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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1800 items) |
Abstract | Charles Lyon Chandler (b. 1883) was a United States foreign service officer, Philadelphia banker, history professor, and author. The collection contains the papers of Chandler, consisting mainly of material related to his unpublished biography of Joel Robert Poinsett (1779-1851) of South Carolina, diplomat, United States representative, United States Secretary of War, and anti-nullificationist. Included are notes and documents used in its preparation in the 1930s; Chandler's correspondence with Miss Emma A. Bull, researcher in Charleston, S.C., Professor Edwin Judson Pratt, author of the chapters on Poinsett's activities as first United States minister in Mexico, 1825-1830, and other scholars and related correspondents, 1918-1961; and twenty-six collected manuscript letters to and from Poinsett and extensive copies of Poinsett papers, 1803-1852, located elsewhere. Also included are letters and correspondence of Chandler while he worked abroad for the United States State Department in Europe, Asia, and South America, 1906-1913, and in Latin American again in the 1940s; speeches and articles; diaries, 1904-1911; thirty-nine pocket memorandum books; and three scrapbooks on Latin American topics, 1909-1919 and 1943-1944, especially concerned with commerce between the United States and Brazil during the 19th century. |
Creator | Chandler, Charles Lyon, b. 1883. |
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: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2011; Laura Smith for ArchivesSpac migration, December 2021
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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Charles Lyon Chandler (b. 1883) was a United States foreign service officer, Philadelphia banker, history professor, and author.
Back to TopThe collection contains the papers of Charles Lyon Chandler (b. 1833), consisting mainly of material related to his unpublished biography of Joel Robert Poinsett (1779-1851) of South Carolina, diplomat, United States representative, United States Secretary of War, and anti-nullificationist. Included are notes and documents used in its preparation in the 1930s; Chandler's correspondence with Miss Emma A. Bull, researcher in Charleston, S.C., Professor Edwin Judson Pratt, author of the chapters on Poinsett's activities as first United States minister in Mexico, 1825-1830, and other scholars and related correspondents, 1918-1961; and twenty-six collected manuscript letters to and from Poinsett and extensive copies of Poinsett papers, 1803-1852 located elsewhere. Also included are letters and correspondence of Chandler while he worked abroad for the United States State Department in Europe, Asia, and South America, 1906-1913, and in Latin American again in the 1940s; speeches and articles; diaries, 1904-1911; thirty-nine pocket memorandum books; and three scrapbooks on Latin American topics, 1909-1919 and 1943-1944, especially concerned with commerce between the United States and Brazil during the 19th century.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
This series contains Charles Lyon Chandler's correspondence regarding his research on Joel Robert Poinsett as well as Chandler's career. The bulk of the correspondence is with co-author Edwin J. Pratt and Emma A. Bull, a researcher in Charleston, S.C. There is also some correspondence with J. Fred Rippy, historian at Duke University. Correspondence from 1906-1913 relates to Chandler's career with the United States State Department, much of it regarding transfers and assignments to places in Europe, Asia, and South America. Correspondence from 1918-1961 chiefly regards Chandler's research on Poinsett.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1906 |
Folder 2 |
1907 |
Folder 3 |
1908-1909 |
Folder 4 |
1910 |
Folder 5 |
1911 |
Folder 6 |
1912 |
Folder 7 |
1913-1915 |
Folder 8 |
1918-1931 |
Folder 9 |
1933 |
Folder 10 |
1934 |
Folder 11-12
Folder 11Folder 12 |
1935 |
Folder 13-14
Folder 13Folder 14 |
1936 |
Folder 15-16
Folder 15Folder 16 |
1937 |
Folder 17 |
1938 |
Folder 18 |
1939-1941 |
Folder 19 |
1942-1943 |
Folder 20 |
1944-1948 |
Folder 21 |
1949-1950 |
Folder 22 |
1951 |
Folder 23 |
1952-1961 |
Folder 24a |
Undated and photographs |
Image Folder PF-3614/1 |
Pictures |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3614/1 |
Diploma |
Arrangement: chronological.
