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A. E. Rankin & Company Account Books, 1833-1888

Ledgers and daybooks of a large Fayetteville, N.C., mercantile firm, chiefly in the 1880s, but also 1833-1835 and 1870s; and accounts of the firm with a black man who did hauling and errands, 1885-1888.

A. M. Johnson Rayon Mills Records, 1920-1933 (bulk 1928-1930)

The A. M. Johnson Rayon Mills in Burlington, N.C., was originally built in 1927 and extensively expanded in 1929. The company was reorganized in 1930 as the Carolina Cotton Mills. The mill was closed in 1931.

A.P. Watt Records, 1887-1982

A.P. Watt was the world's first literary agency and was the largest for its first thirty years of operation. Alexander Pollock Watt (1834-1914) began working as a literary agent in 1875 when a friend asked him to negotiate a contract with a London publishing company. By 1881, A.P. Watt had incorporated his business and begun to define the role of the literary agent. The A.P. Watt firm has remained in the forefront of the market in popular fiction and it has counted numerous important and/or best-selling authors among its clients.

Anderson Abercrombie Papers, 1836-1867

Anderson Abercrombie was from Columbus, Ga.

Abernathy Family Papers, 1831-1952.

The Abernathy family was located in Tennessee and Texas. Family members include Jesse Jones Abernathy (1817-1895), his wife Sarah Esther Howard Abernathy, and the Abernathys's children, Alfred (b. 1879) and Anesta (1880-1973). Both Jesse Jones Abernathy and Alfred Abernathy were physicians and professors at the Medical College of the University of the South, and Anesta Abernathy was a nurse. During the Civil War, Jesse Jones Abernathy worked as a Confederate Army surgeon in Bowling Green, Ky.

C. P. Abernathy Letter, 1864.

The collection is a Christmas letter, 26 December 1864, to C. P. Abernathy of Raleigh, N.C., from his sister in Mullberry Valley.

M. A. Abernethy and Minna K. Abernethy Papers, 1805-1984

Personal papers of Milton "Ab" Abernethy and Minna K. Abernethy, white publishers of the journal Contempo and operators of the Intimate Bookshop in Chapel Hill, N.C. Materials include: Ab's correspondence from his student days at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University) in 1928-1929 (he was thrown out of N.C. State by the Honor Court for publishing an article about widespread cheating on campus); drafts and other papers related to articles he published while at N.C. State; correspondence from North Carolina political leaders while Ab was running the student Democratic Club at N.C. State; a letter from Clarence Darrow (who Ab had written for help with his appeal for expulsion); papers from 1929-1930 about a project he was working on related to the conditions of textile workers in the South; photographs of the Intimate Bookshop; and other papers. Also included materials documenting Minna K. Abernethy's leadership in the Daniels Defense Committee, an ad hoc group (marked by the House Un-American Activities Committee as a Communist front group) who advocated for the exoneration of Bennie Daniels and Lloyd Ray Daniels, two Black men accused of the murder of a white taxi driver in Pitt County, N.C. Even though their appeal went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the two men were ultimately executed. Daniels Defense Committee materials include correspondence with the Daniels' attorney, legal papers and research, papers on fundraising for a defense fund, leaflets with facts about the case, and other items. There is also a copy of The Enchanted Lake, signed by Joseph Caldwell.

Ackland Art Museum of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1937-2018

The University of North Carolina's first art museum, established in 1937, was located in Person Hall and known as the Person Hall Art Gallery. In 1958, a new building was completed with funds from the bequest of William Hayes Ackland. The museum then moved and was renamed the William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center; in 1979 its name changed again, to the Ackland Art Museum. The museum was part of the Department of Art, and the department chairman served as its director, until 1974, when the museum became a separate administrative unit. (The bulk of the museum's pre-1974 records are among the Records of the Department of Art).

William Hayes Ackland Papers, 1847-1937.

Native of Tennessee; author, art collector, and Washington, D.C., lawyer. After his death Ackland's art collection and an endowment for a museum was given to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ackland's name was originally Acklen. Ackland travelled widely, spending part of each year in London and Florida, and moved in society in England and America. His papers, mostly dating from 1890, consist of extensive social correspondence; manuscripts of short stories, novels, and plays written by him; notebooks and scrapbooks on many subjects, especially reflecting social conditions during the Victorian age and into the early 20th century; personal diaries, 1894-1900 and 1927-1928; autograph letters and autographs of many British and American notables; reminiscences of his childhood near Nashville, Tenn., his education, and his legal practice and social life; and other items. Letters to Ackland include two, 1878 and 1879, from Henry W. Longfellow, and an eight-page letter, 1880, from Sidney Lanier about what he thought was involved in being a poet. Collected items incude single letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1847, Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1884, and James Russell Lowell, 1886, and two letters from John Greenleaf Whittier.

Adams and Simpson Family Genealogical Collection, 1973-2005

The collection contains compilations of genealogical information for white North Carolina families related to Rita Adams Simpson (b. 1928) of Charlotte, N.C., and Joseph Bradford Simpson (1920-1979) of Salisbury and Rowan, N.C. Compilations contain family trees, family histories, biographical information, copies of related historical documents, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. Family lines represented in the genealogical information include Adams, Simpson, Roach, Gettys, Remer, Strait, Burns, Beckwith, Crowder, Ledford, Arnold, and Whisnant.

Agatha Boyd Adams Papers, 1938-1947.

Agatha Boyd Adams was a University of North Carolina librarian.

Charles C. Adams Papers, 1925-1934.

The collection includes the correspondence of Charles C. Adams, director of the New York State Museum, concerning the writing and publication of a A Guide to the Winter Birds of the North Carolina Sandhills (1928), by Milton Philo Skinner (born 1879). Correspondence was mainly with John Warren Achorn (1857-1926), who originated the plans for the guide, financed it, and wrote some of the chapters; Skinner, field naturalist who wrote the major portion of the volume; and Edmund J. Sawyer (born 1880), who illustrated it. Also included are field study notes and photographs of the North Carolina sandhills area.

E. F. Adams Papers, 1915.

The collection includes letters received by E. F. Adams, of Vanceboro, N.C., from Benjamin Rice Lacy and J. S. Mann, rival candidates for treasurer of North Carolina in the Democratic primary of 1916, seeking Adams's support.

E. M. Adams Papers, 1937-1997

Correspondence, writings, interviews, and other material of white philosophy professor, E. Maynard Adams (1919-2003), chiefly documenting his professional life as a philosopher and faculty member at the University of North Carolina, but also including letters from Adams to his parents, 1937-1983. The collection contains Adams's professional correspondence and drafts of his writings as well as interviews with Adams by professors and students, films, and photographs of Adams. The interviews are primarily about Adams's ideas about important philosophical issues. Included are discussions of humanism, naturalism, metaphysics, logic, language, religion, morality, ethics, and Adams's criticisms of the economic system and ideas about structuring a humanistic economic system. Some interviews also discuss his life and the history of the University of North Carolina and its Department of Philosophy. Also included are audiocassettes of philosophy classes taught by Adams.

Joel Adams Recording of Campbell Read, 1966

Audio recording of Scottish folk music with Campbell Read, a white resident of Chapel Hill, N.C., originally from Glasgow, Scotland. Recorded by Joel Adams, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, on 29 April 1966 for a Folklore 104 course. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a field collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff.

Lauren Adams "Crazy Quilt" Project Files, 2017-2018

Lauren Adams (1979-) is a white artist originally from Snow Camp, N.C.. The Lauren Adams Digital Files relate to the research, design, and production of "Crazy Quilt," a work of art commissioned by the Ackland Art Museum. "Crazy Quilt" depicts historical events, people and places from North Carolina, with an emphasis on reimagining women's roles in society, politics, labor, and art. The digital files include designs for original collages and designs for the artwork, photographs and documentation from the installation, the proposal for the project, design and timeline notes, and a list of sources. There are also high resolution digital images of the entire work.

Ray T. Adams Papers, 1894-1972

Ray T. Adams was a meat wholesaler in Washington, D.C., who purchased the Whalehead Club, which occupied a Corolla, N.C., beach mansion owned by Adams, 1939-1957. The collection includes scrapbooks, a guestbook, photograph albums, newspaper clippings, and other material of Ray T. Adams, relating to the Whalehead Club.

Adams-Millis Corporation Records, 1985-1988

The Adams-Millis Corporation, a hosiery manufacturer, was founded in 1904 with headquarters in High Point, N.C. Adams-Millis produced socks for a number of different companies. One of its major clients was the Sara Lee Corporation, for which it manufactured Hanes brand socks. The idea of Sara Lee's acquiring Adams-Millis arose in 1985, when Adams-Millis was under the leadership of chairman and chief executive officer, James H. Millis, Sr. Serious meetings between Sara Lee and Adams-Millis officials concerning the prospect began in late 1986. The concept came to fruition in October of 1988, when Adams-Millis's stockholders approved the acquisition.

Kendall Addison Account Book, 1804-1819; 1860s-1870s.

Kendall Addison was presumably a resident of the eastern shore of Virginia or Maryland. The collection includes accounts, presumably of Kendall Addison, of merchandise and shipping with some pages later used as a scrapbook for clippings, especially of recipes.

Adkins, Davis, and Fulton Family Papers, 1856-1921

James Davis Jr. of Stokes County, N.C., married Elizabeth McAnally in 1817. Together they had 13 children including Mary Ann Davis, Emily Caroline Davis, and James William Davis. Mary Ann Davis married Wilson Fulton in 1841, and they had nine children. The Fulton family moved to Texas shortly before the Civil War. Emily Caroline Davis married Hiram Adkins, a tutor for the Davis family children, in 1858. Hiram became a preacher in the Davis family chapel and helped with its operations as well as running other businesses in Stokes County, N.C., including lumber mills.

William M. Adler Papers, 1977-1986

William M. Adler, a white author and journalist, co-founded and published the community newspaper The People's Voice: The Newspaper for All the People of Halifax and Northampton Counties, 1982-1986. The People's Voice focused on worker rights, environmental issues, and small town politician malfeasance. The collection consists chiefly of organizational records and other miscellaneous materials relating to the business operations of the newspaper; documents relating to the North Carolina Community Owned Newspaper Network; and newspaper clippings about the newspaper. There are also materials relating to Adler's work in support of the Carolina Brown Lung Association.

African Methodist Episcopal Church Proceedings, 1935-1950

Proceedings of the annual meetings of the North Carolina Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church for the years 1935, 1937, 1940, 1943-1946, and 1950. The meetings were held in Wilmington, Fayetteville, Kinston, and Rich Square, N.C. Presiding bishop for most of them was Monroe H. Davis of Baltimore, Md., who was suspended by the National Conference in 1946. Minutes for annual conferences begin with a roll of elders, deacons, lay members, prominent visitors, and other groups present. The Journal of Proceedings documents the activities of the Conference in three sessions per day over the five days of the Conference. Reports of the various committees are transcribed in the minutes, including most notably reports on the A.M.E. Church's missionary program and reports of the committees on the state of the country and the church, on education, and on temperance. Many of these reports are long essays that include, for example, statements on the meaning and value of education in general, for the African American community specifically, and the importance of supporting the A.M.E. Church's own Kittrell College. Reports on the state of the country describe economic hardships and work shortages in the Great Depression and World War II. The report on the state of the country for 1935 discusses the continuing problem of lynching, including the apparent tolerance of the white population for the practice, and notes recent Supreme Court decisions affecting the rights of African Americans. Conference minutes for each meeting close with detailed A.M.E. Church financial accounts, including the Dollar Money Report and reports of the treasurer, the Finance Committee, and others.

South Carolina African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Photograph Collection, 1880s-1890s, 1920s

This collection consists of photographic images depicting African American members of the South Carolina African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and surrounding communities including Yorkville, Chester, and Spartanburg, S.C., during the 1880s-1890s. These formats include tintypes, carte de vistas, an ambrotype, and a lithograph. Among the people identified in the images are Reverend E. Hinton, Reverend H. Blake, Reverend R. C. Collins, and J. E. Young. Also included is the original photograph album, from which the images have been removed.

AfterWWards Club Album, 1985-2009

The AfterWWards Club, founded in 1985, was a social club based in Chapel Hill, N.C., for people who were excluded from the Welcome Wagon Club when that club began limiting its membership to three years. The AfterWWards Club allowed former Welcome Wagon Club members to continue in Welcome Wagon-like activities. It hosted several social events throughout the year, including a Fall Coffee, a Pig Pickin', and a Spring Fling. The Club also organized book clubs, bridge clubs, and a gourmet club. Club membership ranged between 71 and 315 until it disbanded in 2009.

Samuel A. Agnew Diary, 1851-1902.

Samuel A. Agnew grew up and attended college and seminary in Due West, S.C. In 1852, he moved to Mississippi, and thereafter lived in the northeastern part of the state, chiefly in Tippah and Lee counties, where he was an Associate Reformed Presbyterian minister, teacher, farmer, and prominent local citizen. The collection contains a detailed diary of Agnew's thoughts, experiences, and activities; neighborhood news; public events, particularly as they affected the locality; relations with slaves and free blacks; the Civil War, during which he was in the area of operations of both armies; Reconstruction, which was tumultuous in his vicinity; the Ku Klux Klan; local and regional church affairs; farming and leadership in the local Grange; major natural events; frequent travels to Memphis and to other parts of Mississippi; and many other aspects of personal and public life that came within his view. There are occasional gaps in the diary before 1873 and after 1883.

D. Wyatt Aiken Autobiography, 1828-1851.

David Wyatt Aiken (1828-1889), was a Confederate colonel, a South Carolina and United States representative, and an agricultural reformer.

Susan Grey Akers Papers, 1899-1984

Susan Grey Akers was dean of the School of Library Science at the University of North Carolina from 1932 until 1954. In 1950-1951, Akers served as a library science consultant in Tokyo, Japan. In 1954-1955, she was visiting lecturer in library science at the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Alabama Contract, 1861.

The contract (6 p.) and specifications (13 p.) for the construction of the Confederate commerce-raiding vessel, C.S.S. Alabama, agreed upon between John Laird Sons and Co., shipbuilders of Birkenhead, England, and Confederate naval agent, James Dunwody Bulloch (1823-1901).

Alabama Department of Archives and History Bulletin on Cahaba, Ala., 1925

Mimeographed booklet of Vol. 1, No. 6, of the monthly bulletin of the Alabama Department of Archives & History in Montgomery, Ala. This issue of the bulletin, dated June 1925, chiefly pertains to the deserted town of Cahaba, the onetime capital of Alabama.

Alamance Cotton Mill Records, 1839-1926

The Alamance Cotton Mill was established by Edwin Michael Holt and his brother-in-law, William A. Carrigan, in 1837, signalling the start of industrial development in Alamance County, N.C. The Alamance factory was located on Great Alamance Creek, site of Holt's father's grist mill. The plant was under Holt management for 89 years, during which time the Holt family controlled most of the county's cotton manufacture. The Alamance Cotton Mill operated under various names, including Holt and Carrigan, E.M. Holt and Company, E.M. Holt's Sons, and the L. Banks Holt Manufacturing Company. Business records and scattered business correspondence of the Alamance Cotton Mill include production, shipping, and time records; store accounts; letter books; and other materials relating to manufacture and sales. Papers are chiefly dated 1838-1884, with a gap from 1853 to 1868.

W. L. Albers Papers, 1930.

MICROFILM ONLY. History and recollections of lead and zinc mines and mining in Southwest Virginia, particularly in Wythe County, from 1750 to 1930. Included are extracts from The Story of Austinville, Va., compiled in 1930 by W. D. Borcherdt.

Edward H. Albert Collection of Auction Recordings, 1972-1973

Audio recordings of public auctions created by sociologist, Edward H. Albert. The recordings feature auctions held in Randolph County, N.C., as well as recordings from the Missouri Auction School, which Albert attended as part of his research.

Albertype Co. Collection of North Carolina Photographs, circa 1900-1930s

The Albertype Co., headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., produced postcards and other printed materials from 1890 until 1952. The company utilized a specific photomechanical processes process invented by Joseph Albert in Australia in the late 1860s, which was an improvement on the collotype photographic process. The company had teams of photographers who traveled across the United States taking and buying images depicting people, places, and activities in all parts of the country. A majority of the images were published as postcards and marketed to be sold in the locales depicted in the images.

James W. Albright Diary and Reminiscences, 1748-1913.

Confederate ordnance officer and newspaper publisher in Greensboro and Asheville, N.C.

J.L. Alcorn Papers, 1850-1949

James L. Alcorn was a planter, brigadier general of Mississippi state forces during the Civil War, Republican governor, and U.S. senator.

Ray Alden Collection, 1960s-2010s

Personal collection of Ray Alden, a white musician, record producer, artist, photographer, educator, and author. Collection consists largely of field recordings, festival and club performances, airchecks, and album master tapes of old-time music and bluegrass music. Recordings document many of the traditional musicians active in the 1970s and 1980s, including Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Fred Cockerham, Joe Val, J.D. Crowe, Hazel Dickens, Johnson Mountain Boys, and Bill Monroe, as well as recordings of emerging old-time musicians Alden recorded for his Young Fogies recording project and the Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival Festival. Also includes photograph albums of old-time musicians, including The Kimble Family; family photographs; and research files.

Alderman Family Papers, 1874-1925.

Correspondence of members of a Fayetteville, N.C., family, including letters, 1874-1878, from William T. Purviance, a relative with a cotton brokerage firm in Galveston, Tex., and New York City, concerning personal and family matters; letters, 1877-1878, from William Colin Alderman, a student at the University of North Carolina about student life and campus and town events in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and miscellaneous other letters.

Edwin Anderson Alderman Papers, 1880-1893.

President of University of North Carolina, 1896-1900; president of Tulane University, 1900-1904; and president of University of Virginia, 1904-1931.

John Thomas Alderman Papers, 1914 and undated.

John Thomas Alderman (1853-1932) was an educator, North Carolina state senator, Baptist historian, and Mason. Correspondence of John Alderman relating to his position as Masonic leader and articles and lectures written by Alderman on various topics. Correspondence between Alderman and various Masons includes information about members, dues, conferences, initiations, conferring of degrees, officer elections, resignations, expulsion of members for various reasons, and the distribution of philanthropic funds. Included are several undated articles and lectures Alderman wrote on topics such as the history of the Masons, the history of the Netherlands, American national songs, famous jewels, the business of education, the role of the family, and the Civil War.

Penelope Eliza Howard Alderman Diary, 1851-1856

Penelope Alderman was the wife of the Rev. Amariah Biggs Alderman (1819-1889), a Baptist minister who organized and pastored churches in Sampson County, N.C.

Tony Alderman Collection, 1950-1987

The Tony Alderman Collection consists of audio recordings compiled by Tony Alderman, a white old-time fiddler of Galax Va., who was a member of the Hill Billies and Buckle Busters musical groups. The recordings, which were dubbed from materials held at the Smithsonian, primarily contain old-time string band and early country music from Virginia and North Carolina, including live recordings of the Galax Old Fiddler's Convention held in Galax, Va. Other recordings include oral history interviews with old-time musicians, personal field recordings, television appearances, and other live recordings. The collection also contains related documentation, including detailed tape logs with artist names and song titles.

Mary Katherine Aldin Artist Files, circa 1990-2010

Mary Katherine Aldin is a freelance independent reissue producer and annotator. She wrote a blues column for the L.A. Weekly for more than 20 years; has contributed essays to several books and magazines on American roots music; and has hosted an American roots music radio show in Los Angeles, Calif.

Thomas M. Aldrich Papers, 1911-1913.

Thomas M. Aldrich served in the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, United States Army, during the Civil War. The collection includes recollections, 25 pages, typescript, by Aldrich of his Civil War service, with a focus on the career of General Daniel Edgar Sickles, and two manuscript diagrams of the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., perhaps drawn by Aldrich in 1911.

Alembic Club of the University of North Carolina Records, 1901-1928

The Alembic Club was the successor to the Science Club and the Journal Club. The Journal Club was founded on 25 January 1901 by faculty and students of the University of North Carolina Department of Chemistry. Meeting twice monthly from 1901 through 1921, the Journal Club discussed research articles published in scholarly journals. Presentations of members' research work was also encouraged. In 1924, the club was reorganized to include members from all physical science departments on the campus. This new organization was first named the Science Club, then the Alembic Club.

Alexander and Hillhouse Family Papers, 1758-1998

Members of the white Alexander and Hillhouse families of Sunbury, Ga., Washington, Ga., and Savannah, Ga., owned plantations, relied on enslaved labor, and had business interests in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, and New England, including Fairfield Plantation and Hopewell Plantation. The collection includes some materials documenting enslaved labor, free Black men, 20th century Black employees, and abolitionist movements, including a letter written by May Brown, an enslaved woman. The majority of the collection contains extensive family and personal correspondence, business correspondence, plantation accounts, physician's accounts, estate papers, travel journals, and genealogical materials, primarily documenting white family, political, and religious life in Washington and Savannah, Ga., and in Connecticut and New York.

Alexander Family Genealogy, 1952.

The Alexander family of Mecklenburg County, N.C. included six signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

A. F. Alexander Papers, 1806-1852

A. F. Alexander was a student at what is now Princeton University.

Eben Alexander Papers, 1828-1979

Eben Alexander (1851-1910) was a professor of Greek at the University of North Carolina, 1886-1910, and the United States minister to Greece, Romania, and Serbia, 1893-1897.

Edward Porter Alexander Papers, 1852-1910

Edward Porter Alexander was an engineer, United States and Confederate army officer, university professor, businessman, and planter.

Emma Pauline Nicholson Alexander Papers, 1828; 1856-1874; 1935

Chiefly letters, 1856-1870, to Emma Pauline Nicholson Alexander of Enfield, N.C., wife of Sydenham Benoni Alexander (1840-1921), from friends and relatives, particularly cousins, in various locations in North Carolina, including Tarboro, Hillsboro, Warrenton, and New Bern, and in Richmond, Va., Galveston, Tex., and Demopolis, Ala. Many of these letters are from friends who attended school with Emma either at the Salem Female Academy or at boarding school in Hillsboro, N.C. Writers of these letters tend to reminisce about school events, discuss classmates, or give news of their activities since leaving school. There are also many letters from Emma's cousins and other relatives. These letters chiefly discuss routine family affairs. There are a few letters that relate to the Civil War, including two 1864 letters from Emma's brother Edward A. T. Nicholson, who served as aide to Brigadier General Robert D. Johnston and was killed in the charge on Fort Stedman in 1864, about the conduct of the war and about an expedition into the Valley of Virginia; a letter, 8 November 1864, from Eugene B. Wiggins at Camp Manly to his cousin Emma; a 4 March 1865 letter from former classmate Mary H. Whitaker in Tarboro about rumors of Northern troops in the vicinity; and a 7 July 1865 letter to Emma about the death of her brothers. Also included are Emma's scrapbook containing poems, some of them clipped from newspapers and others handwritten, 1850s-1874, about fallen heros of the Civil War and the virtues of women, a few printed tracts, and other items.

Henry Quincy Alexander Medical Ledgers, 1893-1902

Henry Quincy Alexander (1863-1929) was a physician working in the rural areas of Providence, N.C., and Matthews, N.C., in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Alexander was a member of the North Carolina state legislature for several terms, and one of the founders of the Mecklenburg Medical Society, where he served as the society's first president.

Isaac Alexander Papers, 1857-1942 (bulk 1862-1865).

Isaac Alexander (born circa 1844) was a private in the 10th South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate Army, 1862-1865. The collection includes typed transcriptions of letters, 1862-1865, from Alexander to his mother, describing life in Confederate army camps and on the front, and commenting on commanding generals and on the situation in the South, as he moved from Mississippi to Kentucky to Tennessee. Also included is a bound volume, Letters of Isaac Alexander, 10th S.C. Volunteers, C.S.A./John Alexander, 1942, containing carbon copies of typed transcriptions of letters, many of which appear to duplicate those already on deposit. The volume includes an introduction, written by John Alexander, that contains background information about Isaac Alexander and his family.

John F. Alexander Letter, 1861.

The collection contains a typed copy of an original letter from P. G. T. Beauregard at Fairfax Court House, Va., to Judah P. Benjamin, Acting Secretary of War, Confederate States of America, concerning field defenses and the rank of Brigadier General M. L. Bonham.

Mecklenburg Declaration Papers, 1775-1982 (bulk 1775-1853)

The collection contains papers, chiefly 1775-1853, accumulated by Joseph McKnitt Alexander and others relating to the Mecklenburg Declaration and Resolves of May 1775, and the controversy over them, including later testimony of witnesses and copies of documents, papers of North Carolina officials concerning the publication of a pamphlet on the subject in 1831, and later letters related to aspects of the controversy.

Samuel Alfred Alexander Papers, 1916-1922

Samuel Alfred Alexander was a schoolmaster and farmer in Alamance County, N.C.

William B. Alexander Letters, 1862

William B. Alexander, a carpenter born in Plymouth, Mass., served as a second lieutenant in the 3rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, April-June 1861, and as a captain in the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, December 1861-December 1862.

William D. Alexander Diary, 1863-1865.

William D. Alexander (b. 1841), of Mecklenburg County, N.C., was a Confederate hospital steward who served with the 37th North Carolina Regiment.

William Sample Alexander Diary, 1770-1778

William Sample Alexander was the son of Hezekiah Alexander (1728-1801), a prominent early settler of Mecklenburg County, N.C.

Associate University Librarian for Technical Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1974-1997

The records of Larry Alford, a white librarian, document his time as Associate University Librarian for Technical Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The records contain correspondence, annual reports, planning files, and administrative records including taskforce documentation, committee files, and budget materials. Acquired as part of University Archives.

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Records, 1982-2017

Algonquin books of Chapel Hill, Inc., is a publishing house incorporated in 1982 by University of North Carolina English professor Louis Rubin Jr., and Shannon Ravenel, a Saint Louis fiction editor who had been one of Rubin's creative writing students. The records of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Inc., include correspondence and other papers of the company's founder Louis D. Rubin Jr., who served as president and editor-in-chief, and of Shannon Ravenel, vice-president and senior editor. There are also author files, editorial materials, production materials, illustrative materials, galleys and advance uncorrected proofs, advertising and sales materials, book reviews and review requests, subsidiary rights materials, financial records, inventory records, and legal files. The Addition of April 2013 is Workman Publishing Company's Algonquin Books website and the Algonquin Books blog. Note that not all authors published by Algonquin are currently represented in the collection as files are transferred only when Algonquin staff members determine that they are no longer active.

Joseph Dill Alison Diary, 1861-1863.

Joseph Dill Alison (fl. 1861-1863) of Dallas County, Ala., was a surgeon in the Confederate Army. The collection includes a typed transcript of Alison's diary while stationed with the Confederate Army at Pensacola, Fla., in the summer and early winter of 1861 and in Mississippi thereafter, describing daily activities, medical facilities, and the medical situation at Vicksburg. There are gaps in the spring of 1862 and between 30 June and 26 December 1862. The diary ends with the fall of Vicksburg, 4 July 1863.

All Saints Church Record Book, 1844-1877

The collection is a portion of the vestry journal of All Saints Church, an Episcopal church in Waccamaw, S.C., chiefly concerned with building and business matters.

William Allan Papers, 1802-1937.

William Allan (1837-1889) was a Confederate military officer and an educator. The collection contains letters, deeds, estate papers, business papers, diaries, reminiscences, and other material documenting the life of Allan and of members of his family. Allan's volumes include reminiscences, written in the 1880s, of his early life and of the Civil War, during which he served as a colonel and chief ordnance officer for generals Jackson, Ewell, and Early in the Army of Northern Virginia; notes on the 2nd Battle of Bull Run; notes on his conversations with General Robert E. Lee, 1867-1870 (typed transcriptions); and Allan's diaries, 1872-1873, while a professor at Washington College, Va., and 1882-1888, while principal of the McDonogh School, Baltimore, Md. Other volumes include the reminiscences of his wife, Elizabeth Randolph (Preston) Allan (1848-1933), published in Richmond, Va., in 1938; and the reminiscences (microfilm of typed transcriptions) of his father, Thomas Allan (1802-1873), who emigrated from Scotland in the 1830s and became a nurseryman and dairy farmer at Winchester, Va. Also included are copies of items relating to Preston family and Allan family history.

H. A. Allard Papers, 1880-1953.

H. A. (Harry Ardell) Allard (1880-1963) was a native of Massachusetts, graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1905, naturalist, specialist in the United States Department of Agriculture, 1906-1946, and author of several hundred articles on biological subjects.

John V. Allcott Papers, 1900s-1986

John Volney Allcott (1905- ) was professor of art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an architectural historian. These papers consist of correspondence, photographs, photocopies of manuscripts, and other material relating to the architectural history of North Carolina, particularly of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Much of this material was collected for use in two books by Allcott, Colonial Homes in North Carolina and The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Years of Architecture.

Allen, Booth, and Snipes Family Photograph Collection, 1870s-1880s

Images depicting African American members of the Allen, Booth, and Snipes families of Chapel Hill, N.C. All three families have ties to the University of North Carolina. Included are images of Benjamin Booth and Easter Snipes, both of whom worked for the University during the later third of the nineteenth century. Some of the individuals depicted were likely enslaved by the University of North Carolina during their lives.

A. T. Allen Papers, 1894-1935.

A. T. (Arch Turner) Allen was state superintendent of public instruction for North Carolina, 1923-1934.

Cornelius Tacitus Allen Papers, 1746-1915.

Cornelius Tacitus Allen (1841-1915) had an interest in the history of Lunenburg County, Va. The collection contains chiefly research notes and biographical sketches related to Lunenburg County, Va., presumably by Cornelius Tacitus Allen. Also included are originals of minutes, 1840, of the Lunenburg Young Men's Literary Society, and a 20-page handwritten autobiography (written after 1843) by a Lunenburg man born in 1798.

Edward W. Allen Papers (#3737-z) 1862-1866

Edward W. Allen of Eau Claire, Wis., was a sergeant and then second lieutenant in Company H of the 16th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, during the Civil War. He was the son of James and Emily Allen. He had several siblings, including James F. (Fred) Allen who served in Company K, 36th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. Correspondence, diary entries, and other papers of Edward W. Allen during the Civil War. Most of the letters are from Allen to his parents in 1864 and 1865. Also included are letters he wrote to friends and letters his parents wrote to him, as well as some pages of diary entries, which Allen apparently sent to his parents. Letters discuss camp life, supplies, health, troop movements, and battles. Some letters also discuss the army service, disappearance, imprisonment, probable death, and return home of Edward Allen's brother, Fred Allen, who served in the 36th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. Edward W. Allen was at Camp Randall in Wisconsin, February 1863-February 1864; at Vicksburg, Miss., March 1864; at Pulaski, Tenn., May 1864; near Atlanta, Ga., June-September, 1864; in Savannah, Ga., December 1864; Columbia, S.C., February 1865; in Goldsboro, N.C., March-April 1865; in Virginia, May 1865; in Louisville, Ky., June-July 1865; and back in Wisconsin, July-August 1865.

