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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 3.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,000 items) |
| Abstract | In part, microfilm. The majority of the collection is correspondence. Included are letters to Mildred Ann (Fry) Bullitt at Oxmoor Plantation, Louisville, Ky., from friends and relatives, and a few from Virginia, Missouri, Alabama, Ohio, New Mexico, and England. The letters relate principally to family and community news. Many of the Civil War-era letters are from Confederate prisoners of war. Other letters relate to Morgan's raid of July 1862 and efforts to get aid to Confederate prisoners. Most late 19th-century letters were written by Thomas Walker Bullitt to his wife while he travelled on business for his law firm. He wrote from New York, Canada, and London, among other places. Letters in the late 1890s and early 1900s are from James Bell Bullitt to his parents while he was a student at Washington and Lee University and in medical school at the University of Virginia. Letters for the period 1903-1920 are principally of James B. Bullitt and his family in Oxford, Miss., and Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was teaching in the medical schools. During World War I he was stationed at a military hospital in France and wrote of his daily life. Letters from the period 1920-1945 are from James B. Bullitt's sister, Agatha Bullitt Grabisch, from Berlin, Germany, where she was a journalist and teacher. She wrote about economic and political conditions as well as about visitors and family affairs. Volumes include three diaries, 1857-1864, of T. W. Bullitt during his time as a student at Centre College, Danville, Ky.; while studying law in Philadelphia; and during the Civil War. John Bell Bullitt's diary, 1928-1929, describes his travels in western Europe. Materials on microfilm are items from the genealogical files of William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957). Families represented include the Bullitts, Christians, Logans, and Frys. |
| Creator | Bullitt family. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
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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Scope and Content
In part, microfilm. The majority of the collection is correspondence. Included are letters to Mildred Ann (Fry) Bullitt at Oxmoor Plantation, Louisville, Ky., from friends and relatives, and a few from Virginia, Missouri, Alabama, Ohio, New Mexico, and England. The letters relate principally to family and community news. Many of the Civil War-era letters are from Confederate prisoners of war. Other letters relate to Morgan's raid of July 1862 and efforts to get aid to Confederate prisoners. Most late 19th-century letters were written by Thomas Walker Bullitt to his wife while he travelled on business for his law firm. He wrote from New York, Canada, and London, among other places. Letters in the late 1890s and early 1900s are from James Bell Bullitt to his parents while he was a student at Washington and Lee University and in medical school at the University of Virginia. Letters for the period 1903-1920 are principally of James B. Bullitt and his family in Oxford, Miss., and Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was teaching in the medical schools. During World War I he was stationed at a military hospital in France and wrote of his daily life. Letters from the period 1920-1945 are from James B. Bullitt's sister, Agatha Bullitt Grabisch, from Berlin, Germany, where she was a journalist and teacher. She wrote about economic and political conditions as well as about visitors and family affairs. Volumes include three diaries, 1857-1864, of T. W. Bullitt during his time as a student at Centre College, Danville, Ky.; while studying law in Philadelphia; and during the Civil War. John Bell Bullitt's diary, 1928-1929, describes his travels in western Europe. Materials on microfilm are items from the genealogical files of William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957). Families represented include the Bullitts, Christians, Logans, and Frys.
The collection also includes writings by members of the Bullitt family and others; miscellaneous financial and legal materials; diaries of Thomas Walker Bullitt and James Bell Bullitt; and miscellaneous other materials.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1785-1945 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters written prior to 1860 consist primarily of letters to Mildred Ann (Fry) Bullitt at Oxmoor, from friends and relatives in various places in Kentucky and Virginia as well as Missouri, Alabama, Ohio, New Mexico, and England. This series contains roughly 125 Civil War-era letters, mostly from Confederate prisoners of war. Later correspondence includes letters, 1890s-early 1900s, from James Bell Bullitt to his parents while a student at Washington and Lee University and later a medical student at the University of Virginia. Also included are letters, 1903-1920s, from James Bell Bullitt and his wife, Evelyn Bryan Bullitt, to his mother. These letters are written from Oxford, Miss., and Chapel Hill, N.C., where James was a university faculty member. Letters written between 1920 and 1945 are primarily from James's sister, Agatha Bullitt Grabisch, written from Berlin, Germany, where she worked as a journalist and teacher.
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Series 2. Writings, circa 1855; 1869 and undated.
| Folder 89 |
Writings by and presumably by members of the Bullitt family #03549, Series: "2. Writings, circa 1855; 1869 and undated." Folder 89Includes handwritten versions of two essays about the Union and the Constitution; notes for a speech, probably by William C. Bullitt, condemning lenient immigration and naturalization policies for Roman Catholics, circa 1855; "To the Voters of Beargrass," 1869, an address by William C. Bullitt; and "Memoirs of the Bullitt Family," by Alexander Scott Bullitt. |
| Folder 90 |
Writings presumably not by members of the Bullitt family #03549, Series: "2. Writings, circa 1855; 1869 and undated." Folder 90Poems, songs, miscellaneous undated writings and notes |
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Series 3. Financial and Legal, 1772; 1785-1787; 1857-1960.
Arrangement: by creator.
This series includes purchase orders and records of other financial transactions of William Christian and his wife, Anne Henry Christian; scattered bills, receipts, copies of wills and contracts; and other materials. Also included are about 100 check registers and canceled checks of James Bullitt, 1898-1960.
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Series 4. Miscellaneous, 1857-1929 and undated.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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