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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.
Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 825 items) |
Abstract | James Thomas Pugh (1873-1942), a teacher and lawyer of North Carolina, was the son of Sallie Keck Pugh and James Monroe Pugh (born 1826), a Confederate officer and storekeeper. The collection includes family correspondence and storekeeping records of the Pugh family in the 19th century. The collection includes accounts of dealings in merchandise by James Monroe Pugh, 1850s and late 1865, at various places in North Carolina, particularly in Alamance County. Civil War items include letters of James Monroe Pugh as a sergeant in the 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment serving in Virginia, and records he kept relating to cavalry horses and forage. The bulk of the papers consists of family letters and store records of James Monroe Pugh and his wife, Sallie Keck Pugh, at Morrisville, Wake County, N.C., 1868-1910. Family letters relate primarily to everyday life and interests, but include letters from James Thomas Pugh as a student and Latin instructor at the University of North Carolina, 1890-1894; a classics student at Harvard University, 1895-1897; teaching in Cleveland, Ohio, 1896-1897; and practicing law in Boston, Mass., after 1897. Also included is family correspondence of James Thomas Pugh's wife, Mabel Vaughan Pugh, and of his sons, Edward C. Pugh and Roger Vaughan Pugh. |
Creator | Pugh, James Thomas, 1873-1942. |
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, June 2009
Updated by: Laura Hart, July 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.
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James Thomas Pugh (1873-1942) of North Carolina was the son of Sallie Keck Pugh and James Monroe Pugh (born 1826), a Confederate officer and storekeeper. James Thomas was a student and Latin instructor at the University of North Carolina, 1890-1894; a classics student at Harvard, 1895-1897; a teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, 1896-1897; and lawyer in Boston after 1897. He was married to Mabel Vaughan Pugh. Their children were Edward C. and Roger Vaughan Pugh.
Back to TopChiefly family correspondence and storekeeping records of a North Carolina family in the 19th century. The collection includes accounts of dealings in merchandise by James Monroe Pugh, 1850s and late 1865, at various places in North Carolina, particularly in Alamance County. Civil War items include letters to Sallie Keck from her brother James Keck with the 6th North Carolina Regiment and from her future husband, James Monroe Pugh, as a sergeant in the 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment serving in Virginia. There are also records kept by James Monroe relating to cavalry horses and forage. The bulk of the papers consists of family letters and store records of James Monroe Pugh and his wife, Sallie Keck Pugh, at Morrisville, Wake County, N.C., 1868-1910. Family letters relate primarily to everyday life and interests, but include letters from James Thomas Pugh as a student at various institutions and while a teacher in Ohio and lawyer in Boston, Mass. There is also a group of letters, 1910-1973, from family members received by James Thomas Pugh's sister, Mabel Pugh, at Morrisville and at Peace College in Raleigh, N.C., and family correspondence of James Thomas Pugh's wife, Mabel Vaughan Pugh, and his sons, Edward C. and Roger Vaughan Pugh. Also included are scholastic writings of James Thomas Pugh produced during his studies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1-4
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4 |
Papers, 1835-1865 |
Folder 5-22
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22 |
Papers, 1869-1910 |
Folder 23-41
Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41 |
Papers, 1911-1973 and undated |
Folder 42 |
Clippings |
Oversize Volume SV-1590/1 |
Volume 1: Daybook, James M. Pugh, 1852-1865 |
Folder 44 |
Volume 2: Account book, merchandise, 1855 |
Folder 45 |
Volume 3: Record book, 1st North Carolina Cavalry, December 1964-April 1965 |
Folder 46 |
Volume 4: Account book, James M. Pugh, 1864-1865 |
Folder 47 |
Volume 5: Record book, post office of Morrisville, N.C., 1869-1870 |
Folder 48 |
Volume 6: Daybook, 1901-1904 |
Folder 49 |
Volume 7: Thesis, James T. Pugh, "Satires of Horace and Persius," 1894 |
Folder 50 |
Volume 8: Thesis, James T. Pugh, "The Poet Agathon," 1896 |
Folder 51-53
Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53 |
Volumes 9-11: Thesis, James T. Pugh, "Athena upon Acropolises," 1897 |