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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 400 items) |
Abstract | Mrs. Seth L. Smith was an officer in the United Daughters of the Confederacy in North Carolina. The collection includes materials accumulated by Mrs. Smith in the 1930s. Most items are essays on Confederate and southern topics, narratives of the war based on tradition, and biographical sketches and book reviews submitted in the 1930s as entries in contests sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Also included are typescript memoirs of E. D. Dixon, William Edward Brantley, Susan Lennox, J. P. Mullinax, James Reese, and others, regarding their experiences in the Confederate Army and in other capacities in the South during the Civil War, as well as a history of the First North Carolina Cavalry by Minnie Bell, and three letters concerning the United Daughters of the Confederacy. |
Creator | Smith, Seth L., Mrs. |
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, June 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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Mrs. Seth L. Smith was an officer in the United Daughters of the Confederacy in North Carolina.
Back to TopThe collection includes materials accumulated by Mrs. Seth L. Smith in the 1930s as an officer of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in North Carolina. Most items are essays on Confederate and southern topics, narratives of the war based on tradition, and biographical sketches and book reviews submitted in the 1930s as entries in contests sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Also included are typescript memoirs of E. D. Dixon, William Edward Brantley, Susan Lennox, J. P. Mullinax, James Reese, and others, regarding their experiences in the Confederate Army and in other capacities in the South during the Civil War, as well as a history of the First North Carolina Cavalry by Minnie Bell, and three letters concerning the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the "Lincoln myth."
Back to TopArrangement: Personal narratives are arranged alphabetically by last name.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Letters, 1933 |
Folder 2 |
Personal narratives, A-B |
Folder 3 |
Personal narratives, C-E |
Folder 4 |
Personal narratives, F-G |
Folder 5 |
Personal narratives, H-K |
Folder 6 |
Personal narratives, L-N |
Folder 7 |
Personal narratives, O-R |
Folder 8 |
Personal narratives, S-Y |
Folder 9 |
Personal narratives, anonymous |