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| Size | 34 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9200 items) |
| Abstract | Collier Cobb, a white geologist and professor at the University of North Carolina, was born in 1862 in Wayne County, N.C., the eldest of the seven children of Martha Louisa Cobb and Needham Bryan Cobb, a Baptist minister and the first person to receive a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina in 1856. Collier Cobb attended Wake Forest College, 1878-1880, and the University of North Carolina briefly in 1880. In 1879, he completed his School Map of North Carolina, which was adopted by the State Board of Education and went through six editions. From 1889 to 1886, he taught school. From 1885 to 1889, he studied at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Annisquan, Mass., and at Harvard University, where he studied geology and also worked as an assistant on the United States Geological Survey. In 1892, he returned to Chapel Hill to become assistant professor of geology at the University of North Carolina. He eventually became head of the Geology Department, retiring in 1933. Besides teaching at the University, Cobb was also involved in community activities, especially those relating to schools. Cobb was married first Mary Lindsay Battle, with whom he had three children (William Cobb, Collier Cobb Jr., and Mary Louisa Cobb), second Lucy Battle, a cousin of his first wife; and third Mary Knox Gatlin of Little Rock, Ark. Cobb's sister, Lucy M. Cobb, was a writer, genealogist, and active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and his daughter, Mary Louisa Cobb, was chief of the Correspondence Bureau of the UNC Extension Division, 1922-1954. The collection chiefly consists of materials relating to the lives and work of Collier Cobb and his sister, Lucy M. Cobb, but there are also materials relating to Collier Cobb's father, Needham Bryan Cobb; Collier Cobb's three wives; his daughter, Mary Louisa Cobb, especially while she was attending Fassifern, a school for girls at Hendersonville, N.C.; his son, Collier Cobb Jr.; and other members of the Cobb family. Included are letters and related materials, both personal and professional. Among the correspondents are botanist Harriet E. Freeman of Boston and geographer/botanist Roland M. Harper. There are also clippings relating to the Cobb family or to scientific subjects and writings by Lucy M. Cobb; Collier Cobb, including a book manuscript on evolution and biographical sketches of Kemp Plummer Battle, Maria Edgeworth, Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, Joseph Austin Holmes, George Horton, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Denison Olmsted, Laura Battle Philips, William George Randall, and others; as well as journals, account books, address books, a commonplace book, a recipe book, and a family Bible with annotations and enclosed ephemera. Some of the volumes relate to Needham Bryan Cobb's ministerial activities before, during, and after the Civil War. Pictures are of members of Cobb family members, friends, and relatives; the family's Mount Auburn Plantation; the Cobb family homes in Chapel Hill; the University of North Carolina campus; geological field expeditions; and travels. Included is a series of glass plate negatives depicting the University of North Carolina campus, people, travels to Alaska and China, and other subjects. There are also maps; childhood drawings; genealogical materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's career as genealogical researcher for hire; financial and legal documents belonging to Needham Bryan Cobb; diplomas, including the first Master's degree awarded by the University of North Carolina; and other items. The Addition of 2009 includes Collier Cobb correspondence, writings, and other materials, as well as materials relating to the Chapel Hill, N.C., community activities of Collier Cobb Jr. and his wife, Emma Cobb. There are also photographs of University of North Carolina faculty, Collier Cobb, Nancy Cobb, Collier Cobb Jr., and Emma Cobb. |
| Creator | Cobb (Family : Wayne County, N.C.) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Collier Cobb, geologist and professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., was born 21 March 1862 at Mount Auburn Plantation in Wayne County, N.C. He was the eldest of the seven children of Martha Louisa Cobb and Needham Bryan Cobb, a minister. He received schooling at home until attending Wake Forest College, 1878-1880. He attended the University of North Carolina briefly in 1880. From 1871 to 1875, he printed a small newspaper, "The Home Journal," on his own press. In 1879, he completed his School Map of North Carolina, which was adopted by the State Board of Education and went through six editions. From 1880 until 1886, he taught school, first at Locke Craig's Preparatory School in Chapel Hill in 1880, then in Durham in 1881, Waynesville in 1882, and finally in Wilson at the Wilson Graded School, 1883-1886. During the summer of 1885, Cobb studied at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Annisquan, Mass.
From 1886 until 1889, Cobb attended Harvard University, where he studied geology. From 1886 to 1892, he worked as an assistant on the United States Geological Survey. After receiving his degree from Harvard, he tutored and lectured part-time at MIT and Boston University until 1892, when he returned to Chapel Hill to become assistant professor of geology at the University of North Carolina. He eventually became head of the Geology Department, retiring in 1933. Besides teaching at the University, Cobb was also involved in community activities, especially those relating to schools.
In January of 1891, Collier Cobb married Mary Lindsay Battle of Lilesville, N.C. They had three children: William Cobb, born in 1891; Collier Cobb Jr., born in 1893; and Mary Louisa Cobb, born in 1899. Mary Battle Cobb died in November of 1900. In 1904, Collier Cobb married Lucy Battle, a Mary's cousin. Lucy Battle died in 1905. In 1910, Cobb married Mary Knox Gatlin of Little Rock, Ark.
Collier Cobb's sister, Lucy M. Cobb, was a writer, an avid genealogist and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. During the 1940s through the 1960s, she worked as a genealogist for hire, doing research on family histories.
Collier Cobb's daughter, Mary Louisa Cobb, was chief of the Correspondence Bureau of the UNC Extension Division from 1922 until 1954. From 1954 until her retirement in 1960, she served the Bureau as a part-time associate head.
For more information about the Cobb family, see Cobb and the Cobbs by Lucy M. Cobb or The Battle Book by Herbert B. Battle.
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ORIGINAL DEPOSIT: The collection consists predominantly of materials relating to the lives of Collier Cobb, geologist and professor at the University of North Carolina, and his sister genealogist Lucy M. Cobb, and contains correspondence and related materials, clippings, writings, volumes, pictures, genealogical materials, and other items. Other materials in the collection relate to the lives of Collier Cobb's father, Needham Bryan Cobb; Collier Cobb's first wife, Mary Battle Cobb; his second wife, Lucy Plummer Battle Cobb; his third wife, Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb; his daughter, Mary Louisa Cobb; his son, Collier Cobb Jr.; and other members of the Cobb family.
