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Size | About 6,000 items (8.5 linear feet). |
Abstract | Archibald Henderson was an author and University of North Carolina professor of mathematics. The collection contains papers of Archibald Henderson and materials collected by him, relating to his family history and his biographical and historical writing about individual ancestors and numerous related North Carolina historical topics. Materials include typescripts, drafts of Henderson's writings, copies of relevant 18th- and 19th-century manuscripts, notes, compilations, clippings, photographs, and other data, as well as pertinent correspondence. Also included are similar papers of his father, John Steele Henderson of Rowan County, N.C., and of Archibald's two sisters, concerning the same subjects. There are also materials on the family and descendants of Richard Henderson (1734-1785) of North Carolina and Kentucky; concerning Brownrigg, Bailey, Cain, and allied families of North Carolina and Mississippi; and John Steele (1764-1815) and the Ferrand family. |
Creator | Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963. |
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
Finding Aid Updated by: Amanda Loeb, May 2012, Dawne Howard Lucas, January 2022
Finding aid updated because of addition, November 2018
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Other Henderson family correspondence will be found in SHC #327 and manuscripts of the other related families in collections #39, #124, #327, #689, #2226, and #3876. Henderson's George Bernard Shaw Papers are in collection #3516; other papers of Henderson are in collection #3712. Also, the North Carolina Collection holds about 600 Henderson items related to Daniel Boone, including pictures, notes, copies of manuscripts, and Henderson's correspondence, 1891-1952, about gathering information about Boone.
Back to TopArchibald Henderson was an author and University of North Carolina professor of mathematics.
Back to TopThe collection contains papers of Archibald Henderson and materials collected by him, relating to his family history and his biographical and historical writing about individual ancestors and numerous related North Carolina historical topics. Materials include typescripts, drafts of Henderson's writings, copies of relevant 18th- and 19th-century manuscripts, notes, compilations, clippings, photographs, and other data, as well as pertinent correspondence. Also included are similar papers of his father, John Steele Henderson of Rowan County, N.C., and of Archibald's two sisters, concerning the same subjects. There are also materials on the family and descendants of Richard Henderson (1734-1785) of North Carolina and Kentucky; concerning Brownrigg, Bailey, Cain, and allied families of North Carolina and Mississippi; and John Steele (1764-1815) and the Ferrand family.
Back to TopAcquisitions Information: Acc. 100000 and 100792.