William Stephenson Papers, 1977-1990

Collection Number: 04804

Collection Title: William Stephenson Papers, 1977-1990

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Size	1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 10000 items)
Abstract	Correspondence, notes, drafts, photographs, slides, and other items relating to "Sallie Southall Cotten: A Woman's Life in North Carolina" (Pamlico Press: Greenville, N.C., 1987) by William Stephenson, professor of English at East Carolina University, and other writings by Stephenson, chiefly about Cotten and the Cotten and Southall families. Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (1846-1929) of Pitt County, N.C., was a writer and campaigner for women's rights. Also included is information about Stephenson's establishing the Pamlico Press to publish the book.
Creator	Stephenson, William, 1930-
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.

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 William Stephenson papers #4804, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from William Eaton Stephenson of Greenville, N.C., in August 1991.

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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, May 1996

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

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Cotten Family Papers (#3589);
Sallie Southall Cotten Papers (#2613).

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Correspondence, notes, drafts, photographs, slides, and other items relating to "Sallie Southall Cotten: A Woman's Life in North Carolina" (Pamlico Press: Greenville, N.C., 1987) by William Stephenson, professor of English at East Carolina University, and other writings by Stephenson, chiefly about Cotten and the Cotten and Southall families. Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (1846-1929) of Pitt County, N.C., was a writer and campaigner for women's rights. Also included is information about Stephenson's establishing the Pamlico Press to publish the book.

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1. Sallie Southall Cotten, 1978-1988.
2. Subject Files, 1978-1988.
3. Publishing, 1978-1990.
4. Notebooks, 1980s.
5. Pictures, 1840s-1980s.

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About 450 items.

Arrangement: chronological and subject.

Articles and related material about Cotten that Stephenson collected in the course of his research, articles Stephenson published about Cotten, and correspondence about Cotten.

Folder 1	"Part Way from Pedestal to Politics: Greenville's End of the Century Club" (1978)
Folder 2	Correspondence and papers for "Part Way.."
Folder 3	Pitt County Historical Society Talk (1978)
Folder 4	"The Davises, the Southalls, and Wesleyan Female College" (1980)
Folder 5	Correspondence and papers for "The Davises.."
Folder 6	"How Sallie Southall Cotten Brought North Carolina to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893" (1981)
Folder 7	Correspondence and papers for "How Sallie.."
Folder 8	Review of the book The Fair Women
Folder 9	Sallie Southall Cotten (1987) Manuscript
Folder 10	Notecards
Folder 11	Research Material
Folder 12	Reviews of Sallie Southall Cotten
Folder 13	Sallie Southall Cotten Slide Talk (1988)
Folder 14-15 Folder 14 Folder 15	Correspondence: to and from Cotten's relatives
Folder 16	Correspondence: to and from libraries and archives about research on Cotten

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About 150 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Folder 17	Biographical information on Morrison
Folder 18-19 Folder 18 Folder 19	Clippings
Folder 20	Correspondence--miscellaneous
Folder 21	Cotten Dress Donation to North Carolina State History Museum
Folder 22	Editing Class/English 3870
Folder 23	Historical Marker to Cotten
Folder 24	North Carolina Historical Award
Folder 25	Marguerite E. Schumann Award

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About 350 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Correspondence and other material pertaining to the publication of Sallie Southall Cotten and Stephenson's establishing Pamlico Press to publish it.

Folder 26	Advance and Review Copies
Folder 27	Correspondence to Publishers
Folder 28	Home Occupation Documents
Folder 29	Invoices for the book
Folder 30	Layouts
Folder 31	Library of Congress/ISBN Documents
Folder 32	Marketing, Sales and Publishing
Folder 33	North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
Folder 34	Photograph information for the book
Folder 35	Publisher's Book Exhibit
Folder 36	Television Documents
Folder 37	Westview Press Documents

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6 items.

Notebooks containing the Stephenson's manuscript on Cotten and notes from libraries and archives dealing with Cotten.

Folder 38	Volume 1: 1980s, 100 pp. First notebook of Stephenson's manuscript of Cotten.
Folder 39	Volume 2: 1980s, 100 pp. Second notebook of Stephenson's manuscript of Cotten.
Folder 40	Volume 3: 1980s, 80 pp. Third notebook of revisions of Stephenson's manuscript of Cotten.
Folder 41	Volume 4: 1980s, 100 pp. Notebook of notes taken on the Cotten Family Papers and the Sallie Southall Cotten Papers at the Southern Historical Collection.
Folder 42	Volume 5: 1980s, 100 pp. Notebook of notes from archival sources dealing with Cotten.
Folder 43	Volume 6: 1980s, 100 pp. Notebook of notes from archival sources dealing with Cotten.
Folder 44	Volume 7: 1980s, 80 pp. Notebook of notes taken from the Sallie Southall Cotten Papers.

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77 items.

Most of these pictures are reproduced in Stephenson's book, Sallie Southall Cotten, and have more complete descriptions in his Slide Talk (see folder 13).

Image P-4804/1	Photograph of William Stephenson, 1980s.
Image P-4804/2	Photograph of William Stephenson, Michael Hill, Barbara Hall, and Gladys Boroughs at the dedication of a historical marker to Cotten in September, 1987.
Image P-4804/3-5 P-4804/3 P-4804/4 P-4804/5	Photographs of Sallie Southall Cotten, 1900s-1920s.
Image P-4804/6	Photograph of Cotten, Mariah Smith, Sue Hart, Sallie Powell, and Rhetta Cooper, 1860s.
Image P-4804/7	Photograph of Susan Sims Southall, 1860s.
Image P-4804/8	Photograph of Thomas James Southall, 1860s.
Image P-4804/9	Photograph of John Richard Southall, 1860s.
Image P-4804/10-11 P-4804/10 P-4804/11	Photographs of two unidentified people, 1860s, sent to Stephenson from Cotten Newick.
Image P-4804/12-21 P-4804/12 P-4804/13 P-4804/14 P-4804/15 P-4804/16 P-4804/17 P-4804/18 P-4804/19 P-4804/20 P-4804/21	Photographs of buildings and landscapes of North Carolina in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Image P-4804/22-25 P-4804/22 P-4804/23 P-4804/24 P-4804/25	Postcards of the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893.
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Collection Number: 04804

Collection Title: William Stephenson Papers, 1977-1990