Series 1, Correspondence and Related Materials, includes family letters; letters to and from friends and professional associates of Collier Cobb; bills and receipts; greeting cards, calling cards, announcements, invitations, and programs; and miscellaneous notes, manuscripts and genealogical papers. Prior to 1880, there is only one folder of papers, the content of which is mixed. From 1880 to 1886, the letters contain mostly news of Collier Cobb's immediate family; references to Needham Bryan Cobb's ministry and to various aspects of church business; references to the publication and sale of Collier's School Map of North Carolina and his various teaching jobs, including some comments on the graded school question in North Carolina. From 1886 to 1891, the papers consist largely of letters from Collier Cobb at Harvard University, in which he discusses his health, his courses, work on the Geological Survey, and the state of religion at Harvard University. Papers from 1892-1900 are a mixture of family and professional correspondence, but the family correspondence predominates. There are also scattered letters between Collier and his father, some of which discuss church and educational matters. Papers from 1901 to 1934 continue to be a mixture of family and professional correspondence; after 1900, Collier Cobb's professional correspondence increases steadily. Family correspondence during this period consists largely of letters from Collier Cobb's three children: William Cobb; Collier Cobb Jr.; and Mary Louisa Cobb. Other family correspondents include Cobb's second wife, Mary Knox Gatlin, of Little Rock, Ark., and Cobb's brothers and sisters. Professional correspondence during this time is fairly routine, consisting of letters to and from editors and publishers concerning Collier Cobb's writings; inquiries about equipment for the University of North Carolina Geology Department, such as lantern slides and stereographs; invitations for Cobb to lecture; letters thanking Cobb for complimentary copies of articles; letters from former students and letters of recommendation written on behalf of students; letters from people in North Carolina informing Cobb of various geological phenomena they had observed; letters from women seeking teaching positions in the Chapel Hill schools (Cobb was on the School Board); and letters to and from professional associates of Cobb, such as botanist Harriet E. Freeman of Boston and geographer/botanist Roland M. Harper. Beginning in 1910, there are carbon copies of some of Cobb's outgoing letters. From 1935 forward, the papers consist chiefly of letters to Mary Louisa Cobb and Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb from family and friends, as well as a few carbons of Mary Louisa Cobb's outgoing letters. Correspondents include Penelope Williams Cobb, Lucy M. Cobb, the Arkansas branch of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb's family, and Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb's grandchildren, Mary Martha Cobb and Carol Cobb.
Series 2, Clippings, consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to members of the Cobb family and to various geological and scientific subjects.
Series 3, Writings, contains writings by Collier Cobb and others and consists of three subseries: 3.1, Geological and Scientific Writings and Classroom Materials, which includes drafts of books, articles, lectures, notes, and excerpts on geological and scientific subjects, including a number of writings on the geology and geography of North Carolina; 3.2, Writings on China, which includes notes on the geography and geology of China and drafts of "The Loess Deposits of China"; 3.3, Biographical Writings, which includes biographical articles, mostly by Collier Cobb with a few articles by others kept by Cobb for reference purposes; and 3.4, Other Writings, which includes various writings by Collier Cobb, his children, and others on subjects outside geology or biography, as well as miscellaneous classroom materials. Also included are several issues of "The Home Journal."
Series 4, Volumes, includes journals, memo books, pocket notebooks, account books, and address books belonging to Needham Bryan Cobb, Collier Cobb, Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, Mary Louisa Cobb, and Penelope Williams Cobb. Also included are a commonplace book, a recipe book, a recitation record book, a roll book, the School Census for the town of Chapel Hill for the year 1902, and scrapbooks.
Series 5, Pictures, consists of pictures and picture albums containing images of Collier Cobb, Mary Louisa Cobb, William Battle Cobb, Collier Cobb Jr., Penelope Williams Cobb, Lucy Battle Cobb, Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, other Cobb relatives and friends, University of North Carolina faculty, other friends and colleagues of Collier Cobb, animals, Mount Auburn Plantation, the Cobb family homes in Chapel Hill, N.C., the University of North Carolina campus, geological field expeditions, and travels to Japan, West Africa, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, and other places in the United States. Other images include photographs by W. E. Hook and unidentified men, women, and children.
Series 7, Other Materials, includes maps, childhood drawings by Collier Cobb, ephemera, and other materials.
ADDITIONS: Additions have been arranged in the same way as the original deposit, but have not been incorporated into it. The Addition of 1980 consists chiefly of the materials of Lucy M. Cobb, and includes correspondence and related materials of Lucy M. Cobb and her family and friends; clippings; writings by Lucy M. Cobb and others; a scrapbook of clippings and poems; and pictures of identified and unidentified people and places. Two new series are included in this addition, Series 6, Genealogical Materials, which consists of materials relating to Lucy Maria Cobb's work as a genealogical researcher; and Series 7, Other Materials, which consists of other papers and materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's life and work, her involvement in the Daughters of the American Republic, and her family. The Addition of 1991 is very similar in scope to the Addition of 1980 and includes correspondence; clippings; writings; a family tree book, a postcard album, and a family Bible with annotations and enclosed ephemera; pictures of a United States geological survey and identified and unidentified people and places; genealogical materials; and other materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's life and work. Other materials in the addition relate to the lives of other members of the Cobb family, particularly Mary Louisa Cobb, Collier Cobb's daughter and Lucy M. Cobb's neice. The Addition of 2005 consists of correspondence and related materials relating to Needham Bryan Cobb, Collier Cobb, and Collier Cobb Jr; writings of Lucy Plummer Battle and Collier Cobb, including four issues of "The Home Journal"; a copy of Lectures in Economic Geology by J. D. Whitney with notes by Collier Cobb; photographs of Collier Cobb as a middle-aged man and as a student at Harvard University; and other materials such as financial and legal papers belonging to Needham Bryan Cobb, five diplomas of Wiliam Horn Battle and Needham Bryan Cobb, one of which was the first Master's degree to be awarded at the University of North Carolina (1856), and other papers. The Addition of April 2006 contains cabinet cards of identified and unidentified people; glass plate negatives depicting the University of North Carolina campus, people, travels to Alaska and China, and other subjects; and one folder of other papers belonging to Collier Cobb. The Addition of August 2006 consists of a 2006 facsimile reprint of Poetical Geography of North Carolina and Other Poems by Needham Bryan Cobb and related materials.
