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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 40 items) |
Abstract | Montford McGehee (1822-1895) was a Person County, N.C., planter, legislator, and North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, 1880-1887. The collection includes albums and recipe books of some of his female relatives; poems and Greek translations by Lucius Polk McGehee (1868-1923), University of North Carolina professor; and a few scattered deeds and legal papers of Montford McGehee. There is also a series of family letters written to Mary McGehee, Montford McGehee's widowed sister-in-law. |
Creator | McGehee, Montford, 1822-1895. |
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, May 2009
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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Montford McGehee (1822-1895) was a Person County, N.C., planter, legislator, and North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, 1880-1887. He was married to Sally Polk Badger.
Mary McGehee was Montford McGehee's widowed sister-in-law.
Back to TopThe collection includes albums and recipe books of female relatives of Montford McGehee including Mary Polk McGehee Hughes, Anne Jane Mollan, and Annie Skinner; poems and Greek translations by Lucius Polk McGehee (1868-1923), University of North Carolina professor; and a few scattered deeds and legal papers of Montford McGehee and clippings of articles written by him. There is also a series of scattered letters to Mary McGehee discussing family affairs.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1841-1890 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: Album, Anne Jane Mollan, 1824-1834 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 2: Recipe book, Annie Skinner, 1882 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 3: Recipes, undated |
Folder 5 |
Volume 4: Poems and translations, Lucius P. McGehee |
Folder 6 |
Volume 5: Composition book, Mary Polk McGehee Hughes |
Folder 7 |
1849-1871 |