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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
Abstract | Baron Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743) of Switzerland, Landgrave of Carolina, founded New Bern, N.C., in 1710. His family and descendents resided in Switzerland and America. The collection includes pictures, biographical and genealogical clippings and writings, and family data relating to Baron Christoph von Graffenried and his family and descendants. One original item is a letter, 1735, from the Baron to his son about genealogy. |
Creator | De Graffenried (Family : Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743) |
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, August 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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Baron Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743) of Switzerland, Landgrave of Carolina, founded New Bern, N.C., in 1710. His family and descendants resided in Switzerland and America.
Back to TopThe collection includes pictures, biographical and genealogical clippings and writings, and family data relating to Baron Christoph von Graffenried and his family and descendants in Switzerland and America. One original item is a letter, 1735, from the Baron to his son about genealogy. There is also a rare booklet, 1777, Neuer Schreib-Calender auf das Jahre Christi listing the names of public officials, some from the de Graffenried family.
Back to TopArrangement: materials have, for the most part, been maintained as received.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
Genealogical correspondence (typescripts and manuscripts) |
Folder 3 |
Neuer Schreib-Calender auf das Jahre Christi 1777 |
Folder 4 |
"The Lord's Supper" (photocopy) |
Folder 5 |
Schloss Munchenwiler: Villars-les-Moines |
Folder 6 |
Burgistein Castle |
Folder 7 |
Chateau La Poya and Baron Arnold de Graffenried |
Folder 8 |
Seals of Peter de Graffenriet, 1385, and Niclaus de Graffenriet, 1496 (reproductions) |
Folder 9 |
Certificates, 1660 and 1835 (photocopies) |
Folder 10 |
Rene Rudolf von Graffenried (1957), memorial biography |
Folder 11 |
Arthur Graham Glasgow and Ellen Glasgow |
Folder 12 |
Robert Wickliffe Woolley |
Folder 13 |
John Temple Graves and family |
Folder 14 |
Newspaper articles on de Graffenried family (photocopies) |
Folder 15 |
Thomas P. de Graffenried |
Image Folder PF-1692/1-7
PF-1692/1PF-1692/2PF-1692/3PF-1692/4PF-1692/5PF-1692/6PF-1692/7 |
PicturesIncludes photographic reproductions of portraits of de Graffenried family members and dwellings. Persons represented are Abraham de Graffenried (1533-1601), Anton de Graffenried (1573-1628), Anton de Graffenried (1597-1674), Emmanuel de Graffenried (1636-1713), Emmanuel de Graffenried (1665-1738), Bernhard de Graffenried (1684-1747), Barbara de Graffenried (born 1645), Nicholas de Graffenried (1653-1731), Robert P. de Graffenried, J. Lacy de Graffenried, and Matthew Fontaine de Graffenried, among others. |