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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
Abstract | Alice Spencer Kerr (1858-1879), a teacher, was the daughter of Washington Caruthers Kerr (1827-1885), state geologist and lecturer at the University of North Carolina. The collection includes personal letters, chiefly 1876-1879, received by Alice Kerr from friends and relatives while she was a student at the Peace Institute, Raleigh, N.C., and at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and while she was a teacher at Winston Academy, 1877-1878, and the Peace Institute, 1878. Included are many letters written by Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908) during Kerr's illness in 1879, giving social news of Chapel Hill, N.C.; letters, after 1879, addressed to Kerr's sister Lizzie; and a notebook Alice Kerr kept while a student at the Peace Institute. |
Creator | Kerr, Alice Spencer, 1858-1879. |
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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Alice Spencer Kerr (1858-1879), a teacher, was the daughter of Washington Caruthers Kerr (1827-1885), state geologist and lecturer at the University of North Carolina. Alice Kerr was educated at the Peace Institute in Raleigh, N.C., and the University of North Carolina Normal School in Chapel Hill, N.C. She taught at the Winston Academy, 1877-1878, and at the Peace Institute, 1878.
Back to TopThe collection includes personal letters, chiefly 1876-1879, received by Alice Kerr from friends and relatives. Included are many letters written by Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908) and June Spencer giving social news of Chapel Hill, N.C, and the University of North Carolina. There are also letters addressed to Lizzie Kerr, Alice's sister, particularly from family and friends in sympathy after Alice's death, but also from R. F. Smith in courtship, and from W. M. Wiley while in France. Also included are a manuscript magazine, "Banner of Peace," apparently compiled by students of the Peace Institute and a small account book, 1862-1863, recording laborers and wages paid.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1872-1877 |
Folder 2 |
1878 |
Folder 3-4
Folder 3Folder 4 |
1879 |
Folder 5 |
1880-1882 |
Folder 6 |
1883 |
Folder 7-8
Folder 7Folder 8 |
1884 |
Folder 9 |
1885-1887 |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
Undated |
Folder 12 |
"Banner of Peace," newspaper clipping |
Folder 13 |
Volume 1: Account book, labor, 1862-1863 |