Collection Number:
00548
Collection Title: Nisbet Family Papers, 1752-1936
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material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available
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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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4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2200 items) |
Abstract |
Members of the Nisbet family resided in Macon, Ga. Junius Wingfield Nisbet (1858-1933)
was a lawyer and civic leader. The collection consists mainly of correspondence and genealogical and historical writings
of Nisbet, as well as family and business correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and
three manuscript plays he wrote. Nisbet kept diaries and/or commonplace books at Macon,
1869 and 1875-1883; at the University of Georgia, 1873; and while in Washington, D.C.,
as clerk of a committee of the United States House of Representatives, 1884-1885.
Also included is some correspondence, 1840s to 1890s, of Junius Wingfield Nisbet's
father, James Taylor Nisbet (1828-1894), lawyer, and of his grandfather, Eugenius
Aristides Nisbet (1803-1871), jurist and United States Representative, both of Macon,
Ga., mostly relating to the practice of law. A scrapbook, correspondence, and other
papers relate to Nisbet's father-in-law, John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900), officer of
the Confederate privateer
Alabama.
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Creator |
Nisbet family. |
Language |
English |
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- No usage restrictions.
- 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 Nisbet Family Papers, #548, Southern Historical Collection,
The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Acquired in part by purchase prior to 1940 and in part as a gift of James U. and Richard
J. Nisbet, 1945.
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
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person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
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- John Nisbet papers (#943)
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet Papers, John McIntosh Kell Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library, Duke University
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Members of the Nisbet family resided in Macon, Ga. Junius Wingfield Nisbet (1858-1933)
was a lawyer and civic leader.
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The collection consists mainly of correspondence and genealogical and historical writings
of Junius Wingfield Nisbet (1858-1933). Also present are family and business correspondence,
diaries, scrapbooks, and three manuscript plays he wrote. Nisbet kept diaries and/or
commonplace books at Macon, 1869 and 1875-1883; at the University of Georgia, 1873;
and while in Washington, D.C., as clerk of a committee of the United States House
of Representatives, 1884-1885. Also included is some correspondence, 1840s to 1890s,
of Junius Wingfield Nisbet's father, James Taylor Nisbet (1828-1894), lawyer, and
of his grandfather, Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (1803-1871), jurist and United States
Representative, both of Macon, Ga., mostly relating to the practice of law. A scrapbook,
correspondence, and other papers relate to Nisbet's father-in-law, John McIntosh Kell
(1823-1900), officer of the Confederate privateer
Alabama.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1752-1936 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series contains personal, business, and genealogical correspondence of Junius
Wingfield Nisbet. Included are some ancestral papers, many in French and German that
relate to Jean Jaques Stromer of Cologne, Germany and the Stromer and Schmits families;
papers of Eugenius A. Nisbet and James T. Nisbet; biographical sketches; bills and
receipts; and newspaper clippings.
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Folder 3
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Folder 4
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Folder 5
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Folder 6
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Folder 7
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Folder 8
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Folder 9
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Folder 10
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Folder 11
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Folder 12
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Folder 13
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Folder 14
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Folder 15
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Folder 16
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Folder 17
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Folder 18
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Folder 19
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Folder 20-24
Folder 20
Folder 21
Folder 22
Folder 23
Folder 24
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Folder 25
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Folder 26
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Folder 27
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Folder 28
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Folder 29-31
Folder 29
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Folder 31
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Folder 32-34
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Folder 33
Folder 34
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Folder 35-36
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Folder 36
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Folder 37-39
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Folder 38
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Folder 40-42
Folder 40
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Folder 43
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Folder 44
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Folder 45-46
Folder 45
Folder 46
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Folder 47a
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Folder 47b
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Folder 47c
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Folder 47d
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Folder 48-51
Folder 48
Folder 49
Folder 50
Folder 51
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Folder 52
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Folder 53
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Series 2. Volumes, 1869-1925 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series contains volumes of scrapbooks, diaries, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts.
Folder 54
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Diary of Junius Wingfield Nisbet, 1869, containing mostly meditations in religion
and philosophy, quotations, and comments. There is also mention of the weather, court,
Bible class, and personal events.
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Folder 55
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Scrapbook of Junius Wingfield Nisbet, 1870-1883, containing newspaper clippings and
records of local events and family news.
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Folder 56
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Diary and essays of Miss Ophelia Reid Nisbet, 9 February-14 December 1874.
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Folder 57
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Diary of Junius Wingfield Nisbet, 1873.
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Folder 58
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Commonplace book and diary of Junius Wingfield Nisbet, 1879-1885.
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Folder 59
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Scrapbook, 1884-1893, containing newspaper clippings relating to Macon and family.
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Folder 60
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Oversize Volume SV-548/7
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Scrapbook, 1894-1901.
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Folder 61
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Oversize Volume SV-548/8
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Scrapbook includes clippings of articles by and concerning John McIntosh Kell, and
the Confederate Ship
Alabama, 1894-1912.
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Folder 62a
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Scrapbook split into two folders, containing newspaper clippings, 1901-1925.
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Folder 62b
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Folder 63
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Scrapbook, newspaper clippings, 1904-1928.
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Folder 64
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Oversize Volume SV-548/11
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Scrapbook, poetry and newspaper clippings.
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Folder 65
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Oversize Volume SV-548/12
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Scrapbook, clippings related to Confederate history.
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Folder 66
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Oversize Volume SV-548/13
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Scrapbook, clippings related to Confederate history.
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Folder 67
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Oversize Volume SV-548/14
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Scrapbook, clippings related to Confederate history.
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Folder 68
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Oversize Volume SV-548/15
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Scrapbook, clippings related to Confederate history.
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Folder 69a
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Manuscripts of writings by Junius Wingfield Nisbet, split into 4 folders.
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Folder 69b
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Folder 69c
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Folder 69d
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Folder 70
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Manuscripts, notes for a play.
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Folder 71a
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Manuscript of Junius Wingfield Nisbet's historical drama, "Charlotte Corday." Split into 2 folders.
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Folder 71b
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Folder 72
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Manuscript play, written on tablet.
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, October 2010; Nancy
Kaiser, January 2021
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.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to
facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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