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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | Correspondence, notes, writings, clipppings, charts, and other items collected by Archibald Stuart Hall Smith, relating to genealogical studies and to historic sites in and around Halifax County, N.C. The genealogical material centers on the Smith family of North Carolina and other closely allied families and is chiefly the work of Claiborne Smith, Jr. The historical material includes files on Old Trinity Church (Episcopal) in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, and other sites in Scotland Neck. Also included is an autograph album signed by students and professors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in the 1860s. |
Creator | Smith, Stuart Hall, b. 1876. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Autograph album signed by and including personal data about classmates, professors, and friends at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in the 1860s.
Back to TopCorrespondence, notes, charts, clippings, and other items relating to genealogical studies of the Smith family of Halifax County, North Carolina, and to the closely allied Eaton, Hall, Hill, Jones, Norfleet, Stuart, and Weldon families. Included is material relating to Richard Henry Smith (1841-1910) and other 19th-century family members.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence, chiefly of Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., relating to the genealogy of the Smith, Stuart, Norfleet, and other families.
Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
Correspondence |
Folder 3-5
Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5 |
Notes |
Folder 6 |
Clippings |
Folder 7-8
Folder 7Folder 8 |
Typed genealogical studies of the Smith, Hall, Weldon, Eaton, Stuart, Jones, and other families. Also included is a photograph of Sarah Smith Baker (b. 1867). |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4495/1 |
Charts of the Smith, Norfleet, and other families. |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4495/1 |
Muster rolls and geneaological charts. |
Letters, financial material, and legal papers of Richard Henry Smith (1841-1910) and other 19th century family members.
Folder 9 |
Correspondence |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
Financial Material |
Folder 12 |
Legal Material |
Writings, notes, clippings, and a photograph relating to Old Trinity Church, an Episcopal church in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The photograph is of the church graveyard.
Folder 13 |
Writings and Notes |
Folder 14 |
Clippings and Photograph |
Writings, notes, and clippings relating to Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina. Included is "Informal Sketches in the History of Scotland Neck" by Martha Hall Holloman.
Folder 15 |
Writings and Notes |
Folder 16 |
Clippings |
Folder 19 |
Autograph Album |