The Addition of 2009 chiefly consists the materials of Collier Cobb and his son, Collier Cobb Jr., as well as a receipt and two volumes relating to other Cobb family members. The Collier Cobb correspondence includes some professional correspondence, but is chiefly with family members, colleagues, and seekers of genealogy information. There are also Collier Cobb's personal notebooks and writings, various printed materials and notes, and an autobiography of Needham Bryan Cobb dedicated to Collier Cobb. The Collier Cobb Jr. papers include materials relating to him and to his wife, Emma Cobb, including letters from professional and personal correspondents, as well as clippings and other printed material, especially regarding their community involvement in Chapel Hill, N.C. There are also photographs of University of North Carolina faculty, Collier Cobb as a Harvard University student and in his 40s, Nancy Cobb in a parade, and Collier Cobb Jr. and Emma Cobb at home and aboard a cruise ship.
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Series 1. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1814-1975 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence and related materials including family letters; letters to and from friends and professional associates of Collier Cobb; bills and receipts; greeting cards, calling cards, announcements, invitations, and programs; and miscellaneous notes, manuscripts, and genealogical papers.
Prior to 1880, there is only one folder of papers. From 1880 to 1886, letters contain mostly news of Collier Cobb's immediate family; references to Needham Bryan Cobb's ministry and to various aspects of church business; references to the publication and sale of Collier's School Map of North Carolina and his various teaching jobs, including some comments on the graded school question in North Carolina.
From 1886 to 1891, papers consist largely of letters from Collier Cobb at Harvard University, in which he discusses his health, his courses, work on the Geological Survey, and the state of religion at Harvard University.
Papers, 1892-1900, are a mixture of family and professional correspondence, but the family correspondence predominates. There are numerous letters from Mary Battle Cobb's mother, Mrs. William H. Battle II, and from her sister Pattie in Lilesville. Beginning in 1895, Mrs. Battle and Pattie occasionally enclose letters from Pattie's brother Kemp, who had gone to Texas to seek work and wrote from Alvin, El Paso, and Chispa, Tex. There are also numerous letters between Mary and Collier, particularly to Collier from Mary while she was visiting her family in Lilesville. Mary was ill and remained in Lilesville through most of 1900; she died there in November 1900. There is also correspondence between Collier and his father, some of which discuss church and educational matters.
Papers, 1901-1934, continue to be a mixture of family and professional correspondence; after 1900, Collier Cobb's professional correspondence increases steadily. Family correspondence during this period consists largely of letters from Collier Cobb's three children--William, Collier Jr., and Mary Louisa. In early letters, the children discuss their schooling: William and Collier Jr. attended Warrenton High School and Mary Louisa attended Fassifern, a girl's school in Henderson, N.C. Later letters discuss their professional lives. Other family correspondents include Cobb's second wife, Mary Knox Gatlin of Little Rock, Ark., and Cobb's brothers and sisters. Professional correspondence during this time is fairly routine, consisting of letters to and from editors and publishers concerning Collier Cobb's writings; inquiries about equipment for the University of North Carolina Geology Department, such as lantern slides and stereographs; invitations for Cobb to lecture; letters thanking Cobb for complimentary copies of articles; letters relating to students; letters from people in North Carolina informing Cobb of various geological phenomena they had observed; letters from women seeking teaching positions in the Chapel Hill schools (Cobb was on the School Board); and letters to and from professional associates of Cobb, such as botanist Harriet E. Freeman of Boston and geographer/botanist Roland M. Harper. Beginning in 1910, there are carbon copies of some of Cobb's outgoing letters.
From 1935 forward, the papers consist chiefly of letters to Mary Louisa Cobb and Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb from family and friends, as well as a few carbons of Mary Louisa Cobb's outgoing letters. Correspondents include Penelope Williams Cobb, Lucy M. Cobb, members of the Arkansas branch of Mary Knox's family, and Mary Knox's grandchildren, Mary Martha Cobb and Carol Cobb.
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Series 2. Clippings, circa 1899-1970 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Newspaper clippings pertaining to members of the Cobb family and to various geological and scientific subjects.
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Series 3. Writings, 1887-1924 and undated.
Arrangement: by subject.
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Subseries 3.1. Geological and Scientific Writings and Classroom Materials, 1887-1924 and undated.
Drafts of books, articles and lectures; notes; and excerpts on geological and scientific subjects, including a number of writings on the geology and geography of North Carolina (folders 204-241).
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Subseries 3.2. Writings on China, undated.
Notes on the geography and geology of China and drafts of "The Loess Deposits of China" by Collier Cobb.
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Drafts of "The Loess Deposits of China" #04008, Subseries: "3.2. Writings on China, undated." Folder 250 |
Folder 251-253
Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253 |
Notes on and excerpts from various sources on China #04008, Subseries: "3.2. Writings on China, undated." Folder 251-253 |
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Subseries 3.3. Biographical Writings, 1896 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Biographical articles, mostly by Collier Cobb. A few of the articles are by other authors and were kept by Cobb for reference purposes.
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Subseries 3.4. Other Writings, 1886-1929 and undated.
Writings by Collier Cobb, his children, and others on subjects other than geology or biography. There are also miscellaneous classroom materials, including a few student rosters; papers pertaining to the University of North Carolina Geology Department; copies of tests given by Collier Cobb; a few course outlines and assignment sheets; miscellaneous printed exams from Harvard University, 1886-1890; and other items.
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Series 4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Journals, memo books, pocket notebooks, account books, and address books belonging to Needham Bryan Cobb, Collier Cobb, Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, Mary Louisa Cobb, and Penelope Williams Cobb. Also included are a commonplace book, a recipe book, a recitation record book, a roll book, the School Census for the town of Chapel Hill for the year 1902, and scrapbooks.
