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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Photographic Collection #P0064, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Given in 1999 by Rebecca Warren of Chapel Hill, N.C. Accession no. 30901.

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• Bain family.
• Bain, Charles W., Mrs.
• Bain, Charles Wesley, 1864-1915.
• Bain, Elizabeth Tannahill, 1893-1967?
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Coker Arboretum--Photographs.
• Dare County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Islands--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Morgan County (Tenn.)--Photographs.
• Norfolk (Va.)--Photographs.
• North Carolina--Coastal Section--Photographs.
• North Carolina--Photographs.
• Old Well (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Photographs.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Buildings--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Employees--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--World War, 1914-1918--Photographs.
• World War, 1914-1918--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--Photographs.
• World War, 1914-1918--North Carolina--Photographs.
• World War, 1914-1918--Photographs.

• Charles Wesley Bain papers, 1885-1918 (bulk 1901-1910) [manuscript] in the Southern Historical Collection #02739.
• Mrs. Charles W. Bain letter, 1917 [manuscript] in the Southern Historical Collection #1327-z.

Elizabeth Tannahill Bain (1893-circa 1967) lived at Chapel Hill, N.C. (407 East Rosemary Street, which later became the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House) and Virginia Beach, Va. She was the daughter of Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915), professor of Greek and Latin at the University of North Carolina, and Isabel Plummer Bain, a native of Petersburg, Va. As an adult, Elizabeth Bain served as department secretary to the Department of Romance Languages at the University of North Carolina. A biographical/historical sketch about the Bain family provided by the donor is included in the box with the photographs.

The collection consists of one photographic album and loose photographic prints, circa 1890 through 1933. The album, circa 1914 to 1933, has views of Chapel Hill, N.C., and the University of North Carolina campus. Included are photographs of Coker Arboretum, Commons Hall, the University Inn, Battle Park, a 1914 football game, Chapel Hill houses, students training on the campus during World War I, University Day in 1917, and miscellaneous social activities. Also included are shots from Norfolk, Va.; Lancing, Morgan County, Tenn.; and Durant Island, Dare County, N.C.

When captions were provided, they are included in quotation marks below. Photo album page numbering below excludes empty pages in the album (i.e., page 30 is the 30th page in the album with images on it).

Subject matter of the loose photographic prints is primarily the family and friends of Elizabeth Tannahill Bain. The collection includes images of Charles Wesley Bain and Isabel Plummer Bain and their children, Elizabeth Tannahill Bain, Charles Wortley Bain, and Henry Plummer Bain.