George Washington Allen Papers, 1832-1932

Planter of Pelika and Lafayette, Ala.. Also represented are his brother, Alexander A. Allen (fl. 1832-1870), planter and lawyer of Bainbridge and Lexington, Ga.; Alexander's son, Alexander A. Allen (d. 1918), reporter and editor of Macon and Atlanta, Ga.; Willia M. (b. 1853) and Ruth Linton Allen (fl. 1891-1914), Alabama educators and travelers; and other Allen family members and their Wheat and Linton relations.

James Allen and Charles B. Allen Papers, 1788-1869

James Allen was a planter of Warren County, Miss. Charles B. Allen was his son.

John Mebane Allen's Grandfather's Letters, 1852-1889

Letters to John Mebane Allen of Arkansas from friends and relatives in Alamance County, N.C., and extracts from a journal kept by Allen during his move from North Carolina to Arkansas in 1852, and compiled and indexed by Elizabeth White Furman, circa 1974. Letters, 1853-1859, from North Carolina discuss personal, local and agricultural news and occasionally comment on politics, the economy, railroad building, operating a tannery, mining, and the hiring and sale of slaves. A version with virtually identical contents was privately published in 1974.

Joseph Nathaniel Allen Papers, 1808-1967

Educator, attorney, and Confederate officer Joseph Nathaniel Allen (also known as Nat Allen) was born in Warren County, N.C., in 1834 and died in 1917.

Julian Allen Scrapbook, 1860-1878.

Colonel Julian Allen came from Russian Poland to New Orleans, La. in 1849, lived in New York from 1850, aided the United States government in connection with Sherman's occupation of Savannah, Ga., and settled after the war near Statesville in Iredell County, N.C., where he was prominent in farming.

Margaret Day Allen and Robert John Allen Collection, circa 2000-2015

Video interviews, photographs, articles, and book chapters about self-taught/folk artists created by Margaret Day Allen and Robert John Allen, former members of the Folk Art Society of America's National Advisory Board and past presidents of the North Carolina Folk Art Society. Margaret Day Allen authored When the Spirit Speaks: Self-Taught Art of the South. Videos were recorded digitally by the Allens over a 10- to 15-year period. Materials document African American and white artists from Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Artists featured in the collection include: Ab the Flagman (Roger Lee Ivens), Minnie Adkins, John "Cornbread" Anderson, Michael Brien, Tammy Leigh Brooks, Benny Carter, Neolia "Nell" Cole, J. J. Cromer, John "Johnnie" Culver, Eric Cunningham, Bruce Davenport, Brian Dowdall, Winton and Rosa Eugene, Sam Ezell, Patti Fenick, Theresa Gloster, Edna Hackett, Eddie Hamrick, Eddie Hayes, Chris Hubbard, Clyde Jones, Stacy Lambert, Paul Lancaster, Arbon Lane, Jr., Eric Legge, Juanita Leonard, Tim Lewis, Peter Loose, Denny Maloney, Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, Kessiah Freeman Meroney, Roy Minshew, Bruce New, Ashley Pierce, Sarah Rakes, Joe Reinhardt, Kathy Richards, Harold Rittenberry, Robert Roberg, O. L. Samuels, Cher Shaffer, Gabriel Shaffer, Rev. Johnnie Simmons, Vollis Simpson, William Thomas Thompson, Della Wells, and LaVon Williams.

Thomas Turner Allen Papers, 1858-1894

Thomas Turner Allen (1841–1862) was born in Windsor, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina, and was class valedictorian in 1861. He joined the Confederate Army the April before graduation, and served as a private in the Warren Guards, Company “F,” Twelfth North Carolina Regiment. Allen was killed on 1 July 1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill. Janie Outlaw Allen Candler (1862-1884), was the daughter of Thomas Turner Allen and Janie Outlaw Allen (1843-1862). After the death of her parents, she was raised by her maternal aunt Victoria Outlaw Pugh (1838-1896). She was graduated from St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, N.C. She married Robert L. Candler in 1883, and died in May 1884.

W. G. Allen Letters, 1863-1866

W. G. Allen (1824-1867), an army chaplain with the 5th Georgia Infantry Regiment, wrote letters to his wife, Georgia Anne Swilling, from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Missionary Ridge, Tenn., from July to October 1863. Also included is one letter, 1866, written from Americus, Ga.

William C. Allen Papers, 1847-1874

William C. Allen (fl. 1850-1859) was a merchant of Autauga County, Ala. The collection includes deeds, bills and accounts, promissory notes, receipts, and a few letters of Allen, chiefly related to estate settlements, including that of Dr. Hugh C. Hillhouse, Prattville, Ala., in the 1850s.

William Allen Order, 18 June 1865.

Captain William Allen served in the 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment of the Confederate Army.

Young Allen Papers, 1783-1927

Chiefly deeds, estate records, and other financial and legal items, including slave bills of sale, relating to Young Allen of Wake County, N.C., and to members of his family. Also included are some correspondence of the Allen family with relatives and others, some of which relates to settling the frontier in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi in the 1820s and 1830s, and a bawdy poem about a parson and a black woman.

Emma H. Allensworth Diary, 1893.

Emma H. Allensworth was, in 1893, a young woman from Nashville, Tenn.

Charles M. Alley Papers, 1862-1889

Charles M. Alley was a private in the 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of the United States Army during the Civil War. After the war, he participated in a number of business ventures in Boston, Mass., and Hartford, Conn. He married around 1870 and had six children.

Allison and Sample family, 1760-1944.

Chiefly genealogical materials relating to the Alexander, Allison, Barry, Cunningham, Graham, Johnston, Lockhart, Sample, Williams, and Young families of Cabarrus, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, and adjoining counties in North Carolina. Included is a family record book compiled by Reverend Thomas Johnston Allison of Mecklenburg County.

J. Mack Allison Papers, circa 1900s, 1940-1990

John Mack Allison Jr. of Brevard, N.C, served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. Allison flew many combat missions with the 321st Bomb Group in West Africa in 1943. He was discharged in 1946 and served in the Air Force Reserve, 1952-1955. Allison died in 1990.

Robert F. W. Allston Letter, 1843 September 5.

Robert F. W. Allston was a rice planter and civil engineer; surveyor general of South Carolina, 1823; member of the General Assembly, 1828-1832; state senator, 1832-1856; and governor, 1856-1858.

Rho Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1925-1987

The University of North Carolina (Rho) chapter of the Alpha Chi Sigma collegiate chemistry fraternity began in 1909 as the Order of the Khems. In 1912, the group joined the national Alpha Chi Sigma organization. The group is a professional chemistry fraternity, although it has social functions as well. The national fraternity is divided into collegiate and professional divisions, with the professional members providing guidance and information for the collegiate.

Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1936-1939, 1969-1970

The Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the national pre-medical fraternity, was established at the University of North Carolina on 30 March 1936. The chapter's goals were to foster the scholastic and social life of prospective medical students. The chapter organized lectures and seminars throughout the academic year. The major event was the annual new members' banquet.

S. S. Alsop Papers, 1901-1907.

S. S. Alsop was an attorney of Enfield, N.C., and a local historian. The collection includes notes and papers collected by Alsop for his history of Halifax County, N.C., and 160 pages of the original manuscript. Also included are items of information on prominent people of Halifax County and some correspondence, 1901-1907, about Alsop's writings.

Alston Family Papers, 1770-1897

Materials include land records, receipts, correspondence, and other papers pertaining to the Alston family of Chatham County, N.C. Most of the land records and all of the receipts are photocopies of original materials. The land records cover the period 1770-1831 and document transactions involving Joseph John Alston, William Alston, Gideon Alston, and others. Receipts primarily document the sale of clothing by Junius A. Alston, 1857-1897. Correspondence, 1851-1877, written by women and exchanged with relatives, contains news of family, literary pursuits, and bereavement. Other papers include a freedmen₂s contract and a proposal to open a school.

Archibald Davis Alston Papers, 1804-1893

Archibald Davis Alston, lawyer and planter of Halifax County, N.C.

Charles Henry Alston Papers, 1930s-1990s (bulk 1930s-1970s)

African-American artist Charles Henry Alston, nicknamed Spinky, was born 28 November 1907 in Charlotte, N.C. He was the youngest of five children born to the Reverend Primus Priss Alston, who was born into slavery in Chatham County, N.C., and Anna Miller Alston. After Primus's death, Anna married Harry Pierce Bearden, artist Romare Bearden's uncle, and moved the family to New York in 1913. Charles Alston worked as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator, and educator, gaining national and international recognition. His works are found among the holdings of individuals and permanent museum and gallery collections around the world. Alston married Myra Logan, a noted surgeon at Harlem Hospital.

Joseph J. Alston Letter, 1854.

Joseph J. Alston lived in Selma, Ala.

Joseph John Alston Will, 1780.

The collection contains a printed copy of the last will and testament of Joseph John Alston, Halifax County, N.C., 5 January 1780.

Trudy Alston Diary, 1861-1864

Trudy Alston lived near Raymond, Miss., during the Civil War. She kept an occasional diary of events that occurred, 1861-1864, during which time her brother Robert (Bob) and friend Edgar fought in the Confederate Army. The diary of Trudy Alston, 1861-1864, reports on daily activities of the Alston family and their friends, as well as events such as the death of various acquaintances during the course of the Civil War. The diary contains several pages of description of the Battle of Raymond (1863), which occurred close to Alston's home, as well as notes from friends departing for service in the Confederate Army. The diary concludes with a entry detailing Alston's brother Robert's capture by Union troops, probably at the Battle of Nashville, and his subsequent incarceration at Camp Chase, Ohio.

William Alston Stud Book, 1789-1809.

Microfilm of a stud book of William Alston of Waccamaw, Georgetown County, S.C.

Willis Alston Letter, 28 April 1800.

Willis Alston (1769-1837) was a United States representative from North Carolina, 1799-1815 and 1825-1831.

Henry Powell Alves Family History Materials, undated.

MICROFILM ONLY. Genealogy and copies of wills and other family documents, compiled by Henry P. Alves of Guntersville, Ala., 1940-1949, about the Alves, Hogg, Norwood, Gayle, Hodge, Rudy, Jordan, Rivers, Fennell, Allison, and related families. Also included is a typed transcription of a short diary of James William Fennell, surgeon, 9th Alabama Infantry Regiment, concerning military movements and camp life.

Walter Alves Papers, 1771-1858

Walter Alves of Orange County, N.C., was the son of James Hogg (1730-1804) and Ann McDowal (Alves) Hogg (1732-1801) of Scotland. The family emigrated to America in 1774, settling in North Carolina. His father legally changed his sons' last names from Hogg to Alves in honor of their mother. Walter Alves married Mary Amelia Johnston, daughter of William Johnston (d. 1785) and had with her nine children. Alves, a staunch Federalist, served in the North Carolina General Assembly, 1793- 1795; was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, 1795-1813; and speculated heavily in North Carolina and Tennessee lands.

Philis Alvic Collection, 1991-1998

Philis Alvic is an artist/weaver and writer who maintains a studio in Lexington, Ky. She weaves wall hangings using complex weave structures. Her textiles have been shown at more than 100 exhibits throughout the United States. The collection consists of documentation of early weaving in the Southern Highlands in Gatlinburg, Tenn., and around Penland, N.C.; the beginnings of the Penland School of Crafts (formerly Penland School of Handicrafts); and the weaving room at Crossnore School, Inc., in Crossnore, N.C. Materials include audio cassettes, documents, and photographic slides, most developed by Alvic with grant support from the North Carolina Arts Council and the North Carolina Humanities Council. Audiocassettes contain oral history interviews with weavers, their friends and relatives, and other people connected with the early years of the Penland School. Documents include pamphlets on the history of weaving in the Southern Highlands and other materials. Photographic slides include images of interior and exterior shots of the Penland School, portraits of weavers, slides of crafts, and slides of historic Penland photographs.

Rob Amberg Photographs for Sodom Laurel Album, 1975-1994, 2002

Collection consists of the 60 photographic prints used to produce Sodom Laurel Album (2002). Sodom Laurel Album, chronicles Dellie Norton and her family 1975-1994, who lived in the small mountain community of Sodom Laurel, located in Madison County, N.C. The collection also contains a copy of Sodom Laurel Album (2002).

William Ruthrauff Amberson Papers, 1915-1977

William R. Amberson was a professor at the University of Tennessee Medical School at Memphis, 1930-1937, advisor to the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and trustee of the Delta and Providence cooperative farms in Mississippi.

Ambrotype Collection, circa 1852-1880

Collection of ambrotype photographs collected by the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. Ambrotypes were in production from the early 1850s into the early 1880s. Collection contains 22 images taken of individuals seated or standing for portraits, circa 1852-1880. Individuals appearing in the images include Omar ibn Said, a Black writer and Islamic Scholar who was enslaved for most of his life, and students at Wesleyan Female Institute in Murfreesboro, N.C. Also included are images depicting white soldiers who served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, including General Bryan Grimes of the 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, members of the "Iredell Blues," and Meshack F. Hunt of the 5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.

America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Photographs and Related Materials, 1984-1987(bulk 1987)

Between 1984 and 1987, celebrations were held in North Carolina and England to commemorate the 400th anniversary of English colonists settling in America.

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Records, 1927-1991.

The American Association (later Alliance) for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, a division of the National Education Association, was formed in 1927 to awaken a wide and intelligent interest in physical and health education; to acquire and disseminate knowledge concerning it; and to promote such universal physical and health education as will provide well-trained teachers and secure adequate programs throughout the South. The Southern District includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapter of the American Association of University Professors Records, 1948-1993

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was organized on 1-2 January 1915 in New York, N.Y., to promote the advancement of the standards, ideals, and welfare of the faculty at institutions of higher education. The Association has been most active in the areas of academic freedom and tenure. Thirteen professors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill organized a chapter of the AAUP in 1916.

American Association of University Women, Chapel Hill Branch Records, 1923-2023

Intermittent records of the Chapel Hill branch (later the Orange, Durham, Chatham Counties branch) of the American Association of University Women, including correspondence, membership information, annual reports of activities filed with the national office in Washington, D.C., programs submitted at conventions of the North Carolina state division, board meeting minutes, yearbooks, newsletters, and other miscellaneous materials. Volumes are chiefly minutes and scrapbooks, 1923-1972. There are no papers for the years 1923-1927, 1932-1933, 1936- 1937, 1939-1940, or 1941-1942.

American Cancer Society, North Carolina Division President's Files, 1954-1955.

The American Cancer Society is a non-profit organization involved in cancer research, education, advocacy, and service. William Clyde BillFriday acted as president of the North Carolina Division of the organization in the mid-1950s.

American Colonization Society Address, 1832-1833

Sixteen-page document, which appears to be presented as a speech, explaining and justifying the purpose of the American Colonization Society. The speaker cites the 1821 acquisition of Cape Montserrado on west coast of Africa, population data from the 1830 census (warning about the dangers of a growing Black population in the United States), and the Southampton Insurrection led by Nat Turner in 1831 (claiming to be about 1-2 years since "we heard of whole states agitated & alarmed"), as well as providing a lengthy justification of colonization with the mission of Christianity. The speech concludes by noting the need for funding. The American Colonization Society (originally known as the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America) was formed in 1816 to send free African Americans to Africa as an alternative to remaining in the United States.

American Furniture Manufacturers Association Records, 1905-1994

In 1984, the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association (SFMA) and the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers (NFMA) merged to form the American Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFMA). Headquartered in High Point, N.C., AFMA provides educational services to its member companies, a comprehensive public relations program to represent the industry to consumers, government relations to relay member interests to national agencies and officials, and statistical information about home furnishings manufacturing. Records of AFMA and its predecessors, SFMA and NAFM, include correspondence, meeting materials, reports, financial records, surveys, and publications. The collection documents AFMA's organizational structure, member services, and program. Among the topics covered are membership education, management training, government relations, furniture flammability, pollution, safety, consumer affairs, statistical information, and public relations.

American Legion North Carolina Auxiliary Records, 1934-1937.

The collection contains bulletins and correspondence about American Legion Auxiliary activities in North Carolina, 1936, and membership and officer lists, 1934-1937.

American Nurses Association Southern Division Records, 1929-1949.

The Southern Division was one of several regional organizations formed from the American Nurses Association. The regional divisions were established to promote the interests of the nurses in the terrritory comprising the division; for the interchange of ideas, and to bring the nurses of the division into closer fellowship (1929). The Southern Division members wre Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

American Party Scrapbook, circa 1856

Clippings and manuscript notes of an undesignated Tennessean about national politics, chiefly about the American party, to which he was opposed.

American and English Playbills, 1945-2005

The collection contains selected American and English playbills representing a larger collection of playbills for plays presented in the United States and England between approximately 1945 and 2005.

Jessie Daniel Ames Papers, 1866-1972

Jessie Daniel Ames was a white civil rights worker of Atlanta, Ga., Georgetown, Tex., and Tryon, N.C. Beginning in 1922, Ames served separate roles as secretary and vice-president of the Texas Committee on Interracial Cooperation. By 1929, she had moved to Atlanta, where she was director of Women's Work for the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. During this time, Ames established the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, which functioned as a volunteer component within the Commission.

Rufus Amis Papers, 1848-1938

Scattered family papers of Rufus Amis of Granville County, N.C., including letters, 1848-1850, to his first wife, Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Ragland (1836-1900), from her brother, Robert L. Ragland in Colbert and Barton, Miss.; letters concerning Amis's illness and resignation from the Confederate Army; certificates; receipts; muster rolls, 1861, of Company I, 13th North Carolina Volunteers; and pages from the Amis and Chandler family Bibles and Amis family histories. Correspondence includes microfilm copies of two additional letters, one from Rufus to Bettie, 1857, telling her about prospects for settling in Arkansas and its advantages over North Carolina, and one, 1853, from John Barr Andrews, a student at the University of North Carolina.

A. R. Ammons Papers1944-1987

North Carolina poet A. R. Ammons (1926- ), who, since 1961, has been on the English faculty of Cornell University. The collection contains letters from Ammons to his sister, Vida Ammons Cox; letters from Ammons to poet William Harmon of the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; writings by Ammons, including poems and a World War II journal; photographs; and other items relating to Ammons. The Cox letters chiefly relate to family affairs and to Ammons's life while a student at the University of California at Berkeley and teacher in the Hatteras (N.C.) public school system; the Harmon letters chiefly deal with literary matters and with Ammons's college teaching career. There are also other Ammons materials.

Amphoterothen Society of the University of North Carolina Records, 1913-1917, 1940-1962

The Amphoterothen Society was founded at the University of North Carolina in the 1912-1913 academic year as a student organization to promote extemporaneous speaking. The society was inactive from 1947 to 1952. In 1959, the society was reorganized by the Forensic Council as an honorary society to recognize thirteen students who exemplify the virtues of leadership, oratory, and service.

Lysander H. Amsden Letters, 1836-1837.

Lysander H. Amsden (fl. 1836-1837) studied engineering and worked on a railroad survey in Virginia under Moncure Robinson (1802-1891). The collection includes letters from Amsden, written while he was on a railroad survey at various places in Virginia, to S. M. Robbe, a friend who was a student at Norwich, Vt. The letters discuss Amsden's surveying work, his impressions of Halifax County, Va., and people in the Shenandoah Valley, and other matters.

Jay Anania Collection, 1973

The Jay Anania Collection consists of audio recordings, 1973, featuring music and interviews from blues performers Arthur Jackson (1911-1977) and Henry Johnson. Filmmaker, Jay Anania, made the recordings while he was an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They were conducted in collaboration with folklorist and record producer, Bruce Bastin, as part of Anania's personal film project on Jackson. Commonly known as Peg Leg Sam, Jackson was an African American blues harmonica player and medicine show performer, from Jonesville, S.C. In his interview Jackson discusses his experiences in show business, medicine shows, radio broadcasting, and riding freight trains. The collection also contains an interview with Henry Johnson, an African American blues performer from Union, S.C. This recording primarily consists of Johnson playing and singing blues songs on guitar. Both Jackson's and Johnson's musical careers ranged from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s.

Anderson Family Papers, 1927-1992

The Anderson Family Papers document the family of Charles William Anderson and Lois J. Anderson and their pastoral work at the United Institutional Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C. Included are photographs of the African American family and church, biographical materials, awards and certificates, bible school yearbooks and writings, church financial records and printed materials, and audio reflections on life and ministry by Lois J. Anderson.

Wilder and Anderson Family Papers, 1837-1938.

The Wilder and Anderson families were united when Page Wilder, daughter of Georgia King and Joseph J. Wilder, of Savannah, Ga., married J. Randolph Anderson (1861-1950), son of Edward C. Anderson, Jr. (1859-1876), also of Savannah, in 1895. The Andersons had three children: Page (Pagie) Anderson (b. 1899); J. R. Anderson (1902-1903); and Joseph (Joe) Wilder Anderson (b. 1904). Page Wilder Anderson married Henry N. Platt of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1921.

Anderson Brothers Ledger, 1873-1881.

Anderson Brothers was a general merchandise firm in Rowan County or Davie County, N.C.

Anita Anderson Collection on Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 1946-1948

The collection contains 26 transcription discs recorded in the late 1940s by the western swing and country music group Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. The discs were distributed for radio programs by the Tiffany Music Company of Oakland, Calif. Also included are typed transcriptions of Bob Wills radio programs, printed promotional materials for the music group, sheet music for "Back in Dear Old Oklahoma" by "Cactus Jack" Cliff Johnson and Cliff Sundin, and two copies of a publicity photograph.

Clifford Anderson Papers, 1831-1923 (bulk 1861-1865).

MICROFILM ONLY. Confederate officer and congressman, and lawyer of Macon, Ga. Chiefly correspondence between Clifford Anderson and his wife Annie during the Civil War. Letters discuss Anderson's military career in Walker's Division, camp life, movements, fighting, and family matters. Other letters are from a soldier in the Macon Light Artillery. Also included are some personal and family letters from before and after the war.

Edward Clifford Anderson Papers, 1813-1882

Edward Clifford Anderson (1815-1883) of Savannah, Ga., was a United States Navy officer, planter, Confederate Army officer, mayor of Savannah, insurance company representative, and railroad director. He was married to Sarah McQueen Williamson (1816-1884).

Edwin Alexander Anderson Papers, 1878-1939

Edwin Alexander Anderson (1860-1933) of Wilmington, N.C., was an officer in the United States Navy.

Elizabeth Willis Gloster Anderson Papers, 1822-1862; circa 1940s.

Elizabeth Willis Gloster Anderson was an Episcopalian of Warrenton, N.C., LaGrange, Tenn., and Texas.

Janet Anderson and Eugene Anderson Collection, 1959-2019

The Janet Anderson and Eugene Anderson Collection documents African American life and culture in rural Fayette County, Tennessee, especially the intersection of African American health crises and civil rights concerns. The collection consists of an interview with Janet and Eugene Anderson in May 2019 in Rossville, Tennessee, and copies of newspaper clippings, photographs, and flyers that supplement their stories about African American health activism in Fayette County. Topics include Tent City (1959-1960); the Appalachian Student Health Coalition in Rossville, Tennessee; the Poor People's Health Council of Rossville, Tennessee in the late 1970s; the Fayette County, Tennessee Civic and Welfare League in the early 1990s; and Janet Anderson's campaign for Fayette County Court Clerk in 1978.

George Burgwyn Anderson Papers, 1897.

George Burgwyn Anderson was a general in the army of the Confederate States of America.

George Wayne Anderson Papers, 1758-1896

George Wayne Anderson (d. 1872) of Savannah, Ga., was president of Planters Bank of Savannah for 40 years, railroad director, property owner, and executor or administrator of various estates. He was active in the business life of Savannah from the mid 1820s to the early 1870s. His son, Edward Clifford Anderson Jr. (1839-1876), also was a banker as well as a planter; factor and commission merchant; major with the 7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States of America; and later a colonel and militia officer.

Herschel V. Anderson Papers 1956-2000

Herschel V. Anderson, a native of North Carolina and later South Dakota state librarian and director of the Mesa Public Library in Arizona, served as a cryptographer and then cryptographic security clerk, 93rd Signal Battalion, 7th United States Army, outside Stuttgart, Germany, January 1956-July 1957. The collection contains letters, postcards, and scrapbooks of Vince Anderson during his cryptography service with the United States Army in Germany, 1956-1957. Letters to his parents in Raleigh, N.C., describe daily life in the Army, his fellow soldiers, and his explorations of Germany and beyond. They tell of his travels in the Black Forest; to Heidelburg and other parts of Germany; to and around Lake Constance; into Switzerland and Liechtenstein; to Copenhagen, Denmark; to Sweden; to Brussels, Belgium; and to London, Cambridge, Ely, and York, England. The scrapbooks contain picture postcards and written descriptions of places that Anderson visited in Europe. The addition of September 2000 contains typed transcriptions of memoirs by Mary Octavia Kemper Anderson (1871-1960) and her son, Paul Kemper Anderson (1898-1987).

James Patton Anderson Autobiography, 1864.

James Patton Anderson (1822-1873), native of Tennessee, was a politician in Mississippi and Florida, Mexican War officer, federal officer in the Washington Territory, and Confederate congressman and general. The collection is a typed copy of an autobiographical sketch by Anderson describing his service in political and military posts for both the United States and the Confederacy, with notes added by his wife and daughter for the period 1864-1872.

Jean Anderson Collection, 1940-2023

The collection of food and travel writer, cookbook author, and magazine editor Jean Anderson (1929-2023) contains diaries, scrapbooks, collected recipes in volumes and loose papers, subject files, research files, writings, and correspondence with chefs, food writers, editors, and others. Collection materials span her career from the 1940s until 2023. Subject files pertain to different foods, many associated with cuisines and foodways in the American South. Topics include "Muffins," "Gingerbread," "Corn pudding," and "Green Goddess" (salad dressing). Research files pertain to foodways and other topics including North Carolina pottery and travel in Portugal. A small sample of Anderson's extensive library of foodways publications she collected over her lifetime forms a published portion of this collection and includes community cookbooks and chefs' self-published cookbooks, chiefly from North Carolina and the South. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.

John L. Anderson Case Transcripts, 1934.

The collection contains four volumes of testimony in the case of the State vs. John L. Anderson, J. P. Hoggard, Tom Canipe, J. F. Haraway, Florence Blaylock, Howard Overman, Avery Kimery, and Jerry Furlough, concerning the dynamiting of the E. M. Holt Plaid Mill at Burlington, N.C., in September 1934, during the general textile strike called by the United Textile Workers of America.

Marie Epps Anderson Genealogical Notes, 1966-1967.

The collection is a compilation of genealogical notes, 1966-1967, compiled by Marie Epps Anderson, on the descendants of John Caldwell of Cub Creek, Va., scattered over many states and three centuries, with index.

Maxwell Anderson Papers, 1930-1948

Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright.

Robert Burton Anderson Papers, 1828-1898

Robert Burton Anderson was a Presbyterian minister of Morganton, N.C.

Zoe Lee Hunter Anderson Papers, 1804; 1819; 1865.

A record of the distribution of slaves from the estate of H. Hunter, 1865, no place indicated; a license to practice medicine in South Carolina, 1819; and microfilm of a recipe book, 1804, belonging to Daniel Hughes and Elizabeth Potts of Maryland, containing recipes for foods, home remedies, and other items.

Andrew Methodist Chapel Records, 1785-1955.

Andrew Methodist Chapel operated in Sampson County, N.C.

Alexander Boyd Andrews Papers, 1859-1891

Alexander Boyd Andrews of North Carolina (1841-1915) was a Confederate Army officer, planter, and railroad executive.

Alexander Boyd Andrews Papers, 1678-1946 (bulk 1911-1946).

Alexdander Boyd Andrews (1873-1946) of Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer; active in the North Carolina and American Bar associations; chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina; Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina; amateur statistician; active member of the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association; and trustee of the University of North Carolina, East Carolina Teachers College, and Oxford Orphanage. The collection includes correspondence, autograph letters, and other papers of Alexander Boyd Andrews. The correspondence, chiefly 1911-1946, is with lawyers, judges, government officials in the United States and abroad, members of the Episcopal Church, newspaper editors, school administrators, and legislators. Subjects include Andrews's writings; his concern with gathering and disseminating information and statistics on legal education; his work on the American Bar Association committee on judicial salaries; adult illiteracy; the training of college teachers, including African Americans, in North Carolina; the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of North Carolina; the restoration of Fort Raleigh and a proposed monument to the Roanoake Colony; and other subjects of public concern and North Carolina historical interest. Included are four letters from William Howard Taft, 1921, 1923, and 1928. Also included are a scrapbook of clippings, composition notebooks with notes and references to Masonic history in North Carolina, and autograph letters collected by Andrews. The Addition of 1992 includes yearly files of correspondence, financial records, and other papers chiefly related to the Episcopal Church and North Carolina history.

B. W. Andrews Letters, 1856.

The collection contains a letter, 16 March 1856, to Andrews of Rutherford County, N.C., from his brother, J. M. Andrews in Montezuma, Calif., describing his activities buying and selling gold dust, and his wish to come home; and an undated letter from a New York patent medicine dealer asking B. W. Andrews to be his agent for the area.

Charles H. Andrews Papers, 1795-1950

Charles Haynes Andrews (1835-1905) of Madison and Milledgeville, Ga., was a lawyer, businessman, Confederate Army captain, and author of a history of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment (3rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteers), which served in Maryland, Virginia, and other locations. The collection consists of personal correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and genealogical materials of Charles H. Andrews and other Andrews and Harris family members. There are only scattered items for the period 1795-1855, consisting of legal and personal papers of the Haynes and Andrews families and of unrelated persons. The bulk of the papers, 1858-1904, consists of personal papers of Andrews and his wife, Florence Emma Harris Andrews, including correspondence between them and with family and friends. Civil War materials include Andrews's letters describing military action and camp life, a report concerning activities of Wright's Brigade in the battle of Sharpsburg, and records of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment. Other letters document land owned in Florida, positions as deputy clerk of Superior Court and judge of Morgan County, Ga., wartime and postwar hardships, and race relations. Beginning in 1890, a large amount of the correspondence concerns Confederate veterans' activities in Georgia and Andrews's writing of the history of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment. There are only a few items for the period after 1904; they are chiefly letters to members of the Andrews family asking for information on the Harris family, about which Charles Haynes Andrews Jr. did research. Undated material includes a number of items on the history of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment and Iverson Louis Harris's writings concerning his legal and political career in Georgia. A number of the volumes relate to Andrews's Confederate service, including diaries, Home Guard records, and the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment history. Also included are several scrapbooks of material on Milledgeville, Ga., and on the Andrews, Harris, and Hall families; a volume of original writings by Charles Eaton Haynes; Rebecca Ann Harris's commonplace book; a volume of data on the Harris and related families prepared by Iverson Louis Harris; a notebook containing an alphabetical list of persons buried in the Milledgeville cemetery; and printed materials, chiefly political, historical, literary, and scientific addresses, reports, and other writings.

Garnett Andrews Papers, 1816-1928.

