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Size | 7.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3,150 items) |
Abstract | Elizabeth Henderson Cotten (1875-1975) worked in the Southern Historical Collection and was secretary of the Friends of the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Papers include correspondence, reports, and clippings concerning restoration or historical projects in North Carolina. The collection is divided into six series, including: Old North Carolina houses; Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.); Nash-Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.); St. John's Episcopal Church (Williamsboro, N.C.); Virginia Dare; and the John Paul Jones-Willie Jones tradition. |
Creator | Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson. |
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, July 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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Elizabeth Henderson Cotten (1875-1975) worked in the Southern Historical Collection and was secretary of the Friends of the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Before her husband's death in 1926, Mrs. Cotten lived for some time in Istanbul, Turkey, and Tokyo, Japan, and was active in Women's Clubs there. She was an advocate of women's rights, and was active in the Democratic Party, the Episcopal Church, Liberty Loan Drives of World War I, Red Cross relief in the influenza epidemic of 1918, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Colonial Dames.
A leader in the Tryon Palace Restoration, and involved in many other North Carolina preservation and restoration projects, she was co-editor of Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina (1939) and author of The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition (1966).
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, reports, speeches, and clippings concerning various restoration or historical projects in North Carolina with which Elizabeth Henderson Cotten was involved. Projects covered include the publication of two volumes on early North Carolina homes and architecture; the restoration of Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.), the Nash-Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.), and St. John's Episcopal Church (Williamsboro, N.C.); research and speaking engagements on Virginia Dare; and the publication of a volume on the John Paul Jones-Willie Jones tradition.
Back to TopCorrespondence, clippings, and scrapbook dealing especially with preparations for Early Architecture of North Carolina with photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston and text by Thomas Tileston Watterman; Old Homes of North Carolina was sponsored by a committee of the Garden Clubs of North Carolina consisting of Mrs. Charles A. Cannon, Elizabeth H. Cotten, and Mrs. James A. Latham with photographs by Mrs. Bayard Wootten and text by Archibald Henderson; and New Bern: Cradle of North Carolina.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence to and from Elizabeth H. Cotten about the preparation and publication of Early Architecture of North Carolina, Old Homes of North Carolina, and New Bern: Cradle of North Carolina.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1-4a |
1936-1937 |
Folder 4b-5 |
1938 |
Folder 6-12
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12 |
1939 |
Folder 13 |
Reviews of Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina, 1939-1940 |
Folder 14-15
Folder 14Folder 15 |
1940 |
Folder 16 |
Lists of houses, 1940 |
Folder 17 |
1941 |
Folder 18 |
Reviews and clippings of Early Architecture of North Carolina, 1942 |
Folder 19 |
1943 |
Folder 20a |
Dedication to Early Architecture of North Carolina |
Folder 20b |
1949 |
Lists, undated |
Arrangement: alphabetical by county.
Clippings and other materials related to historical buildings in North Carolina.
Correspondence, reports, speeches, and inventories of furnishings dealing with the work of the Committee for the Restoration of Tryon Palace at New Bern, N.C., of which Elizabeth H. Cotten was a member.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence, speeches, inventories, and other materials dealing with the restoration of Tryon Palace.
Folder 77a-77b |
1949-1952 |
Folder 78-80
Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
1953 |
Folder 81-84
Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84 |
1954 |
Folder 85-88
Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88 |
1955 |
Folder 89-93
Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93 |
1956 |
Folder 94-104
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104 |
1958 |
Folder 105-109
Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109 |
1959 |
Folder 110-120
Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120 |
1960 |
Folder 121-131
Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131 |
1961 |
Folder 132-136
Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136 |
1962 |
Folder 137-140
Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140 |
1963 |
Folder 140 |
Undated |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence dealing with ancestry of Tryon Council and Commons members who wished to have their names in a book at Tryon Palace.