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Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1855, 1859-1861, 1869. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 280Kept while he was teaching school in Cabarrus County, N.C.; includes a list of the dates, places, and texts of his sermons, 1859-1861, and a few notes made in 1869 at Portsmouth, Va., reflecting on his youth and schooling. |
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Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1856-1859. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 281Includes an expense account for a trip through western North Carolina and a few miscellaneous memoranda and accounts, 1858-1859. |
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Commonplace book of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1856-1859. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 282Includes a few brief meditations on scripture, 1862 and 1864, and his journal for 1865-1867. |
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Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1860. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 283Includes miscellaneous notes and accounts of expenses. |
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Memo book and journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1861. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 284Includes appointments for prayers, mostly for soldiers; sick lists; and church members in Goldsboro, N.C. The second half of the book is Cobb's journal for June-December 1861. |
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Memo book of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1862-1864. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 285Includes a list of members of the Goldsboro Baptist Church, 1862; a list of Bibles and hymn books sent to Confederate troops; a list of chaplains from North Carolina; a list of army colporters; and a list of contributions to army colportage. |
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Pocket notebook of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1867-1869. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 286Includes a few miscellaneous accounts and lists of names, among them area list of subscriptions for the 4th Street Church bell, Portsmouth, Va. Also a list of names headed "tuition due, Aug. 1, 1868." |
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Notes on scripture by Needham Bryan Cobb, 1868-1869. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 287All in shorthand. Includes lessons in phonography prepared for Collier Cobb, September 1869. |
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"Shelby Bible School Register," 1871-1872. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 288Contains notes and recipes in shorthand; lists of officers, teachers male, teachers female, and scholars, 1871; a list of Baptists in Rockingham; and Needham Bryan Cobb's account with Jno. L. Moore, January-February 1872. |
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Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1871-1893. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 289Includes a few poems and commonplaces by Cobb; a few exercises in phonography in shorthand; a few notes on scripture and on church business; newspaper clippings on North Carolina Baptist conventions, on Wake Forest College, and on Cobb's career; various statistics on the Baptist Church in North Carolina; and a list of persons baptized by Cobb. In the back is a chronology of his life. |
| Folder 290 |
Enclosures from the volume in folder 289. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 290 |
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Book of bills and receipts of Collier Cobb, 1879-1890. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 291Also includes copies of natural history and geology exams given at Harvard University, 1880, 1885-1890, and a few newspaper clippings, 1879-1881 and 1885-1886, containing notices of Collier Cobb's School Map of North Carolina and notices of lectures by Collier Cobb. |
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"Rev. N. B. Cobb in a/c with Fayetteville Nat'l. Bank," 1880-1888. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 292Contains two pages of accounts with the Fayetteville National Bank. The rest of the volume is miscellaneous accounts of salaries received from various churches, expenses, etc., and a few notes on scripture. |
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Pocket notebook, 1881 #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 293Contains an address given at Warsaw High School in May 1881, miscellaneous notes on history and geography, and notes on church business, much of which is in shorthand. |
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Account book of Collier Cobb, 1884-1888. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 294Includes personal and business expenses; also includes a summary of the Superintendent's report, Wilson Graded School, 4 June 1886. |
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Notebook of Collier Cobb, 1885. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 295Contains excerpts from Darwin's The Descent of Man and Origin of the Species and from Wallace's Natural Selection. Also includes two outlines for class lectures by E. C. Branson: "Geography - Study of Continents," along with notes on North and South American; and "Water as a Geographical Agent: Lessons Given by E. C. Branson, Wilson Graded School." |
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Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1885-1888. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 296Includes notes for sermons, lists of places preached and people visited, and miscellaneous accounts. |
Pocket memo book of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1887. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 296Contains mostly lists of church members for the Rockingham Baptist Church, the Troy Baptist Church, and the Pee Dee Baptist Church in Lilesville, N.C. Also notes on deaths, baptisms, etc., in the various churches and notes on foreign missions. |
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Pocket memo book, 1887. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 297Most of the pages are blank. Includes a list of important inventions and their dates and a note: "Hired Horace & Nancy, Oct. 5th 1887." |
Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1888. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 297Includes a few accounts of collections from various churches. |
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Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1888-1890. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 297Includes various accounts of his expenses, salaries, collections, and lists of names. |
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Typescript of a journal by W. D. Bratton, 1888. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 298Kept while on an Arctic cruise aboard the steamer "Bear." |
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Account book of Collier Cobb, 1888-1890. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 299Includes itemized personal expenses. |
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Pocket notebook of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1890-1891. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 300Contains notes for sermons, scripture readings, etc.; accounts; and lists of the members of the Cary Baptist Church, Gardner's Baptist Church, the Sharon Church, and the Middleburg Church. |
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Recipe book, 1891. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 301 |
Journal of Needham Bryan Cobb, 1892-1893. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 301Includes various notes and accounts related to church business. |
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Recipe book, 1891. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 301 |
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Account book of Collier Cobb, 1894-1902. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 302Includes itemized personal expenses and a few miscellaneous notes. |
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Recitation record book of Collier Cobb for classes in geology taught at the University of North Carolina. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 303 |
Address book of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, 1913-1916. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 303 |
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School census, Town of Chapel Hill, 1902. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 30389 3x5 index cards in alphabetical order by parent's name, giving names and ages of children. |
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Pocket memo book of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, 1913-1925. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 304Contains names of callers and guests, appointments, reminders of social events. |
"Level Book." #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 304Contains elevations of streets in an unnamed city. |
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Pocket notebook of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, 1917-1918. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 304Lists names of women to whom "Red Cross yarn" was distributed; also quantities of yarn distributed and numbers of sweaters, mufflers, etc., made from it and returned to the Red Cross. |
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Pocket notebook of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, 1918-1920. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 304Contains Community Club notes. |
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Scrapbook, 15 December 1925. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 305Contains mostly whimsical sketches and anecdotes about staff members of the UNC Extension Division. Compiled by Lillian Burch; dedicated to "Miss (Mary) Cobb." |
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Account book of Collier Cobb, 1925-1926. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 306Account of rents received from houses on Cobb Terrace, 8 August 1925-8 January 1926. |
Roll book of Collier Cobb, 1933. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 306 |
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Memory book, 1933. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 307Contains anecdotes about the staff members of the UNC Extension Division, given to Mary Louisa Cobb on her birthday by her co-workers at the Extension Division. |
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Christmas card scrapbook, 1938-1961. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 308Contains samples of printed cards sent by Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb and Mary Louisa Cobb. |
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Pocket notebook of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, 1940. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309Contains lists of people to whom Christmas presents and Christmas cards were sent. |
Pocket notebook. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309Contains several lists of names headed Charlotte, Concord, Salisbury, Thomasville, High Point, Greensboro, and Chatham County. |
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Pocket notebook. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309Contains lists of names arranged by classes and lists of the counties and rivers of North Carolina. On the cover is "Lilesville Academy." |
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Address book of Penelope Williams Cobb, Washington, D.C. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309 |
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Address book of Penelope Williams Cobb, Washington, D.C. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309 |
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Bank book of Collier Cobb. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309The People's Bank, Chapel Hill, N.C. Contains only one entry. |
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Pocket notebook of Collier Cobb. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309Contains miscellaneous notes and some names and addresses of people and businesses in Japan, China, Korea, and Seattle, Washington. |
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Memo book of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb. #04008, Series: "4. Volumes, 1855-1940 and undated." Folder 309 |
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Series 5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969.