Garnett Andrews (1837-1903) of Washington, Ga., Yazoo, Miss., and Chattanooga, Tenn. was a Confederate army officer, and served as Judge-Advocate at the Confederate court-martial trial of Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897) and Jerome Bonaparte Robertson (1815-1890). Varied papers of Andrews consisting of letters to him from Rosalie Beirne of Monroe County, W. Va., before and after their marriage in 1867; estate papers of Rosalie's father, Andrew Beirne of Monroe County; papers pertaining to the courts martial of Confederate generals Lafayette McLaws and Jerome Bonapart Robertson for actions during the Knoxville campaign (Andrews was a Confederate judge advocate); genealogical charts, correspondence, and other items relating primarily to the Andrews family, but also including material on the Beirne, Garnett, and Key families; and letters from, scrapbook of, and collection of autograph letters from famous persons to Andrews's sister, Eliza Frances Andrews of Georgia, author and illustrator under the name Elzey Hay. Persons represented in the autograph collection include Braxton Bragg, Henry Clay, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Asa Gray, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Raphael Semmes, Alexander H. Stephens, and Robert Toombs.

George Reid Andrews Papers, 1922-1941.

George Reid Andrews (1886-1941) of Montgomery County, N.C., was a Methodist and Congregational minister and member of the Committee on Education and Religious Drama of the Federal Council of Churches, the Church and Drama Association, and the Church and Drama League of America.

Ike Franklin Andrews Papers, 1969-1984.

Materials documenting the congressional career of Ike Franklin Andrews, a Democrat who represented North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District from 1972 to 1984. For all or part of this period, the Fourth District included Chatham, Franklin, Randolph, and Wake counties. These papers consist largely of constituent correspondence, office files, and campaign materials. Topics documented include relations between constituents and federal agencies, federal projects in Andrews's district, and public policy areas in which Andrews took a special interest, especially agriculture, education, health, veterans' affairs, and the aged. Files of constituent correspondence on such issues as abortion, the Watergate scandal, busing for school integration, and women's rights also are included.

Mildred Gwin Andrews Papers, 1913-1985.

Mildred Gwin Andrews was executive secretary of the Southern Combed Yarn Spinners Association (SCYSA), 1936-1946; expert consultant on textiles to the U.S. Army Office of Quartermaster General and member of the War Production Board's Committee on Industrial Salvage during World War II; field representative for Dudley, Anderson, and Yutzy, a public relations firm, 1946-1952; and director of public relations, 1952-1955, and executive secretary, 1955-1968, of the American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA). While associated with the ATMA, Andrews managed the American Textile Machinery Exhibitions-International, 1952-1965. In the mid-1950s, Andrews directed publicity for the Tungsten Institute. Throughout her life, Andrews published books and articles chiefly, but not exclusively, about textiles. After 1970, Andrews ran a public relations firm, Andrewtex, in Charlotte, N.C. She was also a consultant for the first International Trade Mart in Honduras and a lecturer on textile machinery in Asian countries.

Richard (Pete) Andrews Collection on The Nike Class, 1996-1998

In the spring of 1998, professors Richard (Pete) Andrews, Nicholas Didow, and James Peacock taught INTS 092: Economics, Ethics, and Impacts of the Global Economy: The Nike Example. The interdisciplinary seminar was inspired in part by protests at UNC-Chapel Hill following the renewal of UNC's multi-million dollar deal with Nike. In the course, students examined Nike's labor practices. The course attracted national media attention, particularly when Nike Chief Executive Officer Phil Knight visited campus at the end of the semester to attend the class. Records include the syllabus for the class, notes, student papers and presentations (made accessible with permission), materials used in the course, and news clippings.

Stephen Tippet Andrews Letters, 1861-1865

Stephen Tippet Andrews served with the 85th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He helped organize Company F and was mustered in as first sergeant of the company in the second half of 1861. Andrews was captured with the Plymouth Pilgrims on 20 April 1864 and was held captive at an unknown location for roughly one year. On 8 April 1865, he was honorably discharged. After the Civil War, he married Margaret Little and worked in a general store. He was appointed postmaster by President Benjamin Harrison and served in this capacity until his death on 13 June 1891.

T. Wingate Andrews Papers, 1911-1936.

T. Wingate (Thomas Wingate) Andrews was a school superintendent, 1908-1937, in Orange County, N.C, Reidsville, N.C., Salisbury, N.C., and High Point, N.C.; an official in various religious and state and national educational organizations; and an author on religious and educational themes.

Mrs. William Johnston Andrews Letter, 30 January 1923

Letter from Mrs. William Johnston Andrews, a white woman, to "The Johnstonian," c/o Jane E. Ward, Secretary, Raleigh, N.C., announcing a gift to the Johnstonian book club of a year's membership in the "American Federation of Art Society."

Noah Angell Collection, 2016

The Noah Angell Collection consists of unedited digital media documenting the African American gospel musician, Connie B. Steadman, of the Badgett Sisters, a folk and gospel group from Yanceyville in Caswell County, North Carolina. North Carolina-born artist, Noah Angell, created the born-digital audio and video materials as part of a documentary work on Steadman. Both audio and video files found in the collection feature interviews conducted by Angell with Steadman, as well as documentation of rural North Carolina, including audio field recordings and video landscape scenes.

Anna Jackson Book Club Ledger and Minutes Book, 1895-1899

Ledger and minutes book of the Anna Jackson Book Club, a literary club founded by women in Lincolnton, N.C., in 1895. The book contains accounts, a mission statement, minutes, and other reports, 1895-1899. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.

Anne C. Stouffer Foundation Records, 1960s-1990s

The Anne C. Stouffer Foundation was established in 1967 by Anne Forsyth of Winston-Salem, N.C., to promote the integration of preparatory schools in the South. Over its eight years of operation, the Foundation helped 142 students, chiefly African Americans, gain admission to preparatory schools in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and other southern states. A driving force in the Foundation's work was novelist John Ehle, who was active in recruiting and placing students. By 1975, the Foundation's goal of preparatory school integration was largely achieved, and the program was halted.

Henry Beasley Ansell Recollections, 1900-1913

Henry Beasley Ansell (1832-1920) was a native of Knotts Island, Currituck County, N.C.

Anti-Apartheid Support Group of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1980-1987

The Anti-Apartheid Support Group (AASG) was organized and officially recognized as a student organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in October 1985. From 1985 to 1987, the AASG led the campus movement against apartheid by insisting on divestiture of all University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill holdings in companies operating in South Africa. Their protests and demonstrations peaked in March and April 1986 when the group erected shanties in front of South Building. The group was dismantled shortly after the the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Endowment Board voted in October 1987 to divest all of its holdings in companies operating in South Africa.

Apollo Records Collection, 1943-1958

The Apollo Records Collection consists of master lacquer disc audio recordings, 1943-1958, affiliated with Apollo Records, a record company and label founded in New York City in 1944. Bess Berman, one of the few women executives in the recording industry, ran Apollo Records from 1948 until it closed in 1962. The company and label was known for their rhythm and blues, doo-wop, gospel, jazz, and rock and roll releases. Notable artists featured on the recordings found in the collection include jazz saxophonist and composer, Charlie Barnet; African American comedian and film actor, Stepin Fetchit; African American male vocal group, The Four Vagabonds; African American gospel singer, Georgia Peach; African American male vocal group, The Larks; female vocal group, The Murphy Sisters; country and western singer, Merle Travis; harmonica instrumentalists, The Three Harpers; and African American blues singer and guitarist, Josh White. The collection also includes scattered memos and tape logs found with the lacquer disc recordings.

Lillie Vause Archbell Papers, 1900-1923.

Lillie Vause Archbell (1854?-1946) of North Carolina was a leader in affairs of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Archer Family Scrapbooks, 1834-1891.

The collection is two scrapbooks. The first contains clippings of poems, articles, and pictures from newspapers, circa 1870s-1880s, and including University of North Carolina commencement programs for 1882, 1885-1888, and 1891. The other scrapbook contains news items, poems, comic Valentines, etc., 1850s and 1862-1863, compiled by young women in the Archer family, Norfolk, Va. The clippings in the latter volume are pasted in what appears to be a letter book and register of the Spanish consul in Norfolk, circa 1831-1834. The volume is labeled Copiador de Cartas, and includes fifty pages not covered by clippings. These pages contain copies of some letters sent and records of others, all from 1834.

Archibald D. Murphey Educational Club of the University of North Carolina Records, 1913-1914

The Archibald D. Murphey Educational Club was formed on 27 October 1913 by members of the University of North Carolina faculty and staff to promote interest in and support for the public schools and teacher-training programs of North Carolina.

Mark Arduini Collection, 2002-2003

Mark Arduini was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 with a B.A. in American Studies. His honors thesis was I'm Home! This is Where I Belong: Narratives of Conversion in a Roman Catholic Community.

Arithmetic Books, 1794-1874

The collection includes mathematics exercise books from Orange County, N.C., 1794-1831; Lawrenceville, Va., undated; Wythe County, Va., 1829-1831; Moore County, N.C., 1841-1843; Lincoln County, N.C., 1842-1843, with two poems by Peter Stewart Ney (1787-1846); Person County, N.C., 1829-1838; Guilford County, N.C., 1817-1840; Nansemond County, Va., 1807-1809, with birth dates listed for members of the Scott family; County, N.C., 1812-1815, with remarks from later dates on purchasing slaves; and two volumes from an unknown location, 1832 and 1841-1874.

Grant Arledge Papers (#4913) 1899-1936

Grant Arledge was a farmer in Flat Rock, N.C. He raised cows and other animals; planted tobacco, potatoes, and other crops; cut and sold lumber; and manufactured and sold wine and spirits. Chiefly account books, 1899-1936, of Grant Arledge of Flat Rock, N.C, in which Arledge kept farm records, including notes on crops grown (tobacco, potatoes), livestock (calving, breeding, pasturing of cows), and other farm activities (wood cut and sold, fertilizers applied, beehives maintained). Also included are notes, some in the style of short diary entries, that include documentation of daily activities; recipes; and general facts and useful information. There is also much information that falls under the title "wet goods sold." Arledge was an active moonshiner, producing and selling non-tax-paid wine and liquor; the books list ingredients purchased, recipes for various concoctions, and when and to whom products were made and sold. Almost all of the books are account/memo books given away by banks, fertilizer companies, and other institutions. Most of these books include printed advertisements for goods and services offered by the company that distributed them. Many of Arledge's books were kept in Pierce's Memorandum and Account Books, distributed by R. V. Pierce's World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo, N.Y. These books include advertisements for Pierce's patent medicines (especially the Golden Medical Discovery, which claimed to be effective against any number of ailments) and other services, including Pierce's Invalid's Hotel and urine analysis labs. Also included are general health and beauty tips and testimonials from satisfied customers, many with photographs.

Stark Armistead Papers, 1716-1832

A letter about routine family matters, 1796; a brief business letter, 1832; and forty-six deeds, plats, and pertinent legal papers relating to property and slaves in Bertie, Washington, and Chowan counties, N.C., purchased by Stark Armistead and other members of his family at Windsor and Plymouth, N.C.

Armstrong Family Papers, 1859-1885.

MICROFILM ONLY. Letters, 1861-1864, from Edward Hall Armstrong with the 3rd North Carolina Regiment in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, to his family in North Carolina, describing military experiences and camp life; scattered family letters and documents, 1859-1885; and transcriptions of Pearsall family Bible records.

James Trooper Armstrong Papers, 1832-1891.

Armstrong was the owner of Woodstock Plantation near Pine Bluff in Jefferson County, Ark., and a Confederate Army officer. His wife was Matilda Greene Armstrong (fl. 1832-1891). Also represented in the collection is his sister, Nancy (Nannie) Armstrong Percy (fl. 1850- 1888), wife of William Alexander Percy of Mississippi and mother of U.S. Senator LeRoy Percy (1860-1929).

John Armstrong Papers, 1764 and undated.

John Armstrong lived in Orange County, N.C.

Martin W. B. Armstrong Papers, 1815-1819.

Martin W. B. Armstrong (fl. 1815-1819) attended the University of North Carolina, 1814-1819, but did not graduate from that institution.

Wiili Armstrong Letters, 1992-1995

Letters, 1992-1995, written by North Carolina folk artist Wiili Armstrong to Tori Knight Ferguson, the owner of the West Side Gallery in Raleigh, N.C., which represented Armstrong and his work.

Arnold and Appleton Family Papers, 1822-1907 (bulk 1864-1870)

The papers of the Lyman family and Appleton family of Waltham, Mass., and Savannah, Ga., the Arnold family of Providence, R.I., and White Hall plantation, Bryan County, Ga. comprise this collection. Central figures include Mary Ellen Lyman who married first J. Amory Appleton and second Charles S. Arnold; George Lyman Appleton (born 1841); and George's wife, Louisa Caroline Arnold, daughter of Samuel Green and Louisa Arnold. The collection includes correspondence, chiefly 1864-1870, of George Lyman Appleton while in Europe during the Civil War, and of his wife, Louisa; papers pertaining to the Lyman, Appleton, and Arnold families; diary, probably kept by Mrs. George W. Lyman during a trip to England in 1822; diary (1864-1869) kept by Mrs. Mary Ellen (Lyman) Appleton Arnold, telling of running the blockade from Wilmington, N.C., to Nassau, and life in Europe; personal diary (1864-1869) of Louisa Arnold; record (1842) of ships and cargoes of William Appleton and Company, Boston; and other miscellaneous family items.

Arnold and Screven Family Papers, 1762-1903.

Arnold family of Providence, R.I., and Bryan County, Ga., and Screven family of Savannah, Ga., as well as people enslaved by them at the familys' rice and other plantations. The Arnold plantations included White Hall, Cherry Hill, Silk Hope, Mulberry Hill, Sedgefield, and Orange Grove in Georgia. The Screven plantations included Nonchalance, Ceylon, and Brewton Hall, in Georgia; Proctor and Ferry in South Carolina; they also owned land on Tybee Island. Various members of the white families were also involved in medicine, law, railroad development, and politics. The collection includes business correspondence, financial and legal materials, and a farm journal of Richard James Arnold; and family and business correspondence, financial and legal materials, writings, farm journals, genealogical information, and other materials of members of the Screven and related families. Documentation about enslaved people, including names and birth and death information in some cases, as well as labor assignments and health conditions on plantations, is found in correspondence, estate disputes, medical receipts, deeds, and other papers in both subgroups.

Herman Frank Arnold Biography, 1929.

Herman Frank Arnold (1837-1927), of Memphis, Tenn., was an American musician of Prussian birth.

Richard D. Arnold Papers, 1849-1876 (bulk 1875-1876).

Richard D. Arnold (1808-1876), native of Savannah, Ga., was a physician, educator, and Georgia state legislator. The collection includes letters received, mainly 1875-1876, by Richard D. Arnold from colleagues, patients, friends, and family. Also included is a scrapbook, 1850s to 1870s, concerning Savannah, Ga., civic affairs and state and national politics.

A. H. Arrington Papers, 1744-1909.

The collection documents Archibald Hunter Arrington, of Nash County, N.C., a white plantation and business owner and a Democratic congressman who held local, state, and national offices; his first wife Mary Jones Arrington (1820-1851); his second wife Kate Wimberly Arrington (1834-1871); his son John Peter Arrington (fl. 1851-1895), who was a sheriff of Nash County; his brother Samuel L. Arrington (fl. 1806-1866), who ran the family plantations in Montgomery County, Alabama; and the enslaved and freed people who provided the labor on the plantations. Papers relate to Arrington's agricultural and business pursuits in Nash County, N.C., and Montgomery County, Ala. Records documenting enslaved and freed people include provisions accounts, bills of sale, hiring out contracts, labor contracts for freed people, wills and estate inventories, and lists with ages and birthdates of enslaved people. Other materials include receipts for cotton sales; accounts with merchants; land records; and items relating to the purchase and sale of other goods and services. There are also business letters relating to the running of the family's plantations and personal letters that discuss family matters. Items relating to Arrington's political activity include a few published speeches and some notes on laws regulating the oversight of enslaved people; a series of letters, 1857-1858, to Arrington from D. K. McRae (1820-1888) on the latter's gubernatorial campaign and other matters; letters to Arrington reporting on voting and political alignment in Confederate regiments; a number of form letters to Arrington, in his capacity as a local official, from postwar military governments; and other letters that briefly comment on political matters, including letters from Bartholomew Figures Moore (1801-1878) and William Theophilus Dortch (1824-1889). Also included are several 1893 endorsements collected by J. P. Arrington in his quest for an appointment as deputy collector for the Internal Revenue.

George Wimberly Arrington Papers, 1877-1885.

George Wimberly Arrington of Nash County, N.C., was educated at schools in various North Carolina locations including Castalia, 1878-1879; Louisburg, 1879; the Bingham School at Mebane, 1880-1882; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1883.

Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington Genealogical Papers, circa 1870-1951

Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington (1876-1955) of Warrenton, N.C., was the daughter of Major Arthur S. and Victoria Louis Pendleton. Through her mother she was related to several prominent Virgina families. She was president and chief organizer of the North Carolina State Art Society, a trustee of the University of North Carolinaa, and a member of several women's clubs and patriotic societies for descendants of various groups.

Mary Jones Arrington Papers, 1707-1955.

Mary Jones Arrington of Rocky Mount, N.C., taught school in Franklin County, N.C., and was interested in genealogy and local history of Nash County and Edgecombe County, N.C. The collection includes correspondence and collected data of Arrington related to family and local history, including copies of 19th- and 20th-century letters, wills, and Bible records. Families represented include: Arrington, Ballard, Bullock, Bunn, Burt, Clopton, Drake, Hight, Jarratt, Lenoir, Nicholson, Noe, Philips, Sclater, Sims, Swann, Swepson, Thorpe, Vick, and Weston. Also included are copies of 67 letters, 1809-1861, of the Drake family who migrated from North Carolina to various western states, chiefly letters to the family members who settled in Muhlenburg County, Ky., from James Perry Drake (1797-1876), United States land official in Indiana, and Benjamin Michael Drake (1800-1860) Methodist minister and college president in Mississippi. Volumes are mostly notebooks but include minutes of the Rocky Mount Women's Club, 1916-1921.

Peter Arrington Letterpress Copy Book, 1893-1895; 1897-1898; 1904; 1908.

Peter Arrington (1869-1916) of Virginia was a business man. His brother-in-law was Malvern Hill Palmer (d. ca. 1897), an attorney in Warrenton, N.C.

Samuel Lewis Arrington Papers (#4993-z) 1919-1928.

Samuel Lewis Arrington was born in 1899, probably in Rocky Mount, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina, 1919-1921, and was graduated from the Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University) School of Law in 1922. The papers of Samuel Lewis Arrington consist of a scrapbook, several telegrams congratulating him on his graduation from law school in 1922, and a birthday card from his mother from 1928 on which is listed his birth year. The scrapbook contains memorabilia from Arrington's days at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1919-1921. The book includes detailed listings of the rosters of various UNC athletic teams, comments and news clippings about their performance, and photographs detailing student life at UNC in the early 1920s.

Billy Arthur Papers, 1883-1997

William Joseph Eudy Billy Arthur, North Carolina editor, publisher, columnist, comedian, politician, and businessman. Arthur, a dwarf, toured on the vaudeville circuit, 1929-1930, then attended the University of North Carolina where he majored in journalism and was head cheerleader, 1931-1932. From the 1930s through the 1950s, he edited or wrote for several newspapers. He also represented Onslow County in the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1943-1945, and served as House reading clerk, 1955-1961. In 1962, Arthur opened a hobby shop in Chapel Hill, from which he retired in 1980.

Malvin Newston Artley Collection of West Virginia Fiddle Tunes, 1952-1994

Field recordings, 1952-1953, and other materials related to Malvin Newston Artley's Ph.D. dissertation research on traditional fiddlers and fiddle tunes of West Virginia. Artley, a white musician and music educator, recorded and collected these field recordings of old-time tunes played on the fiddle and Appalachian fretted dulcimer while conducting his Ph.D. dissertation research at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill. Artley's recordings were later duplicated by SFC staff and deposited into the collection in 1995. The majority of the recordings feature tunes by Emory Bailey, white fiddler from Shock, Gilmer County, W.Va.; Arden Wilson, white fiddler from Harrisville, Ritchie County, W.Va.; and unidentified dulcimer players. The collection also includes recordings, 1970, of Burl Hammons, white old-time fiddler from Pocahontas County, W.Va., originally recorded by Malcomb Owen, as well as a 1994 interview with Malvin Newston Artley on his dissertation research conducted by Wayne Martin, a white North Carolina based folklorist, fiddler, and arts administrator. The collection contains related documention, including tape logs, interview transcripts, and photocopies of original open reel boxes and field notes.

Samuel E. Asbury Papers, 1832-1947.

Samuel E. Asbury (1872-1962), native of Granville County, N.C., was an historian of Texas, mainly concerned with North Carolinians in the Texas Republic.

Ashe Family Papers, 1862-1927.

Ashe family of Alabama and North Carolina.

John Ashe Biography, undated.

John Ashe (1720?-1781) was a Major General in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel A. Ashe Papers, 1855-1938

Samuel A'Court Ashe, Confederate soldier, lawyer, historian, Democratic Party politician, and editor, grew up near Wilmington, N.C, and spent much of his life in Raleigh. He served with the Confederate Army throughout the Civil War, rising to the rank of captain. He wrote about North Carolina history, the Civil War, and the post-war South.

Samuel Ashe Papers, 1803-1924.

Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) was governor of North Carolina, 1795-1798.

W. W. Ashe Papers, 1859-1932

William Willard Ashe was a native of North Carolina; botanist, and forester with the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1892-1905, and the United States Forest Service, 1905-1932.

Lester Eugene Asheim Papers, 1940s-1990s

Lester Eugene Asheim (22 January 1914-1 July 1997), William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975-1984, previously served as assistant professor, 1948-1952; dean of students, 1951-1952; dean, 1952-1961; and professor, 1971-1974, at the Graduate Library School (GLS) of the University of Chicago. He was employed by the American Library Association (ALA) as director of its International Relations Office (IRO), 1961-1966, and director of its Office for Library Education (OLE), 1966-1971. Asheim published notable works on book selection, manpower for librarianship, communication, and international librarianship. Papers, 1940s-1990s, document Asheim's professional activities, including his participation in professional organizations, his work for the American Library Association, his research, and his teaching. Included are correspondence, mostly 1980s-1992, with colleagues and former students; reports on accreditation of library schools; diaries of trips, 1962-1965, to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, reporting on libraries and library education there; a diary of his summer 1979 in Brasilia as a Fulbright lecturer; daily record books, 1960-1992, containing brief comments on his appointments and activities; research papers, articles, talks, and reviews, 1950-1988; and teaching materials. The teaching materials include course outlines, notes, and other materials for courses on research methods for librarians, especially content analysis; the library in society, focusing on censorship and intellectual freedom; agencies and media of mass communication; library education; and communication.

C. Ashley Papers, 1828-1844.

C. Ashley (1790-1848) of Little Rock, Ark., was a lawyer and United States senator, 1844-1848. The collection includes typescript copies of papers of Ashley, including four letters, 1833-1836, from his father, William Ashley, in Hudson, N.Y., chiefly about financial matters.

Samuel Stanford Ashley Papers, 1869.

Samuel Stanford Ashley was a congregational clergyman and educator. He was a member of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention, 1868 and the North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1868-1870.

John D. Ashmore Plantation Journal, 1853-1859

John Durant Ashmore (1819-1871) was a planter of Sumter and Anderson districts, S.C.; member of S.C. House of Representatives, 1848-1852; comptroller-general, 1853-1857; and Democratic congressman, 1859-1860.

Asian American Students Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 2011-2019

The Asian American Students Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel is a student organization that promotes awareness of the diversity of the Asian-American student community. The organization was founded as the Asian Students Association in 1989, but in 2018 voted to change its name to the Asian American Students Association to more accurately reflect its membership and focus on Asian American issues. From 1993 to 2006, the organization published East Wind, a magazine focusing on news and issues related to Asian and Asian-American life and culture. Each year, it hosts Journey into Asia, a cultural show featuring performers from a diverse range of Asian backgrounds, and Baby Blue, a basketball tournament. This collection contains design and promotional material for AASA events, programs from Journey Into Asia, a copy of the constitution-and-bylaws, member lists, materials related to the 2018 name change, cover photos for social media accounts, and profile pictures of AASA officers. It is accompanied by archived websites of email newsletters (2017-2018), selected Facebook events (2016-2017), and the organization’s website (2011).

E. S. Askew Letter, 1951 February 13.

Letter from E. S. Askew (1874-1958) of Windsor, N.C., to Fred M. Vinson, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, expounding his views on the superiority of the white race and the dangers of miscegenation.

William Askew Estate Inventory, 1751

The collection contains a typescript copy of the estate inventory of William Askew of Bertie County, N.C.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1989-2013

The records of the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Services consist of administrative records including materials related to data processing, health and safety information, business and finance planning materials, committee files (including the Airport Advisory Committee), public safety and transportation files, department activity reports, administrative information services materials, files on Carolina North, correspondence, scrapbooks, and files on campus food services, energy services, Student Stores, and facilities use. Acquired as part of University Archives.

Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley Collection, 1983-2020s

The Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley (commonly known as the Eno River Association) is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to conserve and protect the natural, cultural, and historic resources of North Carolina's Eno River basin. Since its inception in 1965, the Association has worked to protect the environmental resources around the river and its tributaries, promoting education and advocacy through environmental and community programs, including a hike series and the long-running annual Festival for the Eno. The collection consists primarily of audio recordings, including interviews, live performances, radio broadcasts, and audition tapes related to the Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley and their annual Festival for the Eno. Conducted by Dave Cook in 2002, the interviews found in the collection are with Association members who recall their experiences growing up near the Eno River and participating in the preservation and enjoyment of the local environment. Interviewees include Pat Bailey, Donald N. Cox, Holger Nygard, Thomas C. Ellis, Hazel Cash, John Blackfeather Jeffries, John A. Scarlett, and Mary Scarlett. The collection contains affiliated transcripts, 2000-2002, for some of these interviews as well as for interviews for which there is no corresponding recording. The majority of the audio recordings found in the collection relate to the annual Festival for the Eno and consist of live festival recordings, 1985-2010, radio broadcasts, 1995-1998, and performers' audition tapes, 1985-2010. Notable performers featured on the live recordings include Etta Baker, Shirley Caesar, Richard Big Boy Henry, Algia Mae Hinton, John Dee Holeman, Bobby McMillon, Tift Merritt, Frank Proffitt, Red Clay Ramblers, Ralph Stanley, Joe Thompson, Doc Watson, and Merle Watson. Also included in the collection is footage of the festival and promotional posters from select years, and ephemera found with the performers' audition tapes.

Association of North Carolina Health and Science Libraries Records, 1982-2006

The Association of North Carolina Health and Science Libraries (ANCHASL) was formed in 1982 to promote excellence in health information services. The organization fosters resource sharing, information exchange, education, and professional growth of its members. It provides a forum for cooperation, communication, and exchange of ideas, and serves as a liaison to other organizations desiring input from ANCHASL members.

Edward C. Aswell Papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1947-1958

Edward C. Aswell was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1900. After graduating from Harvard University in 1926, he joined the staff of the Forum, and, in 1930, became assistant editor of The Atlantic Monthly. In 1935, Aswell moved to Harper & Brothers as an assistant editor of general books, later becoming editor-in-chief. While assistant editor, Aswell persuaded Thomas Wolfe to sign with Harper & Brothers. Before Wolfe left on his trip through the western United States during which he acquired the illness that led to his death, he turned over to Aswell a large amount of manuscript material. After Wolfe's death in September 1938, Aswell began editing the material Wolfe left behind. The result of this work was two posthumous novels, The Web and the Rock (1939) and You Can't Go Home Again (1941), and one volume of short stories, The Hills Beyond (1941). Aswell moved from Harper & Brothers to the trade-book department of McGraw-Hill and then to Doubleday & Company, where he was senior editor. He succeeded Maxwell Perkins as administrator of the Thomas Wolfe Estate in 1947. Aswell died in 1958.

Thomas Wolfe Photograph Collection, 1865-1991 (bulk 1901-1920)

American novelist Thomas Clayton Wolfe (3 October 1900-15 September 1938) was born in Asheville, N.C., and attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., from fall 1916 until his graduation in spring 1920. He died in Baltimore, Md., at age thirty-seven of tuberculosis of the brain.

Daphne Athas Papers, 1970s-2000s

Contains materials documenting the career of Daphne Athas (1923-2020), a white author and creative writing instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Primarily includes typescript drafts of literary works and files related to teaching, including lecture notes and photocopies related to specific texts. Typescript drafts include Battle and Circumstance, Chapel Hill in Plain Sight, Cora, Crack the Egg Your Own Way, Deeds of Love and Hate and Anger, Eastern Point, Entering Ephesus, Forty-One Language Exercises with Illustrations, The Fourth World, Greece by Prejudice, I Never Dreamed, The King Makes Himself, The Lay of the Land Mothers and Writers: A Memoir of Betty Smith, Music and Pure Meaning, Optical Illusions, Ouida General, The Pied Piper of Greenlaw, Taste of the Orange Kiss, Weather of the Heart, and Tolstoy's Search for God. Teaching and faculty files include records from Athas's stylistics class, Glossolalia (English 47W), including annual Glossolalia and Gram-O-Rama student performances; correspondence; and publicity materials.

Athens (Ala.) Miscellany, 1849-1852.

The collection contains a diploma, 1849, of Martha A. R. Malone of Limestone Country, Ala., from the Tennessee Conference Female Institute, Athens, Ala., signed by Daniel Coleman, George S. Houston, and others; and a resolution, 1852, of a citizens' committee against disorderly conduct of part of the citizenry.

Athens Boiler and Machine Works Records, 1934-1986

The Athens Boiler and Machine Works was formed from companies that started in Athens, Ga., around 1848. In 1972, the company moved to Elberton, Ga. It ceased operations in 1994. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, pictures, and other records of Athens Boiler and Machine Works in Athens, Ga. Correspondence chiefly concerns buying and selling goods, including such matters as giving or receiving price quotations or settling questions regarding invoices. In the 1930s, most correspondence is with other companies in Georgia and concerns selling shot wheels, emery rings, or buffers, or buying engines or felt. During World War II, much correspondence concerns selling boilers. There are also records relating to government agencies and requirements, including the Office of Price Administration, the Office of Defense Transportation, and the War Production Board. In 1944 and 1945, there are many letters to and from school systems about boilers for canning plants. There is also correspondence with several boiler, burner, and granite organizations, including the American Monument Association. There are also ledgers, financial statements, daily journals, inventories, price lists, purchase orders, and other financial records, including accounts receivable and accounts payable, 1935-1986. Other records are chiefly related to advertising and promotion of products. Scattered personnel records relate to employees, employment policies, pay, and benefits. There are also pictures of boilers, polishing wheels, machinery, and aerial photographs of an unidentified industrial area.

McNeill, Atkins, and Smith Family Genealogical Chart, undated.

The collection contains genealogical charts showing descendants of Lewis Atkins, of John Smith and Mary (Gilchrist) Smith, and of Archibald McNeill. The charts include Alexander, Cameron, McAllister, McCraney, McKeithan, Murphy, Neill, Parker, Pope, Rand, Reid, Robinson, Wilder, and other North Carolina family connections.

James Atkins Papers, 1874-1931.

