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| Size | 11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4500 items) |
| Abstract | Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington (1876-1955) of Warrenton, N.C., was the daughter of Major Arthur S. and Victoria Louis Pendleton. Through her mother she was related to several prominent Virgina families. She was president and chief organizer of the North Carolina State Art Society, a trustee of the University of North Carolinaa, and a member of several women's clubs and patriotic societies for descendants of various groups. This collection primarily contains materials from Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington's investigation of her own family's genealogy. Approximately half of the correspondence comes from the papers of Charles Arthur Hoppin, a New York City genealogist employed by Arrington. The collection also contains photocopies of documents, including wills and deeds, from the 16th to 18th centuries. There are also writings in the collection by Arrington and Hoppin about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families, reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent clergy of various faiths, and a variety of other genealogical materials, including charts, notes, and data. Families notable in the collection include Clark, Hardee, Lanier, Pendleton, Sampson, Washington, and Wright. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors, and photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910. |
| Creator | Arrington, Katherine Clark Pendleton, b. 1876. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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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.
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Biographical Information
Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington (1876-1955) of Warrenton, N.C., was the daughter of Major Arthur S. and Victoria Louis Pendleton. Through her mother she was related to several prominent Virgina families. She graduated from Hollins College in 1896. She was married to Peter Arrington (d. 1916), the director of the British American Tobacco Company. Arrington was the long-time president and chief organizer of the North Carolina State Art Society; a trustee of the University of North Carolina, from which she received an honorary degree in 1947; and a member of several women's clubs and patriotic societies for descendants of various groups.
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Scope and Content
The collection chiefly contains materials relating to Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington's investigation of her own family's genealogy. Approximately half of the correspondence came from the papers of Charles Arthur Hoppin, a New York City, N.Y., genealogist employed by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington, which were acquired by her following his death in 1941. The collection contains photocopies of documents, including wills and deeds, from the 16th to 18th centuries. There are also writings in the collection by Arrington and Hoppin about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families, reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent ministers of various faiths, and a variety of other genealogical materials, including charts, notes, and data. Families notable in the collection include Alston, Armistead, Clark, Drake, Fontaine, Hardee, Howland, Lanier, Maury, Pendleton, Percy, Plummer, Rice, Sampson, Washington, and Wright, among others. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors, and photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910.
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Series 1. Papers, 1895-1951.
Arrangement: chronological.
Contains photocopies of documents, including wills, deeds and other documents relating to the Pendletons and related ancestors, from the 16th to 18th centuries. Also contains correspondence of Victoria Louis Clark Pendleton, Charles Arthur Hoppin, and Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington relating to various families.
| Folder 1 |
1588-1599: Photocopies |
| Folder 2 |
1614-1697: Photocopies |
| Folder 3 |
1727-1789: Photocopies |
| Folder 4 |
1895-1919 |
| Folder 5 |
1921-1925 |
| Folder 6 |
1927-1929 |
| Folder 7 |
1931-1933 |
| Folder 8 |
1934 |
| Folder 9 |
1935 |
| Folder 10 |
1936 |
| Folder 11 |
1937 |
| Folder 12 |
1938 |
| Folder 13 |
1939-1951 |
| Folder 14 |
Undated |
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Series 2. Writings, Charts, Data, and Notes.
Arrangement: topical.
Contains writings, charts, data, notes, and related family materials. The writings are about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families and the reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent clergy of various faiths. There is also a genealogical chart of some of the descendants of Anne Washington Wright and the ancestors of George Washington. The notes, charts, and data relate to genealogical research.
Folder 15-20
Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20 |
Data, charts, notes, and land grantsFolder 16 not used. |
| Oversize Volume SV-3144/1 |
The Pendleton and Clark Ancestries in England and America written by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington and Charles Arthur Hoppin |
| Oversize Volume SV-3144/2 |
The Pendleton and Clark Ancestries in England and America by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington and Charles Arthur Hoppin; "The English Origin of the Family of Pendleton and the Ancestry of Brian Pendleton (1596-1680) and of Philip Pendleton (1654-1721), Founders of the Pendleton families in America," by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington and Charles Arthur Hoppin |
| Folder 21 |
Folder 21 not used |
| Folder 22a |
Victoria Louis Pendleton reminiscences, volumes I and II |
| Folder 22b |
Victoria Louis Pendleton reminiscences, volumes III and IV |
Folder 23-24
Folder 23Folder 24 |
Lanier family notes |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-3144/1a |
Anne Washington Wright genealogical chart |
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Addition of 1971: Family Files, circa 1870-1951.
Arrangement: alphabetical by family name.