Arrangement: by subject.
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Image P-4008/1-20 P-4008/1P-4008/2P-4008/3P-4008/4P-4008/5P-4008/6P-4008/7P-4008/8P-4008/9P-4008/10P-4008/11P-4008/12P-4008/13P-4008/14P-4008/15P-4008/16P-4008/17P-4008/18P-4008/19P-4008/20 |
Collier Cobb, circa 1866- 1927 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/1-20
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Image P-4008/21-27 P-4008/21P-4008/22P-4008/23P-4008/24P-4008/25P-4008/26P-4008/27 |
Collier Cobb's ancestors, circa 1825-1880 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/21-27
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Mary Louisa Cobb, circa 1901-1959 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/28-41
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Image P-4008/42-49 P-4008/42P-4008/43P-4008/44P-4008/45P-4008/46P-4008/47P-4008/48P-4008/49 |
William Battle Cobb and Collier Cobb Jr., circa 1911-1969 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/42-49
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Image P-4008/50-53 P-4008/50P-4008/51P-4008/52P-4008/53 |
Cobb children in groups, circa 1895-1911 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/50-53
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Image P-4008/54-63 P-4008/54P-4008/55P-4008/56P-4008/57P-4008/58P-4008/59P-4008/60P-4008/61P-4008/62P-4008/63 |
Penelope Williams Cobb, circa 1886-1920 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/54-63
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Image Folder PF-4008/9 |
Penelope Williams Cobb, circa 1938-1961 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Imagefolder PF-4008/9About 70 snapshots of or taken by Penelope Williams Cobb. Includes pictures from trips to California and the Southwest, and to Hawaii, circa 1938-1961. |
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Lucy Battle Cobb and Battle family, circa 1860-1919 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/64-73
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Image P-4008/74-78 P-4008/74P-4008/75P-4008/76P-4008/77P-4008/78 |
Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, circa 1895-1927 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/74-78
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Image P-4008/79-85 P-4008/79P-4008/80P-4008/81P-4008/82P-4008/83P-4008/84P-4008/85 |
Arkansas relatives of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, circa 1880-1915 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/79-85
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Image P-4008/86-93 P-4008/86P-4008/87P-4008/88P-4008/89P-4008/90P-4008/91P-4008/92P-4008/93 |
Miscellaneous Cobb relatives, circa 1891-1930 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Image P-4008/86-93
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Image Folder PF-4008/15 |
Miscellaneous Cobb relatives. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/1, Imagefolder PF-4008/15Forty-one images, mostly of the children of Collier Cobb Jr., William Battle Cobb Jr., Libby Cobb Grier, and Eleanor Hope Cobb, circa 1950-1965. |
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Harvard University classmates and associates of Collier Cobb #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/2, Image P-4008/94-106
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University of North Carolina faculty members, circa 1850-1917 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/2, Image P-4008/107-119
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Friends and professional associates of Collier Cobb, circa 1886-1911 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/2, Image P-4008/120-126
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Miscellaneous identified people, circa 1870-1969 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/2, Image P-4008/127-142
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Image Folder PF-4008/21 |
Miscellaneous identified people. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/2, Imagefolder PF-4008/21Two envelopes containing twenty images in all. One envelope contains snapshots of children, circa 1953-1959; the other contains greeting cards with family pictures on them, circa 1941-1962. |
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Miscellaneous unidentified people. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/2, Imagefolder PF-4008/22Three envelopes containing about forty images in all. Envelopes contain snapshots, probably of Cobb relatives, circa 1920-1965. |
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Unidentified people, circa 1860-1915 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/2, Image P-4008/143-171
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>Unidentified people, circa 1800-1942 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/172-211
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Unidentified groups of people, circa 1895-1930 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/212-221
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Image P-4008/222-227 P-4008/222P-4008/223P-4008/224P-4008/225P-4008/226P-4008/227 |
Animals, circa 1900-1930 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/222-227
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Image P-4008/228-230 P-4008/228P-4008/229P-4008/230 |
Mount Auburn Plantation, circa 1890-1910 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/228-230Three views of the Cobb family home, Mt. Auburn Plantation, in Wayne County, N.C. In one, Collier, Owen, and William Battle Cobb appear on horseback, in foreground. |
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Cobb family homes in Chapel Hill, circa 1920-1950 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/231-241Eleven pictures of Collier Cobb's home at 517 E. Franklin Street, and one of Collier Cobb Jr. s home at 603 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, N.C., circa |
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The Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, N.C., circa 1920-1930 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/242-244In winter, spring, and summer, E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, N.C. One is by Wootten-Moulton. |
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University of North Carolina, circa 1920-1930 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/245-273
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Image P-4008/274-281 P-4008/274P-4008/275P-4008/276P-4008/277P-4008/278P-4008/279P-4008/280P-4008/281 |
Miscellaneous buildings, interiors and exteriors, circa 1920-1960 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/3, Image P-4008/274-281Pictures of homes, mostly older, two-story houses; and one building resembling a college dormitory, possibly at Harvard University. |
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Image P-4008/282-286 P-4008/282P-4008/283P-4008/284P-4008/285P-4008/286 |
Miscellaneous buildings, interiors and exteriors, circa 1886-1945 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/282-286
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Image P-4008/287-300 P-4008/287P-4008/288P-4008/289P-4008/290P-4008/291P-4008/292P-4008/293P-4008/294P-4008/295P-4008/296P-4008/297P-4008/298P-4008/299P-4008/300 |
W. E. Hook photographs, circa 1870-1890 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/287-300Fourteen mounted albumen prints (thirteen boudoir cards and one of no standard format) of various subjects in Colorado. Photographer: W. E. Hook, Colorado Springs, Colo. Images were numbered and captioned by the photographer.