James Atkins (1850-1923) was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bishop of North Carolina; the president of Asheville Female College, 1879-1889; and the president of Emory and Henry College, 1893-1896.

Belle Atkinson Papers, 1838; 1860-1927.

Belle Atkinson was a resident of San Marcos, Tex. The collection includes genealogical data and miscellaneous family papers of members of the Atkinson family of San Marcos and Gonzales County, Tex., 1860-1927; a letter about making friends at the University of Virginia, 1838; and a Confederate Memorial Day speech to a gathering of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, circa 1897, by M. A. Barber.

Mrs. E. K. Atkinson Papers, 1818-1864.

MICROFILM ONLY. Letters of F. A. Wayne, Methodist, concerning religious practices and theological questions, and two religious lectures; and letters of several unidentified Confederate soldiers in Virginia relating to religious, battlefield, and hospital conditions.

William F. Atkinson Papers, 1868-1869.

William F. Atkinson of Goldsboro, N.C., traveled to Switzerland, 1868-1869, to recruit immigrant laborers to work as planters in North Carolina.

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Records, 1892-1963

The Atlantic Coast Line was based in Wilmington, N.C., and possessed rail that ran through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. The Atlantic Coast Line later formed part of the CSX Transportation System.

William Attmore Papers, 1769-1946.

William Attmore (1750-1800) was a merchant and shipper of Philadelphia, Pa., and New Bern, N.C., who married Sarah Sitgreaves (1771-1843) of New Bern in 1790. They had four children including a son, George Sitgreaves Attmore.

Atwood & Company Papers, 1856-1857; 1859.

Atwood & Company was a Philadelphia, Pa., general merchandise wholesale firm. The collection includes correspondence of Atwood & Company. Letters are from merchants in the East, the Midwest, and scattered through the South, in regard to merchandise, shipment of goods, and payments and credit arrangements. Also included are letters from the merchants' bankers and lawyers.

John Murray Atwood Letters, 1862

Sergeant John Murray Atwood was a Union soldier who served in the 29th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (29th Massachusetts Volunteers) and the 36th Massachusetts Volunteers.

August Wilhelm Letters, 1927-1941.

August Wilhelm was the fourth son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, (1859-1941). He continued to use the title Prince of Prussia after father's abdication in 1918; he supported the National Socialists in the 1930s.

Augusta Heritage Center Recordings of Lily Mae Ledford, 1983

The recordings on open-reel audio tape are of Appalachian musical artist Lily Mae Ledford in concert at the Augusta Heritage Center, a folklife organization on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia. Ledford (1917-1985), a fiddler and clawhammer banjo player from Kentucky, performed at Augusta in July 1983. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Jacob Luther Aull Papers, 1854-1900

Jacob Luther Aull (1835-1923) of Aull Hills, Newberry County, S.C., owned sawmills, flour mills, and gristmills in Newberry County, S.C., 1854-1871, and in Dyson, Edgefield County, S.C., 1872-1923.

Auman Family Papers, 1787-2014

Members of the white Auman family lived chiefly in Randolph and Moore counties, N.C. The collection includes letters, diaries, deeds, scrapbooks, family photographs, warrants, business records, school materials, printed epehemera, and other material pertaining to the Auman family in southern Randolph County, N.C., chiefly from the early 19th to the late 20th century. Topics include family life and domestic and social activities; love-letters; the Why Not Academy in Randolph County; writings and communications of adolescent and teenage girls; Civil War disease, drill, conditions on the home front, and Confederate conscription; education in North Carolina; the family peach business and a whiskey distillery; World War II military training and service as an Army Air Corps airman on a B-24; military sports leagues; civilian life in the United States in the early 1940s; family history and genealogical research; the Panama Canal Zone during World War I; teaching and coaching sports at Hillsboro High School in Hillsborough, N.C., in the 1950s and 1960s; the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers; community organizations such as the Hillsborough Garden Club, the West End Woman's Club in Moore County, N.C., and the Durham-Orange Home Economics Association; public and private organizations in North Carolina concerned with access to abortion, disability services, education, mental health services, and human rights; legislative work on liquor laws; political correspondence and ephemera of the national Democratic Party, including a letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1932; and debt and various crimes in Moore County, N.C., during the 1850s-1880s.

Howard Frank Auman Jr. Collection, 2000-2007

Howard Frank Auman Jr., was a white producer of, director of, and performer in Classic Country Theater and American Jukebox Theater: Back to the 50s & 60s Rock-N-Roll, which played in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tenn., from 2000 to 2007. The collection consists of publicity for these live shows and video recordings of some of the performances that aired on the Blue Highways Television Network.

Aunspaugh Family Papers, 1892-1951

In 1906 Frederick Aunspaugh, an insurance agent, married Ruth McCoy in Norfolk, Va., where they lived until 1925 when they moved to Raleigh, N.C. The Aunspaugh's daughter Ruth married Frank Daniels of Raleigh in 1929.

Jeremiah Austill Papers, undated.

Jeremiah Austill (born 1794), a commission merchant, was involved in campaigns against Native Americans in Georgia and Alabama. The collection includes two typescripts: Partial autobiography of Jeremiah Austill, concerning his Indian campaigns in Georgia and Alabama, Andrew Jackson, and experiences as a commission merchant; and Early Life of Margaret Ervin Austill, including an account of the marriage of her parents, John Eades and Jenny Fee Eades, their emigration from Georgia to points south, and their experiences on the frontier and with the Cherokee Indians.

William Austine Letters, 1847-1848.

William Austine, of Connecticut, was a graduate of the United States Military Academy and an officer with the United States Army in Mexico.

Auxiliary Services of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1990s-2020s

Records of the Auxiliary Services of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill primarily consisting of promotional materials and sample coursepacks from Print and Copy Services and promotional materials, menus, cookbooks (Aramark Culinary Excellence), and departmental information from Carolina Dining Services. The Print and Copy Services materials document some of the last work of the pre-digital era for course readings. The Auxiliary Services include Armored Car, Carolina Dining Services, UNC Student Stores, Carolina Managed Print Services, UNC Print Stop & Copy Center, Horace Williams Airport, Laundry, PID Office, UNC One Card, University Mail Services, and Vending. Acquired as part of University Archives.

Avery Family of North Carolina Papers, 1777-1890, 1906

The Avery family of Burke County, N.C., was prominent in western North Carolina, owning extensive tracts of land and actively participating in local and state politics. Family members include Waightstill Avery (1741-1821), who served on the committee that drew up the first North Carolina constitution and was the state's first attorney general; his wife, Leah Probart Franck Avery; their son, Isaac Thomas Avery (1785-1864); his wife, Harriet Erwin Avery; and their children, William Waightstill Avery (1816-1864), Clarke Moulton Avery (1819-1864), Thomas Lenoir Avery (1821-1852), Isaac Erwin Avery (1828-1863), Alphonso Calhoun Avery (1835-1913), and Willoughby Francis Avery (1843-1876). The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, legal papers, financial materials, and other papers relating to members of the Avery family and related Erwin, Lenoir, and Probert families. Personal correspondence concerns family affairs. Business correspondence concerns land; purchasing and hiring out of slaves; agriculture; politics; and financial, business, and legal affairs. Also included are several Civil War letters of Isaac Thomas Avery and Isaac Erwin Avery (1828-1863) with the 6th North Carolina Regiment, official war correspondence, letters concerning Isaac Erwin Avery's death at Gettysburg, and notes concerning deserters. Also included are bills; receipts; estate papers and wills; account books documenting the Avery plantation at Swan Ponds and other plantations, including the distribution of goods to slaves and purchase and hiring out of slaves; papers relating to gold purchases at the State Bank of North Carolina and gold mines; and a copy of Andrew Jackson's 1788 challenge to a duel with Waightstill Avery. Also included are biographical materials; genealogical materials; clippings; Civil War materials relating to Isaac Erwin Avery (1828-1863); publications by Isaac Erwin Avery (1871-1904); a recipe book and poetry of Harriet Erwin Avery; an undated, four-page dialogue poem, titled Folly's Dialogue, by the Colored Bard of North Carolina, the pen name of George Moses Horton, a Chatham County, N.C., slave and poet; and other materials.

Avery Family of Louisiana, 1796-1951

MICROFILM ONLY. Avery and Marsh families of Petite Anse Island Plantation, later Avery Island, near New Iberia in Iberia Parish, La., and of Baton Rouge, La. Prominent family members were Dudley Avery (d. 1816), medical officer of the Drafted Militia in New Orleans, 1814-1816; his son, Daniel Dudley Avery (1810-1879) of Baton Rouge, lawyer, state senator, judge, and sugar planter; John Craig Marsh (1789-1857), who originally acquired Petite Anse Island Plantation; his son, George Marsh (d. 1859); and his daughter, Sarah Craig Marsh (1818-1878), who married Daniel Dudley Avery in 1837.

Alphonso Calhoun Avery Papers, 1761-1978

The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, legal papers, financial materials, and other papers of white lawyer and jurist Alphonso Calhoun Avery (1835-1913) of Burke County, N.C. Correspondence concerns family and business affairs, legal work, land transactions, politics, and various legal and historical publications to which he contributed. Included are letters from Avery's son, Isaac Erwin Avery, about his experiences in Shanghai, China, 1894-1895. Legal papers consist of deeds, indentures, surveyors' reports, land plats, powers of attorney, and papers relating to Avery's legal career. Financial papers consist of bills, receipts, purchase lists, and account books. Also included are legal and financial papers relating to Western North Carolina Railroad contractors Chambers and Avery and to various family members' estates. Other papers include biographical and genealogical materials relating to the Love, Erwin, Thomas, and other families; Avery's publications and writings on Civil War and western North Carolina history; Civil War papers relating to Avery and his brother, Colonel Isaac Erwin Avery; recipe and remedy books of Susan Washington Morrison Avery; and volumes containing notes on legal cases, lectures on legal topics, and Civil War clippings and letters. Also included are letters and legal papers relating to land holdings of William Holland Thomas, Sallie Love Thomas Avery's father, who represented the North Carolina Cherokee and acquired vast amounts of land that came under dispute following his financial collapse. Letters concern the Thomas heirs' legal claims, some handled by Charles Walter Tillett, to the land, mineral rights, and Cherokee land boundaries. Legal papers relate to court cases about the lands and include indentures, plats, petitions, notes, testimony, and Thomas's power of attorney for the North Carolina Cherokee.

Isaac Avery Papers, 1769.

Isaac Avery was presumably an Anglican clergyman of Virginia.

James Avery Papers, 1818-1901 (bulk 1840-1872).

James Avery (1791-1872) was a planter, chairman of supervisors of Burke County, N.C., common schools, and justice of the peace.

Awards Committee for Education, Inc. Records, 1981-1990

Awards Committee for Education, Inc., a foundation based in Winston-Salem, N.C., founded in 1981 with the mission of identifying educationally talented young people in the state, honoring them through recognition, and enhancing their educational opportunities.

William B. Aycock Papers, 1942-2006

William B. Aycock was a professor in the University of North Carolina School of Law, 1948-1985, and served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1957-1964.

Cyrus Aydlett Papers, 1918-1994 (bulk 1943-1945)

Cyrus Aydlett (1909- ) was a native of North Carolina, who enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard as an ensign in 1942. He was a supply and coding officer for the Coast Guard and was sent to England in February 1944 on the U.S.S. Bayfield. He was involved in action at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Normandy, and southern France. Discharged as a lieutenant in January 1946, he returned to his wife Augusta in Elizabeth City, N.C., and established the Elizabeth City Finance Company. The collection includes correspondence, journals, ship documents, military and travel memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and photographs chiefly relating to the World War II military career of Cyrus Aydlett; a few photographs from after World War II; photographs, 1918-1932, of Nags Head, N.C.; and yearbooks, 1923 and 1926, from the seventh grade of the Elizabeth City Grammar School, Elizabeth City, N.C. Correspondence is mainly between Aydlett and his wife Augusta and concerns daily life, family news, and Augusta's pregnancy and their new child, as well as Aydlett's travels in Europe and daily military life. Aydlett's journals, 1944-1945, provide information about life aboard his ship, the U.S.S. Bayfield, sailing conditions, Aydlett's duties as supply officer, and Aydlett's feelings and fears about going into battle. They describe visits to European cities and the devastation found in the bombed areas. They include considerable detail on the days leading to and following D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Also included are photographs of European cities and people and various members of the Bayfield crew. There are several notable images of troops mobilizing at Iwo Jima.

Romeyn Beck Ayres Diary, 1847-1848.

Romeyn Beck Ayres (1825-1888) of New York was a United States Army officer. The collection includes the diary of Ayres, August 1847-June 1848, describing travel from New York to Vera Cruz, Mexico, events in places where he was garrisoned in Mexico (Jalapa, Perote, La Puebla de los Angelos, Fort Loretto, and Mexico City), and journeys between stations.

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Edward Babel Collection, 1959-1980 (bulk 1975)

White folklorist Edward Babel began his studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. In 1975, Babel began conducting research for his thesis on the hammered dulcimer tradition, particularly that of Randolph County, N.C. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, audio tapes, and other materials, 1959-1980, relating to Edward Babel's research on the hammered dulcimer. Most of the items relate to dulcimers belonging to individuals, some of them musicians, or to museums. Included are a manuscript, audio recordings, and photographs, 1975-1977, relating to Harvey Jones, a hammered dulcimer player from Ramseur, N.C.; a manuscript and photographs, 1975, relating to Mrs. James P. Johnson's dulcimer, which had belonged to her father, William Butler; a manuscript and photographs, 1975, of a dulcimer belonging to the Old Salem, Inc., collection in Winston-Salem, N.C.; a manuscript and photograph, 1959-1975, relating to the dulcimer belonging to Mrs. Artemus Ward; a manuscript and photographs, undated, relating to the hammered dulcimer from the mid-19th century that was purchased by folklorist Alan Jabbour from a woman in Coleridge, N.C.; a manuscript, photographs, and audio recordings, 1975-1976, relating to Virgil Craven; and a manuscript and photographs, 1975, of a dulcimer on display at the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in Raleigh, N.C. The Virgil Craven audio recordings are of jam sessions held at Craven's home in Randolph County, N.C. They feature Virgil on hammered dulcimer, Lauchlin Shaw on fiddle, Fred Olson on guitar, and Glenn Glass on banjo.

Ellyn Bache Papers (#4980) 1974-1998

Ellyn Bache, writer of Wilmington, N.C., grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the mid-1960s. She has published non-fiction under the pen name Ellen Matthews, and, with her husband, young adult fiction under the pen name E. M. J. Benjamin. Much of Bache's writing is set in southern locales and deals with race relations and southern culture in general. Papers consist chiefly of writings, including drafts of novels, short stories, and screenplays; journal and newspaper articles; and a musical play. Clippings are of fiction and non-fiction works, mid 1970s-late 1980s. There are also subject files concerning character development and historical research conducted while writing and revising The Activist's Daughter (Spinster's Ink, 1997), a novel about student activists and racial unrest at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963.

Annie Jewett Backus Manuscript, 1908.

The collection contains a manuscript by Annie J. Backus, tracing the descent of Mrs. Thomas Pinckney Waring's family, of Savannah, Ga., from the Backus family of Norwich, England, 1637-1908. Genealogical research includes character and family sketches, ancestral anecdotes, and childhood recollections. Parents' marriage and courtship, mother's teaching school, and author's debut in society as well as encounters with Indians, condemned prisoners, and hurricanes are mentioned.

Augustus Octavius Bacon Papers, 1853-1879.

MICROFILM ONLY. United States senator from Georgia. Three diary volumes of Bacon, 1853, 1861, and 1868; and two letters, one from Bacon to his mother, 1864, and one to Bacon requesting aid in passing local bills. The 1853 volume, kept while Bacon attended school in Tuskegee, Ala., concerns school, play, church, relatives, and friends in Tuskegee. The 1864 volume deals with Bacon's experiences as an officer in the Ninth Georgia Regiment, including movement and engagements in the fall of 1864, with a map of the area around Bull Run and twenty- eight pages of extracts from letters Bacon had written home, August- November 1861. The 1868 volume concerns Bacon's trip from Macon, Ga., to New York City to attend the Democratic National Convention, and political meetings and related business in Georgia; it includes a copy of a speech Bacon delivered on September 5 in Covington, Ga.

Henry Bacon Papers, 1836-1891.

Henry Bacon was a civil engineer, railroad executive, and stockbroker. He was a resident of Massachusetts; then Smithville (now Southport), N.C., 1867-1882; and Wilmington, N.C., 1882-1891. Bacon played a prominent part in the expansion of railroads throughout New England, the Middle West, and eastern North Carolina. The collection includes business papers and personal correspondence, 1836-1873, of Bacon, relating to the Boston and Maine, Great Falls and Conway, and Illinois Central railroads during their periods of building and expansion. Also included are maps, deeds, account books, and journals and diaries, which span the years 1867-1891, when Bacon lived in Smithville (now Southport), and Wilmington, N.C. The papers reflect Bacon's work, from 1876 until his death, with the United States Army Corps of Engineers on coastal surveys, channel improvements, port facilities, railroads, and army installations in Wilmington, along the Cape Fear River, and in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties.

Bacot Family Papers, 1767-1887

Members of the Bacot family were cotton planters of the Mars Bluff Plantation near Florence in the Darlington District, S.C., and, beginning in 1865, partners in the Jarrot & Bacot Drug Store in Florence.

Lord, Espy, Bacot Family Bible, 1732-1783.

The collection is a Bible with birth and death dates for members of the Lord, Espy, and Bacot families of North Carolina.

Peter Brockington Bacot Papers, 1866-1881.

Peter Brockington Bacot (1838-1924) was a physician of Florence and Charleston, S.C. The collection includes medical, drug, cotton, and personal accounts, scattered other medical and business papers of Bacot; and photocopies of items in other repositories.

Badger Family Papers, 1835-1888

The Badger family of North Carolina included George E. Badger, superior court judge, secretary of the Navy, and United States senator, 1844-1855, of Raleigh, N.C.; his third wife, Delia Haywood Williams Badger; their children, Mary Badger Hale (b. 1836) and Thomas Badger (b. 1843); Badger's daughter, Kate Badger Haigh (b. 1827); and his wife's daughter Melissa Williams.

George Edmund Badger Papers, 1827-1864

George E. Badger, superior court judge, secretary of the Navy, and U.S. senator, 1844-1855, of Raleigh, N.C.

Kenneth Woltz Badgett, Collector, Papers, 1900-2001

Kenneth W. Badgett of Dobson, Surry County, N.C., collected these materials. The collection includes items relating to Devotion, the Surry County estate that Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., and Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds built between 1930 and 1939 for entertaining and farming. Folger family materials include a bound memorial address for Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941) of Dobson, who practiced law in Mount Airy, N.C., and served in the United States Congress, 1939-1941; three photographic portraits of John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963), also a lawyer and legislator of Mount Airy; and a photograph of the Folger house in Dobson, ca. 1900. Hamlin family materials include photocopies of clippings relating to fiddler Stephen Crawley Hamlin (1869-1936) and copies of photographs of Dobson and of family members. Materials relating to the W. E. Reid Company, general merchants of Dobson, include photocopies of letters, bills, and receipts, chiefly from 1931; a photocopy of a 1935 employee account book; a coin offering the bearer a $1.00 discount on merchandise at the store; and a copy of a photograph, ca. 1935, of the store. The addition of June 2001 contains research files compiled by Badgett relating to the Boy Scouts of America. Most of these materials are newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other printed matter, 1913-2001, that broadly address the topic of the Boy Scouts and homosexuality. Also included is a file devoted to Boy Scouts and minorities and other more general materials relating to boys and scouting.

William Badham Album, 1852-1855.

William Badham Junior, of Edenton, N.C., was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1852-1855.

Will Beecher draw? Manuscript, circa 1877.

George William Bagby was an author and editor in Richmond, Va.

Bagley Family Papers, 1848-1939

Bagley family members included William Henry Bagley (1833-1886), clerk of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 1868-1887; his wife Adelaide, daughter of Jonathan Worth; Worth Bagley, a United States naval cadet and ensign, who was killed in the Spanish- American War; William Henry Bagley (1877-1936), a newspaper executive in Raleigh, N.C.; Adelaide (Bagley) Daniels and her husband, Josephus Daniels, secretary of the Navy, United States ambassador to Mexico, and Raleigh newpaper publisher; and George C. Worth (1867-1937), a Presbyterian missionary in China.

Dudley Warren Bagley Papers, 1846-1964 (bulk 1920-1964).

Native of Currituck County, N.C., experimental farmer and seedsman, state and federal official. Personal and business papers of Dudley Warren Bagley, chiefly from the 1920s, relating to Bagley's activities as officer of many local, state, and national organizations concerned with cooperative marketing, political, practical, and scientific aspects of agriculture; as state legislator, 1933 and 1935; as trustee of North Carolina State College (now University) particularly interested in agricultural education; as an active Democrat; as civic leader for the multi-county area in the Albemarle-Currituck sounds region of North Carolina; and as 1st chairman, 1935-1940, of the North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority (unofficial papers). Considerable correspondence and two manuscript biographies concern Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864-1951), New York magazine publisher with a home in Currituck County, particularly relating to his interest in wildlife conservation and philanthropy. Ben Dixon MacNeill (1889-1960), North Carolina newspaperman, author, and authority on the North Carolina Outer Banks, was a regular correspondence. Bagley was a close friend from the early 1920s of Lindsay Carter Warren (born 1889), United States representative and comptroller-general and was in Washington, D.C., as Warren's assistant, 1940-1946 (unofficial papers). Separately arranged papers pertain to business affairs and plant experiments at Bagley's own farm where he bred new varieties of corn and other crops and grew high quality plants for sale as seed. Also included are papers of his wife, Ida Frost (Bray) Bagley (born 1896).

William Bagley Letter Books, 1840-1850

William Bagley was a white college student who attended the University of North Carolina in the 1840s. The collection consists of two volumes containing handwritten copies Bagley made of letters he sent to family and friends, chiefly while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1843-1845, and when he related local news from Plymouth and Williamston, N.C., 1845-1850. Also included is a transcription of an acrostic poem composed by George Moses Horton, a Black poet who was enslaved by the Horton family of Chatham County, N.C.

George F. Bahnson Diary, 1845-1846.

George F. Bahnson (1805-1869) was a Moravian minister and bishop in Lancaster, Pa., who moved to Salem, N.C., in 1849. The collection includes a diary, 1845-1846, of Bahnson, kept in a book in which daily devotions printed in German alternate with blank pages for diary entries. Bahnson kept his diary (in English) while he was serving as preacher and teacher in Lancaster, Pa. He recorded church and school affairs, congregational visits, personal and family events, and pious reflections.

Henry T. Bahnson Papers, 1890s, 1917

Henry Theodore Bahnson was born in Lancaster, Pa., the son of George Frederic Bahnson, a Moravian bishop. In 1849, the family moved to Salem, N.C. Bahnson pursued theological studies at the Moravian Theological Seminary at Bethlehem, Pa. In 1862, Bahnson returned to North Carolina, where he served in the 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion until his capture at the Battle of Gettysburg. After six months of captivity divided between the Baltimore City Jail and Point Lookout, Md., he was exchanged and began service with the 1st North Carolina Sharpshooters Battalion. He served with this unit until his capture in the course of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, Va. After a brief internment in Virginia, he was released and made his way back to Salem, N.C. After the war, Bahnson studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; he spent the balance of his life practicing medicine in Salem, N.C.

Bellamy and Bailey Family Genealogical Papers, 1790-1867.

The Bellamy and Bailey families of Florida and North Carolina included General William Bellamy (1790-1867), and Abram Bellamy (1799 or 1800-1839).

James B. Bailey Papers, 1847-1885

James B. Bailey (1820-1864), his wife, Mary N. Bailey, and their children, including their son, C.O. Bailey, moved from Hickory Bend, a plantation near Montgomery, Ala., to Alachua County, Fla., near Gainesville, in 1852. There, Bailey became active in local politics as county treasurer (circa 1857), candidate for commissioner of roads, and member of the county's Central Committee, which coordinated mobilization for the Civil War. During the war, Bailey served as Superintendant of Labor for the Engineers Department of Eastern District Florida. C.O. Bailey attended West Military Institute in Nashville, Tenn.

James Osler Bailey Papers, 1924-1976

Writings and addresses by James Osler Bailey (1903-1979) about Thomas Hardy, Victorian literature, science fiction, and the teaching of reading and writing. Subject files include teaching plans, course syllabi, course examinations, subject notes, and a few letters from graduate students. Also included are a play, Strike Song: A play of the Southern mills, written by Bailey and his wife, Loretto Carroll Bailey, in 1929; material relating to William T. Couch; the Friends of the Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Turkey, where Bailey taught, 1954-1957.

Jesse James Bailey Papers, 1916-1964 (bulk 1920-1930)

Jesse James Bailey was born in Madison County, N.C. He served as sheriff of Madison County, 1920-1922, and of Buncombe County, 1928-1930. Much of his career as sheriff was spent enforcing Prohibition laws. In addition to his work as sheriff, Bailey worked for 58 years as a telegrapher and a detective for the Southern Railroad.

John Lancaster Bailey Papers, 1785-1874

John Lancaster Bailey was a resident of Pasquotank County, N.C., then Hillsborough, and, finally, Asheville, N.C. He was a superior court judge, served in the state legislature, 1827-1830, and was a delegate to the state convention of 1835. Bailey married Priscilla Brownrigg of Edenton, N.C., in 1821. Their daughter was Sarah Jane Bailey Cain (1828-1927), wife of William Cain (d. 1855) of Orange County. Among their grandchildren were Elizabeth B. Cain (1850-1929), who married John Steele Henderson in 1874, and William Cain (1847-1930), engineer and professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina.

Mary E. Bailey Diary and Memorandum Book, 1869, 1878-1882.

Mary E. Bailey (1845-1922) was likely the daughter of James B. Bailey of Alabama and Alachua County, Fla.

Brian Bain collection of materials on Shalom Y'all, 1999-2004

The documentary film Shalom Y'all, directed by third-generation southern Jew and New Orleans, La., native Brian Bain, details Jewish culture and identity in the American South. In the film, Bain travels 4,200 miles by car across the same route his grandfather took as a traveling salesman. Bain interviews a variety of southern Jews, including a Jewish African American police chief, a kosher butcher, a Golden Gloves boxer, and a former congressman. He also explores the role played by southern Jews in a variety of historical settings, such as the American Civil War, the civil rights movement, and the Ku Klux Klan.

Charles Wesley Bain Papers, 1885-1918 (bulk 1901-1910).

Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915) was professor of Greek at the University of South Carolina, 1898-1910, and at the University of North Carolina, 1910-1915. He was an author of textbooks and editor of classical texts. He was also a schoolmaster and teacher in the southern states before 1898. He received an M.A. in 1895 from the University of the South, graduated from the University of Virginia, and attended Colonel William Gordon McCabe's school in Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, notes, and writings of Bain, chiefly letters from southern classical scholars and other southern educators. Correspondents include Colonel William Gordon McCabe (1841-1920), founder and headmaster of the University School at Petersburg and Richmond, Va., and rector of the University of Virginia; Willis H. Bocock, professor of Greek at the University of Georgia; Eben Alexander; and Basil L. Gildersleeve (1831-1924).

Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Photographic Collection, circa 1890-1933

The collection of white University of North Carolina employee, Elizabeth Tannahill Bain (1893-1969) consists of one photographic album dated circa 1914 to 1933 and loose photographic prints. Captured in the album are scenic images of Chapel Hill and the UNC campus including Coker Arboretum, Battle Park, Commons Hall, and University Inn; university events including University Day in 1917 and a 1914 football game; student-led social activities and events; and students training on campus during the First World War. Also included are photographs from Virginia and Tennessee. Loose photographs are chiefly portraits of Bain’s family and friends including her parents Charles Wesley Bain and Isabel Plummer Bain.

Hope Bain Papers, 1827-1930.

Hope Bain (born 1795) was a Universalist minister who lived in Baltimore, Md., and in various towns in eastern North Carolina, finally settling in Goldsboro, N.C.

Isabel Plummer Bain and Charles Wesley Bain Papers, circa 1900s-1960s.

The collection of Isabel Plummer Bain and her husband Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915), a white educator, author, and professor at the University of North Carolina, contains a scrapbook about Charles Bain, newspaper clippings, notebooks, miscellaneous papers, and letters, including a 1917 letter to Isabel Bain from Elizabeth Blackwell describing her sudden departure from Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1862 during the American Civil War.

Alfred H. Baird Biography, 1929.

Alfred H. Baird (born 1843) was a Confederate colonel from Asheville, N.C.

Herman Glenn Baity Papers, 1900s-1970s

Herman Glenn Baity was an internationally-known white sanitary engineer and professor of sanitary engineering at the University of North Carolina, 1926-1955.

Baker Family Papers, 1830-1872 (bulk 1830-1860).

The Baker family resided in Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C., and Louisa County, Va.

Baker Family Papers, 1644-1900.

Members of the Baker family resided in various regions of North Carolina and Virginia and included Lawrence Baker, Henry Baker, Mary Baker, James Baker, and Richard W. Baker.

Blanche Baker Papers, 1669-1937 (bulk 1825-1937).

The Bakers and related families lived primarily in Virginia and North Carolina from the 17th century to the 1930s. This collection contains chiefly correspondence, compilations, and copies of wills, letters, and other papers concerning the history of the Baker and numerous related lines, including the Allen, Ballard, Bray, Brownrigg, Cooper, de Graffenreid, Gregory, Iredell, Johnson, Jones, Keeling, Norworthy, Pipkin, Pugh, and Wiles families, collected by Blanche Baker, 1890s to 1930s. Original items include antebellum family correspondence of her father, William J. Baker (fl. 1830-1889) of Gates County, N.C.; and his letters home, 1862-1865, while a Confederate officer in Virginia. Also included are two letters in diary form. One, July 1841, is that of a young girl, probably Sarah Collins (fl. 1830-1882), later wife of William J. Baker, addressed to William, describing her daily activities. The other, June 1841, was kept by William J. Baker for Sarah, while he was studying law in Richmond, Va., and describes his studies and social activities.

Bruce E. Baker Collection on North Carolina Lynching Ballads, 1961, 1995

The collection of historian Bruce E. Baker contains sound recordings made in 1961 of musicians performing North Carolina ballads, accompanying descriptive notes about the recordings, and a copy of his 1995 thesis written in fulfillment of a master's degree in folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Baker's thesis titled Lynching Ballads in North Carolina examines the cultural effects of lynching in North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century and analyzes specific ballads, including "The Death of Emma Hartsell" and "The Murder of Gladys Kinkaid," which commemorate lynching cases in the state. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Cary Baker Collection, 1970s-1990s

Contains the files of Cary Baker, a white music publicist and a specialist in American roots music based in Los Angeles, Calif. Materials consist primarily of photographs, press kits, and other promotional materials from the 1970s through the 1990s. Baker spent 42 years in the music industry as a public relations specialist, journalist, and reissue record producer, and founded the music publicity company Conqueroo.

Edwin G. Baker Letters, 1838-1842.

