George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate Papers, 1901-1905

Collection Number: 05676

Collection Title: George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate Papers, 1901-1905

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Size	2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2000 items)
Abstract	Courtship letters, 1901-1905, of Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou written while Etta Blanche Tate was a student in Greendale, Va., at Martha Washington College in Abingdon, Va., and employed as a teacher in various locations in Virginia. George Newton Ballou wrote from his home in Ashe County, N.C., from the Eastern Normal College in Front Royal, Va., and in various locations in Tennessee where he worked as a photographer. The collection also contains digital transcriptions of the letters and a small amount of related material.
Creator	Ballou, George Newton Tate, Etta Blanche
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

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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 George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate Papers #05676, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Mary Jane Ballou of St. Augustine, Fla., in February 2016 in honor of her parents George Tate Ballou and Joanna Ratliff Ballou and her paternal grandparents George Newton Ballou and Etta Tate Ballou.

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Processed by: Alicia Melton and Jackie Dean, May 2016

Encoded by: Jackie Dean, May 2016

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Etta Blanche Tate (1878-1970) and George Newton Ballou (1891-1972) were married in 1905.

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Correspondence, 1901-1905, of Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou (known as Newt) written during their courtship and engagement while Etta Blanche Tate was a student in Greendale, Va., at Martha Washington College in Abingdon, Va., and while she was employed as a teacher in various locations in Virginia. George Newton Ballou wrote from his home in Ashe County, N.C., from the Eastern Normal College in Front Royal, Va., and in various locations in Tennessee where he worked as a photographer. Their frequent correspondence describes day-to-day life including their schooling, Etta Blanche Tate's work as a teacher, George Newton Ballou's photography, the places they live, their families, and their engagement and wedding plans. There is also a letter from Etta Blanche Tate to George Newton Ballou written after their marriage, letters to the couple from other family members, and copies of their wedding announcement. The collection also contains digital transcriptions of the courtship letters, an inventory of the letters, a chronology of the Ballou's courtship, and other items relating to the letters. Finally, there is a digital transcription of George Newton Ballou's "Memorandum of My New River Trip," and a digitized photograph of the Ballous circa 1960, among other items.

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1. Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou Correspondence and Related Materials, 1901-1908.
2. Digital Transcriptions and Related Materials, circa 2000.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou Correspondence and Related Materials, 1901-1908.

About 2000 items.

Transcriptions of the Etta Blanch Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, an inventory of the letters, a chronology of Etta Blanche Tate and George Netwon Ballou's courtship, and a listing of the geographic names mentioned in the correspondence can be found in Series 2.

Letters were arranged into chronological order by the donor and numbered consecutively. The numbering corresponds to the inventory provided with the collection found in Seris 2. However, some numbers appear to be missing.

Folder 1	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, May-October 1901
Folder 2	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, October-December 1901
Folder 3	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, January-May 1902
Folder 4	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, May-October 1902
Folder 5	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, October-December 1902
Folder 6	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, January-May 1903
Folder 7	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, June-July 1903
Folder 8	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, August-September 1903
Folder 9	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, September-November 1903
Folder 10	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, November-December 1903
Folder 11	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, January-February 1904
Folder 12	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, February-March 1904
Folder 13	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, March-May 1904
Folder 14	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, June-August 1904
Folder 15	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, August 1904
Folder 16	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, August-September 1904
Folder 17	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, September-October 1904
Folder 18	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, October-November 1904
Folder 19	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, November 1904
Folder 20-21 Folder 20 Folder 21	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, December 1904
Folder 22	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence, January, 1905
Folder 23	Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou wedding announcement, January 1905
Folder 24	Letter from Etta Blanche Tate to George Newton Ballou, November 1905
Folder 25	Undated Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou correspondence
Folder 26	Letters to Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou from family, 1905-1908
Folder 27	Other papers Contains handwritten and typescript poems and essays and a receipt for a dental bridge for Etta Blanche Tate, 1904.

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59 items.

Digital files created by Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou's granddaughter Mary Jane Ballou including transcriptions of the courtship letters in Series 1, an inventory of the letters, a chronology of the Ballou's courtship, and other items relating to the letters. There is also a digital transcription of George Newton Ballou's "Memorandum of My New River Trip," a digitized photograph of the Ballous circa 1960, and other items.

Digital Folder DF-5676/1	Digital transcriptions: George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate correspondence, 1901 Microsoft word files.
Digital Folder DF-5676/2	Digital transcriptions: George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate correspondence, 1902 Microsoft word files.
Digital Folder DF-5676/3	Digital transcriptions: George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate correspondence, 1903 Microsoft word files.
Digital Folder DF-5676/4	Digital transcriptions: George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate correspondence, 1904 Microsoft word files.
Digital Folder DF-5676/5	Digital transcriptions: George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate correspondence, 1905 Microsoft word files.
Digital Folder DF-5676/6	Other materials Contains an inventory of the Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou courtship letters provided by the donor, digital transcription (pdf file) of George Newton Ballou's "Memorandum of My New River Trip," a list of the geographical names mentioned in the letters, a digitized photograph of Etta Blanche Tate and George Newton Ballou circa 1960, and a digital photograph of their grave.

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Collection Number: 05676 Collection Title: George Newton Ballou and Etta Blanche Tate Papers, 1901-1905