colonial Dames, Daughters of the American Revolution, and other women's patriotic and historical societies; Mrs. Cunningham's suffragette activities as president of the North Carolina Equal Suffrage Association, 1917-1919, including her correspondence and activities with Gertrude Weil, and her attendance as a delegate to the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, 1920; Mrs. Connor's work at the Emergency Hospital in Washington, N.C., and the Veterans' Hospital in Durham, N.C.; and problems of the Governor Morehead School, Durham, N.C., 1944. Also included are writings by Mrs. Connor for Durham and Edenton, N.C., newspapers in the 1940s and 1950s; a scrapbook, 1888-1948, of local political, social, and Episcopal church events; and letters received from David W. Connor at the Episcopal High School, Alexanderia, Va., 1951-1952, the University of North Carolina, 1953-1957, while serving in the United States Navy, 1956-1960, and while living in Wilson, N.C. Other correspondents include James M. Carrington, Lenoir Chambers, Walter Clark, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rose Lawless Geyer, Henry R. Luce, John H. Manning, Henry G. Riely, William H. Ruffin, and Archibald Rutledge.
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Series 1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1895-1969 and undated.
Arrangement: roughly chronological.
Correspondence, clippings, articles, and other related items written to and by Otelia Carrington Cunningham Connor; her mother, Otelia Carrington Cunningham; and various friends and family members. This series contains letters from Connor's children, David and Kate; typescripts and clippings of articles written by Connor; and letters about her work at Emergency Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Veterans' Hospital in Durham, N.C., in the 1940s. After the appearance of an article about her crusade to bring better manners to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appeared in the 19 July 1963 issue of Time Magazine, much of the correspondence and other materials focus on Connor's role as manners maven.
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Series 2. Woman's Suffrage Papers, 1912-1925 and undated.
Arrangement: roughly chronological.
Correspondence, press releases, meeting minutes, and other material relating mainly to Otelia Carrington Cunningham's activities as president of the North Carolina Equal Suffrage Association (1917-1919), including correspondence with Gertrude Weil. Other items include Cunningham's membership or activities for the Episcopal Church; the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee; the National Democratic Convention of 1920 at San Francisco, where she was a delegate-at-large for North Carolina; the League of Women Voters; and other organizations.
| Folder 51 |
1912-1916 |
| Folder 52 |
January-October 1917 |
| Folder 53 |
November 1917 |
| Folder 54 |
December 1917 |
| Folder 55 |
President's Report, 1917-1918 and undated items, 1917-1918 |
| Folder 56 |
January-March 1918 |
| Folder 57 |
April-December 1918 |
| Folder 58 |
1919-1920 |
| Folder 59 |
1921-1925 |
| Folder 60 |
Undated |
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Series 3. Other Papers, 1888-1960s.
Arrangement: by topic.
Articles and transcripts of articles written by Otelia Carrington Cunningham Connor; genealogical materials of the Cunningham, Carrington, Codrington, Cabel, and, to some extent, the Ruffin, Wilson, and Alston families; and a scrapbook. These articles appeared in The Daily Tar Heel, The Durham Herald, and The Chowen Herald (Edenton, N.C.). Connor wrote on the University of North Carolina and its history, proper table manners, reminiscences of her girlhood in Person County, N.C., and various other topics. The scrapbook contains clippings, invitations, programs, obituaries, and photographs of members of the family and houses connected with the family.
| Folder 61 |
Genealogy and Family Data |
| Folder 62 |
News Articles by Otelia Connor |
| Folder 63 |
Typescript Articles |
Folder 64-65
Folder 64Folder 65 |
Articles and Other items, 1949-1962 |
| Oversize Volume SV-3228/1 |
Scrapbook |
| Image P-3228/1 |
Photograph of Otelia Connor |
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