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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 400 items) |
Abstract | James Morris Morgan (1845-1928) was a Confederate naval officer; a soldier in Egypt, 1870-1871; a businessman in Washington, D.C.; and an author. The collection includes letters, chiefly 1900-1925, from Morgan to his daughter, niece, and nephew, containing personal news, reflections, and advice. Also included are later letters between family members in Shreveport, La., and Washington, D.C.; scattered letters received by Morgan; and a few items relating to his Confederate and Egyptian service. |
Creator | Morgan, James Morris, 1845-1928. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
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.
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James Morris Morgan (1845-1928) was a Confederate naval officer; a soldier in Egypt, 1870-1871; a businessman in Washington, D.C.; and author.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters, chiefly 1900-1925, from James Morris Morgan to his daughter, niece, and nephew, containing personal news, reflections, and advice. Also included are later letters between family members in Shreveport, La., and Washington, D.C.; scattered letters received by Morgan; and a few items relating to his Confederate and Egyptian service.
Back to TopChiefly letters, 1903-1927, from James Morris Morgan to his daughter Helen Morgan Wallace and to his niece Ethel Barry while he lived in Washington, D.C. There are also come Civil War papers and some items relating to Morgan's service in Egypt, 1870-1871, as well as scattered letters received by Morgan. Papers 1935-1950 consist of letters from Howell Morgan of Shreveport, La., to Helen Morgan Wallace about personal and family history.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Biography, family tree, and pictures |
Folder 2 |
1776-1871 |
Folder 3 |
1885-1899 |
Folder 4 |
1900-1905 |
Folder 5 |
1906-1911 |
Folder 6 |
1912-1915 |
Folder 7 |
1916-1917 |
Folder 8 |
1918-1925 |
Folder 9 |
1927-1950 |
Folder 10 |
Undated and miscellaneous |
Chiefly letters written by James Morris Morgan to his nephew, Howell Morgan, of Louisiana. The letters are concerned with their daily affairs and with personal and family events. One letter, 1884, was written while James Morris Morgan was employed in helping put up the Statue of Liberty; seven letters were written during the period in the 1890s when Morgan was engaged in farming and horsebreeding in Maryland; and the remainder were written after he took up residence in Washington, D.C., and was sometime assistant manager of International Banking Corporation and treasurer of Midwest Oil and Gas Company.
Folder 11 |
1884-1902 |
Folder 12 |
1903-1904 |
Folder 13 |
1905-1906 |
Folder 14 |
1907-1912 |
Folder 15 |
1913-1918 |
Folder 16 |
1919-1925 |