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Geological field expeditions, circa 1895-1900 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/301-332
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Hawaii, circa 1900-1920 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/333-354
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Japan, West Africa, Mexico, and Alaska, circa 1910-1930 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/355-403
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Europe and the Middle East, circa 1865-1885 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/404-415Unmounted albumen prints of mountains and lakes in Ireland, the British Isles, Switzerland, and the Middle East. Identified photographer: J. Julien, Geneva, Switzerland; and Felix Bonfils, Beirut. |
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Seneca Ray Stoddard photographs, circa 1870-1880 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/416-421Unmounted albumen prints of various lakes in upstate New York. Photographer: Seneca Ray Stoddard, Glens Falls, N.Y. |
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Colorado and Wyoming, circa 1865-1885 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/422-424Unmounted albumen prints of Yellowstone Lake and Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, and a lake near the Mountain of the Holy Cross in Colorado. |
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Sand dunes and coastlines, circa 1900-1935 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/425-454
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Images related to geology, circa 1890-1925 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/455-473
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Miscellaneous travel pictures, circa 1890-1920 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Imagefolder PF-4008/44Envelope, containing approximately 30 snapshots and postcards of people and places around the world. Images are mostly unidentified; recognizable subjects include the Great Wall of China and ruins in Mexico, circa 1890-1920. |
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Miscellaneous travel pictures, circa 1895-1931 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/474-497
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Miscellaneous pictures, circa 1885-1948 #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." Imagebox IB-4008/4, Image P-4008/498-501
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Collier Cobb in Japan, Marquis Okuma and an unidentified man at his left, circa 1920. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." OP-PF-4008/1Photographer: T. Suzuki, Tokyo. |
Woman, identified on verso as "Mrs. Schenck - wife of head of Biltmore Forest School," feeding seven dogs. Canton, N.C., circa 1911. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." OP-PF-4008/1 |
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Unidentified bearded man, holding rope and chains, circa 1905-1925. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." OP-PF-4008/1 |
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Four small snapshots of a man fishing, mounted sequentially, circa 1905-1925. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." OP-PF-4008/1 |
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Unidentified young man, 1856. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." SF-P-4008/87Ambrotype. Image is in thermoplastic Union case. |
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"West or Nose-End Whiteside Mountain, from ridge below." Macon County, N.C., circa 1868-1870. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." SF-P-4008/88Stereograph. Photographer: Taylor & Jones, Asheville, N.C. |
| Photograph Album PA-4008/1 |
Album of 73 photographs, and three envelopes, each containing approximately 40 photographs, circa 1917-1925. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." PA-4008/1Mostly pictures of Mary Louisa Cobb and her friends, in their late teens and early twenties. Includes some pictures of her father, stepmother, and brother. |
| Photograph Album PA-4008/2 |
Album of 200 photographs, circa 1900-1915. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." PA-4008/2Snapshots from a trip to the Pacific coast: the Alaskan panhandle, Washington, San Francisco, and Southern California; and to Virginia, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. |
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"Fossil Field of Wyoming Expedition - 1899." Album of 50 photographs. #04008, Series: "5. Pictures and Picture Albums, circa 1800-1969." PA-4008/3Documentation of geological surveying trip. Images were numbered and captioned on the negatives, and include such scenes as "professors prospecting" and "the round-up" (surveyors posing with string of slain wild turkeys, as well as pictures of the North Platte River and surrounding prairie. |
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Series 6. Other Materials, circa 1870s-1920s and undated.
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Series 7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067).
Arrangement: by type of material.
Chiefly the materials of Lucy M. Cobb, Collier Cobb's sister, consisting of correspondence between Lucy M. Cobb and her family and friends and related materials, clippings, writings by Lucy M. Cobb and others, a scrapbook of clippings of poems, pictures of identified and unidentified people and places, genealogical materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's work as a genealogical researcher, and other materials relating to her life and work.
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Correspondence and related materials, 1934-1963 and undated. #04008, Series: "7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067)." Folder 310b-311About 50 items. |
| Folder 312 |
Clippings, 1933-1945 and undated #04008, Series: "7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067)." Folder 312About 35 items. |
Folder 313-320
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Writings, 1936-1961 #04008, Series: "7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067)." Folder 313-320About 150 items. Drafts of short stories, essays, and poems by Lucy M. Cobb as well as some writings by others. |
| Folder 321 |
Scrapbook of poems, 1930s #04008, Series: "7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067)." Folder 321 |
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IB-4008/5
Image Folder PF-4008/51-52 PF-4008/51PF-4008/52 |
Pictures of unidentified people, 1907-1952 and undated. #04008, Series: "7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067)." Imagebox IB-4008/5, Imagefolder PF-4008/51-52About 50 items. |
Folder 322-344
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Genealogical Materials, 1938-1960 and undated #04008, Series: "7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067)." Folder 322-344About 500 items. Genealogical notes, mostly hand-written and some typed, taken by Lucy M. Cobb as part of her work as a genealogical researcher for hire, and correspondence with people for whom she conducted research. |
Folder 345-347
Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347 |
Other Materials, 1939-1961 and undated #04008, Series: "7. Addition of 1980, 1907-1964 and undated (Acc. 80067)." Folder 345-347About 35 items. Materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's work as a publicity agent for Campbell College in Buie's Creek, N.C.; materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's involvement in the Daughters of the American Revolution; materials relating to a memorial for Matthew McCauley, a donor of land to the University of North Carolina; and other materials. |
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Series 8. Addition of 1991, 1873-1973 (Acc. 91167).
