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Size | 22.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9,000 items) |
Abstract | Cotten family members include Robert Randolph Cotten of Pitt County, N.C., his wife, Sallie (Southall) Cotten, (1846-1929), and their children and grandchildren. The collection includes family correspondence of Robert Randolph Cotten, of his wife, Sallie (Southall) Cotten, and of their children and grandchildren. Sallie (Southall) Cotten's papers concern women's rights, state and national women's organizations, women's war work, 1916-1918, the Virginia Dare Memorial Association, and her many other interests and activities, as well as family and social matters. Also included are her scrapbooks, 1892-1929, writings, speeches, and personal memoranda, and letters from her son, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson) Cotten (1874-1926), as a captain in the United States Navy. The Addition of February 1995 includes family papers, chiefly relating to Lyman Atkinson Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson Cotten, their sons John Henderson Cotten and Lyman A. Cotten, and Lyman A. Cotten's wife, Patsy White Cotten. Included are many letters John Henderson Cotten wrote to his mother while he served in the Navy, and many items generated by Lyman A. Cotten during his tenure as professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1940-1974. The Addition of September 1995 consists of letters and other items chiefly relating to Lyman Cotten Junior. |
Creator | Cotten (Family : Pitt County, N.C.) |
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 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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Members of the Cotten family of North Carolina include Robert Randolph Cotten of Pitt County, N.C.; his wife, Sallie Southall Cotten (1846-1929), their children and grandchildren.
Back to TopThe collection includes family correspondence of Robert Randolph Cotten, Sallie Southall Cotten, and their children and grandchildren. Sallie Southall Cotten's papers concern women's rights, state and national women's organizations, women's war work, 1916-1918, the Virginia Dare Memorial Association, and her many other interests and activities, as well as family and social matters. Also included are her scrapbooks, 1892-1929, writings, speeches, and personal memoranda, and letters from her son, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson) Cotten (1874-1926), as a captain in the United States Navy. The Addition of February 1995 includes family papers, chiefly relating to Lyman Atkinson Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson Cotten, their sons John Henderson Cotten and Lyman A. Cotten, and Lyman A. Cotten's wife, Patsy White Cotten. Included are many letters John Henderson Cotten wrote to his mother while he served in the Navy, and many items generated by Lyman A. Cotten during his tenure as professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1940-1974. The Addition of September 1995 consists of letters and other items chiefly relating to Lyman Cotten Junior.
Back to TopThe collection includes family correspondence of Robert Randolph Cotten, Sallie Southall Cotten, and their children and grandchildren. Sallie Southall Cotten's papers concern women's rights, state and national women's organizations, women's war work, 1916-1918, the Virginia Dare Memorial Association, and her many other interests and activities, as well as family and social matters. Also included are her scrapbooks, 1892-1929, writings, speeches, and personal memoranda, and letters from her son, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson) Cotten (1874-1926), as a captain in the United States Navy.
Folder 1aa |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1a |
Introductory and biographical items |
Folder 1b |
1892-1894 |
Folder 2 |
1895-1896 |
Folder 3 |
1897 |
Folder 4 |
1898-1899 |
Folder 5 |
1900-1904 |
Folder 6 |
1905-1906 |
Folder 7 |
1907-1908 |
Folder 8 |
1909 |
Folder 9 |
1910-1911 |
Folder 10 |
1912 |
Folder 11 |
1913 |
Folder 12 |
1914-1915 |
Folder 13 |
1916-1917 |
Folder 14 |
1918-1920 |
Folder 15 |
1921-1922 |
Folder 16 |
1923 |
Folder 17 |
1924-1926 |
Folder 18 |
1927-1950 |
Folder 19 |
Undated |
Folder 20a-24 |
Sallie Southall Cotten PapersIncludes writings, speeches, miscellaneous notes and printed ephemera of Sallie Southall Cotten. |
Folder 25-28
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
Virginia Dare and Roanoke Island materials |
Folder 29-33
Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33 |
Clippings |
Image Folder PF-3589/1-5
PF-3589/1PF-3589/2PF-3589/3PF-3589/4PF-3589/5 |
Photographs |
Folder 34-37
Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37 |
Printed material |
Folder 38 |
Volume 1: Arm Chair TravelsThe North Carolina College for Women Extension Bulletin, May 1924, outlining club program. Includes information about club meetings and a poem added by Mrs. R.R. Cotten. |
Folder 39 |
Volume 2: Kate Virginia Way McMullenOverwritten with notes by Mrs. R.R. Cotten about the Cotten family and her own life and life in general. |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3589/1b |
Oversize papers |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-3589/1a |
Oversize papers |
This collection contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting these materials.
Processing Note: Unprocessed.
Family papers, chiefly relating to Lyman Atkinson Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson Cotten, their sons John Henderson Cotten and Lyman A. Cotten, and Lyman A. Cotten's wife, Patsy White Cotten. Included are many letters John Henderson Cotten wrote to his mother while he served in the Navy, and many items generated by Lyman A. Cotten during his tenure as professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1940-1974.
Box 5 |
Materials chiefly relating to Lyman A. Cotten and Elizabeth Henderson Cotten |
Box 6-9
Box 6Box 7Box 8Box 9 |
Materials chiefly relating to John Henderson Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson Cotten, Patsy White Cotten, and other family members |
Box 10-17
Box 10Box 11Box 12Box 13Box 14Box 15Box 16Box 17 |
Materials chiefly relating to Lyman A. Cotten's tenure as professor of English at the University of North Carolina |
This collection contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting these materials.
Processing Note: Unprocessed
Letters and other items chiefly relating to Lyman Cotten, Jr.
Box 17 |
Addition of September 1995 |