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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 325 items) |
Abstract | George Wimberly Arrington of Nash County, N.C., was educated at schools in various North Carolina locations including Castalia, 1878-1879; Louisburg, 1879; the Bingham School at Mebane, 1880-1882; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1883. The collection includes letters received by Arrington during his teenage years when he was away at school written by many relatives and friends in Hilliardston (Nash County), Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, and other locations in eastern North Carolina and at several schools and colleges; and a few other items. Letters discuss family and social life and activities at the University of North Carolina and other schools in the late 1870s and early 1880s. An essay written by Arrington at the University of North Carolina in 1883 also is included. |
Creator | Arrington, George Wimberly, 1864-1885. |
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, April 2009
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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George Wimberly Arrington (1864-1885) was the son of Archibald Hunter Arrington (1809-1872) and Kate Wimberly Arrington of Hilliardston, Nash County, N.C. George W. Arrington was educated at schools in various North Carolina locations including Castalia, 1878-1879; Louisburg, 1879; Bingham School at Mebane, 1880-1882; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1883.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters received by George Wimberly Arrington of Nash County, N.C., during his teenage years when he was at school at Castalia, Louisburg, Mebane, and Chapel Hill, N.C., written by many relatives and friends in Hilliardston (Nash County), Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, and other locations in eastern North Carolina and at several schools and colleges; and a few other items. Letters discuss family and social life and activities at the University of North Carolina and other schools in the late 1870s and early 1880s. An essay written by Arrington at the University of North Carolina in 1883 also is included.
Correspondents include J. M. Aldrich, Florence Arrington, John H. Arrington, Robert W. Arrington, T. M. Arrington, Mark R. Braswell, A. W. Cooper, Joseph H. Hale, Victor Wilson Flowerree, Gettis A. Henderson, Dan B. and L. E. Sumner, Mary E. Thorp, W. L. Thorp, Henry W. Rice, R. S. Primrose, John L. Borden, Julian S. Mann, Sterling Ruffin, L. M. Bourne, Edward W. Pou Junior, and others.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1877-1880 |
Folder 2 |
1881 |
Folder 3-4
Folder 3Folder 4 |
1882 |
Folder 5-8
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8 |
1883 |
Folder 9 |
1884 |
Folder 10 |
1885 and undated |