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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,000 items) |
Abstract | Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (1846-1929) of Pitt County, N.C., was a writer and campaigner for women's issues. Cotten was a leader in both the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and the National Congress of Mothers, through which she worked to advance the legal and educational status of women. She also published articles and poetry, most notably The White Doe (1901), a verse history of the Lost Colony. The collection consists primarily of letters from Sallie Southall Cotten to her son, Bruce Cotten, concerning family news, current events, and women's issues, including her work in various women's organizations and her lobbying activities in the North Carolina legislature. Also inlcuded is genealogical information on the Sims, Dromgoole, Walton, and Southall families; Sallie Southall Cotten's scrapbooks, 1885-1928, containing clippings, poems, pictures, and other memorabilia relating to her work with women's organizations, and to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; four notebooks of reminiscences, 1913-1916, and a copy of The White Doe. |
Creator | Cotten, Sallie Southall. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, March 1996
Encoded by: Joseph Nicholson, June 2006
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, July 2010
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (1846-1929) of Pitt County, N.C., was a writer and campaigner for women's issues. Cotten was a leader in both the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and the National Congress of Mothers, through which she worked to advance the legal and educational status of women. She also published articles and poetry, most notably The White Doe (1901), a verse history of the Lost Colony.
Back to TopThe collection primarily consists of letters from Sallie Southall Cotten to her son, Bruce Cotten, concerning family news; current events; and women's issues, including her work in various women's organizations and her lobbying activities in the North Carolina legislature. Also included is genealogical information on the Sims, Dromgoole, Walton, and Southall families; Sallie Southall Cotten's scrapbooks, 1885-1928, containing clippings, poems, pictures, and other memorabilia relating to her work with women's organizations, and to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; four notebooks of reminiscences, 1913-1916; and a copy of The White Doe.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
The letters are chiefly to Bruce Cotten from his mother, Sallie S. Cotten, or to her friend General W.J. Le Duc with references to her work on women's issues, news, and current events. There are also several family letters from her son, Lyman A. Cotten (1874-1926), naval commander, describing his diplomatic service in Tokyo and letters addressed to Bruce Cotten.
Folder 1 |
1891-1900 |
Folder 2 |
1902-1904 |
Folder 3 |
1905-1909 |
Folder 4 |
1910-1913 |
Folder 5 |
1914-1919 |
Folder 6 |
1920-1921 |
Folder 7 |
1922 |
Folder 8 |
1923 |
Folder 9 |
1924-1925 |
Folder 10 |
1926-1928 |
Folder 11 |
1929 |
Genealogical information collected by Sallie Cotten on the Southall, Sims, Dromgoole, and Walton Families.
Folder 12 |
Southall Family |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-2613/1 |
Genealogical chart of the Southall family |
Folder 13 |
Sims, Dromgoole, and Walton Families |
Arrangement: chronological.
Volumes consist of scrapbooks containing clippings, poems, pictures, and other memorabilia relating to Sallie Cotten's work with women's organizations; notebooks of reminiscences; and a copy of her book-length poem, The White Doe, containing a movie scenario and letter concerning the possibility of making a movie based on the story.
Folder 14 |
Volume 1: 1885-1898Scrapbook with clippings, poems, pictures, relating chiefly to the World's Fair and the New Woman. 100 pp. |
Folder 15 |
Volume 2: 1893Photocopy of a diary Sallie Cotten kept while in Chicago. 64 pp. |
Oversize Volume SV-2613/3 |
Volume 3: 1898-1917Scrapbook about activities of women's organizations, particularly the National Congress of Mothers, of which Sallie Cotten was secretary. 100 pp. |
Oversize Volume SV-2613/4 |
Volume 4: 1898-1917Scrapbook concerning women's clubs and movements. 100 pp. |
Folder 18 |
Volume 5: Before 1900Scrapbook. 100 pp. |
Folder 19 |
Volume 6: 1908-1912Photocopy of diary. 200 pp. |
Folder 20 |
Volume 7: 1913Reminiscences. 22 pp. |
Folder 21 |
Volume 8: 1914Reminiscences. 16 pp. |
Folder 22 |
Volume 9: 1915Reminiscences. 20 pp. |
Folder 23 |
Volume 10: 1916Reminiscences. 23 pp. |
Oversize Volume SV-2613/11 |
Volume 11: 1917-1921Scrapbook with clippings and programs of women's meetings. 200 pp. |
Oversize Volume SV-2613/12 |
Volume 12: 1922-1928Scrapbook with items concerning women's organizations and North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. 175 pp. |
Folder 26 |
Volume 13: UndatedScrapbook of poems and prints. 175 pp. |
Folder 27 |
Volume 14: 1901The White Doe by Sallie Southall Cotten. 96 pp. |