Collection Number:
02323
Collection Title: Benjamin Robinson Huske Papers, 1779-1937
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material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available
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Size |
2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract |
Benjamin Robinson Huske and family lived chiefly in Fayetteville, N.C. The collection
includes scattered papers of relatives and ancestors of Huske, including the following:
late 18th- and early 19th-century papers of the Huske, Attmore, and Strange families,
including correspondence; a travel diary and lettercopy books, 1783-1799, of William
Attmore, merchant of Philadelphia, Pa., and New Bern, N.C.; and a long patriotic poem
written during the War of 1812 by Robert Strange (1796-1854) of Fayetteville, N.C.
Also included are family and church correspondence, sermons, and other ministerial
records of Joseph Caldwell Huske (1822-1897), rector of St. John's Episcopal Church,
Fayetteville, N.C., chiefly 1840s and 1870s-1890s, and military reports and returns
of B.R. Huske (son of J.C. Huske) as major of in the North Carolina volunteers in
the Spanish-American War.
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Creator |
Huske, Benjamin Robinson, 1862-1937. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Benjamin Robinson Huske Papers, #2323, Southern Historical
Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
- Alternate Form of Material
- Partial microfilm copy available.
- Acquisitions Information
- Acquired 1936; 1948
- Gifts 1936; 1948
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical
Collection.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Finding Aid Updated by: Amanda Loeb, September 2012; Laura Hart, December 2021
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The following terms from
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's
online catalog.
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Attmore family.
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Attmore, William, d. 1800.
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Clergy--North Carolina--History--19th century.
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Diaries (Blank-books)
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Episcopal Church--Clergy--History--19th century.
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Episcopal Church--North Carolina--History--19th century.
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Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
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Fayetteville (N.C.)--History.
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Fayetteville (N.C.)--Religion--19th century.
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Fayetteville (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
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Huske family.
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Huske, Benjamin Robinson, 1862-1937.
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Huske, Joseph C. (Joseph Caldwell), 1822-1897.
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Merchants--North Carolina--History--18th century.
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Merchants--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
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New Bern (N.C.)--Commerce--History--18th century.
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Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce--History--18th century.
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Sermons, American--North Carolina--19th century.
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Spanish-American War, 1898.
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St. John's Episcopal Church (Fayetteville, N.C.)--History.
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Strange family.
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Strange, Robert, 1796-1854.
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Travelers--United States--Diaries.
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United States--History--War of 1812--Poetry.
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United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
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Benjamin Robinson Huske and family lived chiefly in Fayetteville, N.C.
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The collection includes scattered papers of relatives and ancestors of Huske, including
the following: late 18th- and early 19th-century papers of the Huske, Attmore, and
Strange families, including correspondence; a travel diary and lettercopy books, 1783-1799,
of William Attmore, merchant of Philadelphia, Pa., and New Bern, N.C.; and a long
patriotic poem written during the War of 1812 by Robert Strange (1796-1854) of Fayetteville,
N.C. Also included are family and church correspondence, sermons, and other ministerial
records of Joseph Caldwell Huske (1822-1897), rector of St. John's Episcopal Church,
Fayetteville, N.C., chiefly 1840s and 1870s-1890s, and military reports and returns
of B.R. Huske (son of J.C. Huske) as major of in the North Carolina volunteers in
the Spanish-American War.
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Contents list
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Folder 2
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Folder 3
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Folder 4
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Folder 5
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Folder 6
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Folder 7
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Folder 8
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Folder 9-10
Folder 9
Folder 10
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Folder 11
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Folder 12
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Folder 13
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Folder 14-15
Folder 14
Folder 15
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Folder 16
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Folder 17
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Folder 18
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Folder 19
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Folder 20
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Folder 21
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Folder 22
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Folder 23
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Folder 24
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Folder 25
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Folder 26
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Folder 27
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Folder 28
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Folder 29
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Folder 30
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Folder 31
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Folder 32
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Folder 33
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Folder 34
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Folder 35
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Folder 36
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Oversize Volume SV-2323/20
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Folder 38a
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Folder 38b
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Image Folder PF-2323/1
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Reel M-2323/1
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