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Collection Number: 00568

Collection Title: James Hervey Otey Papers, 1823-1885

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival 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 through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


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Size 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items)
Abstract James Hervey Otey was an Episcopal bishop of Tennessee, 1834-1863. The collection includes sermons, diary, and correspondence. The bulk of the collection is made up of more than 130 manuscript sermons and lectures plus a quantity of notes and fragments. The fourteen volumes comprise a diary of Otey's daily activities, 1840-1862 (with occasional gaps). Correspondence includes letters from the 1820s and 1830s from Otey's father, Isaac, a prominent citizen and state legislator from Bedford County, Va., concerning family news, and Virginia politics; letters on church business, including a copy of one from Otey to Bishop John H. Hopkins, 1862, giving Otey's views on the organization of the church in the Confederate States, the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation, and mentioning the abuses of the federal forces occupying Tennessee; and correspondence of Eliza D. (Pannill) Otey, wife of James.
Creator Otey, James Hervey, 1800-1863.
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 James Hervey Otey Papers, #568, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy of Volume 8 (Diary, 1852) available.
Acquisitions Information
Gifts 1940-1952
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
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.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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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.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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James Hervey Otey (1800-1863) was an Episcopal bishop of Tennessee, 1834-1863. His father, Isaac, was a prominent citizen and state legislator from Bedford County, Va.

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The collection includes sermons, diary, and correspondence. The bulk of the collection is made up of more than 130 manuscript sermons and lectures plus a quantity of notes and fragments. The fourteen volumes comprise a diary of Otey's daily activities, 1840-1862 (with occasional gaps). Correspondence includes letters from the 1820s and 1830s from Otey's father, Isaac, a prominent citizen and state legislator from Bedford County, Va., concerning family news, and Virginia politics; letters on church business, including a copy of one from Otey to Bishop John H. Hopkins, 1862, giving Otey's views on the organization of the church in the Confederate States, the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation, and mentioning the abuses of the federal forces occupying Tennessee; and correspondence of Eliza D. (Pannill) Otey, wife of James.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1823-1885 and undated.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Folder 1

1823-1825

Folder 2

1826

Folder 3

1830-1843

Folder 4

Letterbook fragment, 1844-1849

Fragments are written backwards and may be read easily with a mirror.

Folder 5

1844-1858

Folder 6

1860-1862

Folder 7

1863-1885 and undated

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About 10 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Folder 8

Sermon fragments

Folder 9

Deuteronomy

Folder 10a

Ecclesiastes

Folder 10b

Exodus

Folder 10c

Genesis

Folder 11

Isaiah

Folder 12

Jeremiah

Folder 13

First and Second Kings

Folder 14

Nehemiah

Folder 15

Numbers

Folder 16

Proverbs

Folder 17

Psalms

Folder 18

Samuel

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About 20 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Folder 19

Acts

Folder 20

First Corinthians

Folder 21

Second Corinthians

Folder 22a

Daniel

Folder 22b

Ephesians

Folder 23

Galatians

Folder 24

Hebrews

Folder 25

James

Folder 26

Joel

Folder 27

John

Folder 28

Luke

Folder 29

Mark

Folder 30

Matthew

Folder 31

Paul

Folder 32

First and Second Peter

Folder 33a

Philippians

Folder 33b

Revelations

Folder 34

Romans

Folder 35

First Thessalonians

Folder 36

Second Timothy

Folder 37

Miscellaneous and unlabeled

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