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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 50 items) |
Abstract | John H. Wheeler was a historian, diplomat, and public official. A native of Murfreesboro, N.C., Wheeler lived in Washington, D.C., during the time documented by these papers, except for a stint as minister to Nicaragua, 1854-1856, and during the Civil War. The collection contains scattered papers of Wheeler, including 24 letters received from his son, Levi Woodbury Wheeler, with the 3rd North Carolina Artillery Regiment and the 10th North Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion in the Confederate army in Virginia and North Carolina; a catalog of John H. Wheeler's library in 1850; and a scrapbook of clippings and notes by Wheeler about North Carolina history. Also included are five rolls of microfilm containing diaries and other volumes of miscellaneous material such as clippings, invitations, obituaries, and event programs and tickets. |
Creator | Wheeler, John H. (John Hill), 1806-1882. |
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: 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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John H. Wheeler was a historian, diplomat, and public official. A native of Murfreesboro, N.C., Wheeler lived in Washington, D.C., during the time documented by these papers, except for a stint as minister to Nicaragua, 1854-1856, and during the Civil War.
Back to TopThe collection contains scattered papers of Wheeler, including twenty-four letters received from his son, Levi Woodbury Wheeler, with the 3rd North Carolina Artillery Regiment and the 10th North Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion in the Confederate army in Virginia and North Carolina; a catalog of John H. Wheeler's library in 1850; and a scrapbook of clippings and notes by Wheeler about North Carolina history. Also included are five rolls of microfilm containing diaries and other volumes of miscellaneous material such as clippings, invitations, obituaries, and event programs and tickets.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1830-1857 |
Folder 2 |
1861-1864 |
Folder 3 |
Newspaper clippings |
Folder 4 |
Enclosures from Volume 1 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 2: Manuscript volume, catalog of Wheeler's library June 1850Contains about 1,200 titles, from four cases. |
Folder 6 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook compiled by Wheeler for his history of North Carolina |
Reel M-765/1-5
M-765/1M-765/2M-765/3M-765/4M-765/5 |
Diaries and miscellaneous volumes, 1854-1882 |