Contains notes, data, correspondence, pictures, photographs, photocopies of related documents, clippings, and miscellaneous items. There is overlap with materials in the previous two series. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910, and reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
| Folder 25 |
Alford, Alexander Reverend Summershire, England |
| Folder 26 |
Andrews, Henry |
| Folder 27 |
Alston, Judge John |
| Folder 28 |
Arrington |
| Folder 29 |
Bagg, John Bolet Edward |
| Folder 30 |
Berkeley |
| Folder 31 |
Bissell, John |
| Folder 32 |
Blount |
| Folder 33 |
Blount, James |
| Folder 34 |
Boltwood, Robert |
| Folder 35 |
Bridgmann, Brigham |
| Folder 36 |
Brooks, Burt |
| Folder 37 |
Bryon, Hunter |
| Folder 38 |
Carter, Samuel |
| Folder 39 |
Capen-Purchase |
| Folder 40 |
Cary |
Folder 41-43
Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43 |
Chapin, Penny Easton |
| Folder 44 |
Chapin, Samuel |
| Folder 45 |
Clark, James, Sampson |
| Folder 46 |
Closson, MacClay |
| Folder 47 |
Colton, George |
| Folder 48 |
Cooley-Coley |
| Folder 49 |
Cooper, Thomas |
| Folder 50 |
Curtis |
| Folder 51 |
Cutler |
| Folder 52 |
Dawson |
| Folder 53 |
Day, Robert |
| Folder 54 |
Ewing, Alex |
| Folder 55 |
Flood, Colonel John |
| Folder 56 |
Gardner, Thomas |
| Folder 57 |
Gilbert, John |
| Folder 58 |
Goodnow, Edmond |
| Folder 59 |
Gray |
| Folder 60 |
Green, William |
| Folder 61 |
Hannum, William |
| Folder 62 |
Hardee: Beaufort and Pitt |
| Folder 63 |
Hardee (also Hardy, Hardie): North Carolina |
| Folder 64 |
Hardee (also Hardy or Hardie): Virgina and England |
| Folder 65 |
Hart, Nicholas |
| Folder 66 |
Hawkes, John Sergeant |
| Folder 67 |
Hawkins |
| Folder 68 |
Hazard, Hassard and others |
| Folder 69 |
Hill |
| Folder 70 |
Holcombe |
| Folder 71 |
Jordan, Samuel |
| Folder 72 |
Kritchwell |
| Folder 73 |
Lanier: Virginia and North Carolina |
| Folder 74 |
Lanier |
| Folder 75 |
Lanier: England |
| Folder 76 |
Lanier |
| Folder 77 |
Lanier: Music and letters |
| Folder 78 |
Lewis |
| Folder 79 |
Lord, Thomas Byrd |
| Folder 80 |
Lyman |
| Folder 81 |
MacKenzie, Gordon, and others |
| Folder 82 |
Marche-Burt |
| Folder 83 |
Mattoon, Hubartus |
| Folder 84 |
Moore |
| Folder 85 |
Newton |
| Folder 86 |
Nolle, Thomas |
| Folder 87 |
Odger, Gabriel Captain |
| Folder 88 |
Page, John |
| Folder 89 |
Palmer, Walter |
| Folder 90 |
Partridge |
| Folder 91 |
Payne, William |
| Folder 92 |
Pearce, Edmund |
| Folder 93 |
Pendletons: New England and Virginia |
| Folder 94 |
Pendleton: London |
| Folder 95 |
Pendleton: Outside Whalley, Manchester |
| Folder 96 |
Pendleton: Miscellaneous and others |
| Folder 97 |
Pendleton |
| Folder 98 |
Pearce, Edmund |
| Folder 99 |
Pitt, Peter |
| Folder 100 |
Price, Eleanor |
| Folder 101 |
Prudden, James (brother Peter) |
| Folder 102 |
Rice, Edmund |
| Folder 103 |
Rossiter, Edmund |
| Folder 104 |
Sampson: Virginia and North Carolina |
| Folder 105 |
Sampson: England |
| Folder 106 |
Shallard |
| Folder 107 |
Sheldon, Isaac |
| Folder 108 |
Slye, Rolt and Mary |
| Folder 109 |
Smith, Lieutenant Samuel |
| Folder 110 |
Snow, Richard |
| Folder 111 |
Temple, Lady Dorothy |
| Folder 112 |
Tyson, Reynier |
| Folder 113 |
Virkus |
| Folder 114 |
Vore |
| Folder 115 |
Warren, Joseph |
| Folder 116 |
Warriner, William |
| Folder 117 |
Washington |
| Folder 118 |
Washington, John, of Surrey |
| Folder 119 |
Weller |
| Folder 120 |
Wellesly |
| Folder 121 |
West |
| Folder 122 |
Wheelock, Ralph |
| Folder 123 |
Wilcox, Edward |
| Folder 124 |
Woodford, Thomas |
| Folder 125 |
Wright, Lieutenant Abel |
| Folder 126 |
Wright, Samuel |
Folder 127-131
Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131 |
Loose papersUnsorted materials similar to those found throughout this series. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3144/1b |
Photocopies and notes |
| Image Folder PF-3144/1 |
Portraits: Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington, circa 1890-1950Includes both painted and photographic portraits. Painted portraits are reproductions, circa 1890-1910. Photographs include reproductions, circa 1910-1950. |
| Image Folder PF-3144/2 |
Other photographs, circa 1870-1910Photographs of unidentified family members and places, including buildings, a church, and gardens. One photograph, circa 1870-1900, is a portrait of two men and a woman; another is of a street with buildings and is labelled Pendleton, Lancastershire. Most photographs are not labelled. |
| Image Folder PF-3144/3 |
Reproductions: Portraits of identified family members, undated |
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