Baker, a native of Connecticut, wrote these letters home to his future wife, Adelaide Raphel, describing his impressions of Little Rock, Ark., business prospects there, and a trip to New Orleans, La.

Everard Green Baker Papers, 1848-1876

This collection includes several volumes containing the personal diary of Everard Green Baker (1828-1890), a white plantation owner of Jefferson; Panola; and Hinds Counties, Mississippi. Included in the diary entries, kept between 1849-1876, are recounted events of what happened to the people Baker enslaved. Included are descriptions of the untimely death in 1850 of a young girl who was enslaved, who perished of worms; an obituary for an (name unknown) enslaved individual who died of diarrhea and “dropsy” (edema); and descriptions of a brutal fight between an overseer and an enslaved man. Also included are entries regarding Baker’s social life; remedies for illnesses; recipes for food; and instructions for growing vegetables and curing meat; descriptions of the home front during the American Civil War; a genealogical table of the Baker family of Jefferson County, Mississippi; a copy of Elizabeth Green’s will, 1833; and typed transcriptions of the volumes.

George Washington Baker Papers (#4909) 1856-1888

George Washington Baker of Washington County, N.Y., served with Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. The collection includes letters of Lt. George Washington Baker, who served with the Army of the Potomac. He was involved in campaigns in Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina, which he described in letters to his family in Upper Granville, N.Y. Included in these letters is much description of the Battle of Chancellorsville and the capture of Atlanta. He discussed at length army food, picket duty, and his opinions on current political issues, including the replacement of generals, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the presidential race. His sisters Lizzie and Ellen taught school in the South before the war, and the collection includes a few of their pre-war letters, among them Lizzie's description of a murder in Alabama, as well as other family letters written before and after the war.

Isaac L. Baker Letter, 1807.

The collection is a letter, 30 May 1807, to Isaac L. Baker, near Winchester, Va., from his uncle, Samuel Lewis, in Philadelphia, giving family news and describing the recent student rebellion at the College of New Jersey in Princeton.

Simmons J. Baker Papers, 1793-1859

Simmons Jones Baker appears to have been a physician of Scotland Neck, N.C.

William B. Baker Papers, 1859-1866

William B. Baker of Goodales Corner, Me., was a federal soldier in Company D, 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment, Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.

George Beall Balch Papers, 1830-1924

George Beall Balch (1821-1908) of Tennessee received an appointment in 1837 from Alabama as midshipman in the U.S. Navy. On the Princeton and the Falcon he took part in the Mexican War. As a lieutenant on the Plymouth he was a member of the Perry expedition to Japan. Balch remained in the Navy through the Civil War, commanding the Pocahontas and the Pawnee in operations along the east coast from Jacksonville, Fla. to Georgetown, S.C. After the war, Balch held a series of posts with the Navy, retiring as a rear admiral in 1883.

Baldwin Family Papers, 1915-1955 (bulk ca. 1927-1934)

Mary and Elizabeth Baldwin were the socially prominent daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baldwin. They hosted events first in Macon, Ga., and, after 1933, in Savannah, Ga., where they socialized with students from Wesleyan Conservatory, where Mary studied journalism, and Mercer University. Elizabeth married Adam Leopold Alexander in 1939 and had two children. The collection includes two scrapbooks, some letters, and other materials. The larger scrapbook, constructed by Mary Baldwin, ca. 1927-1934, contains newspaper clippings, invitations, greeting cards, dance cards, programs, letters and notes, telegrams, bridge tallies, and photographs. Her second, smaller, scrapbook contains signatures and toasts, as well as photographs of family and friends. There are several folders of letters that were removed from the scrapbook and loose materials that did not necessarily come from the scrapbooks. These folders contain miscellaneous notes, letters from Adam Leopold Alexander to Elizabeth, and a small number of clippings. Also included are photographs, most of which are unidentified.

Daniel Hoard Baldwin Letters, 1859-1869

Articulate, analytical, lengthy letters from Daniel H. Baldwin, merchant of Savannah, Ga., 1860-1861, and New York City, 1867-1869, to William Baldwin in Massachusetts, commenting on the secession crisis, the Republican Party, the economy, Reconstruction, and race relations; and a receipt, 1859.

George Johnson Baldwin Papers, 1884-1936

George Johnson Baldwin (1856-1927), capitalist and civic leader, was born in Savannah, Ga. An 1877 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he began his career as a chemist, but quickly became associated with diverse industries and companies, especially Stone & Webster, a Boston, Mass., firm of electrical engineers, financiers, and managers of street railway and public utilities companies. During World War I, Baldwin lent his business expertise to the shipping and shipbuilding industries. Throughout his life, he was an active Savannah civic leader and philanthropist.

J. A. Baldwin Books, 1811-1864.

J. A. Baldwin (fl. 1855-1864) was apparently a merchant of general goods in Covington, Richmond County, N.C.

John K. Baldwin Diary, 1867-1878.

John K. Baldwin was a skilled laborer of Bladen County, N.C., who did carpentry, blacksmithing, and mechanical work, and ran two sawmills.

Lucy Hull Baldwin Papers, circa 1905.

The collection contains the autobiography of Lucy Hull Baldwin (died 1923), describing her childhood in Atlanta, Ga., during the Civil War, plantation life, living in New York, N.Y., and Savannah, Ga.; poems and short stories by her; and dramatizations of works by Charles Dickens.

Luther S. Baldwin Papers, 1879-1898.

Luther S. Baldwin was a general merchant of Lambville, Chatham County, N.C.

Russell Glenwood Baldwin Papers, 1938-2010

Russell Glenwood Baldwin (1925-2014) of Rocky Point and Leland, N.C., was a World War II veteran, graduate of the University of North Carolina, journalist, import-export business owner, technical writer, and founding mayor of Leland, N.C. Papers and photographs document his childhood; military service; education; political activism with organizations promoting world government and nuclear disarmament; and his successive careers. His writings document the intellectual life of a young man and include notes and essays on his reading habits and other self-reflective topics and fictional explorations of racism and interracial relationships, and the state of the world in the post-World War II era.

Balfour Family Papers, 1940-1948.

The collection contains miscellaneous items, 1940-1948, including a letter from Mrs. Hal Worth, North Carolina Society of County Historians, describing a trip into Randolph County, N.C., and enclosing a photograph of the tombstones of Andrew Balfour (died 1782), Elizabeth Balfour (died 1818), and their son; a newspaper clipping about Andrew Balfour's death; and a biographical sketch of Elizabeth Balfour from The State, 17 February 1940, who was appointed postmistress at Salisbury, N.C., in 1796.

Henry Waring Ball Diary, 1884-1928.

MICROFILM ONLY. Lawyer, journalist, and farmer of Greenville, Miss. Diary giving detailed account of community culture, social and religious activity, and physical conditions around Greenville, Miss.

John Ball and Keating Simons Ball Books, 1779-1911

John Ball and Keating Simons Ball (1818-1891) were planters of Charleston District, S.C.

William J. Ball Books, 1804-1890

Records of three generations of the Ball family at a group of Cooper River plantations, Charleston District (later Berkeley County), S.C., including Cedar Hill, Halidon Hill, Hyde Park, Jericho, Limerick, Midway, and Quinby. Volumes include intermittent slave, planting, and weather records, 1804-1890; minutes, 1847-1858, of the Strawberry Agricultural Society; and a hog killing record, 1819-1834, detailing distribution of meat to slaves.

John Ballanfant Papers, 1844-1845

John Ballanfant of Pleasant Grove, Maury County, Tenn., was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1844.

Rice C. Ballard Papers, 1822-1888

The collection documents Rice Carter Ballard (c. 1800-1860), a white trafficker of enslaved people, enslaver, and owner of cotton plantations in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Letters and financial records, 1820s-early 1830s, concern day-to-day operations of interstate trafficking of enslaved people between Ballard in Richmond, Va., with John Armfield in Alexandria, Va., and Isaac Franklin in Natchez, Miss., and New Orleans, La. There are also several letters from Henry Clay about court cases involving the legality of trafficking enslaved people and one from Mississippi Governor John Anthony Quitman about payment of a debt. Records, 1840s-1860, document Ballard's administration, in partnership with Judge Samuel S. Boyd, of a number of cotton plantations in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi, including Wagram, Magnolia, Elcho, Karnac, Laurell Hill, Golden Plains, Quattlebaum, and Outpost (or Pecan Grove). Letters from Boyd, from the overseers at the various places, and from Ballard's cotton commission merchants in New Orleans discuss the enslaved people, improvements on the plantations, family life, politics (especially the Know-Nothing Party), and financial arrangements. There are three letters from enslaved people, all from women asking Ballard for help with emancipation or with pending sales of themselves or others. Also included are letters to and from his wife Louise Berthe Ballard about her life in Louisville, Ky. Volumes and other materials in the collection supplement the letters with details of trafficking enslaved people, their labor that the plantations depended upon, and their family units; Ballard's other financial activities; and plantation life.

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

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.

Thomas Balston Papers, 1946-1948

Thomas Balston (1883-1967) was director of the publishers Duckworth and Co., as well as a distinguished scholar of English book production, notably illustrations.

Banjo Newsletter Collection, circa 1970s-2006

The Banjo Newsletter Collection consists of papers, photographs, and audiovisual recordings related to the Banjo Newsletter, a monthly magazine covering all aspects of the 5-string banjo. Papers found in the collection consist of scattered photographs, articles, catalogs, banjo tabs, advertising forms, and other printed materials loosely related to the publication. Photographs depict banjo players and events sponsored or covered by the Banjo Newsletter. Some of the images may have appeared in issues of the Banjo Newsletter. Audio recordings include live recordings, interviews, demos, and dubbed commercial recordings compiled by Donald Nitchie, co-publisher of Banjo Newsletter and son of Hub and Nancy Nitchie, who started the publication in 1973. Notable artists featured on the audiocassette recordings include Eddie Adcock, Bill Keith, Don Reno, Earl Scruggs, and Tony Trischka. Also included is a born digital video featuring "Banjo Bash at Buckeystown," an event that took place at the Maryland Banjo Academy in 1998.

Bank of Cape Fear Records, 1815-1846.

The Bank of Cape Fear was chartered in 1804 in Wilmington, N.C., and opened its Hillsborough, N.C., branch in 1815.

Bank of North Carolina, Windsor Branch, Records, 1852-1870.

The Bank of North Carlina, operating 1859-1874, succeeded the Bank of the State of North Carolina which liquidated in 1860, taking over its personnel, buildings, and activities.

Thaddeus Banks Papers, 1744-1925

Thaddeus Banks (1815-1879) was a lawyer of Hollidaysburg, Pa. The collection includes chiefly correspondence and business papers of Banks, consisting mostly of letters, 1839-1841, from Banks to his fiancee, Delia Jane Reynolds, and scattered letters to her, 1842-1864, after their marriage. Also included are letters of the Banks family of Pennsylvania; the Reynolds family, Quakers, of Cecil County, Md.; and John C. Reynolds, who was with the United States Office of Indian Affairs. Letters of John C. Reynolds concern fighting in the Second Seminole War and dealings with the Cherokee, Sac (or Sauk), and Fox Native Americans, and include a letter describing a trip, 1840, through Mammoth Cave. An 1807-1817 receipt book shows amounts paid for various expenses by Creswell Reynolds & Company, Reuben Reynolds, and others.

William A. Banks Letter, 1900.

William A. Banks lived in Bryan, Tex.

Will. B. Rodman Letter, 1857.

The collection is a letter, 1857, from Joseph Banner to William B. Rodman describing the early history of Bath, N.C., as deduced from architectural remains and from the memories of old residents.

Lemuel Bannister Papers, 1868

Lemuel Bannister was president of the Green Swamp Company, a lumber business based in Wilmington and Bolton, N.C.

C. F. Bansemer Papers, 1830-1866.

C. F. (Charles F.) Bansemer was a native of Prussia, student at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Lexington, S.C., 1839-1841; pastor, teacher, and principal of academies in South Carolina and North Carolina.

Baptist Student Union of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1950-2007

The Baptist Student Union at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, formerly known as Baptist Campus Ministry, was a student organization located in the Battle House from 1965 to 2015. The records of the Baptist Student Union include scrapbooks and photographs documenting the group's activities, primarily from the 1980s to the 2000s. There are some photographs and one undated scrapbook from the 1950s and 1960s. Records also include meeting agendas and minutes, constitutions, correspondence, newsletters, programs, a history of the Battle House, and administrative records of the organization.

Confederate Hospital Records, 1860-1865.

MICROFILM ONLY. Register, 1860-1862, of Barbee's Hotel, High Point, N.C.; register, 1863-1865, of that hotel as a Confederate wayside hospital, listing soldiers' names, complaints, and treatment; and a volume, 1864, from the 2nd North Carolina Hospital at Petersburg, Va., giving names of patients and medicine and diet prescribed.

Algernon Barbee Address, 1871.

The collection contains an address delivered by Algernon Barbee at a Methodist Sunday school celebration, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Barber-Scotia College Photograph Album, circa 1931-1934

Collection of pages from a disassembled photograph album consisting chiefly of images depicting campus life at Barber-Scotia College, located in Concord, N.C., from the early 1930s. Barber-Scotia College was the first female historically Black college or university opened after the U.S. Civil War when it was founded by the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. in 1867. The school was created primarily to educate African American women in the fields of education and social work. Most of the photographs depict students of the school between 1930 and 1934, but numerous images of faculty and staff, and numerous views depicting buildings and grounds on the Barber-Scotia campus are also included. Materials appear to have been created by an unidentified student attending Barber-Scotia College. A majority of the images and pages have handwritten or typed captions that identify people, locations, and events depicted.

Greg Barbera Collection, 1995-2005

The collection of Greg Barbera, a white music journalist, musician, and band manager for PIPE, from Carrboro, N.C., chiefly consists of published versions of his writings, including an article reflecting on the tenth anniversary of Merge Records; photographs he took for the Raleigh, N.C. weekly The Spectator; and ephemera he collected, all of which document the local music scene of Chapel Hill, N.C., and the Triangle. Also included are notes and receipts for Mise en Scene, his book project about bands, bars, and people of the Chapel Hill music scene, photocopies of comics drawn by Kevin H. Dixon, and audio interviews conducted by Barbera with bands and musicians, including Melvins, Willie Nelson, and Aaron Stauffer.

Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards, 1905-1980s, 2007

The collection assembled between the 1950s and 1980s by white alumnus of the University of North Carolina Marion Durwood Barbour (1929-2016) contains nearly 8,000 picture postcards with views of nearly every North Carolina city and town during the first half of the twentieth century. These picture postcards depict parades and public gatherings; schools; agriculture; textile mills and other industries; vistas in the mountains and on the coast; courthouses, railroad stations and other public buildings; fires, floods, train wrecks, and other disasters; performances of outdoor dramas; and vignettes of the state’s military history. The collection also contains photographic postcards created by twentieth-century North Carolina photographers from across the state, including Bayard Wooten of New Bern and Victor Meekins of Dare County, and printed postcards produced by Albertype Company, Hugh Leighton Company, and other widely known printing companies of the era. Many postcards depicting African Americans, including agricultural laborers, prisoners on chain gangs, children, and elderly men and women, and postcards depicting members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in traditional costume including headdresses, illustrate racist stereotypes of the period. Some captions contain language that underline the racist undertones of the images.

Frances Barefoot Collection, 1978-2020

Frances Barefoot (1927-2019), a white hollerer, was the women's winner, with her chihuahua Peanut, of the 1978 National Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner, N.C. The collection consists of a scrapbook, photographic images, the winner's trophy, and audio and video recordings that document her participation in the contest. Also included are a "Frances and Peanut" visor and a photograph book with reproductions of photographs depicting Barefoot at hollerin' contests in 1978 and 1979, her daughter's wedding in 1980, the inscription on her headstone, and handwritten notes Barefoot wrote about events at which she hollered.

Pamela Barefoot Collection on Tobacco, 1970s-1980s

Documentarian Pamela Barefoot's collection is composed of photographs, oral history interviews, and research files for her book published in 1978. Color slides taken by Barefoot depict tobacco farms, farmers, and workers during the late 1970s in the mid-Atlantic and southern United States, chiefly North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. Interviews with farmers, tobacco workers, and tobacco company owners comprise more than twenty hours of audio recordings. Most interviews have typed transcripts. Research files, consisting largely of printed items such as booklets and annual reports of tobacco companies, pertain to tobacco farming, the tobacco industry, agricultural science, and folklore related to tobacco. The collection also contains field notes, a scrapbook with newspaper clippings about Barefoot and her book, and a card file with quotations culled from the oral history interviews Barefoot conducted. Other materials in the collection pertain to Barefoot's research on shad fishing and the pork industry in North Carolina, including hog farming and the barbecue business. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Barkley Family Papers, 1861-1864.

Barkley family of Anderson District, S.C.

Benjamin F. Barnard Papers, 1861-1865.

The collection includes military records, chiefly 1863-1865, of Benjamin F. Barnard, first lieutenant and quartermaster of the 23rd and the 59th Massachusetts infantry regiments, serving along the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina and in Virginia, consisting of requisitions, invoices, receipts, reports, and other records.

Francis Everett Barnard Papers, 1832; 1860-1862.

Barnard was a member of the Gideonites who came to the South Carolina sea islands in 1862 in the Port Royal Experiment to educate freed slaves. He became superintendent of the Edisto Island School. Two letters, 1862, from Barnard in South Carolina to his uncle in Boston, and enclosures in those letters consisting of letters written to Major William Meggett Murray of Edisto Island in 1832 and 1860-1862. Barnard had found the letters to Murray hidden on Murray's plantation. Included among the letters to Murray are two, 1832, concerning a meeting of the State Rights and Free Trade Party of St. Johns Colleton, Charleston District, S.C.; two, 1860, about prospects for a convention in Columbia, S.C., and opposing participation in the presidential nomination process while favoring secession; and one, 1861, from the ordnance office in Charleston to Major Murray, requesting muskets.

Russell D. Barnard Country Music Magazine Photograph Collection, 1970s-2000s

Russell D. Barnard was editor and publisher of Country Music Magazine, from its founding in the early 1970s until he sold the publication in 1999. Country Music Magazine reported on contemporary and classic country music musicians and groups.

S.G. Barnard Papers, 1861-1863.

Brothers George Washington Barnard (1832-1862) and William C. Barnard (1841-1862) of Camden, N.J., fought on opposite sides in the American Civil War. William C. Barnard was a second lieutenant with the 3rd New Jersey Volunteers, and George Washington Barnard served in the Confederacy. Both died from wounds sustained in battles in 1862.

Albert Barner Letters, 1864-1865

Albert Barner served in Battery D of the 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment and Company E, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division of the 175th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was honorably discharged and mustered out on 30 June 1865 at Savannah, Ga.

Carr, Barnes, and Branch Family Papers, 1837-1867

Chiefly financial papers of various Wilson, N.C., residents, some of whom were members of the Carr, Barnes, or Branch families, including estate inventories and papers relating to the hiring of slaves and the renting of land. Also included is some correspondence, 1859, concerning the building and financing of a girls' school in Wilson.

Billy E. Barnes Photographic Collection, 1959-2014

Collection contains images made by white photographer Billy E. Barnes taken during his career from 1959 to 1996. The majority of the images are black-and-white 35mm negatives, photographic prints, and 35mm transparencies (slides). Images were taken across the state of North Carolina and depict poverty in both rural and urban areas, racial tension, experiments in integrated education, poverty prevention/alleviation programs, and the social/political changes that occurred in the state during this span of almost four decades. A large portion of the collection documents the activities of the North Carolina Fund (1963-1968) as well as related organizations and programs that outlasted the Fund project. Images were taken across the entire state, but with a concentration in Durham and Orange County. There are also some images of locations outside North Carolina. Barnes's original descriptions are used when available (from personal photographic log) and, whenever possible, individuals, organizations, events, locations, and dates have been identified. Known groups, organizations, and individuals are listed as subject access points, as are identified locations. Throughout his career, Barnes incorporated new photographic formats and technologies into his work as a freelance photographer and as an official photographer for several N.C. organizations and companies. In 2003, he made the transition from traditional film-based (analog) photography to digital photography. The collection also includes 50 GB (61,200) of digital files representing his digital photographic work.

David A. Barnes Papers, 1806-1892

David Alexander Barnes graduated from the University of North Carolina with an A.B. in 1840. He lived at Jackson (Northampton County), N.C., and was a member of the state House of Commons in 1844, 1846, 1850, and of the Convention of 1861. He was a superior court judge from 1865 to 1868 and a university trustee in 1868. In 1873, he married Bettie Vaughan.

David Collin Barnes Papers, 1910s-1950s

Office and other papers, 1910s-1950s, of David Collin Barnes, lawyer of Murfreesboro, N.C. Included are materials relating to Barnes's business and personal affairs. Among the files are some relating to Barnes's service on the Appropriations Committee of the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Richard T. Barnes Notebook, 1861-1865.

Richard T. Barnes (fl. 1861-1865), native of Murfreesboro, N.C., was a Confederate soldier with the Hertford Light Infantry.

As I Look Back, circa 1959

Eugene Epperson Barnett was born in Florida and educated at Emory University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of North Carolina.

Mary A. Barnett Farm Ledger and Genealogical Materials, 1853-1874 and undated

Mary A. Barnett was a farmer in Pineville, Mecklenburg County, N.C., whose husband, John W. Barnett, was killed in the Civil War. She maintained the family farm for several years after her husband's death.

Joseph Nicholson Barney Log and Diary, 1839-1852.

Joseph Nicholson Barney (fl. 1839-1852) was a United States (and later Confederate) naval officer and native of Maryland. The collection includes a personal diary kept by Barney, containing ship's log entries while he was in Singapore and the East Indies, 1839, on the United States frigate Columbia, and diary and log entries while he was sailing up and down the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America, 1849-1852, on the U.S.S. Vincennes, with frequent and sometime lengthy stays in port. Diary entries describe in detail his impressions in 1850 of Rio de Janeiro, Guayaquil, Ecuador, various California ports, and other locations, and note social and other daily events and Barney's reflections on self and surroundings.

William J. Barnhart Papers, 1943-1978

William Joseph Barnhart was born in Boonville, Mo., in 1923. Barnhart joined the military in 1943, serving in France and Austria for 18 months. Beginning in April 1946, Barnhart attended the University of Tennessee where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1947 and a Masters of Arts in 1949. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1955. Barnhart served as dean of Florida Memorial College in Saint Augustine, Fla., and was on the English faculty at Shepherd University in West Virginia. He died in 1978.

George Scarborough Barnsley Papers, 1837-1918

George Scarborough Barnsley of Woodlands Plantation, Cass County, Ga., and Sao Paulo, Brazil, was a Confederate soldier, hospital steward, medical student, and assistant surgeon in the 8th Georgia Regiment. He emigrated to Brazil after the Civil War. Members of Barnsley's family included his father, Godfrey Barnsley (1805-1873), his brother, Lucien Barnsley (1840-1892), and his sister, Julia Bernard Barnsley (b. 1836). The collection includes correspondence, reminiscences, scrapbooks, printed pamphlets, and other materials, chiefly 1846-1873, relating to George Barnsley's years at school and at Oglethorpe University, his service during the Civil War, and his emigration to Brazil. Included are letters from Godfrey and Lucien Barnsley and reflections on life in Brazil in the late nineteenth century.

B. T. Barret Letters, 1835

The collection consists of two letters from B. T. Barret to his father, Dr. John S. Barret in Aylett, Va., November 1835. The letters were written while B. T. Barret traveled with enslaved people whom he was transporting from his father's plantation in Ampthill, Va., to Claiborne, Ala., and describe the dismantling of a family whose members were enslaved, relations between the parties, and travel conditions.

Gerald A. Barrett Papers (#4978) 1949-1984

Gerald A. Barrett was a professor in the business school of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, an expert in industrial-labor relations, and an arbitrator. Papers of Gerald A. Barrett are mostly files concerning hearings at which Barrett acted as arbitrator between labor unions and companies, mostly in the southeastern United States. Cases involve textile companies, tobacco companies, airlines, chemical companies, and others. Files may contain copies of original grievances, reports of Barrett's findings and decisions, Barrett's expense reports and invoices, correspondence with company and union representatives, and other items. Also included are Barrett's file on his membership in the National Academy of Arbitrators Committee on Professional Responsibility and Grievances, 1980-1983, and a few other letters.

Oliver R. Barrett Papers, 1925-1929.

Oliver Roger Barrett (1873-1950) was a lawyer, author, and collector of Chicago, Ill.

Daniel Moreau Barringer Papers, 1797-1873

Daniel Moreau Barringer of Cabarrus County and Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer; North Carolina state legislator; United States representative, 1843-1849; minister to Spain, 1849-1853; active Whig and later Democrat; and member of the North Carolina Democratic Party state executive committee, 1860, and chair, 1872.

Osmond L. Barringer Papers, 1916-1926

Two volumes of financial records of the Osmond Barringer Garage Company, an automobile dealership in Charlotte, N.C. Volume 1 contains sales invoices, 4 August 1916-1 March 1926; volume 2 contains an audit report for 1921.

Rufus Barringer Papers (#1028-z) 1837-1886

North Carolina lawyer, politician, and Civil War brigadier general Rufus Barringer (1821-1895) was born in Cabarrus County, N.C.; attended the University of North Carolina, from which he was graduated in 1842; represented Cabarrus County in the House of Commons, 1848-1850; was a delegate to the 1875 North Carolina Constitutional Convention; and practiced law in Concord and Charlotte, N.C. He served with the First North Carolina Cavalry and then as commander of North Carolina's cavalry brigade until his capture at Namozine Church, Va., in 1865.

Susanna Elizabeth Barringer Papers, 1784-1788.

Susanna Elizabeth Barringer (fl. 1784-1788), a native of Ratzeburg, Germany, resided in Dutch Buffalo Creek, Mecklenburg County (now Cabarrus County), N.C.

Victor Clay Barringer Notebook, 1850s.

Victor Clay Barringer was a North Carolina state senator, professor, Confederate soldier, and international legal scholar.

Barrow Family Papers, 1818-1930

Excerpts, 1818-1824, from a diary of James Barrow (1757-1828), a Baldwin County, Ga., planter; excerpts from his autobiography, written in 1818; and notes on the history of the Barrow family.

Henry W. Barrow Notebook, 1871-1872.

Henry W. Barrow was probably a student at the University of Georgia at Athens.

Robert Ruffin Barrow Papers, 1811-1858

Robert Ruffin Barrow (b. 1798) was a sugar planter and canal operator in Terrebonne Parish, La. Barrow was the son of Bartholomew Barrow (d. 1852), a merchant of Fishing Creek, Halifax County, N.C., and later a planter in West Feliciana Parish, La., where he settled on his estate, Afton Villa, in 1820. The younger Barrow owned six Terrebonne Parish plantations, including Residence, Myrtle Grove, and Caillou Grove, as well as plantations in Lafourche, Assumption, and Ascension parishes and in Texas.

John Alexander Barry Papers, 1861-1903

John Alexander Barry served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. After the war he was a wholesale merchant and commissioner in Atlanta, Ga.

Peter Bartis Recording on Hollers and the National Hollerin' Contest, 1973

Audio recording of an interview with Ermon H. Godwin (1927-2009), a white hollering contest organizer, of Spivey's Corner, N.C., and his wife, Christine Godwin (1928-2017). Peter Bartis (1949-2017), a Greek American folklorist, recorded the Godwins at their home in January 1973, as part of his University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill master thesis project on classifying hollers in the United States. Ermon H. Godwin, who was also a bank official in Dunn, N.C., co-founded the National Hollerin' Contest, which is held annually in Spivey's Corner, N.C., to raise funds for the local Fire Department. The collection also contains a brief note describing the audiocassette recording found in the collection.

Stephanie Bartis Collection of Oral History Recordings, 1984

Recordings of an oral history interview conducted by Stephanie Bartis with her paternal grandmother, "Yiayia", who immigrated to the United States from Greece in 1909. In the interview Bartis's grandmother discusses "saints' lives", in particular those of St. Paraskevi and St. Rafael. Stephanie Bartis conducted the interview, which is chiefly in English but includes some Greek passages, as part of a spring term paper assignment for her English/Folklore 187 course taught by Daniel Patterson at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection includes the interview on audiocassettes and a brief note by Daniel Patterson on the recording.

J. S. Bartlett Recollections, 1917.

J. S. Bartlett was a Confederate soldier in the 1st and 11th North Carolina regiments, serving in North Carolina and Virginia, 1861-1865.

Stephen Chaulker Bartlett Papers, 1865; 1908.

Stephen Chaulker Bartlett (1839-1879) of North Guilford, Conn., was a medical student at Yale University and at United States government hospitals during the first part of the Civil War. He received a commission as assistant surgeon in the United States Navy and was assigned to the steamer Lenapee in 1865.

Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor Papers, 1925-1975

Jacques Barzun, professor and critic, and Wendell Hertig Taylor, a retired scientist, were life-long friends and enthusiastic readers, critics, and collectors of detective fiction.

William Starr Basinger Papers, 1835-1932

Savannah, Ga., lawyer, Confederate officer, state legislator, and president of the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, 1885-1894. Chiefly letters from William Starr Basinger written during the Civil War while he was a major, 18th Georgia Battalion, Confederate States of America, in Virginia and as a prisoner at Old Capitol Prison and at Johnsons Island, 1865. Also included are letters from Eddie Basinger while hospitalized at City Point, Va., discussing the evacuation of Richmond. Additional materials (on microfilm) include W. S. Basinger's reminiscences, through 1896, of his legal career, Confederate service, and term as president of the North Georgia Agricultural College, along with family historical materials, and seven letters, 1835-1836, from W. E. Basinger (d. 1836) while serving with the United States Army in Florida during the Second Seminole War.

Bassett Family Papers, 1833-1863 (bulk 1847-1863)

The collection contains correspondence, diaries, and family records, 1833-1863 (chiefly 1847-1863), of the Bassett family of Mercer County, Ill., and Lewis County, Ky. Principal figures in these papers are Isaac Bassett (1791-1863), his sons John Ray Bassett (born 1821) and Isaac Newton Bassett (1825-1920), and Isaac Newton's wife Scienda Moore Bassett (1825-1861). Included is John Ray Bassett's diary, written in Lewis County, 1847-1851, describing his reading in history, literature, and law, and his thoughts on these subjects, and expressing Whig views on current events. Bassett often mentioned floods and business-related Ohio River traffic. A diary of Isaac Bassett, January-October 1863, Lewis County, briefly mentions Civil War activities, locally and elsewhere, and the daily household activities and health of himself and his wife until shortly before his death.

John Y. Bassett Papers, 1822-1871.

John Y. Bassett (1805-1851) was a physician of Huntsville, Ala. The collection contains letters relating to medical, financial, and family matters of John Y. Bassett and family correspondence of his wife, Isaphoene Thompson Bassett. The correspondence includes letters from editors Theodore Parker and William Gilmore Simms, 1849-1850, criticizing Bassett's article on race ethnology. After her husband's death in 1852, there are letters to Mrs. Bassett from her children, including sons Watkins (died 1862) and Henry Willis. Watkins wrote from Waco, Tex., where he was living with his uncle. Henry joined the Confederate Army and wrote from camps in Mississippi.

