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Collection Number: 05719

Collection Title: Michael O'Brien Papers, circa 1969-2013

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Size 15 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6000 items)
Abstract Papers of Michael O'Brien, historian of the American South, contain academic and scholarly papers, correspondence, membership records, student records, and other items.
Creator O'Brien, Michael, 1948-2015.
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.
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 Michael O'Brien Papers #5719, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Patricia O'Brien in February 2017 (Acc. 103034).
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.
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Processed by: SHC staff and Amy Morgan, 6 April 2017

Encoded by: Laura Smith, 6 April 2017

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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.

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Michael O'Brien was a historian of the American South based in Great Britain. His The idea of the American South, 1920-1941 was published in 1979.

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The collection contains academic and scholarly papers, correspondence, membership records, student records, and other items.

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Contents list

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Michael O'Brien Papers, circa 1969-2013.

About 6000 items.

For the most part, original file folder titles have been retained.

Folder 1

Incoming correspondence, circa 1969-1975

Folder 2

Incoming correspondence, 1993-1994

Folder 3

Incoming correspondence, 1994-1995

Folder 4

Incoming correspondence, 1995-1996

Folder 5

Incoming correspondence, 1996-1997

Folder 6

Incoming correspondence, 1998-2000

Folder 7

Incoming correspondence, 1996-2001

Folder 8

Incoming correspondence, Fall 2001

Folder 9

Incoming correspondence, 2001-

Folder 10

Trouble at mill

Folder 11

Bancroft prize/Pulitzer ETZ (?)

Folder 12

Charleston book/correspondence

Folder 13

Women's diaries correspondence

Folder 14

Diaries-University of Virginia

Folder 15

UNC Press-conjectures

Folder 16

Miscellaneous correspondence

Folder 17

Miscellaneous letters (from other files)

Folder 18

Wingspread redivivus

Folder 19

Jobs

Folder 20

Outgoing correspondence, to 1976

Folder 21

Outgoing correspondence, 1976-1979

Folder 22

Outgoing correspondence, 1980-1987

Folder 23

Outgoing correspondence, 1980-1987

Folder 24

Outgoing correspondence, 1987-1989

Folder 25

Outgoing correspondence, 1989-1990

Folder 26

Outgoing correspondence, 1990-1991

Folder 27

Outgoing correspondence, 1991-1992

Folder 28

Outgoing correspondence, 1992-1993

Folder 29

Outgoing correspondence, 1993-1994

Folder 30

Outgoing correspondence, 1994-1995

Folder 31

Outgoing correspondence, 1994-2001

Folder 32

Outgoing correspondence, 1996-2001

Folder 33

Outgoing correspondence, 2002-

Folder 34

A

Folder 35

Academic secretaryship

Folder 36

Louisa Adams-miscellaneous (oversize)

Folder 37

Archive notes

Folder 38

Edward L. Ayers

Folder 39

B

Folder 40

Tony Badger (early)

Folder 41

Emily Bingham

Folder 42

Bogliasco

Folder 43

Untitled folder

Envelope from Brigham Young University.

Folder 44

C

Folder 45

Cambridge lectures, 1980

Folder 46

D

Folder 47

E

Folder 48

Expenses, 2004-2005

Folder 49

Expenses, 2006-2007

Folder 50

F

Folder 51

Fellowships/grants

Folder 52

Following Louisa

Folder 53

Following Louisa-receipts

Folder 54

Lacy Ford/tenure

Folder 55

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Folder 56

Mary Frederickson

Folder 57

G

Folder 58

Eugene Genovese

Folder 59

H/I

Folder 60

Elizabeth Hanson

Folder 61

Historical journal

Folder 62

Fred Hobson

Folder 63

Huntington

Folder 64

Intellectual History Group, January 2001

Folder 65

Intellectual History Group, 2006-

Folder 66

J

Folder 67

Jesus College and Early America

Folder 68

Jesus College-coffee table book

Folder 69

Johns Hopkins University Press I

Folder 70

Ben Johnson

Folder 71

K

Folder 72

Richard King

Folder 73

Jack Kirby

Folder 74

Michael Kreyling

Folder 75

L

Folder 76

LCA Book Tour

Folder 77

Lecce, 2005

Folder 78

Legare essay

Folder 79

Legare-illustrations

Folder 80

Legare portrait

Folder 81

Liebar essay

Folder 82

Francis Liebar conference, 2001

Folder 83

Lineaments/romanticism

Folder 84

Richard Lounsbury

Folder 85

M

Folder 86

Louisa McCord foreword

Folder 87

Miscellaneous (Michigan)

Folder 88

Mims-early essays

Folder 89

Mims ms.: essays

Folder 90

Untitled folder

Binder with writings on Mims.

Folder 91

Mims book

Folder 92

Miscellaneous articles/reviews

Folder 93

Mississippi Quarterly

Folder 94

MLA 1991

Modern Language Association.

Folder 95

David Moltke-Hansen

Folder 96

Mrs. Adams in winter Farrar Straus and Giroux

Folder 97

Mrs. Adams in winter illustrations

Folder 98

N

Folder 99

Naipaul essay

Folder 100

Natchez

Folder 101

N.E.H.