These materials consist of letters to and from Joel R. Poinsett collected by Charles L. Chandler. Correspondents include James Monroe, C. A. Rodney, Joseph Johnson, Daniel Webster, Martin Van Buren, Abraham Van Buren, Stephen J. Lee, Gouverneur Kemble, William Noland, Hugh S. Legare, H. D. Gilpin, J. K. Paulding, Mary Poinsett, and Mitchell King.
Folder 24b |
Circa 1817-1837 |
Folder 24c |
1838-1852 |
Folder 24d |
Index cards for the autograph collection of Chandler |
The typed manuscript of the Joel R. Poinsett biography, including multiple drafts, footnotes, notes, and bibliography.
Folder 25 |
Chapter I. Early Years and Travels, 1779-1810 |
Folder 26-27
Folder 26Folder 27 |
Chapter II. Official Mission to Buenos Aires and Chile, 1810-1814 |
Folder 28-29
Folder 28Folder 29 |
Chapter III. State, National, and Foreign Activities, 1815-1825 |
Folder 30-31
Folder 30Folder 31 |
Chapter IV. Mexico Mission, 1825-1830: Texas and Cuba |
Folder 32-36
Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36 |
Chapter V. Mexican Mission: 1825-1830, Treaty Making and Internal Politics |
Folder 37-45
Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45 |
Chapter VI. Nullification, 1830-1834 |
Folder 46-50
Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50 |
Chapter VII. Secretary of War, 1837-1841 |
Folder 51-56
Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56 |
Chapter VIII. Last Years, 1841-1851 |
This series is a typed bibliography of primary sources for the Joel R. Poinsett biography along with related items.
Folder 57 |
Poinsett bibliography |
Arrangement: chronological, then by subject.
This series contains research materials on Joel R. Poinsett, chiefly consisting of typed transcription of correspondence of Poinsett, legal papers, and copies of newspaper articles.
Arrangement: by subject.
This series contains clippings about Charles L. Chandler's career and Latin American topics.
Folder 86m |
Charles L. Chandler |
Folder 86n |
Latin America |
Folder 86o |
Brazil and other topics |
Arrangement: chronological, then by subject.
This series contains speeches and articles authored by Charles L. Chandler.
Folder 86p |
Speeches: 1915-1939 |
Folder 86q |
Speeches: 1939-January 1942 |
Folder 87 |
Speeches: March 1942 and undated |
Folder 88-89
Folder 88Folder 89 |
Articles: Short articles |
Folder 90 |
Articles: Book reviews |
Folder 91 |
Articles: Undated |
Folder 92-93
Folder 92Folder 93 |
Articles: Journal articles and other publications |
Arrangement: by subject.
This series chiefly consists of scrapbooks and notebooks related to Charles L. Chandler's research on Joel R. Poinsett and Latin American shipping and trade; an annotated copy of the biography manuscript of Poinsett; clippings related to Chandler's career; diaries; and personal memobooks.
Folder 94 |
Volume 1: Poinsett biography manuscript |
Oversize Volume SV-3614/1 |
Poinsett manuscript fragment |
Folder 95 |
See Separated Volume SV-3614/3 |
Oversize Volume SV-3614/3 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook, October 1943-December 1944Clippings and copies of speeches. |
Folder 96 |
Volume 4: Scrapbook of clippings, 1909-1919 |
Folder 97 |
See Separated Volume SV-3614/5 |
Oversize Volume SV-3614/5 |
Volume 5: ScrapbookArticles and lecture notes. |
Folder 98 |
Volume 6: NotebookResearch materials on Poinsett. |
Folder 99 |
Volume 7: NotebookNotes from Philadelphia Daily Advertiser, October 1812-1 October 1813. |
Folder 100 |
Volume 8: Notebook on Latin American poetry |
Folder 101-104
Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104 |
Volume 9: Memobooks, 1880-1956Memobooks containing personal notes, addresses, events, accounts, and research notes. |
Folder 105 |
Volume 10: Diary, 1904-1908 |
Folder 106 |
Volume 11: Diary, 1909-1911 |