Bruce Bastin Collection, 1899-2001

Bruce Bastin is a folklorist, author, and managing director of Interstate Music, a record label specializing in blues, jazz, R&B, country, western swing, Latin American, and world music. The collection consists of Interstate Music production masters, reference sound recordings compiled by Bastin, and sound recordings related to Bastin's book on American music publisher Joe Davis. The collection also contains documentation found with select sound recordings. Documentation consists mostly of tape logs, memos, letters, and photocopies of Interstate Music album artwork.

Mary E. Bateman Diary, 1856-1856

Mary E. Bateman lived at Argyle Plantation near Greenville, Washington County, Miss., with her cousin, Margaret Tiedeman Campbell. Her sister was Lavinia Bateman Ball; Lavinia's husband was Dr. Spencer Ball.

Alfred Batre Letters, 1835

Letters, 1835, containing news of family, friends, and slaves, from Batre in Mobile, Ala., to his friend Mrs. J. S. Walker in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Charles Wesley Battie Papers, 1873-1993

Ship captain Charles Wesley Battie is thought to have been a native of Massachusetts. He married Lizzie Scandlin (1858-1925) and lived with his wife and son, Herbert Scandlin Battie (1884-1942), aboard ship until around 1893, when the family settled in Greensboro, N.C.

Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955

The collection documents several generations of the white Battle family of Louisburg, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, N.C., as well as enslaved people who were claimed in ownership by the Battles or were trafficked to them through hiring of their labor, skills, and knowledge. Early Battle family papers, especially letters of Lucy Martin Plummer Battle (1805-1874), concern many aspects of North Carolina history, including white family relationships with enslaved people and their forced labor, life on the Confederate homefront, and social conditions and race relations during Reconstruction. Letters of William Horn Battle (1802-1879) also describe a wide spectrum of people and events while he served on the North Carolina Supreme Court and traveled primarily to Raleigh and Morganton. There are also materials relating to the Episcopal Church, in which the Battles were active lay members; the Chatham County Railroad; and the University of North Carolina. Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) materials include papers relating to his interest in the early history of North Carolina and of the University of North Carolina; his notes on the secret sessions of the North Carolina convention of 1861; clippings, notes, and drafts of his articles and speeches; a facsimile of his journal while he lived in Chapel Hill and worked as a tutor and studied for the Bar exam, 1851-1853; and correspondence of his family, including his wife Martha Ann Battle and their children. There are also many letters from Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908), who was related to the Battle family through marriage. Papers of William James Battle (1870-1955), professor of classics and university administrator at Texas and Cincinnati, document family, family history, and personal affairs, but do not include many items relating to his professional career. Volumes are chiefly student notes and personal accounts kept by William James Battle, 1885-1909. There are also images of Battle family members and others.

The Battle of Bethel Map, undated

The collection is a pen and ink map, undated and unascribed, of the Battle of Bethel, 10 June 1861.

Ivan Proctor Battle Collection, 1809-1871.

Ivan Proctor Battle, born 1880, studied medicine at the University of North Carolina, 1900-1902, before receiving his doctorate from Jefferson Medical College in 1904.

Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle Papers, 1693-1930

Unrelated letters collected for their autograph value by Jane Battle and a few personal letters to S. Westray Battle. Included are the following: an order, 1693, presumably from King Charles II of Spain, to officials in Mexico; a letter, 1780, from Abner Nash (1740-1786) about North Carolina troops; a letter, 1852, from John Tyler (1790-1862) with comments on current events; a letter, September 1864, from Benjamin Cummings Truman (1835-1916) predicting Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah; a letter, 1864, from Brig. Gen. W. L. Quarles, C.S.A., to North Carolina Governor Zebulon B. Vance about the status of officers of North Carolina regiments; a letter, 1866, from Horace Greeley advising against moving to California; a letter, 1865, from Queen Victoria in German; a letter, 1870, from William Dean Howells (1837-1920) about the lecture circuit; a letter, 1909, from Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) briefly discussing her background and the status of the women's suffrage movement; and a letter, 1914, from Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929) about German- American relations. There are also notes from Charles George Gordon (1833- 1885), 1872; Rutherford B. Hayes, 1889; Thomas Nelson Page, 1903; Daniel Webster, undated; Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), undated; Edward Lear (1812- 1888), undated; and George Cruikshank (1792-1878), illustrated with drawings in ink, undated.

Kemp Plummer Battle Photograph Album of the University of North Carolina, circa 1894

Photograph album given to white North Carolina State Treasurer and President of the University of North Carolina Kemp Plummer Battle, as a gift given to him upon his retirement from the University. The album contains some of the earliest photographic views depicting campus known to exist. Subjects depicted in photographs include University of North Carolina buildings, grounds, faculty, staff, students, events, and Black people at the historically white University. Of particular interest are the images depicting three Black laborers; Ben Boothe, Eli Merritt, and Jerry Mason, who worked at the University for many years and interacted with Battle. A handwritten note states that the photographs in the album were taken in 1892, but the album contains materials from earlier in the nineteenth century including a composite image of the 1844 UNC faculty.

Kemp P. Battle Montgomery Ward Catalog Competition Papers, 1915, 1962-1966

Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer and president of the Chatham Railroad. He was active in state affairs during the Civil War and served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907.

Lucy Plummer Battle Papers, 1903-1904.

Lucy Plummer Battle of Raleigh, N.C., and Collier Cobb (1862-1954), professor of geology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, were married in April 1904.

Leonidas Baugh Letters, 1847-1859.

Leonidas Baugh was editor of the Abingdon, Va., Democrat.

John N. Baughman Account Book, 1848-1868

John N. Baughman was a general store owner, tinner, scrivener, and postmaster who lived in Baughman Settlement in Hardy County, W. Va.

Frances Bavier Papers, 1890s-1990

Frances Bavier was an actress chiefly remembered for her portrayal of Aunt Bee on the The Andy Griffith Show, which ran from 1960 to 1968 and for which she won an Emmy. Bavier retired in 1970 and, in 1972, moved to Siler City, N.C., where she lived a somewhat reclusive life. She died on 6 December 1989.

William Baxter Will, 1845.

The collection contains the will of William Baxter, Rutherford County, N.C., dated 17 November 1845.

Ronald H. Bayes Papers, 1909-2008

Poet Ronald H. Bayes (1932- ), resident of Laurinburg, N.C., began teaching creative writing at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1968. Bayes founded the St. Andrews Review and the St. Andrews Press, a magazine and small press dedicated to publishing both established and emerging writers, primarily poets, and created the St. Andrews Writers Forum. He published more than 16 poetry books and wrote reviews, poems, short stories, and a few plays. The collection contains correspondence, writings, and other materials, chiefly documenting Bayes's career as writer, editor, and college teacher. Cochran family correspondence includes letters exchanged by Cochran and Nessly family members, some in Oregon, chiefly about family news. There are also letters, mostly 1969-1972, from poets, Bayes's former students, editors, publishers, professors, friends, and politicians. Several of the letters have poems attached or included in the text. Correspondents include Carolyn Kizer, Dick Bakken, James Laughlin, Sam Ragan, Jo Slatton, Bill Butler, and Fred Parrott. Writings by Bayes, 1948-1999, are poetry chapbook manuscripts, single poems, book reviews, and a few plays and short stories. There are also writings edited by Bayes and writings by others, including poems submitted to Bayes for publication, a play by Romulus Linney, and short stories by Bill Butler. Collected publications include published anthologies and journals, most with contributions from Bayes; a few books, including several relating to Erza Pound; and a few newsletters. Also included are materials relating to the St. Andrews Review, the St. Andrews Press, the St. Andrews Writers Forum, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, and other topics; printed promotional materials, most relating to Bayes's career; clippings, some containing Bayes's writings; photographs; and audio and video recordings of Bayes at various speaking engagements. The addition of March 2023 includes scrapbooks, photographs, audiovisual materials, and unpublished writings and drafts.

Bayne and Gayle Family Papers, 1798-1963

John Gayle (1792-1859) was governor of Alabama; his wife was Sarah Ann Haynesworth Gayle; their son-in-law was Thomas L. Bayne (1824-1891), lawyer, of New Orleans, La., and Confederate army officer. Hugh A. Bayne (1870-1954) was a lawyer and Army officer of New Orleans.

Bayside Plantation Records, 1846-1866

Daily records of the extensive and varied agricultural activities and family and neighborhood happenings at Bayside, a large plantation on Bayou Teche (near New Iberia), La., and also, during part of the Civil War, at another plantation on Bayou Mallet, near Opelousas, La. The record was kept by a proprietor, Francis DuBose Richardson, by members of his family, and by various overseers, and discusses crop production and the management of slaves and, after the war, of free labor.

John W. Beal Papers, 1943-1945

John W. Beal served with the 81st Engineers, 106 Infantry Division, during World War II.

Beale and Davis Family Papers, 1836-1920, 1933.

Family of Joseph Hoomes Davis (1809-1879), Methodist minister and educator of Virginia and North Carolina, and Anne Turberville Beale Davis (1809-1894). Principal family members included Robert Beale Davis (1835- 1864), son of Joseph Davis and his first wife, Martha Beale; Richard L.T. Beale (1819-1893), brother of Anne Davis; and the four children of Joseph and Anne, Wilbur Fisk (b. 1839), John W.C. (b. 1840), Olin (b. 1844), and Martha Anne (b. 1846).

George Beale Papers, 1817-1829.

George Beale was purser of the S.S. Peacock.

Beall and Harper Family Papers, 1830-1914.

The collection is family correspondence, chiefly 1850s, of the Beall, Harper, and Jones families of Rowan, Davidson, and Caldwell counties, N.C., including letters from students at the following North Carolina schools: Davidson College (Davidson), Edgeworth Female Seminary (Greensboro), Bingham School (Orange County), and St. Mary's School (Raleigh). Also, guardian and other accounts, bills, and receipts.

Amanda Davidson Beall and Andrew Jackson Beall Papers, circa 1850-1911

Amanda Davidson was born at Rural Hill Plantation in Mecklenburg County, N.C., where her father was a planter and developer. In 1875, she married Andrew Jackson Beall and the two moved to Charlotte, N.C. Andrew Jackson (Hick) Beall was born in Murray County, Ga. During the Civil War, he served as a corporal in the Confederate Army and was wounded twice in the Battle of Chickamauga. Beall travelled extensively as a railroad agent. Around 1880, he began work in the sales commission business and later worked for Royal Arcanum, a fraternal insurance organization.

Harold Cranston Beall diaries, 1963-1975

Harold Cranston Beall was the fifth child of William Dixon Beall (b. 1862), a Maryland minister, and Hannah Simpson Beall (b. 1862). He studied engineering at Johns Hopkins University and worked for the Bureau of Public Roads of the U.S. Department of Commerce until he retired in 1963. He lived in Bismarck, N.D.; Pierre, S.D.; and Decatur, Ga. Beall was married to Mary Young of Denton, Tex.

John Bramblett Beall Letters, 1860-1865

John Bramblett Beall (1833-1917) was born in Carroll County, Ga. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he served in the 19th Georgia Infantry Regiment in the Virginia campaigns in 1861 and was wounded in the hip at Mechanicsville in 1862. During his recovery, he served as conscription officer at Manning, S.C., and tax collector in Carroll County, Ga. In 1864, he was elected major of a battalion of cavalry raised in Carroll and Heard counties. After the war, he served as a judge and edited several newspapers in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. The papers of John Bramblett Beall consist of twelve letters, 1860-1865, addressed to his cousin (later his wife), Mary J. Merrill. The letters discuss various aspects of military life during Beall's service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, including his time with the 19th Georgia Infantry Regiment and later as a conscription officer in Manning, S.C. Included are second-hand reports of military events, such as Shiloh and Jackson's victory at Winchester, Va., and a discussion of morale among Confederate troops and civilians when Beall was recruiting. The letters refer to aspects of everyday life on the home front in the Confederacy, including the price of food and lodgings in South Carolina.

John Y. Beall Papers (#2533-z) ca. 1865-1899 and ca. 1935-1942

John Yates Beall (1835-1865), Confederate soldier and acting master in the Confederate Navy. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Beall joined Company G of the 2nd Virginia Volunteers. After accepting a naval appointment in 1863, Beall led a failed attempt to free Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay, Ohio. He was captured soon after, tried before a Union military commission for espionage and violating the laws of war, and hanged at Governor's Island, N.Y., on 24 February 1865. The papers comprise two volumes, ca. 1865-1899 and ca. 1935-1942, documenting Beall's trial, his time in prison, efforts to free him, and his execution. The volumes contain transcripts of letters by and about Beall, and transcripts of miscellaneous items, including a biographical sketch of Beall; the warrant appointing Beall acting master in the Confederate Navy; his will; notes he made on his final wishes; and a clipping, 1935, regarding the legend of Beall's ghost. One letter from Beall's lawyer describes attempts to free Beall and Beall's last days. Letters written by Beall, who was imprisoned at Fort Lafayette in New York Harbor and at Fort Columbus on Governor's Island during February 1865, proclaim his innocence, communicate his last wishes, and request that his name be cleared. The biographical sketch mentions only briefly Beall's life as a student, a farmer, and a Confederate soldier prior to his trial.

Mary Harper Beall Letter, 11 November 1858.

Mary Harper Beall married Robert Beall, likely in 1858.

Charles Beam Recording of Truck Driver Interviews and Tales, 1989

Audio recording, with accompanying transcript, of interviews and tales told by Joe Goins, Max E. Beam, and Ralph Abernathy, all truck drivers and residents of Cherryville, N.C. Charles K. Beam, a white industrial relations student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recorded the interviews on 18 March 1989 as part of class project for a folklore course taught by Daniel W. Patterson. The recording relates to Charles K. Beam's term paper titled "Truck Driver Tales: An Oral Tradition of Cherryville, N.C." The collection also contains a copy of the paper and a handwritten note from Beam to Patterson.

Jeffery Beam Papers (#4888) 1968-2011

Jeffery Scott Beam is a white North Carolina poet. The collection includes papers, correspondence, poetry notebooks, publications, event programs and recordings, and other related materials of Jeffery Beam. Correspondence documents his role as an active member in the literary and gay communities. Also included are drafts and publication materials for his published books and files pertaining to his unpublished collections of poetry. There is also correspondence with poets Jonathan Williams, Thomas Meyer, James Broughton, Damon Sauve, editor of Oyster Boy Review, and others.

Beaman and Robinson Family Papers, 1811-1883 (bulk 1833-1869)

John Robert Beaman (1813-1892) spent his life in Sampson County, N.C. He married Elizabeth Robinson (1817-1895) in 1837 and built a house in Clinton, N.C. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Robinson (1792-1851), who was involved with a hotel. Both men were involved in the sale and hiring out of slaves, as well as the use of indentured servants. The Beaman and Robinson family papers consist of documentation of legal and financial transactions entered into by John Robert Beaman, John Robinson, or Robinson's agent, John Carroll. Included are indentures; bills of sale for slaves; notices of debts owed or paid; deeds of gift; wills; assessments of property; informal accounting lists; a survey of the Clinton Academy property; and correspondence of a financial nature. There is also a small number of the items relating to individuals with unspecified or unknown connections to either Beaman or Robinson, chiefly I. B. Cox and Charles Harrison.

Jesse S. Bean Diary, 1864-1867

Jesse S. Bean, of Saint Peter, Minn., served with the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company H, during the Civil War.

Bear Creek Baptist Church Records, 1802-1865.

MICROFILM ONLY. Lists of officers, members, and delegates to annual association meetings; rules of behavior, investigations of members, and excommunication proceedings; minutes of monthly meetings; and other records of the Bear Creek Baptist Church, Chatham County, N.C.

Bear Family Records Collection, 1933-1977

The Bear Family Records Collection consists of audiovisual materials compiled by the German based independent record label, Bear Family Records. The collection primarily contains American country music materials, including vinyl test pressings of 78-rpm records, commercially produced 16mm motion picture films, and dubbed U-Matic videotapes. The 78-rpm records feature recordings by the Carter Family, Tex Owens, and Goebel Reeves, while the film and video consist of television shows, short subject films, musicals, and western films.

Grace Pierson James Beard's A Series of True Incidents Connected with Sherman's March to the Sea, undated

Grace Pierson James Beard managed, by herself, a plantation in Fairfield County, S.C., during the passage of Sherman's army, 1865.

Taylor Beattie Papers, 1780-1917

The collection includes diaries of Beattie while serving as judge advocate of the Department of Tennessee, Confederate States of America, and nine volumes, 1883-1917 passim, while a sugar planter, lawyer, and judge in Thibodaux, La.; diary, 1843, of Beattie's mother, recording daily life in Thibodaux and trips to New Orleans; and one volume containing records of land entries in Kentucky in 1780 and memoranda, 1824-1849, of Walker Reid (born 1783) of Kentucky, concerning family history and his religious experiences.

Beaufort County (N.C.) Miscellaneous Account Books, 1797-1856.

The collection includes scattered daybooks and ledgers for general merchandise sold at Bath, N.C., and Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., and a shipping book from Washington, N.C. Firms represented include Ellison and Marsh, and Boyd's Mill.

Beaufort County (N.C.) Vessel Enrollment Book, 1851-1860.

The collection is a volume containing a federal registration record kept at Washington, N.C., of ownership, sales, physical characteristics, and other information about ships engaged in coastal trade.

William Beavans Diary and Letters, 1861-1864

William Beavans, a Confederate soldier from Halifax County, N.C., served with the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I, and with the 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company D. He was wounded at Snicker's Gap, Va., on 18 July 1864 and died of his wounds at Winchester, Va., on 31 July 1864.

Sarah G. Beck Papers, 1863-1865.

Sarah G. Beck (fl. 1863-1865) worked with the United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. The collection includes passes and letters to Beck relating to her work with the sick and wounded in the United States Army under the auspices of the United States Sanitary Commission in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. One letter is from Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War.

Beckwith Family Papers, 1852-1889.

Members of the Beckwith family include John W. Beckwith (1831-1890), an Episcopal priest in North Carolina, Maryland, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, and bishop of Georgia; his wife, Ella Brockenbrough Beckwith, and their daughter, Elizabeth Beckwith. The collection consists mostly of Civil War letters from Virginia relatives of Beckwith's wife, Ella; scattered papers of Beckwith as a Confederate chaplain and a volunteer aide to General William Joseph Hardee; and personal correspondence in the 1880s of Beckwith's daughter, Elizabeth.

Edmund Ruffin Beckwith Papers, 1753-1949

Edmund Ruffin Beckwith (1890-1949) was a New York City lawyer.

James P. Beckwith Collection on the Cabin Creek Craft Cooperative, 1974

The collection of law professor James P. Beckwith, Jr., contains three open-reel audiotape recordings of interviews with staff of the Cabin Creek Craft Cooperative. The interviews were recorded in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1974. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

James P. Beckwith Papers, 1789-1989

In large part microfilm and photocopies. Family papers of James P. Beckwith of Durham, N.C. Included are letters and other papers, 1789-1869 (microfilm), reflecting the domestic and social life of the Arrington, Heath, Jones, Long, and Williams families, chiefly of Petersburg, Va., and Warrenton, N.C., especially the education of Dr. John Francis Heath (1819-1862) at Harvard University, the University of Berlin (including his journal while there), and the University of Pennsylvania; family Bible records (photocopy) of the family of Hugh Johnson (1762-1810) and Sally (Green) Johnson (1775-1848); genealogy of the Banister-Bolling-Eppes family (photocopy); and commonplace book, 1832-1865, of Mary Kearney (Davis) Williams of Montmorencie, Warrenton, N.C., containing diary entries, religious meditations, and copies of her letters to family members. Also included are the diaries, 1864-1865 and 1870 (microfilm) of Mary J. White of Warrenton, kept at Wilmiington, N.C., in 1864, while waiting with her father, John White, for an opportunity to run the Union blockade, and later at Ingleside, Warrenton, concerning church services and domestic affairs; recollections of General Robert E. Lee's visit to Warrenton, 1869-1870 (microfilm), written in 1934 by Mrs. Mary J. Beckwith; A Short History of the A.E.O.C. (a Harvard University social club), 1835, by Thomas Pinckney Rutledge (1815-1838), edited by James P. Beckwith; and account books, 1925-1961 (6 volumes) of Robert Paine Beckwith (1888-1969), physician of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., who specialized in pediatrics and obstectrics from the 1920s through the 1950s. Marginal notes contain genealogical information about his Halifax and Northampton counties, N.C., and Brunswick County, Va., patients, many of whom were from textile mill families.

Becky Johnson Collection, 1970-2002

Becky Johnson has photographed bluegrass musicians, festivals, conferences, and related events since the 1980s.

Bedford County (Va.) Slave Records, 1863

During the Civil War, many Confederate states, including Virginia, required slaveholders to contribute slaves to serve in the Confederate Army.

H. L. Bedford Account Book, 1866-1871

Ledger, 1868, consisting of records of Bedford's work as administrator of the estate of B. W. Bedford Junior, Panola County, Miss., including accounts for provisions advanced to farm laborers, and a summary of transactions, 1866-1868 and 1871.

Harvey E. Beech Papers, 1939-2004

Harvey E. Beech was born in Kinston, N.C., in 1923. He was a lawyer, philanthropist, and advocate of civil rights. While studying law in the early 1950s, Beech was asked to join a case against the University of North Carolina School of Law. In 1951, after a lengthy court battle, Beech and four other students became the first African Americans admitted to the UNC law school. He graduated in June 1952 and went on to practice law for more than 35 years. Harvey Beech died in August 2005.

Charles Oscar Beers Papers, 1857-1862.

Charles Oscar Beers (1834-1910) was the co-founder of the North Carolina Lumber Company, Lake Waccamaw, N.C.

Beeson Hardware Company Records, 1907-1931

Business records of Beeson Hardware and Lumber Company of High Point, N.C., dating from 1917 to 1931. The store was founded in 1893 by Newell Beeson and purchased by Amos Ragan in 1896. Robert R. Ragan took over store management duties in 1908. The business records document store inventory from 1917 to 1931 with equipment, merchandise, and prices listed. Also present are store account ledgers for 1907 to 1922. Undated indices by customer are present for some ledgers.

Beggs and Janssen Family Papers, 1859-1962

Members of the Beggs and Janssen families of New Orleans, La.

Howell Begle Collection, 1949-2008

Howell Begle is a white entertainment and media lawyer and long-time activist on behalf of early rhythm and blues recording artists. In 1982, Begle met Ruth Brown, an African American recording artist with the Atlantic Recording Corporation in the 1940s and 1950s, who had had difficulty securing royalty payments. He agreed to represent her pro bono against the recording company. Over time, his list of pro bono clients grew to more than 30 artists who had recorded for Atlantic. Begle was also a major figure in the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, founded in 1988 in Washington, D.C., with $1.5 million in initial funding from Atlantic in partial fulfillment of a legal settlement with Brown and others represented by Begle. The collection includes detailed royalty statements from the Atlantic Recording Corporation that document payments to Ruth Brown, 1955-1964. There are also copies of contracts and correspondence related to royalty payments owed to other artists who recorded for Atlantic and other labels during the 1950s and 1960s, among them Nellie Lutcher, Jimmy Scott, Joe Turner, Harry Van Walls, the Clovers, the Coasters, and the Drifters. Also included are legal documents, articles of incorporation, correspondence, news articles, and other materials relating to the formation and administration of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation; scattered correspondence between Begle and Atlantic executives, including Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Michael Resnick, and Sheldon Vogle, documenting negotiations leading to the royalty settlement of 1988; correspondence with musicians involved in the Foundation, particularly board member Bonnie Raitt; letters relating to Begle's dissatification with and 1998 resignation from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation; photocopied news and periodical articles relating to Foundation; and calendars and promotional materials for the Foundation, some relating to the Foundation's annual award ceremony. Other items include Billboard chart research documents, 1950s-1960s; a chronology documenting efforts to reform royalty payment accounting at Atlantic Records, 1983-1993; programs from Ruth Brown's memorial service in 2006; correspondence with activists including Jesse Jackson, politicians including Congressmen John Conyers Jr. and Dennis J. Kucinich, and members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA); and 45rpm, 78rpm, and LP record albums collected by Begle. The additions consist of publicity materials for rhythm and blues recording artists; a poster advertisement for a Jimmy Brown and Ruth Brown performance; and additional audiovisual materials related to Albert Collins, Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble, Charles Brown, LaVern Baker, Jimmy Scott, Johnny Adams, King Records founder Syd Nathan, and the 1989 Presidential Inaugural Rhythm and Blues Concert.

Oliver Beirne Papers, 1860-1896.

Oliver Beirne (fl. 1860-1896) was a landowner of West Virginia and Louisiana and postmaster of Sweet Springs, W. Va. The collection includes business papers, including letters from a business associate, John Echols (1823-1899), and correspondence between Beirne's son-in-law, William Porcher Miles (1822-1899) and Beverly R. Johnston over a lawsuit involving a property dispute with John Smith Preston (1809-1881) of Abingdon, Va. Also included are bills, receipts, financial records, railroad stocks, and papers relating to the management of the Houmas Plantation, Ascension Parish, La.

Robert C. Belden Letters, 1897-1905.

Robert C. Belden (1811- ) lived in Maryland.

Allard Belin Almanacs, 1792-1798.

Microfilm of printed almanacs for 1792, 1797, and 1798, with notes on rice planting in Louisiana by Allard Belin.

Charles H. Bell Log, 1813-1823.

MICROFILM ONLY. Brief intermittent entries by Bell of New York, later rear admiral, United States Navy, of places visited while a midshipman on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812 and under Stephen Decatur in the Mediterranean; and notes on other voyages along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., and in the Baltic and the Mediterranean. A description of Lord Byron, May 1822, is included.

Danny Bell Photographs, 1990s-2010s

Danny Bell, a member of the Lumbee and Coharie tribes, has been an advocate and advisor for American Indian students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since coming to the University in 1988 as a student loan officer. In 1996, he helped found the American Indian Studies program in the Department of American Studies, becoming the program assistant. He also serves as the advisor to the Carolina Indian Circle and the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA). In 2014 he was honored with the University's C. Knox Massey Service Award for his service to the Carolina community. This collection consists of photographs of American Indian groups and events at UNC-Chapel Hill and other North Carolina locations. Many images include faculty from UNC-Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina at Pembroke and members of the Carolina Indian Circle.

Hamon Bell Papers, 1738-1841

Indentures, deeds, bonds, and other legal papers, 1738-1841, of Hamon Bell of Camden County, N.C.; letters received by Bell; and Bell family data. Included are items pertaining to the sale and exchange of land and slaves with Caleb Dozier, members of the Sawyer and Lamb families, and Samuel F. Aydelette, and to the settlement of the estates of Alexandria Hastings and others. Letters, 1840-1841, are from Louisa Hastings Berry and her husband, M. R. Berry, of Shelby County, Tenn., giving personal and family news and descriptions of Shelby County social life.

Herman Bell Interview with Jim Milligan, Christiana Milligan, and Nettie Whaley, 1967

Audio recording of an interview conducted in Gullah with Jim Milligan, Christiana Milligan, and Nettie Whaley, all African American residents of Edisto Island, S.C., about life on Edisto Island. Topics discussed include the local environment, effects of the Civil War, houses, food, fishing, and schools. Also included are Brer Rabbit and Brer Cooter stories, proverbs, and animal tales. Recorded by Herman Bell, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member in the Department of Linguistics, during the summer of 1967, probably at Milligan's home on Edisto Island, S.C. The collection also contains supporting documentation prepared by former Southern Folklife Collection staff. Documentation consists of tape logs, which include information about the collector and informants and descriptions of content.

John Cartwright Bell Jr. Photographs, 1930-1939

The collection of white photographer John Cartwright Bell, Jr. (1914-1996) contains black-and-white photographic prints from the 1930s depicting historic North Carolina homes and buildings in Bertie, Camden, and Chowan counties and copy negatives made from a photographic album created by Bell.

Sarah M. Bell-Lucas Collection of North Carolina Alumni and Friends Coalition Records, 1971-1988

Organized in December 1973 in Greensboro, N.C., the North Carolina Alumni and Friends Coalition (NCAFC) sought to strengthen the historically black universities and colleges in North Carolina, broaden African Americans' access to higher education in the state, and eliminate vestiges of the segregated system of public higher education that left predominately African American universities underfunded. NCAFC's membership comprised educators, students, community leaders, and the alumni associations of the five predominately African American universities of the University of North Carolina system (Fayetteville State University, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Winston-Salem State University, and North Carolina Central University). Sarah M. Bell-Lucas was committee chair of the NCAFC Banquet and Publicity Committee, 1975-1982.

Coffield and Bellamy Family Papers, 1723-1920

Land grants, deeds, bills, accounts, wills, other business Papers, and some family correspondence of David Coffield (d. 1818?) of Edgecombe County, N.C.; his sons, Spier W. Coffield and John W. Coffield; and their Whitaker, Bellamy, Hall, and other relatives in Edgecombe, Nash, and Halifax counties, N.C. Papers after 1835 are chiefly from the Bellamy family. Included are papers of various estates; papers of Stephen W. Carney (1762-1811) relating to racehorse breeding near Scotland Neck, N.C.; Dr. John F. Bellamy's business papers in Nash County; and a daybook, 1860-1861 (480 p.) of Whitaker, Batchelor & Co., a general mercantile firm in Enfield, N.C.

John Dillard Bellamy Papers 1888-1903

John Dillard Bellamy (24 March 1853-25 September 1942) was a Democratic congressman, North Carolina legislator, politician, lawyer, and manufacturer. He was born in Wilmington, N.C., the son of Dr. John Dillard Bellamy and Eliza McIlhenny Harriss. He served in the North Carolina Senate, 1891-1892, and in the United States Congress from 1899 to 1903. The collection includes five letters, 1894-1901, to John Dillard Bellamy about politics and business matters; one letter, 1891, written by Bellamy; an 1888 legal form; and an undated advertisement to lawyers from the Trust Department of the Commercial National Bank of Raleigh, N.C.

Marsden Bellamy Papers, 1864.

Marsden Bellamy, of Wilmington, N.C., was a paymaster in the Confederate Navy.

William James Harriss Bellamy Papers, 1862-1865

William James Harriss Bellamy was a native of Wilmington, N.C.

Bellegrove Plantation Records, undated.

The collection contains a photostatic copy of an advertisement from a New York firm for an Iberville Parish, La., sugar plantation, containing a detailed description of the lands, farm, and woodlands, and an architect's drawing of the front and side elevation of the house, with floor plans of the interior.

Thomas M. Bello Papers, 1970-1971

Thomas Michael Bello (Tommy) was born in Raleigh, N.C. From March 1970 to March 1971, he was the student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In May 1970, campus life was disrupted by student unrest over the war in Vietnam and specifically the killing of four students at Kent State University. Bello was instrumental in guiding the student body and communicating with the faculty and administration during this time.

Benbury and Haywood Family Papers, 1858-1899.

Family correspondence of Harriet Armistead Ryan Benbury (1833- 1877), later Harriet Armistead Ryan Benbury Carter, of Edenton, N.C., consisting chiefly of Civil War letters from her husband, John Avery Benbury (1827-1862), captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia, describing battles, casualties, changes of command, and camp conditions; and letters from relatives and friends. Also included is later correspondence of the Benburys' daughter, Emily Benbury (Mrs. Hubert) Haywood, about family history.

