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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Burnett Family Papers, #106-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from A. J. Norwood prior to 1940.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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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• Burnett family.
• Burnett, Anna, fl. 1911-1919.
• Burnett, Atlas A., 1815-1899.
• Burnett, Zach, fl. 1842-1863.
• China--Social conditions--1912-1949.
• Farmers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Granville County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Granville County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Japan--Social conditions--1912-1945.
• Missions--China--History--20th century.
• Missions--India--History--20th century.
• Missions--Japan--History--20th century.
• Missions--Korea--History--20th century.
• Oriental Missionary Society.

The Burnett family, farmers of Granville, N.C., included Atlas A. Burnett, (fl. 1842-1863); Zach Burnett, one time resident of Chapel Hill, N.C., (fl. 1842-1863); Ferrington Burnett, (fl. 1842); Martha Burnett, (fl. 1842); and Anna Burnett, one time resident of Bynum, N.C.,(fl. 1911-1919).

The collection contains letters of the Burnett family primarily concerning family matters, farming, and religion. Letters, 1842-1863, are mostly family communications containing information on important events including marriages and births. Some letters of this period note produce prices for corn, wheat, tobacco, and bacon. Letters dated 1911-1926 from missionaries in China and Japan discuss their progress in Japan, Korea, China, and India, and comment on war and living conditions in China.