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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915) was professor of Greek at the University of South Carolina, 1898-1910, and at the University of North Carolina, 1910-1915. He was an author of textbooks and editor of classical texts. He was also a schoolmaster and teacher in the southern states before 1898. He received an M.A. in 1895 from the University of the South, graduated from the University of Virginia, and attended Colonel William Gordon McCabe's school in Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, notes, and writings of Bain, chiefly letters from southern classical scholars and other southern educators. Correspondents include Colonel William Gordon McCabe (1841-1920), founder and headmaster of the University School at Petersburg and Richmond, Va., and rector of the University of Virginia; Willis H. Bocock, professor of Greek at the University of Georgia; Eben Alexander; and Basil L. Gildersleeve (1831-1924). |
Creator | Bain, Charles Wesley, 1864-1915. |
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 2010
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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Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915) was the son of George McK. and Willie Frances Cherry Bain of Norfolk, Va. He was educated at Colonel William Gordon McCabe's school in Virginia, was graduated from the University of Virginia, and received an M.A. from the University of the South in 1895. He taught school at Savannah, Ga.; was joint headmaster at Rugby School in Louisville, Ky.; classical master at McCabe's School in Petersburg, Va.; and headmaster at Sewannee Grammar School. He was married in 1891 to Isabel de R. Plumer of Petersburg, Va., and they had two children. Bain was later professor of Greek at the University of South Carolina, 1898-1910, and at the University of North Carolina, 1910-1915. He was the author of several textbooks in his field, and edited and published classical texts.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, notes, and writings of Charles Wesley Bain, chiefly letters from southern classical scholars and other southern educators. Correspondents include Colonel William Gordon McCabe (1841-1920), founder and headmaster of the University School at Petersburg and Richmond, Va., and rector of the University of Virginia; Willis H. Bocock, professor of Greek at the University of Georgia; Eben Alexander; and Basil L. Gildersleeve (1831-1924).
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1885-1899 |
Folder 2 |
January-April 1901 |
Folder 3 |
May-December 1901 |
Folder 4 |
1902 |
Folder 5 |
January-May 1903 |
Folder 6 |
June-December 1903 |
Folder 7 |
January-May 1904 |
Folder 8 |
June-December 1904 |
Folder 9 |
January-April 1905 |
Folder 10 |
May-December 1905 |
Folder 11 |
1906 |
Folder 12 |
January 1907-April 1908 |
Folder 13 |
May-December 1908 |
Folder 14 |
January 1909-March 1910 |
Folder 15 |
April-August 1910 |
Folder 16 |
1913-1918 |
Folder 17 |
Volume 1: Notebook, May 1881 |
Folder 18 |
Volume 2: Notebook, March 1884 |
Folder 19 |
Volume 3: Notebook, February 1890 |
Folder 20 |
Volume 4: Notebook, 1906 |
Folder 21 |
Volume 5: Notes, undated |
Folder 22 |
Volume 6: Notes, undated |
Folder 23 |
Volume 7: Notebook, undated |
Folder 24 |
Volume 8: Pages from German grammar book |
Folder 25 |
Greek notes |
Folder 26 |
Greek notes |
Folder 27 |
Greek notes |
Folder 28 |
Greek notes |
Folder 29 |
Greek notes |