Arrangement: by type of material.
Chiefly materials of Lucy M. Cobb, Collier Cobb's sister, consisting of correspondence between Lucy M. Cobb and her family and friends and related materials, clippings, writings by Lucy M. Cobb and others, a family tree book documenting the genealogy of the Smith family, a postcard album, a family Bible with annotations and enclosed ephemera, pictures of a geological survey (probably belonging to Collier Cobb) as well as identified and unidentified people and places, genealogical materials relating to Lucy M. Cobb's work as a genealogical researcher, and other materials relating to her life and work. Other materials in the addition relate to the lives of other members of the Cobb family, particularly Mary Louisa Cobb, Lucy M. Cobb's niece.
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Series 9. Addition of 2005, 1866-1931 and undated (Acc. 100312).
Arrangement: by type of material.
Correspondence: Letters to and from Needham Bryan Cobb, regarding both family life and his occupation as a minister; letters to Collier Cobb, regarding his occupation as a professor at the University of North Carolina; and letters from Collier Cobb Jr. to his family while he was serving in the army in World War I. Letters to Collier Cobb have been separated by Cobb into two categories: "Commercial," which includes correspondence from vendors and salespeople; and "Professional," which includes correspondence from other professors and colleagues.
Writings: Two commencement speeches by Lucy Plummer Battle, a graded essay and a photocopy of a speech by Collier Cobb, and four issues, plus photocopies of those issues, of Collier Cobb's boyhood publication, "The Home Journal."
Pictures: One photograph of Collier Cobb as a middle-aged man and four group photographs picturing Collier Cobb as a student at Harvard University.
Financial and legal papers, such as deeds, receipts, and life insurance documents, belonging to Needham Bryan Cobb; a small autograph book belonging to Bettie Nicks Gatliss, June 1879; two certificates of "Satisfactory Examination" belonging to Lucy Plummer Battle, from Saint Mary's School, for the school years 1877-1878 and 1878-1879; a pamphlet documenting the proceedings on the presentation of a portrait of William Horn Battle to the Law School at the University of North Carolina; a program of graduating exercises from the University of North Carolina Medical Department, 1908; a pamphlet entitled "The Golden Key," by Emmet Fox; and five diplomas, one of which was the first Master's degree to be awarded at the University of North Carolina, dated 1856.
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Series 10. Addition of April 2006, circa 1890s-1930s (Acc. 100380).
Arrangement: by type of material.
Cabinet cards of identified and unidentified people, probably relatives of Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb, and 86 glass plate negatives. The plates depict identified and unidentified people, pictures of portraits, images of the University of North Carolina campus, Collier Cobb's home on East Franklin Steet in Chapel Hill, N.C., landscapes, geological specimen, images from trips to China and Alaska, and other subjects. Also included is a folder of printed materials, unrelated to the images and belonging to Collier Cobb.
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Series 11. Addition of August 2006, 1887-2006 (100485).
| Folder 449 |
Writings, 1887-2006 #04008, Series: "11. Addition of August 2006, 1887-2006 (100485)." Folder 4492006 facsimile reprint of Poetical Geography of North Carolina and Other Poems by Needham Bryan Cobb and related materials. Reprint is #278 of 400 limited editions. Folder also contains the original copyright letter of 28 April 1887 and a 1940 article entitled "Cobb's Poetical Geography" from The State magazine by W. H. Jones. |
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Series 12. Addition of January 2008 (100945).
Processing information: This addition has not been processed.
Box 55-56
Box 55Box 56 |
Photograhs #04008, Series: "12. Addition of January 2008 (100945)." Box 55-56 |
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Series 13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099).
Arrangement: Chronological
The Addition of 2009 chiefly consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Collier Cobb and his son, Collier Cobb Jr., as well as a receipt and two volumes relating to other Cobb family members. The Collier Cobb correspondence is primarily letters from family members, including his children, Collier Cobb Jr. and Mary Louisa Cobb, and his third wife, Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb; from colleagues, including botanist Harriet E. Freeman and professor Thomas Hume; and from distant relatives seeking genealogical information. There are also letters from Collier Cobb to his first wife, Mary Lindsay Battle Cobb, and a small amount of professional correspondence, including a letter about employment from University of North Carolina president George Tayloe Winston. Other Collier Cobb papers are personal notebooks and writings, including lectures, academic papers, fiction pieces, and anecdotal accounts. Included is an autobiographical manuscript by Needham Bryan Cobb chronicling family and personal history. There are also printed materials and notes relating to Collier Cobb's life and work. The Collier Cobb Jr. papers include materials relating to him and to his wife, Emma Cobb, including letters from professional and personal correspondents, as well as clippings and other printed material, especially regarding their community involvement in Chapel Hill, N.C. Photographs are of University of North Carolina faculty, Collier Cobb as a Harvard University student and in his 40s, Nancy Cobb on a parade float, and Collier Cobb Jr. and Emma Cobb at home and aboard a cruise ship.