Folder 141 |
Ashe |
Berry |
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Folder 142-144
Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144 |
Blount |
Folder 145 |
Branch |
Folder 146-153
Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153 |
Bryan |
Folder 154 |
Burgwyn |
Folder 155 |
Campbell |
Folder 155-156
Folder 155Folder 156 |
Caswell |
Folder 156 |
Elliott |
Folder 157-159
Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159 |
Haywood |
Folder 15-160
Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160 |
Heritage |
Folder 161 |
Johnston |
Lloyd |
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Folder 162 |
McCulloch |
Folder 162-163
Folder 162Folder 163 |
Montfort |
Folder 163 |
Moore |
Folder 164 |
Murray |
Pfifer |
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Folder 165 |
Polk |
Rutherford |
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Folder 166 |
Sheppard |
Swann |
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Folder 167 |
Vail |
Ward |
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Folder 168 |
Williams |
Wynns |
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Folder 169-172
Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 173-174
Folder 173Folder 174 |
Non-descendants |
Papers of Jessie Parker of Hillsborough, N.C., representative of the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, all relating to attempts to save and restore the house in Hillsborough in which Maria Nash, Sallie Nash, and Sara Kollock had a school for young ladies, 1859-1891. In addition to Parker's correspondence on the subject, there is some data relating to the history of the school and the house, a list compiled in the 1940s of students of the school, mounted press notices relating to the campaign to save the house, and diagrams of classroom layout.
Folder 175 |
1951-1954 |
Folder 176 |
1955 |
Folder 177 |
1956 |
Folder 178 |
1957-1960 |
Folder 179 |
1961-1962 |
Folder 180 |
Clippings |
Folder 181 |
Notes |
Diagrams |
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Folder 182 |
Correspondence, 1944-1945 |
Folder 183 |
Correspondence, 1946 |
Folder 184 |
Correspondence, 1947-1948 |
Folder 185 |
Correspondence, undated |
Correspondence dealing with the restoration of St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamsboro, N.C., mainly with the architects, Milton Grigg, and other members of the committee on restoration, of which Elizabeth H. Cotten was secretary. Also included are clippings and a drawing of St. John's created by the architect.
Folder 186-187
Folder 186Folder 187 |
Committee formation correspondence, 1949 |
Folder 188-189
Folder 188Folder 189 |
1949-1950 |
Folder 190 |
1951 |
Folder 191-192
Folder 191Folder 192 |
1952 |
Folder 192-193
Folder 192Folder 193 |
1953 |
Folder 193-195
Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195 |
1954 |
Folder 196 |
1955 |
Folder 197 |
1956 |
Folder 198 |
1957 |
Folder 199 |
1958-1962 |
Folder 200 |
Clippings |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-1650/1 |
Architect's drawing |
Correspondence, speeches, and photographs dealing with the rescue and eventual placement of Louise Lander's statue of Virginia Dare in the Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island, N.C. and of the Virginia Dare desk and gavel in the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Correspondence is mainly among Elizabeth H. Cotten, Mrs. George Pou, and Dr. Christopher Crittenden. Speeches are by Elizabeth Cotten and Sallie Southall Cotten.
Folder 201-203
Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203 |
Virginia Dare materials |
Image Folder PF-1650/1 |
Photographs |
Includes correspondence, notes, and typescripts concerning John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Correspondence is chiefly among Elizabeth H. Cotten, Harry A. Baldridge, Josephus Daniels, and Ernest Eller concerning the claim that John Paul added Jones to his name out of gratitude to Willie and Allen Jones of North Carolina. Also included are notes and typescripts of chapters of The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition.
Folder 204-205
Folder 204Folder 205 |
1947-1950 |
Folder 206 |
1957-1959 |
Enclosures |
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Folder 207 |
1960 |
Folder 208 |
1961-1967 |
Folder 209-214
Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214 |
Undated |
Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214 |
Notes |
Folder 215 |
Chapter 1, The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition |
Folder 216 |
Chapter 2, The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition |
Chapter 3, The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition |
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Folder 217 |
Chapter 4, The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition |
Chapter 5, The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition |
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Chapter 6, The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition |
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Folder 218 |
Clippings |