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Size | About 525 items (2.5 linear feet) |
Abstract | The George Tayloe Winston papers consist of correspondence, volumes, photographs, and scattered papers of George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932), professor and university president, and his sons, Hollis Taylor Winston (1877-1938) and Patrick Henry Winston (1881-1940). The collection documents life in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1879-1881; student life at the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy; service as an officer in the United States Navy, with references to ships, a 1902 naval battle in Panama, and the international affairs of Venezuela circa 1902-1903; a foreign study trip to France and Madeira; financial and domestic concerns; and courtship. |
Creator | Winston, George Tayloe, 1852-1932. |
Language | English. |
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George Tayloe Winston was the son of Patrick Henry Winston (1820-1886) and Martha Elizabeth Bird. Educated at Horner's School in Oxford, N.C., the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the United States Naval Academy, and Cornell University, he pursued graduate work at Cornell for a year after he graduated in 1874.
When the University of North Carolina reopened in 1875, Winston accepted a teaching position there. He administered the department of Latin and German and was elected secretary of the faculty. In 1891, Winston was elected president of the University of North Carolina when Kemp Plummer Battle resigned. He served as president for five years.
In 1896, Winston left Chapel Hill to become the first president of the University of Texas. Three years later, in 1899, he returned to North Carolina to assume the presidency of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Raleigh (now North Carolina State University). Winston retired from the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1908, at the age of 56.
In 1876, Winston married Caroline Sophia Taylor, of Hinsdale, N.H., whom he had met at Cornell. They had four children: Hollis Taylor, Patrick Henry, Lewis Taylor, and Isabella Byrd.
Hollis Taylor Winston (1877-1938) attended the University of North Carolina, 1893-1895, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1900. He served on the USS Columbia in the West Indian campaign, on the USS Charleston during Secretary of State Elihu Root's diplomatic tour of South America in 1906, and as gunnery officer aboard the Charleston. He was an instructor at Annapolis in 1910 and took part in the Nicaraguan and Mexican campaigns, 1913-1914, aboard the USS California. Winston was on engineering duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1917-1919, and in charge of engineering inspection for the Philadelphia district, 1920-1922. He retired from active duty in 1922 as a lieutenant commander.
Patrick Henry Winston (1881-1940) attended the United States Military Academy, 1901-1905. He resigned from the Army in 1906. He practiced law in Asheville, N.C, and then taught law at the University of North Carolina, 1909-1931. His wife Josephine Wilkinson Winston (1883-1961) was a librarian at the university.
For more information, see the articles on George Tayloe Winston and Hollis Taylor Winston in the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered papers of George Tayloe Winston and his sons, Hollis Taylor Winston (1877-1938) and Patrick Henry Winston (1881-1940); family papers relating to Patrick Henry Winston and his family; and many family photographs. Included are a memorandum book, 1879-1881, kept while George Tayloe Winston was a professor at the University of North Carolina, containing lecture notes on Roman history, a record of family expenses, and some records of Chapel Hill town school funds; an account book, 1903-1905, kept by Patrick Henry Winston while he was attending the United States Military Academy; and a manuscript book, 1900-1906, kept by Hollis Taylor Winston while he was a United States Navy officer, containing drawings and technical descriptions of ships on which he served, notes on cruises, a description of a naval battle in Panama, 20 January 1902, and comments on the international affairs of Venezuela, 1902-1903. Later materials include correpondence, financial and legal material, scrapbooks, recipe books, and genealogical research materials.
The Addition of October 2013 contains personal letters from Winston to his mother and father, written while he was a student at the United States Naval Academy. The letters describe a foreign study trip to France and Madeira. The letters discuss his voyage, French culture and customs, and Madeiran shipyards and culture. Also included is a typescript transcription of the letters and a newspaper clipping.
The Addition of March 2017 contains letters from George Tayloe Winston of Asheville, N.C., to his son, Patrick Henry Winston, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Letters include discussion of George Tayloe Winston's grief over the death of his wife, Caroline, finances, wills, visiting, advice from father to son, and influenza. Also included are letters from Patrick Henry Winston in Asheville, N.C., to Josephine Wilkinson in Port Gibson, Miss., documenting their courtship.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered papers of George Tayloe Winston and his sons, Hollis Taylor Winston (1877-1938) and Patrick Henry Winston (1881-1940); family papers, many relating to Patrick Henry Winston and his family; and many family photographs. Included are a memorandum book, 1879-1881, kept while George Tayloe Winston was a professor at the University of North Carolina, containing lecture notes on Roman history, a record of family expenses, and some records of Chapel Hill town school funds; an account book, 1903-1905, kept by Patrick Henry Winston while he was attending the United States Military Academy; and a manuscript book, 1900-1906, kept by Hollis Taylor Winston while he was a United States Navy officer, containing drawings and technical descriptions of ships on which he served, notes on cruises, a description of a naval battle in Panama, 20 January 1902, and comments on the international affairs of Venezuela, 1902-1903. Later materials include correpondence, financial and legal material, scrapbooks, recipe books, and genealogical research materials.
Personal letters from George Tayloe Winston to his mother and father, written while he was a student at the United States Naval Academy. The letters describe a foreign study trip to France and Madeira. Three of the letters were written from France and describe his voyage and arrival, the French countryside, French trains, French food and customs. In the letter of 4 August 1869, Winston describes, in great detail, his experiences in Paris, commenting on the Louvre, the Zoological Garden in the Bois de Boulgone, the Opera Comique, and Notre Dame. The 12 August 1869 letter is written from Funchal, Madeira (now an autonomous region of Portugal), and describes the navy yard and the variety of shops found in the city. The 18 September 1869 letter is written from Hampton Roads, Va., and describes the passage back to the United States. Also included is a typescript transcription of the letters and a clipping of an article by Mrs. George Tayloe Winston published on 27 April 1902 in the Raleigh News and Observer.
Folder 36 |
Letters, 1869 #00797, Series: "Addition of October 2013: Letters from George Tayloe Winston, 1869, 1902 (Acc. 101925)." Folder 36Includes typescript transcription of the letters. |
Folder 37 |
Newspaper clipping, 1902 #00797, Series: "Addition of October 2013: Letters from George Tayloe Winston, 1869, 1902 (Acc. 101925)." Folder 37 |
Arrangement: chronological
The Addition of March 2017 contains letters from George Tayloe Winston of Asheville, N.C., to his son, Patrick Henry Winston, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Letters include discussion of George Tayloe Winston's grief over the death his wife, Caroline, finances, wills, visiting, advice from father to son, and influenza. Also included are letters from Patrick Henry Winston in Asheville, N.C., to Josephine Wilkinson in Port Gibson, Miss., documenting their courtship.
Photographs (PF-797/1-29)
Oversize photographs (OP-PF-797/1)
Special format images (SF-P-00797/1)
Oversize volume (SV-797/1)
Oversize papers (OPF-797/1)
Back to TopProcessed by: Anna Brooke Allan
Encoded by: Linda Sellars
Updated because of addition by Amelia W. Holmes, March 2015
Updated because of addition by Rebecca Stubbs, Mitzi Townes, Christine Perry, April 2017
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