| Folder 450 |
Statement of charges, Baltimore, 27 April 1792 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 450Written by Nathaniel Smith, requesting payment from Mr. Smith and Mr. Buchanan for barbecued pork and other items. |
| Folder 451 |
"Trust in God, or Jenny's Trials" by Catherine Bell, 1874 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 451Inscribed to Mary Lindsay Battle Cobb from her Sabbath school teacher, 10 May 1874. |
| Folder 452 |
Scrapbook of Bettie N. Gatlin, 1879 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 452Chiefly clippings, including stories, prayers, obituaries, doilies, and commercial illustrations. |
Folder 453-454
Folder 453Folder 454 |
Letters to Mary Lindsay Battle Cobb, 1888 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 453-454Chiefly from Collier Cobb while he attended Harvard University, discussing academics, daily activities, mutual acquaintances, and love. Also included is a letter from Fannie H. Cobb, 29 September 1888, describing a visit to Waynesville, N.C. |
| Folder 455 |
Letter from University of North Carolina president George Tayloe Winston to Collier Cobb, 25 July 1892 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 455Letter contains offer to Collier Cobb of the position of assistant professor of geology. |
| Folder 456 |
Printed materials relating to Collier Cobb, 1894-1916 and undated #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 456Articles and writings by various authors, as well as programs, clippings, and bulletins. |
| Folder 457 |
Commonplace book of Collier Cobb, 1894-1895 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 457Mostly blank. Included are notes on geology, ideas for fiction stories, names and addresses, and other fragments. |
Folder 458-459
Folder 458Folder 459 |
Autobiography of Needham Bryan Cobb, 2 May 1895 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 458-459Written for his son, Collier Cobb, and chronicling personal and family history. |
| Folder 460 |
Commonplace book of Collier Cobb, circa 1886-1889 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 460Chiefly academic essays on geology, written as a student at Harvard University, as well as various quotations and notes. About half of the book is blank. |
| Folder 461 |
Notebook of Collier Cobb: "Notes from the North Carolina Colonial Records. Col. Wm. L. Saunders, 1887" #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 461Chiefly a composition on colonial history, including citations. Also included are notes on Sir Walter Raleigh and on geological implications of transcontinental plant and animal migration. |
Folder 462-465
Folder 462Folder 463Folder 464Folder 465 |
Compositions by Collier Cobb, 1896-1906 and undated #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 462-465Lectures, academic papers, fiction pieces, and first-person anecdotal accounts, some with Collier Cobb's editorial markings. |
| Folder 466 |
Field notebook of Collier Cobb, 1908 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 466Contains geological sketches and notes from Italy and other European locations. |
Folder 467-483
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Collier Cobb correspondence, 1904-1932 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 467-483A mixture of personal and professional letters, chiefly to Collier Cobb, with the personal, and especially family correspondence, predominating. Starting in May 1911, there are a number of letters from Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb discussing daily activities, scheduling, and the health of family members, especially while she was in Little Rock, Ark., and Chapel Hill, N.C., and Collier Cobb traveled to lecture engagements and pursued geology field work. There are also letters from Collier Cobb Jr. to Collier Cobb and Mary Knox Gatlin Cobb from boarding school in Warrenton, N.C.; from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; from England while serving in World War I; and while working as a forester and surveyer. There is also some correspondence between Mary Louisa Cobb and her father Collier Cobb while he was traveling. Letters from various North Carolina family members discuss social news, children and school, finances, and health matters. There are scattered requests for genealogical information from distant relatives. Dates on envelopes and other writing in red ink are the notations of Nancy Cobb Lilly in 2008. |
| Folder 484 |
Letters from Harriet E. Freeman to Collier Cobb, 1908-1926 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 484Letters from botanist Harriet E. Freeman of Boston, Mass., often discussing botany and geology, including descriptions of scientific talks, travels, and geographical features. |
| Folder 485 |
Letters from Thomas Hume to Collier Cobb, 1909-1910 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 485Letters from Baptist clergyman and University of North Carolina professor Thomas Hume of Waynesboro, Va., and Chapel Hill, N.C., often discussing church matters. |
| Folder 486 |
Receipts, lists, and notes relating to Collier Cobb, 1907-1910 and undated #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 486 |
Folder 487-488
Folder 487Folder 488 |
Papers relating to Collier Cobb Jr. and Emma Cobb, 1931-1973 and undated #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 487-488Programs, invitations, Rotary Club and other club bulletins, information on Research Triangle Park, and information on the Bank of Chapel Hill, where Collier Cobb Jr. was chair of the board. |
| Folder 489 |
Letters to Collier Cobb Jr. and Emma Cobb, 1947-1974 and undated #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 489Primarily letters regarding various events and organizations. Also included are some letters from friends and relatives, often thanking the Cobbs for visits or gifts. |
Folder 490-491
Folder 490Folder 491 |
Clippings relating to Collier Cobb Jr. and Emma Cobb, 1951-1979 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." Folder 490-491Chiefly regarding various organizations and community projects with which Collier Cobb Jr. was involved, including North Carolina Ports Authority, Chapel Hill Improvement Commission, Rotary Club, and Research Triangle Park, and organizations of which Emma Cobb was a member, including Junior Service League and Women's Auxiliary of the North Carolina Memorial Hospital. |
| Image Folder PF-4008/61 |
Portraits of the faculty of the University of North Carolina, 1878 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." PF-4008/61 |
| Image Folder PF-4008/62 |
Photograph of Collier Cobb and the Southern Club at Harvard University, circa 1887 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." PF-4008/62 |
| Image Folder PF-4008/63 |
Photograph of Collier Cobb Jr. in baseball uniform with his team, Chapel Hill, 1910 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." PF-4008/63 |
| Image Folder PF-4008/64 |
Photographs of Nancy Cobb on the North Carolina Memorial Hospital float, Chapel Hill, circa 1950 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." PF-4008/64 |
| Image Folder PF-4008/65 |
Photographs of Collier Cobb Jr. and Emma Cobb aboard Holland America's S.S. New Amsterdam, circa 1950. One photograph includes Willie and Westry Long #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." PF-4008/65 |
| Image Folder PF-4008/66 |
Photographs of Collier Cobb Jr. and Emma Cobb outside of their house at 603 Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." PF-4008/66 |
| Image Folder PF-4008/67 |
Portrait of Collier Cobb, circa 1905 #04008, Series: "13. Addition of 2009, 1792-1974 and undated (Acc. 101099)." PF-4008/67 |
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Items Separated
Processed by: Susan Ballinger, 1978, and Margaret Dickson, 2007
Encoded by: Margaret Dickson, January 2007
Updated by Sara Mannheimer in February 2012 because of addition.
Updated by: Laura Hart, February 2021
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