Timeline extended for launch of Wilson Library facilities work.

Collection Number: 05614

Collection Title: McMillan and Robeson Family Papers, 1791-1900

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Collection Overview

Size 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100 items)
Abstract The McMillan and Robeson Family Papers, 1791-1900, consist of family letters and deeds for both land and enslaved people. Correspondence is chiefly between the McMillan and Robeson families, but also includes the Calhoun, Davies, Grier, and Leete families. Letters document family relationships, school, female friendships, health, travel, and daily life. Civil War era letters discuss the impact of the war on the family, conscription, the Home Guard, camp life at Yorktown, Va., and looting by Sherman's army in Cumberland County, N.C. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.
Creator McMillan (Family : McMillan, Hamilton, 1837-1916)

Robeson (Family : Robeson, Lizzie)
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
Back to Top

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Information For Users

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the McMillan and Robeson Family Papers #5614, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Catherine Palmer in November 2014 (Acc. 102137).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
Back to Top

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Processing Information

Processed by: Amy Morgan.

Encoded by: Laura Smith

Back to Top

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subject Headings

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

Back to Top

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Biographical Information

The McMillan and Robeson families were united by the marriage of Hamilton McMillan, a teacher in North Carolina at the time of the Civil War, and Lizzie Robeson, the daughter of Eliza Robeson and sister of Mary Robeson Harris. Hamilton McMillan was the son of William and Anna McMillan.

Back to Top

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Scope and Content

The McMillan and Robeson Family Papers, 1791-1900, consist of family letters and deeds for the purchase of both land and enslaved people. Correspondence is chiefly between the McMillan and Robeson families, but also includes the Calhoun, Davies, Grier, and Leete families. Antebellum letters document family matters, children at Floral College, Burwell School, and the University of North Carolina, and female friendships. Civil War era letters discuss family members in the Confederate Army, concerns about conscription, food and money shortages, serving in the Home Guard, and camp life at Yorktown, Va. One letter, 30 March 1865, describes Sherman's army passing through Cumberland County, N.C., and the looting that occurred. Postbellum letters concern family travels, health, and daily life.

Back to Top

Contents list

expand/collapse Expand/collapse McMillan and Robeson Family Papers, 1791-1900

Back to Top