Folder 102

N.E.H. panel, 1993

Folder 103

New History of the Old South

Folder 104

O

Folder 105

Southern renaissance/Ohio Academy of History

Folder 106

Ohio Academy of History, 1988

Folder 107

William R. Taylor/Ohio Academy of History, 1996

Folder 108

Ohio Academy of History 2004/Boston

Folder 109

Ole Miss conference, 2001

Folder 110

P/Q

Folder 111

Parrington

Folder 112

Steve Paul

Folder 113

Elzelien Van De Paverd

Folder 114

Placing the South

Folder 115

Pole conference

Folder 116

Publishing history group

Folder 117

R

Folder 118

John Reed panel

Folder 119

Rethinking the South

Folder 120

Romanticism/notes etc.

Folder 121

S

Folder 122

Saint George Tucker Society

Folder 123

Secularization essay, 2007

Folder 124

Selwyn Program correspondence

Folder 125

Johanna Shields

Folder 126

Lewis Simpson

Folder 127

Daniel Singal

Folder 128

Al Smith

Folder 129

Society of Fellows competition, 1977-1978

Folder 130

Society of Fellows (personal)

Folder 131

South/international paper (aborted)

Folder 132

Southern anthology

Folder 133

Southern cultures

Folder 134

Southern cultures (special issue)

Folder 135

Southern Historical Association

Folder 136

Southern Historical Association

Folder 137

Southern Historical Association, 1981

Folder 138

Southern Historical Association 1987

Folder 139

Southern Historical Association, 1982 (BERT)

Folder 140

Southern Historical Association, 1996

Folder 141

Southern Historical Association/Birmingham, 1998

Folder 142

Southern Historical Association/New Orleans, 2001

Folder 143

Southern Historical Association, 2005

Folder 144

Southern Intellectual History Group

Folder 145

Southern Intellectual History Group, Florida, 1991

Folder 146

Southern Intellectual History Group, Vanderbilt, 1992

Folder 147

Southern Intellectual History Group, Ole Miss, 1993

Folder 148

Southern Intellectual History Group, Coastal Carolina, 1994

Folder 149

Southern Intellectual History Group, New Orleans, 1995

Folder 150

Southern Intellectual History Group, Cambridge, 1996

Folder 151

Southern Intellectual History Group, Sanford and UNC, 1997-1998

Folder 152

Southern Intellectual History Group, Edgefield, 1999

Folder 153

Southern Intellectual History Group, Florida, 2000

Folder 154

Southern Intellectual History Group, Bloomington, 2001

Folder 155

Southern Intellectual History Group, Richmond, 2002

Folder 156

Southern Intellectual History Group, Philadelphia, 2003

Folder 157

Southern Intellectual History Group, Charleston, 2004

Folder 158

Southern Intellectual History Group, Sewanee, 2005

Folder 159

Southern Intellectual History Group, Harvard, 2006

Folder 160

Southern Intellectual History Group, 2011-2012

Folder 161

Southern Intellectual History Group, Macon, 2013

Folder 162

Southern Review

Folder 163

Southern studies forum

Folder 164

Southern Texts Society, 1989-1990

Folder 165

Southern Texts Society/abortive proposals

Folder 166

Southern Texts Society, agrarian anthology/Underwood Bingham

Folder 167

Chestnut Novellas Southern Texts Society

Folder 168

Southern Texts Society-editorial correspondence/Georgia

Folder 169

Southern Texts Society-funds/organization

Folder 170

Southern Texts Society Heidari/King

Folder 171

Kirby/Ruffin Southern Texts Society

Folder 172

Southern Texts Society-letters from board

Folder 173

Southern Texts Society-letters to board

Folder 174

Southern Texts Society/miscellaneous letters

Folder 175

Daphne O'Brien/Williamsburg Southern Texts Society

Folder 176

Southern Texts Society-odds and ends

Folder 177

Possible MSS Southern Texts Society

Folder 178

Southern Texts Society (proposals)

Folder 179

Southern Texts Society-University of Virginia Press

Folder 180

Jonathan Steinberg

Folder 181

Steven Stowe

Folder 182

Sydnor Award

Folder 183

Symposium, 1988

Folder 184

T

Folder 185

Times Literary Supplement

Folder 186

Times Literary Supplement

Folder 187

Toledo Museum talk

Folder 188

Tulane Meeting, 1996

Folder 189

Tuscaloosa

Folder 190

Lisa Tyree

Folder 191

U/V/W

Folder 192

University of Alabama

Folder 193

University of Arkansas

Folder 194

University of Arkansas Press

Folder 195

University of Georgia Press

Folder 196

University of North Carolina Press

Folder 197

University of South Carolina Press

Folder 198

University of Tennessee Press I

Folder 199

University of Tennessee Press II

Folder 200

WCP Lecture, November 1992

Western College Program

Folder 201

VMHB

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Folder 202

Sam Webb

Folder 203

Webb lectures

Folder 204

Actual size and New Work (James Whitehead)

Folder 205

Clyde Wilson

Folder 206

Thomas Wolfe

Folder 207

C. Vann Woodward

Folder 208

Woodward, 1973

Folder 209

Woodward talk, Vanderbilt, 1990

Folder 210

Woodward Memorials/Prize

Folder 211

Woodward letters (permissions etc.)

Folder 212

Bertram Wyatt-Brown

Folder 213

Wylie Agency

Folder 214

X/Y/Z

Folder 215

Yale, proslavery-Nazi panel, 2006

Folder 216

Judith Zinsser

Folder 217

Notes for PhD dissertation

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