George D. Benedict Letters, 1863-1864

George D. Benedict served in Company G of the 1st New York Dragoons during the Civil War. He was married to Sarah Benedict, who lived in Allegany County, N.Y. The 1st New York Dragoons originated as the 130th New York Infantry Regiment in 1862 and became the 1st New York Dragoons in 1863. The unit was mustered out 1865. The collection consists of letters, 1863-1864, from George D. Benedict, a Union soldier serving with the 1st New York Dragoons in Virginia and Maryland, to his wife, Sarah Benedict, at Belvidere, Allegany County, N.Y., and one letter from James Hall to Sarah Benedict telling her that her husband had been severely wounded. Benedict's letters describe military life, including picket duty, food, pay, and health, as well as news of fighting and news about friends.

Bennett and Hill Family Papers, 1850-1962

Hill and Bennett family members include John E. Hill (b. 1836), a shoemaker who served with the Confederacy; his wife, Mary Eugenia Bennett Hill; her father, Risden H. Bennett; and her brothers Samuel Pines Bennett, who served in Clingman's Brigade and was killed in the Battle of Seven Pines in 1865, and Presly Lemuel Bennett, who served in the 2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment. The Hill family lived in Tiverton, Devonshire, England, and the Bennetts in Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C. John E. Hill settled in North Carolina in the 1850s.

Hugh H. Bennett Papers, 1906-1966, 1984.

Hugh H. (Hugh Hammond) Bennett (1881-1960), originally from Wadesboro, N.C., was a white soil scientist and conservationist with the United States Department of Agriculture, 1903-1951. This collection contains professional correspondence, photographs, and other materials of Bennett, concerning soil conservation surveys and projects in the western United States, Latin America, South Africa, and the West Indies; the Association of American Geographers, 1943-1945; and Bennett's writings. Also included are a diary, 1949, of a conservation survey trip to France, Italy, Tunisia, and Algeria; technical articles; biographical data; clippings, some arranged into scrapbooks, covering Bennett's life and work, 1935-1955; personal and family correspondence; and genealogical materials. Photographs are of land features; meetings with farmers, including members of the Navajo and Crow nations; community and other public events; and family. There are also films, including one about farm machinery produced by the New Holland Machine Co.

J. Kelly Bennette Papers, 1861-1865.

J. Kelly Bennette (fl. 1861-1864) of Wythe County, Va., served with the medical corps, 8th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States of America.

Henry L. Benning Papers, 1818-1897

Confederate Army officer, having served as colonel with the 17th Georgia Volunteers and after as brigadier general of the 15th, 20th, and 2nd Georgia regiments (Toombs' Brigade), 1st Division, Army of Northern Virginia.

Berry Benson Papers, 1845; 1865-1922.

Berry Benson (1843-1923) of Hamburg, S.C., was a white Confederate army soldier in the 1st South Carolina Regiment. After the war he lived at Augusta, Ga., where he was a teacher, cotton trader, author, and inventor of a remunerative bookkeeping technique. The collection contains correspondence, writings, notes, American Civil War diary and reminiscences, and other papers of Benson relating to his early life, family history, and Civil War career. Writings include fiction; poetry; plays; humor; and commentary related to the Civil War, including Benson's experiences at the battles of Fredericksburg, Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Bull Run, Winchester, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and the Wilderness; his escape from Elmira Prison; manners and mores; and other subjects. Other papers relate to Benson's expertise in handwriting, codes, ciphers, mycology, and other matters. Also included are full diaries from 1880 and 1884 regarding his travels in Mexico, Cuba, and Texas.

Burwell Benson Papers, 1833-1914

The collection is chiefly bills, receipts, and some family correspondence, chiefly 1853-1857, of members of the Benson family, farmers of Alamance County, N.C., Gentryville, Mo., and Arkansas. Also included are gubernatorial election returns for Orange County, N.C., 1838 and 1840.

James M. Benson Papers, 1853-1919

The Rev. James M. Benson (1853-1919) was a Methodist minister from 1896 or 1897 until his death in 1919. A native of Hyde County, N.C., Benson attended Trinity College and served churches throughout eastern North Carolina.

John Benson Papers, 1837-1861; 1896.

John Benson was a justice of the peace and militia member of Lake Comfort, Hyde County, N.C.

Michael Benson Collection, 1990s-2010s

Posters and photographs comprise the collection of artist, freelance photographer, and small business owner Michael Benson of Chapel Hill, N.C. Many of the graphic art posters designed and signed by Benson promote music performances at The Station at Southern Rail in Carrboro, N.C., which Benson owned from the 1990s until 2015. A few photographs depict musical performers including members of the British band The Cure and American soul singer James Brown. Other images depict scenes in Washington, D.C., Thailand, and Geneva, Switzerland. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Bentley Gordon Bentley Commonplace Book, 1835.

Bentley Gordon Bentley lived in Hope, N.C., near Windsor, Bertie County.

Melanie Bentley-Maughan Field Recording, 1984

The 1984 field recording on audio cassette tape contains childhood anecdotes narrated by Shirley Bentley of Hillsborough, N.C., and recorded by her stepdaughter, Melanie Bentley-Maughan, a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the mid-1980s. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Celia M. Benton Recording on Corn Shucking in Sampson County, N.C., 1973

Audio recording of interviews and performances of songs by B. Best, I. Daughtey, K. Williams, F. Parker, L. Warren, M. Tart, and B. Jones, all of Sampson County, N.C., about corn shucking in Sampson County, N.C. Recorded around 1973 by Celia M. Benton, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student and Clinton native who grew up in Sampson County's Goshen community. The audiocassette recording relates to Benton's term paper on corn shucking in Sampson County that Benton wrote under the direction of white folklorist and UNC-Chapel Hill professor, Daniel W. Patterson.

Nelson Benton Papers, 1962-1987

Nelson Benton (1924-1988) was a native of Danville, Va., and 1949 graduate of the University of North Carolina. Benton was a television and radio news correspondent, who spent most of his career working for various divisions within CBS News, which he joined in 1960. Prior to that, he had worked for WBTV, the CBS television affiliate in Charlotte, N.C.

Thomas Hart Benton Correspondence, 1832 and 1856.

The collection contains a letter, 6 January 1832, from Daniel Webster to Benton about a disagreement concerning a publication agreement; and a letter of introduction, 1856, from Benton to the American minister in Russia written for Mr. and Mrs. William H. Appleton of New York.

Berea College Collection of John Lair and Lester McFarland Recordings, 1937-1970

The Berea College Collection of John Lair and Lester McFarland Recordings consists of reference copies of old-time and country recordings found in the Berea College Special Collections and Archives. The audio recordings consist mostly of country music radio programs associated with John Lair, a white Kentucky born broadcaster, folklorist, and music collector, including recordings of the Pinex Merrymakers and the Renfro Valley Barn Dance radio programs. The collection also includes an interview with white musician, Lester McFarland, of the country music duo Mac & Bob.

Correspondence of Moses Ashley Curtis, 1830s-1870s

Photocopies of letters, 1830s-1870s, to and from Moses Ashley Curtis, Episcopal priest, teacher, and noted mycologist, who lived in Wilmington, Raleigh, and Hillsborough, N.C., and Society Hill, S.C. These documents were collected by Edmund and Dorothy Smith Berkeley in preparation for their biography of Curtis, published in 1986 as A Yankee Botanist in the Carolinas: the Reverend Moses Ashley Curtis, D.D. (1808- 1872), and were gathered from repositories in the United States and Europe. Many of the letters are grouped together according to where the originals are housed. Letters chiefly relate to Curtis's botanical studies, particularly to his investigations of various kinds of mushrooms.

Sidney M. Berkowitz Papers, 1931-2000 (bulk 1936-1944, 1983)

Rabbi Dr. Sidney M. Berkowitz, originally of Terre Haute, Ind., graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1933 and from Hebrew Union College in 1936, at which time he was ordained as a rabbi. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1939. Berkowitz became rabbi of Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim (the Gates of Heaven), Mobile, Ala., in 1940 and volunteered to be a chaplain in the United States Army in 1942, where he served 42 months and was discharged with the rank of Major. Berkowitz became rabbi of Congregation Rodef Sholom, Youngstown, Ohio, where he served until a month before his death. He was committed to interfaith cooperation and had a deep and longstanding friendship with Bishop James W. Malone, who gave the eulogy at Berkowitz's funeral. Berkowitz married Pauline Anderson of England; they had two sons, Roger and R. Laurence.

Michael Kalen Berkut Papers, 1938, circa 2000

The Michael Kalen Berkut Papers are a collection of essays that record Berkut's memories of military service during World War II. Berkut wrote about the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment on active duty in North Africa, Italy, the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge in Netherlands. Also included is a copy of Il Fuhrer in Italia (1938).

George S. Bernard Papers, 1891-1896; 1900; 1904.

Bernard of Petersburg, Va., was a lawyer, active Confederate veteran, and author (compiler and editor) of War Talks of Confederate Veterans, a collection of addresses delivered before the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate veterans of Petersburg. This collection includes correspondence, reminiscences, and fragments of a historical work by Bernard, chiefly concerning the 12th Virginia Regiment.

Overton and Jesse Bernard Diaries, 1824-1891

Diaries of Overton Bernard and his son, Jesse. Overton Bernard kept his diary while serving as a Methodist minister in Edenton, N.C., 1824, and as a bank employee in Portsmouth, Va., 1858-1863. Entries include description of church work and the progress of the Civil War around Norfolk, Va. Jesse Bernard, lawyer of Alachua County, Fla., kept his diary sporadically from 1856 to 1891. It contains entries relating to local religious affairs, lawyering, visits to Virginia, and the Civil War. There are few entries after 1861.

Jack Bernhardt Papers, 1943-2017

Jack Bernhardt (1944- ), music critic, archaeologist, and cultural anthropologist of Hillsborough, N.C., recorded, interviewed, and performed with country, old-time, bluegrass, gospel, and other musicians, including many well-known country music stars, old-time musicians, and scholars.

Bernhardt-Seagle Company Records, 1831-1989

The Bernhardt-Seagle Company was a family-owned store that operated under the ownership of members of either the Harper or Bernhardt families from 1829 to 2008 in Lenoir, N.C. It sold general merchandise, furniture, household appliances, and hardware.

Edward M. Bernstein Papers 1927-1996

Edward M. Bernstein, professor of economics at the University of North Carolina, 1935-1940; principal economist for the United States Treasury Department, 1940-1946; assistant to the secretary of the United States Treasury Department, 1946; research director of the International Monetary Fund, 1944-1958; president of EMB (Ltd.) Research Economists, 1958-1981; and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution beginning in 1982. The collection includes reports and other writings on topics in international economics, particularly international finance and monetary policy, by Edward M. Bernstein and EMB (Ltd.) Research Economists; materials concerning the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, N.H., in 1944, materials about meetings of United States Treasury Department staff, and other materials relating to the establishment and research operations of the International Monetary Fund; some personal papers; and pictures, including pictures of the Bretton Woods conference.

John MacPherson Berrien Papers, 1778-1938

Lawyer, U.S. senator from Georgia, and U.S. attorney general.

Eliza Usher Berry Papers, 1830-1831; 1839-1843.

MICROFILM ONLY. Travel diary, October 1830-January 1831, of Berry's sister, Francenia Usher; letters, 1839-1843, from Berry's brother, Patrick Usher; and undated physicians' accounts. The travel diary was kept by Francenia Usher on a trip from Emittsburgh, Md., by way of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Fort Jackson, La., to visit her sister, Eliza Usher Berry, wife of William Augustus Berry, a United States Army doctor. Francenia Usher, a Roman Catholic, particularly noted churches, convents, and co-religionists encountered on her trip. The letters from Patrick Usher, were written in Texas and in prison in Mexico to his sister, Eliza Berry, in Wilmington, N.C. Patrick Usher's letters concern conditions and politics in Texas and details of a private invasion of Mexico in 1842.

H. M. Berry Papers, 1890-1962

Born in Hillsborough, N.C., the daughter of John and Mary Strayhorn Berry, Harriet Morehead Berry graduated from the State Normal and Industrial College at Greensboro, N.C., in 1897 and taught school from 1897 to 1901. From 1901 to 1921, she was employed by the State Geological and Economic Survey. During the absence of State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt during World War I, Berry acted as director of the Survey. During this period, she also took over Pratt's duties as secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads Association. After losing her job with the Geological and Economic Survey in 1921, Berry became editor of industry and commerce for the Greensboro Daily News, 1922-1924. In 1924, she was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and was an early supporter of John W. Davis. During 1924 and 1925, she was secretary of the North Carolina Credit Union Association. From 1925 to 1937, she was employed by the State Department of Agriculture as an editor of Market News and director of publicity for credit unions. In 1927, she was appointed state superintendent of credit unions. Bad health forced her resignation in 1937.

Mary E. Strayhorn Berry Papers, 1841-1944.

Mary E. Strayhorn Berry (died 1934) was the daughter of William F. and Harriet Holden (Nichols) Strayhorn, a white family in Hillsborough, N.C., that enslaved people. The collection includes letters, 1863-1864, from Thomas Jackson Strayhorn, a soldier with the Orange Guards, Company G, 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, serving in Petersburg and northern Virginia and Gettysburg, Pa.; a letter from W. P. Mangum to John Berry on financial matters, 1842; Mary Elizabeth Berry Brown's 1909 nursing diploma and license; slight family correspondence and a newsclipping about Margaret Strudwick Berry Street's work as an examining attorney with Home Owners Loan Corporation in Washington, D.C., in 1934; and an obituary for Kent James Brown (1880-1944), a professor of German at the University of North Carolina. Records of enslavement include an 1841 bill of sale for Tom and a 1934 typed transcription of Mary Elizabeth Strayhorn Berry's recollections of her childhood in Hillsborough, N.C., before the American Civil War. "Reminiscences of the Old South" documents the names, family relationships, and skills of many people who were enslaved by the Strayhorn, Nichols, and other families living in the Hillsborough area, in addition to the general information she provided about the white people and businesses of the town. She also described the prevalence of enslaving families in the area, general disdain for enslavers who came to town to traffick enslaved people, the policing of the movement of enslaved people at night by patrols during the war, and her father's general store with a cobbler shop that relied on the labor, skills, and knowledge of enslaved people.

Mary Leta Berry Sketch, 1911.

Microfilm copy of typed copy of sketch of Hyde County, N.C., written by Mary Leta Berry before she was graduated from the North Carolina College for Women in spring 1911. The sketch includes information on the county's history, social customs, and other matters.

Berryhill Family Papers, 1795-1840

Mainly the prenuptial correspondence, 1838-1840, of Elizabeth Sprague of Massachusetts and Oliver Arms of Lincoln County, N.C., mentioning climate, finances, crops, religious freedom of slaves, furniture, and selection of a place to settle. Also included are miscellaneous papers of the Berryhill family of Mecklenburg County, N.C.

Walter Reece Berryhill Papers, 1919-1979

Walter Reece Berryhill was director of student health services, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1933-1941, and dean of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1941-1964.

William Louis Rose Fortune Berson Papers, 1780-1865 (bulk 1852-1857).

William Louis Rose Fortune Berson was a jeweler or clockmaker. He was a refugee from Santo Domingo who by 1830 had settled in Franklin, Tenn.

Julia A. Cotten Bethel Papers, 1858-1875.

Julia A. Cotten Bethel (fl. 1858-1875) of Thomaston, Ga., was married to Thomas F. Bethel. The collection includes chiefly scattered letters to Julia A. Cotten Bethel from her brother, J. K. Cotten at Powder Springs and Acworth, both in Cobb County, Ga., 1858-1859, 1868, 1870, and 1875; and letters to Julia and Thomas F. Bethel, from her nephew, Joseph A. Cotten, with the 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment at Winchester, Va., and Manassas, Va., June-September 1861. J. K. Cotten wrote about financial difficulties in practicing medicine, about health and activities of family members, and about spiritual yearnings. Joseph Cotten wrote of conditions in camp and battle, especially at the First Battle of Bull Run. Also included are a few other family letters.

Mary Jeffreys Bethell Diary, 1853-1873

The collection is the personal diary of Mary Jeffreys Bethell of Rockingham County, N.C. The first part of the book contains short reminiscences of her immediate family. After her marriage in 1840, the diary contains entries relating to her home, neighborhood, the Methodist Church, constant religious activities including camp-meetings, her children, several of whom died young, and the Torian children, whom she referred to as nieces and nephews, and who lived in the Bethell household for years. There is frequent mention of journeys with her husband to Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas, with the possible intention of moving the family, and her negative reaction to the idea. During the Civil War, there is mention of her sons Willie and George entering the Confederate Army, and of news and visits from them. George, in the 55th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, was captured and imprisoned at Johnsons Island. Mary's husband entered the army in 1864 and she wrote of the difficulties at home after he left, including the departure of slaves. There are also reports of rumors and news of the fighting. After the war there are references to social conditions, difficulties with servants, etc.

Robert D. Bethke Collection, 1971-2000.

The Robert D. Bethke Collection consists of audiovisual materials and subject files related to folk music and traditional life of the Middle Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States, including Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Virginia, and West Virginia. Folklorist and University of Delaware Associate Professor, Robert D. Bethke, compiled the materials, along with undergraduate students enrolled in his folklore courses at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. Audiovisual materials in the collection consist mostly of interviews and live performances by folk, bluegrass, and blues performers, including folk singer, songwriter, and banjo player, Ola Belle Reed, of Ashe County, N.C.; traditional bluegrass guitarist and banjo player, Ted Lundy, of Galax, Va.; artist and blues musician, James "Son Ford" Thomas, of Washington County, Miss.; blues guitarist and banjo player, Franklin "Frank" Hovington, of Frederica, Del.; and folk singer, Mary Jane "Janie" Miller, of Cecil County, Md., among others. The collection also contains audiovisual materials documenting traditional life, as well as subject files that include clippings, student papers, song sheets and lyrics, transcripts of interviews, and photographic materials documenting folk performers chiefly from Delaware, but also from Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

Farish R. Betton Papers, 1952-1963.

Letters received by Betton, African American vice president of the National Agricultural Workers Union at St. Louis, Mo., from Harry Leland Mitchell and others, concerning the Southern Tenant Farmers Union and its successor organizations, and related printed material.

A. D. Betts Papers, 1847-1917.

A. D. Betts was a minister of the North Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Confederate chaplain.

Doris Betts Papers, 1932-2012

Doris Betts (1932-2012) was a white North Carolina author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, speeches, audio recordings, video recordings, photographs, and other materials. The bulk of Betts's correspondence is with editors, publishers, other college English professors, and literary organizations, although there are also some personal letters. Among these are personal letters from Doris Betts to Louise Abbot, friend and writer from Louisville, Ga., with reflections on the births of her three children, her writing career, books read, day-to-day life, and the illness and death of her husband. Manuscript materials by Betts are extensive, and typically include drafts; galleys; various publishing states, chiefly the printed literary journals and anthologies in which her writings appeared; reviews; and publicity. Betts is best known for her novels and short stories, but her archive also includes a significant collection of reviews and articles published in newspapers, newsletters, scholarly journals, popular magazines, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publications, and other periodicals. Besides Betts's writing, there are also reviews, literary criticism, and bibliographies of her work; interviews and other articles about her; materials relating to awards she received; and publicity for speaking engagements and other literary programs in which she participated. In some cases, the text and/or audio and/or video recordings of the speeches she gave at these events are included. Other audio and video recordings include radio programs featuring Betts, such as the Storylines Southeast series. Betts's participation in various programs and committees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is also documented. Other materials include photographs of Betts; letters from Anne Beatty to her parents about her Peace Corps experiences in Nepal; and family history materials and writings. The additions consist of speeches and programs, correspondence with Joseph Flora, printed materials, and annotated drafts and books.

David A. Bigger Papers, 1875 and undated.

Microfilm of typescript of Recollections of the Spratt Family by Thomas D. Spratt, Fort Mill, S.C., 1875, including Spratt, Polk, Barnett, McNeal, and related families in Mecklenburg County, N.C., and upper South Carolina; and Some Extracts of Revolutionary Interest in Upper South Carolina Taken From Memoirs, Tradition, and History of Rocky Mount and Vicinity, by L. M. Ford, undated.

William H. Biggers Collection of Family Papers, 1843-1962

The family papers collected by William H. Biggers, M.D., of Atlanta, Ga., include an 1843 record of an enslaved thirteen-year-old girl named Minto, an 1849 note certifying a local preacher for the Methodist Episcopal Church South; an 1852 receipt; Confederate money; photocopies and reprints of photographs and a scientific paper relating to a solar eclipse viewing party in Wadesboro, N.C., in May 1900; and time tables, 1945-1946 and 1962, for Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company.

Asa Biggs Papers, 1832-2015

The collection of white lawyer, judge, legislator, and United States Senator from North Carolina, Asa Biggs (1811-1878), contains an 1857 biographical sketch of Biggs, possibly written by Cushing B. Hassell; photocopy of a travel diary (7 p.) kept by Biggs on a trip from Williamston N.C., to Ocracoke, N.C., in 1832; and family history and biographical materials, including Some Bible and Cemetery Records of the Asa Biggs Family, compiled by Edwin R. MacKethan III in July 2003.

Martin County (N.C.) Papers, 1773-1857.

Martin County, N.C., was established 14 March 1774.

Herman Biggs Papers, 1857-1882.

Herman Biggs (1832-1887) was a United States Army officer and native of New Jersey. The collection includes Civil War military papers of Biggs as chief quartermaster of the Department of North Carolina and Virginia, including telegrams received, many from Ambrose Everett Burnside, and two letterpress copy books of outgoing official messages. Also included are some personal letters and an album with photographs of more than 100 federal officers.

James Crawford Biggs Papers, 1893-1960.

James Crawford Biggs was an attorney in various North Carolina locations, 1894-1933 and 1935-1950; solicitor general of the United States, 1933-1935; and federally-appointed trustee for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company.

Bigham Family Papers, 1860-1864

Joseph W. Bigham and John Bigham were brothers from Mississippi who served with the Confederate Army.

Bill of Sale for Bill and Political Cartoon, 1839, circa 1861-1865

Bill of sale for Bill, an enslaved person 17 years of age, who was trafficked by Weeks Parker to John W. Suttle in Philadelphia County, Pa., 24 July 1839. Bill is described as being of mixed race. The sale was witnessed by Silas Wright and W. C. Henry. Attached to the bill of sale is a political cartoon, circa 1861-1865, depicting enslaved people escaping to Union forces at Fort Monroe, Va., during the Civil War.

Bill of Sale for Ester, 1850

Bill of sale for Ester, an enslaved girl of 16 years of age, who on 1 January 1850 was trafficked through sale by William L. Perkins to A. W. Marshall in North Carolina. J. N. Pearce signed as witness to the sale.

Bill of Sale for Sam, 1841

Bill of sale for Sam, an enslaved person of 20 years of age, who was trafficked by John A. Watkins to Mumford D. Watkins, in Anson County, N.C., 11 January 1841. The sale was witnessed by G. D. Boggan.

Scott Billington Collection, 1960s-2023

The collection of record producer Scott Billington contains audio recordings of live performances and song demos; recording session notebooks; files for Rounder Records sessions and releases; and printed items. Collection materials date from the late 1960s to 2023 with most materials from the 1980s and 1990s relating to Billington's work with Rounder Records on the Modern Masters of New Orleans series. Recordings of live music include performances by Johnny Adams, Lou Ann Barton, Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge, Deacon John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bo Dollis & Wild Magnolias, Dr. John, Neville Brothers, Rebirth Brass Band, Fingers Taylor, Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Tuts Washington. Demo tapes have unpublished recorded versions of songs by Jonnie Barnett, Bobby Charles, Dr. John, Earl King, Ernie K-Doe, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Lewis, Bucky Lindsey, Percy Mayfield, Dan Penn, Doc Pomos, Jerry Ragovoy, Carson Whisett, and others. Billington's session notebooks date from 1982 through 1987 and document recording sessions for After Dark by Johnny Adams, Hot Tamale Baby by Marcia Ball, The New Rules by Irma Thomas, Out of the Dark by Walter "Wolfman" Washington, and recordings made by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Solomon Burke, Holmes Brothers, and Sleepy LaBeef. Other session notebooks pertain to recordings of the 1982 and 1984 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Files for Rounder Records sessions and projects contain contracts, correspondence, lyric sheets, photographs, press clippings, proposals, receipts, reviews, session logs, track sheets, and other session materials. Artists represented in the files include Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Duke Robillard, Tuts Washington, and Zydeco Cha-Chas. Most files are listed with corresponding Rounder Records' catalog numbers. Printed items include posters for music concerts, programs for music festivals and the Grammy awards show, issues of Pop Top Magazine from 1974 to 1975 when Billington served as editor and wrote editorials, and issues of Rounder Records' newsletter Concentrics from 1981 to 1986. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

John Houston Bills Papers, 1843-1871

John Houston Bills was a Tennessee planter who was active in the Democratic Party, the Freemasons, a temperance society, and was a friend of President James K. Polk (1795-1849).

Billups Family Letters, 1845; 1859.

The collection includes letters exchanged between John Billups (fl. 1845), Deerbrook, Noxubee County, Miss., and Sarah M. Phinizy (fl. 1845-1859), his fiancee (later his wife) of Athens, Ga., discussing their courtship and upcoming marriage; and a letter of 6 June 1859 from Sarah in Philadelphia, Pa., to Joe Billups (fl. 1859), then her brother-in-law, discussing the care of her family during her absence.

Bingham Military School Volumes, 1872-1876; 1890-1919

The Bingham Military School (originally the Bingham School) was located near Mebane Station, N.C., 1865-1891, and moved to Asheville, N.C., in 1891. Robert Bingham was superintendent from 1873 to 1920.

Patience Bingham Photographic Collection on Molasses Making, 1989

The collections consists of 35mm color slides made in 1989 in Franklin County, N.C., by Pati (Patience) Bingham. The 37 images by Bingham document traditional methodologies of molasses and sorghum syrup making at a farm owned by the Wheeler family near Louisburg, N.C. Some images also depict members of the Wheeler family, Professor Glenn Hinson and students in his Methods of Ethnography course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who were visiting the farm on a field trip, and Bingham's spouse Georgia Wier, a graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Robert Bingham Papers, 1863-1864; 1923

Robert Bingham (1838-1927) of Hillsborough, N.C., was a captain in the 44th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America. The collection includes two volumes of a diary Bingham kept, 1863-1864, while he was a prisoner at Norfolk, Va., Fort Delaware, Johnson's Island, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Md.; and a letter, 14 March 1923, from him to his granddaughter, Henrietta Bingham, describing his Civil War experiences in Virginia, his capture, and his imprisonment. The diary, marked intended only for my wife, records thoughts Bingham hesitated to put into letters to his wife. The diary describes prison life, including quarters, gambling, work, escape plots, sermons, food, illness, and hospitals at various prison camps. Included are descriptions of the trip from Johnson's Island to Point Lookout; of Bingham's work making chairs and gold and silver rings, needles, and buttons; of his exchange of books with other inmates and guards; and of rumors, including rumors of cessation of prison exchanges, return of North Carolina to the Union, and Confederate privates signing oaths of allegiance.

F. W. Bird Letter, 23 July 1859.

The collection is a letter from D. G. Conrad, Scuppernong, N.C., to F. W. Bird, discussing native wine and asking for election news.

Henry A. Birdsall Diary, 1865

Diary, photocopy, circa 90 p., of Henry A. Birdsall with the 11th Michigan Cavalry Regiment chiefly in Virginia and western North Carolina. Birdsall wrote almost daily entries from 1 January 1865, when he was stationed near Lexington, Va., until 29 July 1865, when he was on his way home, having been discharged on 19 July. Entries average a few sentences in length and discuss Birdsall's work with muster rolls and payrolls, troop movements, and general military life. Entries beginning in March 1865 describe the 11th Michigan Cavalry's journey through western North Carolina and include detials of several skirmishes with remnants of Confederate troops. On 24 April 1865, Birdsall noted the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, which ..caused considerable excitement among the soldiers. They feel more like fighting than ever. Also included are a few pages listing expenditures and letters written and some pages of miscellaneous scribblings, including a Love Letter and a poem entitled Woman.

Alice McLellan Birney Papers, 1897, 1901, 1931.

Alice McLellan Birney (1859-1907) of Marietta, Ga., was the founder of the National Congress of Mothers (later known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers).

William Birnie Papers, 1836-1919 (bulk 1842-1864).

William Birnie (fl. 1842-1864) was a Charleston, S.C., merchant and president of the Bank of South Carolina. The collection includes letters, 1842-1864, to Birnie, from members of the Birnie and Ferguson families, mostly in Aberdeen, Scotland, about family affairs, commerce, economic conditions, and current events; letters from American relatives which contain information about life and industries in Charleston, S.C., in the early 1800s, railroad enterprises, and agricultural trade; and letters, 1862-1864, to Birnie in Greenville, S.C., from his nephews, who were managing his affairs in Charleston.

Catherine W. Bishir Papers, 1976-1992

Catherine Ward Bishir (1942-) is a white architectural historian and historic preservation planner, chiefly working under the auspices of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Materials, circa 1976-1990, relating to Bishir's publications, most of which concern architectural history, architects, and historic preservation, particularly in North Carolina. Most items pertain to North Carolina Architecture (with Tim Buchman, 1990); guides to the historic architecture of eastern, piedmont, and western North Carolina (with Michael T. Southern and Jennifer F. Martin, 1996, 1999, 2003); or Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building (with Charlotte V. Brown, Carl R. Lounsbury, and Ernest H. Wood III, 1990). Included are letters, financial and legal materials, notes, publicity materials, and background research files. Also included are a number of Bishir's shorter works on architecture and historic preservation, as well as a few files relating to meetings and conferences of several professional organizations in which she has been active.

John R. Bittner Papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1998-2002

John R. Bittner was a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests included Thomas Wolfe and Ernest Hemingway. Bittner died in 2002.

Edwin Bjorkman Papers, 1855-1954 (bulk 1907-1954).

Edwin Bjorkman (1866-1951) was a Swedish-American literary critic, translator, newspaperman, and author, and, from 1925, a resident of North Carolina. The collection includes literary, personal, and business correspondence, chiefly from 1907, writings and collected writings, of Edwin Bjorkman. His correspondence is divided into two series: Professional (literary), and Personal. The Professional series includes letters from many significant twentieth century authors, including Zoe Akins, Van Wyck Brooks, James Branch Cabell, Olive Tilford Dargan, John Galsworthy, Francis Grierson, Archibald Henderson, Henry Goddard Leach, William Lyon Phelps, Upton Sinclair, Freeman Tilden, and Allan Eugene Updegraff. Topics include Bjorkman's work as a translator of Swedish literature and drama, his World War I experiences in Sweden as an employee of the British Department of Information and the American Committee on Public Information, and his work in North Carolina as literary editor of the Asheville Times newspaper and, after 1935, as director of the North Carolina Federal Writers' Project. The Personal series consists of correspondence of and writings of Bjorkman's family, including his four wives. The bulk of the papers consists of Bjorkman's writings and collected manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items.

Black Family Papers, 1797-1926.

Members of the Black family lived in Virginia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The collection contains correspondence and letters, business papers, newspaper clippings, Confederate army records, notes, genealogical material, and other papers related to the Black family. There are frequent gaps in dates. Earlier papers are business and family letters of David Black, merchant ship captain of Alexandria, Va., including five letters, 1833-1848, from relatives in Scotland, who were linen weavers, discussing labor conditions and politics. The bulk of the papers regard the financial affairs of Robert Martin of Erwinton, S.C., and his Erwin relatives in the 1840s and after the Civil War. There also are business letters of U. M. Robert of Albany, Ga.

Archibald Ray Black Papers, 1729-1929 (bulk 1848-1868)

Archibald Ray Black (died 1889) was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1853; teacher; county superintendent of public instruction; and sheriff of New Hanover County, N.C. He also acted as the administrator for the estate of his father-in-law, James McDuffee.

James Conquest Cross Black Papers, 1864-1899

James Conquest Cross Black (1842-1928) of Kentucky was a Confederate soldier in the 9th Kentucky Calvary Regiment, lawyer, state legislator, and United States representative of Augusta, Ga.

Lewis Black Papers, 1966-2022

Collection of Lewis Black, a white Jewish actor and author best known for his stand-up comedy on television shows such as The Daily Show and Lewis Black's Root of All Evil. This collection primarily documents Black’s work as a playwright from the 1970s through 2000s, with some earlier materials documenting Black's high school and college days, including performances in Chapel Hill, N.C. Other materials document his stand-up comedy, films, and television appearances. The collection primarily includes drafts, scripts, notes, press and publicity materials, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials. Materials pertaining to educational projects from Baltimore Public Television and the 52nd Street Project are also included.

Roy Watterson Black Papers, 1814-1949.

Microfilm of typed transcriptions. Papers of and pertaining to residents of Hardeman County, Tenn., chiefly antebellum. Among the items are thirty letters, 1821-1832, received by David Woods from his parents in Orange County, N.C., concerning family, social, and economic news; a diary, 1862-1863, of William J. Rogers of the 13th Tennessee Regiment, Confederate States of America; a memoir of antebellum society; letters, 1851-1853, from Hardeman County people who had moved to Paris, Tex., with personal, crop, and stock news; and other items.

Stanley W. Black Papers, 1965-2015 (bulk 1965-2002)

Stanley W. Black, a white economist, is the Georges Lurcy Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Economics, where he has taught since 1983. Black is best known for his work applying the rational expectations theory to floating exchange rates. The collection consists of correspondence, research files and notes, and other materials related to Black's work at the Council of Economic Advisers, the Economics Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, various federal government agencies, the Council on Foreign Relations, the United Nations Economic Policy Council, the International Monetary Fund, and the Economic and Theology Covenant Group at the United Church of Christ. Topics include rational expectations theory, Mongolia, North Carolina textile trade policy, the 1999 bond issue in North Carolina, international monetary policy, and the history of economic and European studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

George Blackburn Papers, 1816-1864.

Microfilm copy of tobacco warehouse records, 1816-1817; blacksmith accounts, 1835- 1836; horse stud records, 1844-1864; scattered miscellaneous accounts; and a few family records of George Blackburn, planter of Woodford County, Ky.

Blackford Family Papers, 1742-2003

Blackford Family Papers document members of the Blackford and Minor families of Virginia, as well as some of the people who were enslaved and manumitted by them. Correspondence consists chiefly of three generations of personal letters containing news of family and friends, but it is also a rich source for their perspectives on politics, slavery, abolition, race, and other topics; correspondence of Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896) with the American Colonization Society and missionaries in Liberia; diplomatic and personal correspondence of William Matthews Blackford as U.S. charge d'affaires in the Republic of New Granada (Bogota, Colombia); and letters written by members of the Blackford family serving in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and in the armed services in both the First and Second World Wars. There are also a few letters written by enslaved, or formerly enslaved people. Other materials include 2 lists of enslaved people; diaries; photograph albums; the 1852 manuscript "Recipes in the Culinary Art Together with Hints on Housewifery &c."; and family history and genealogical files containing correspondence between family members, clippings, transcriptions and copies of historical documents, family charts, photographs, memoirs, reminiscences, and other narratives. Other items of note are a bill of sale, photograph, and estate papers for Peggy Dean, who was enslaved and later manumitted by the Blackfords; an address in 1837 to Cherokee Indians, Red Clay, E. Tennessee, advising them of the advantages of removal; issues of a newspaper published in Cavalla, West Africa in 1854; and childrens' writings, including a newspaper created by Blackford children. The Ambler, Byrd, Grey, Jacquelin, McClatchey, Mason, Morris, Washington, and Willis families are also represented in the collection, as are several plantations in eastern Virginia and near Tigerville, Louisiana.

B. L. Blackford Letters and Drawings, 1853-1868.

B. L. (Benjamin Lewis) Blackford, who was white, worked for a time at an insurance company in Washington, D.C. The collection includes family correspondence of B. L. Blackford, his mother, and his brothers, Charles Minor and Launcelot Minor Blackford, including an 1853 letter from Charles Minor Blackford, a student at the University of Virginia, describing student life and including two diagrams of his room. There are also 4 cartoon drawings about the insurance industry by Blackford.

James B. Blackford Papers, 1822-1879

Chiefly unrelated 19th-century letters from several different states collected by James Baylor Blackford of Richmond, Va. Topics include politics, military affairs, education, travel, migration within the United States, home life, religion, business, and agriculture. Included are letters referring to political events in Missouri, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and North Carolina; preparations for war with Mexico; employment of slaves in Mississippi and discipline of slaves in Texas; the education and social lives of teachers and students in Georgia, Maryland, and North Carolina; travel experiences of visitors to Mississippi, Tennesee, North Carolina, and South Carolina; experiences of men and women who migrated to Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, and California; domestic and family news from people in North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia; and business and agricultural activities and prospects in Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, and California.

Launcelot Minor Blackford Diaries, 1847-1913

Head of the Episcopal High School for boys in Alexandria, Va., 1870-1913.

Becky Blackley Collection, 1871-1995

Writer, collector, and performer Becky Blackley is an autoharp expert and enthusiast. From 1980 to 1993, she served as editor of The Autoharpoholic, an international journal that was dedicated to the autoharp. In 1981, she published Harp! the Herald Angels Sing!, a book of Christmas songs arranged for the autoharp, and in 1983, The Autoharp Book, a comprehensive history of the instrument. She has recorded and produced her own music, conducted autoharp workshops across the United States, and served as a consultant to instrument makers Oscar Schmidt-International. She currently works as a Russian-to-English translator.

Ann Blackman Papers, 1800s-2000s

Contains research files, interviews, correspondence, photographs, and publicity materials documenting the career of Ann Blackman, a white journalist and author. This collection primarily pertains to Blackman's years as correspondent in Time's Moscow bureau (1987-1990), and her work on the books Seasons of Her Life: A Biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 1998), The Spy Next Door: The Extraordinary Secret Life of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Damaging FBI Agent in U.S. History (Little Brown, 2002), and Wild Rose: Rose O'Neale Greenhow, Civil War Spy (Random House, 2005).

William Cole Blackmer Scrapbook, 1876-1878.

William Cole Blackmer (fl. 1876-1878) of Salisbury, N.C., was a student at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1876 (class of 1878).

George Blacknall medical log, 1845.

Daily records of patients and treatment given by a U.S. Navy surgeon at sea and in various ports, May-September 1845. Blacknall's ship is not identified.

Blacksmith's Ledger, 1833-1835; 1875-1885.

The collection is a blacksmith's ledger, 1833-1835, probably kept by a member of the Sayers family of Williamson County, Tenn., with accounts for horseshoeing, sharpening tools, fixing wagons, and other jobs. Also included are miscellaneous accounts, memoranda, and copies, presumably made at the time they were sent, of letters concerning employment and a family visit from J. K. Sayers of Arrington, Tenn., and J. S. Sayers and others from Williamson County, 1875-1885.

Ruth Blackwelder Papers, 1950s-1960s.

Ruth Blackwelder, North Carolina writer and historian. Materials compiled by Ruth Blackwelder in the process of writing The Age of Orange: Political and Intellectual Leadership in North Carolina, 1752-1861 (1961).

Elizabeth Goodwin Blackwell Papers, 1814-1865.

Elizabeth Goodwin Blackwell (fl. 1814-1819) was a resident of Lunenburg County, Va. The collection includes miscellaneous accounts, 1814-1819, of Blackwell with members of her family and with a blacksmith; and other items including two personal notes to Miss Willie Haskins from W. L. Dalby, 1863 and 1865.

Margaret E. Blackwell Papers, 1861-1865

Margaret E. Blackwell of Murray's Ferry, S.C., tended the home front while her husband and sons fought in the Civil War. The collection consists primarily of letters, 1861-1865, received by Margaret E. Blackwell from family members in Pontotoc County, Miss., during the Civil War. Letters discuss home front conditions in Mississippi; the occupation of Fort Sumter; the fall of Vicksburg, Miss.; and the battle at Gettysburg, Pa. Members of the Blackwell family serving in the 2nd Mississippi Regiment and their role at Gettysburg are mentioned. Other letters discuss plantation management, and one letter from 1865 describes the treatment, especially medical care, of slaves and freedmen working on family plantations.

Blackwood Family Papers, 1859-1932

The Blackwood family of Orange County, N.C., included Robert P. Blackwood, an engineer for the Southern Railway Company who married Alice M. Craig around 1896. The couple's children included Mattie E. (1889- 1977), Annie, Florence, Vernon, Samuel, and Carl. While the family home appears to have been in Chapel Hill, family members made frequent visits to friends and relatives in Hillsborough and Reidsville, including the Rev. D. Irvin Craig, who was clerk of the Synod of the North Carolina and Orange Presbytery.

Frank P. Blair Letter, 6 June 1865.

Frank P. Blair was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War.

W. A. Blair Papers, 1931.

William A. Blair lived in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Florence Arabella Blaisdell Diary, 1918-1919

The Florence Arabella Blaisdell Diary, 1918-1919, was written while on a cross country tour with a traveling theater company that included her son, child actor Billy Blaisdell. Her entries record locations and her impressions of hotels, food, surroundings, and the company's performances of "Pollyanna." Of note are entries for southern towns in which prevailing attitudes about race are recorded.

Joel Clifton Blake Papers, 1852-1864.

Joel Clifton Blake (1831-1863) was a planter of Miccosukee, Fla., who was killed at Gettysburg while serving in the Confederate army.

Tia Blake Collection, 1956-2019

The Tia Blake Collection consists of audio recordings, photographs, papers, and publications created and compiled by the white writer and singer, Tia Blake Wallman. Under the name of Tia Blake, Wallman recorded an LP of American and Irish folk songs at the age of eighteen with a small record label in Paris. The LP, titled Folk Songs and Ballads: Tia Blake and Her Folk-group, was released by SFPP (Societe Francaise de Productions Phonographiques) in February of 1971. The collection consists of materials related to this release, including a misprint copy of the LP, photographs, flyers, posters, correspondence, and a copy of the recording contract; an audio recording, 1973, of rehearsals and demos by Wallman and a guitarist; an audio recording, 1976, of original songs created by Wallman; audio recordings, 1956-1957, of Max Dunbar collected by Wallman and her mother, Joan Blake; a recording contract between Wallman and the National Film Board of Canada; writings by Tia Blake and Joan Blake; and photographs.

William Kennedy Blake Recollections, 1893-1895.

William Kennedy Blake was a teacher in Texas, 1848-1850, and in North Carolina, 1850-1859. He was president of a Methodist women's college in Spartanburg, S.C., from 1859 until shortly after the Civil War. He was a merchant in Spartanburg, S.C., after the Civil War.

John A. Blakemore Papers, 1928-1980

John A. (John Augustus) Blakemore (1894-1986) of Washington County, Va., was co-founder and business manager of the White Top Folk Festival, held on White Top Mountain, Grayson County, Va., 1931-1936 and 1938-1939. The festival featured traditional singers, musicians, and dancers.

Henry W. Blanc Diary, 1881.

MICROFILM ONLY. Dean of Medical Department, University of the South. Travel diary, June-October 1881, of Blanc, later a noted physician, on a 102-day trip by railroad and steamer, from his home in New Orleans to Richmond, Va.; Niagara Falls; Montreal; New York City; and Washington, D.C.; returning by way of Georgia.

Elizabeth Amis Cameron Blanchard Papers, 1694-1954

Elizabeth Amis Cameron Hooper Blanchard (1873-1956), a white author, art collector, and interior decorator, was related by birth and marriage to the Amis, Hooper, Blanchard, and Butterworth families, many members of which are represented in the collection. Materials include Blanchard's personal correspondence, chiefly with her mother Mary Emily ("Mamie") Amis Hooper, and notes, memoranda, diary entries, clippings, pictures, and breeding and racing records, relating to Blanchard's book, The Life and Times of Sir Archie: The Story of America's Greatest Thoroughbred. There are also genealogical materials on the Amis and Dulany families and copies of Amis and Cameron family wills. Family letters of the Amis, Butterworth, and Blanchard families, include letters to and from the four Amis sisters after the death of their mother Sarah Greene Davis Amis in 1852, while they travelled in Europe and lived with their Butterworth relatives in New York and Morristown, N.J.; letters among the Amises and Butterworths after the latter moved, in 1864, to California, where Samuel Butterworth was managing a mine at Almaden; letters from Thomas Amis, who went to live with relatives in Madison Parish, La., in 1870; and correspondence to and from the Blanchards after their marriage when they travelled to Japan, 1906. Also of note are letters from Sarah Greene Davis Amis while she was living on a plantation near Columbus, Miss., in the 1830s and 1840s, to her grandomother in Warrenton, N.C., that document people enslaved by the Amis and Davis families. Additions to the collection include scattered correspondence of Elizabeth Amis Cameron Hooper Blanchard between 1907 and 1954; the expansive memoir of Mary ("Mamie") Emily Amis Hooper, which mentions several enslaved or formerly enslaved people connected to the Amis family and describes enslaved life at Moorfield (Northampton County, N.C.), Little River (Lowndes County, Miss.), and Fortune's Fork (Madison Parish, La.), from the perspective of a white woman; miscellaneous other papers and volumes; and photographs chiefly depicting friends and family members and places visited.

Lebey, Bland, and Courtenay Family Genealogy, undated.

The Lebey, Bland, and Courtenay families lived in Augusta and Savannah, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla., and other locations.

Phil Blank Journals, 2008-2012

Phil Blank is an artist, musician, and librarian. His work has been featured in art galleries local to the Chapel Hill, N.C., area, and in the Carrboro Citizen newspaper. Blank also plays accordion, tenor banjo, and tsimbl in the klezmer music group Gmish.

Anderson Blanton Collection of Oral Roberts' Broadcast, 1955-1956

The Anderson Blanton Collection consists of 11 transcription discs, 1955-1956, of Oral Roberts' Broadcast, a Christian radio program produced by the evangelist, Oral Roberts, whose televised faith-healing ministry attracted millions of followers worldwide.

Clark Blomquist Collection, 1991-2009

Clark Blomquist (also spelled Clarque or Clarq) of Carrboro, N.C., is a poster artist and musician in the bands the Kingsbury Manx and Waumiss.

Emily Mason Bloom Field Recording, 1983

The 1983 field recording on audio cassette tape contains a discussion about children's songs and rhymes with finger-play. Emily Mason Bloom, then a student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recorded the discussion with kindergartners and their teacher Debbie Glosson in a Chatham County, N.C., classroom. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Blount Family Papers, 1685; 1896

The collection includes the will of James Blount, 1685, of Albemarle County, N.C.; bookplate of F. L. Blount; and a typescript history (2 copies) of the Blount family in North Carolina from the arrival of Sir James Blount in America, about 1662, to 1896.

Blue Family Papers, 1913-1984 (bulk 1913-1934)

Blue family members included Malcolm James Blue; his wife, Margaret Monroe Blue (d. 1934); and their seven children. The family lived in Efland, N.C., until Malcolm Blue's death in 1914. Lena Blue (b. 1880) moved to Raeford, N.C. Jane Cameron Blue (b. 1883) and Jean P. Blue (b. 1890) moved to Raleigh, the latter after serving as an army nurse in Brest, France, and Coblenz, Germany. John Wilmer Blue (1892-1934) joined the United States Army in 1917 and served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia. He was killed playing polo at Fort Benning, Ga, in 1934.

Victor Blue Papers, 1884-1919.

Victor Blue (1865-1928) of South Carolina was a United States naval officer from 1887-1919. He served in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia, and retired as a rear admiral. This collection contains naval assignment records, reports, letters, telegrams, notes, commissions, expense accounts and memoranda, and other records of Blue. Official naval assignment records constitute the bulk of the material. Personal papers include letters, invitations, calling cards, and photographs. The collection includes reports and reminiscences of an expedition into Cuba during the Spanish-American War; orders during the Boxer rebellion; and a manuscript article about Magdalena Bay, Baja California.

Bluegrass Collector Recordings, circa 1946-1977

The recordings on audio cassette tape contain live radio shows and folk and traditional music concerts recorded between 1946 and 1977. Collected by an anonymous donor to the Southern Folklife Collection, the recordings feature bluegrass musicians and music groups including Buzz Busby, Flatt and Scruggs, Foggy Mountain Boys, Wilma Lee, Bill Monroe, Reno and Smiley, and the Stanley Brothers. Publications about bluegrass music from the donor were added to the Southern Folklife Collection's general holdings. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Gene Bluestein Collection, 1910-2002 (bulk 1955-1995)

Gene Bluestein was a white English professor, musician, folklorist, and social activist. Influenced by the folk music revival, he taught himself to play banjo, performed as a musician, and provided educational programs on folklore and folk music in his classroom, on the stage, and on television. For most of his career, he taught English at California State University, Fresno, where he started and facilitated the Folk Artist in Residence Program. In 1974, while on sabbatical in France, he formed a folk music band with his four children called the Bluestein Family, which performed for over 20 years. The collection consists primarily of materials relating to the folklore and performing career of Gene Bluestein. Included are writings, a small amount of subject files, and field recordings made by Bluestein, Bluestein's educational programs on folk music, recordings of performances by Bluestein and the Bluestein Family, and recordings of other performers. The field recordings are mostly from Bluestein's doctoral research on Appalachian folk music and narrative and feature Cal Owens, Billy Edd Wheeler, Anna Barnett, Buell Kazee, and Fiddlin' Bill Jones, as well as Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. The educational programs on American folk music include lectures, performances, interviews, and television programs. Recordings of the Bluestein Family include solo recordings by family members and in other groups. There are also recordings of a number of other folk musicians in performance, including Mike Seeger's Traveling Folk Festival, featuring Tommy Jarrell, Blanton Owen, Mike Seeger, Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, and Marc Savoy, and participants in the Folk Artist in Residence Program that Bluestein started at California State University, Fresno, including the Balfa Brothers, Bessie Jones, Kenny Hall, Richard Hagopian, Lydia Mendoza, and Jean Ritchie. Other items include recordings of Pete Seeger in concert, 1956 and 1957, and a 1969 benefit concert for playwright and social activist Marvin X (also known as Marvin Jackmon and El Muhajir) by the Fresno Folksong and Poetry Quartet (Gene Bluestein, Philip Levine, Robert Mezey, and Peter Everwine).

LeGette Blythe Papers (#4852) 1852-1996

William LeGette Blythe (1900-1993), native of Huntersville, N.C., was the author of several Biblical novels, award-winning biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic (outdoor) dramas based on the history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe graduated in 1921 from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. He died in Huntersville in 1993.

William B. Blythe Papers, 1960-1995

William B. Blythe (1928-2000), an alumnus of the University of North Carolina, was a professor and Chief of Nephrology in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Thomas Frederick Boatwright Letters, 1863-1873.

Thomas Frederick Boatwright was a lieutenant in the 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. Boatwright was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse in May 1864.

William H. Bobbitt Papers, 1938, 1974-1974.

William Haywood Bobbitt was a lawyer who served as resident judge of the 14th judicial district of North Carolina between 1938 and 1954. In 1954, Bobbitt was appointed associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. In 1969, he was promoted to chief justice of the Court. He retired in 1974.

Willis P. Bocock Contract, 1860.

Willis P. Bocock was a plantation owner of Marengo County, Alabama.

Herbert L. Bodman, Jr. Papers, 1952-1953

The collection of historian and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Herbert L. Bodman, Jr. (1924-2011) contains research files for his dissertation , which he completed at Princeton University in 1955. Bodman conducted research in Beirut, Lebanon, London, England, and Paris, France. Also included in the collection is an interview with a high-ranking member of Syria's Ba'ath Party. Acquired as part of University Archives.

Ralph Steele Boggs and Edna Garrido de Boggs Papers, 1813-2000

Papers, bound volumes, and audio recordings related chiefly to white folklorist and professor of Romance Languages at the University of North Carolina, Ralph Steele Boggs (1901-1994), and Dominican folklorist, Edna Garrido de Boggs, careers in folklore. Included is correspondence with folklore scholars in the United States and in Latin America and scrapbook volumes, compiled by Ralph Steele Boggs that contain items documenting his professional life, his family, and post-retirement travel. Also included are manuscript volumes, apparently purchased by Boggs, containing eighteenth-century Spanish plays, one by Antonio Redondo; research materials created and compiled by Edna Garrido de Boggs on Dominican folk music and folklore; and audio recordings containing dubbed 1940s field recordings and commentary by Ralph Steele Boggs on the history of UNC Curriculum in Folklore, which he helped found in 1939.

Marina Bokelman Collection, 1966-1968

Personal collection of white folklorist, healer, and herbalist Marina Bokelman, primarily consisting of fieldwork she and David Evans conducted from 1966 to 1968, when they were graduate students in the Folklore and Mythology Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Materials include 35mm photographic negatives, annotated contact sheets and photographs, a cross-stitch sampler shown on the cover of the album The Blues in Memphis 1927-1939 (All the Uptown and Downhome Music of the Gateway to the Delta), Bokelman's 1968 dissertation, 'The Coon Can Gang': A Blues Ballad Tradition, and an unfinished manuscript of Going Up the Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork. People documented in the collection include the musicians Rev. Rubin ("Rube") Lacy, Bubba Brown, Robert Pete Williams, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Alan Wilson.

Bill Bolick Collection, 1897-1986 (bulk 1936-1986)

The Bill Bolick Collection contains audio recordings, hymnals, and song books compiled by the North Carolina-based country musician, Bill Bolick. Audio recordings consist mostly of recordings by the Blue Sky Boys, an influential American country music brother duo that was made up of Bill Bolick on mandolin and tenor vocals and Earl Bolick on guitar and lead vocals. Blue Sky Boys recordings found in the collection include radio programs, demos, home recordings, live recordings, test pressings, and other recordings. The collection also contains collected audio recordings of other folk and country music artists, as well as hymnals and radio program song books compiled by Bill Bolick and his family.

Robert Lewis Bolton Papers, 1900-1989

Robert Lewis Bolton, Baptist minister of New Orleans, La., and Millen, Ga. He married Lizzie Gary Griffith Compton (1882-1964), a nurse from Charlotte, N.C., in 1911. In 1935, Bolton and his family moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., where Lizzie Bolton became a travelling salesperson for The Farmer's Wife, a national magazine.

Robert Bolton Collection, 1955-1980 and undated (bulk 1963-1969)

Born in Knoxville, Tenn., on 15 July 1937, photographer Robert Bolton discovered photography in his early teens. Bolton attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in art. Shortly after graduating from college, he became art director of Hogan, Rose & Co. Inc., an advertising agency in Knoxville, Tenn. Although he remained in this professional position for the rest of his life, Bolton continued to be an avid photographer until his death in 1988.

Bond and Fentriss Family Papers, 1843-1895 (bulk 1881- 1895).

Members of the Bond family and Fentriss family include Louisa Fentriss Bond, her children, John M. Bond, T. C. Bond, and Sarah P. Bond Harlan, and her father, Frederick Fentriss, of Guilford County, N.C.

Richmond Pugh Bond Papers, 1940; 1943-1945; 1949.

Richmond Pugh Bond (1899-1979) was a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection is chiefly photocopies of 17th-century and 18th-century British newspapers, journals, and other printed materials used by Bond in his research on American and British printing history. Also included are papers relating to Bond's service as a United States Naval Reserve aviation officer on active duty with the Pacific Fleet during World War II, including military papers and personal correspondence; and materials used by Bond as he prepared his book, Queen Anne's American Kings (1952), about Mohawk Indians in London.

Emily Morrison Bondurant Papers, 1864-1925

Nine manuscript volumes of recollections written, 1916-1925, by Bondurant, daughter of Rev. James Morrison, Presbyterian minister, describing her childhood in Rockbridge County, Va., and her life as wife and mother in Buckingham County, Va., after her marriage in 1859. Also included is a 24-page manuscript by her husband, Alexander Joseph Bondurant (1836-1910) about his family background and childhood in Virginia, written in 1897, and five miscellaneous Papers, 1864-1919, including the by-laws of Buckingham County agricultural societies.

Jennette E. Bonebrake Papers, 1862-1866; 1915.

Jennette E. Bonebrake (fl. 1862-1866) was a resident of Warren County, Ind. The collection includes Civil War letters received by Bonebrake from her brother, Ben F. Bonebrake, and other federal soldiers, including John F. Leonard (1843-1924), serving with the 125th Illinois Regiment in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia. Also included are letters from Martha E. Miller, a friend in Indiana, and photocopies of United States Army pension records of four veterans of the 125th Illinois.

Mrs. Harvey Boney Papers, 1764-1795.

Papers include a contract, 1764, between George Collins and Durham Leigh; a deed, 1795, from Duplin County, N.C.; and a fragment of a deed, undated.

John Henry William Bonitz Papers, 1863-1973

John Henry William Bonitz was a German immigrant who came to Goldsboro, N.C., in 1859. He married Mary Stegner (1845-1921), also a German immigrant, in 1862, and moved to Wilmington, N.C., in 1887. He was proprietor, with his brother Julius, of the Goldsboro, N.C., Messenger and the Wilmington, N.C., Messenger newspapers, a hotel, and a farm.

Herbert Covington Bonner Papers (#3710) 1940-1965

Herbert Covington Bonner, of Washington, N.C., was a member of the United StatesHouse of Representatives from 1940 until his death in 1965. He was chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, 1955-1965, and chairman, 1951-1955, of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee ("watchdog committee") of the Expenditures in the Executive Departments Committee, which made changes designed to eliminate waste in the handling of war surplus material and in military supply procurement. The papers consist of Bonner's office files, dating from November 1940, when he succeeded Lindsay C. Warren as representative from the First North Carolina District, which included, at one time or another, 14 counties of the northeastern corner of the state. In addition to the main chronological series, there are subject- and format-based series. The Rivers and Harbors series, 1940-1965, concerns federally-funded projects, such as channel and harbor improvements, erosion problems, dredging, etc., and the operation of the Dismal Swamp Canal. The Hoover Commission series, January-October 1950, concerns the proposed reorganization of the government that came out of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. The Bombing Ranges series, 1959-1965, concerns objections to having a weapons range or ranges in northeastern North Carolina. The Political series, 1959-1965, concerns the mechanics of Democratic Party organization and election campaigns. The Community Public Works Programs series, 1962-1965, concerns local public works projects that received federal funds. The National Seashore Park series, 1937-1965, concerns the establishment of a national park that spanned Bodie, Hatteras, and Ocracoke islands, N.C. Also included are private bills, with related papers attached; scrapbooks, 1940-1965; speeches, 1940-1964; photographs, and photocopies of presidential memorabilia, some relating to the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.

Macon Bonner Papers, 1862-1864.

Macon Bonner (born 1836) of Washington, N.C., was a Confederate artillery officer who served in coastal North Carolina.

Roy Book Binder and Larry Johnson Recording, 1971

Open reel audio recording of white folk and blues singer and guitarist, Roy Book Binder, and African American blues singer and guitarist, Larry Johnson. Made in April of 1971, the recording features versions of blues songs performed by Roy Book Binder and Larry Johnson, including "Every Day of the Week", "Delia", "Shake It and Break It", and "Hesitation Blues", among others.

Elsie H. Booker Collection of Markham, Leigh, Durham, Lloyd, and Other Families Papers, 1712-1966

Elsie H. Booker (1923- ) of Durham County, N.C., is a white collector of antiques, artifacts, and papers of various families. Series 1 Markham, Leigh, and related families: Correspondence, business and legal papers, account books, genealogical information, pictures, and other materials of the Markham, Leigh, and other related families, chiefly of North Carolina. Markham family correspondence includes letters, 1873-1928, from William David Markham of Missouri, the Indian Territory, Texas, and New Mexico, containing information about crop and herd conditions, religion, business, and politics; and letters, 1880s-1900s, mostly from Wake County, N.C., and Bayboro, Ga., concerning Baptists, pregnancy, childbirth, education, deaths, and other matters. Also included are records relating to enslaved people; legal documents, 1867-1869, pertaining to the bankruptcy proceedings of Elizabeth C. Yancey of Chapel Hill and Durham, N.C.; post cards, 1907, picturing men hanged in Durham; scrapbooks of materials collected by Harold Cole Markham, while he was a high school student in Durham, N.C., and during his World War II tour of duty in the United States and Europe; photographs, collectors' cards, and prints, circa 1935-1945, relating to Adolf Hitler, the German military, and scenes in Europe during World War II; and ballads. Series 2 Durham and Lloyd families: Documents relating to the Lloyd and Durham families of Chapel Hill, N.C., include a teacher's application, 1900, for a position at a black public school, probably in Orange County, N.C.; an extensive series of love letters, 1941-1942, discussing dating, high school, and other topics of concern to teenagers; and a labor payroll schedule, 1947-1948, for state roadway construction work in Granville County, N.C. There are also twenty merchant's account books, 1884-1928, many of which probably belonged to W. A. Lloyd, and a diary, 1934-1938, documenting work on a roadway construction crew in piedmont and western North Carolina. Series 3. Abernathy, Blackwood, and other families: Items relating to the Abernathy, Blackwood, Moore, Peeler, Shepherd, Steele, and other unrelated families consist of private letters, business and legal materials, pictures, and other materials chiefly from North Carolina, with some items from Virginia and Pennsylvania. Correspondence covers such topics as family and social life, church meetings and religious revivals, farming and other work, elementary and higher education, military and home life during World War I, and the enjoyment of phonograph records and motion pictures. Also included are court documents, circa 1795, concerning a lawsuit involving the University of North Carolina; a Confederate parole record; and other items. Series 4. Pope, Hudson, and related families papers, 1884-1948: Chiefly private letters and scrapbooks of Elsie Hudson Booker and of other members of the Pope, Hudson, and related families of Durham, N.C. Of particular interest are 43 letters, 1914-1918, from Edna Pearl Pope to her future husband W. Curtis Hudson, discussing school, church, visiting, dating, movies, and other topics; more than 650 letters, 1938-1947, to Elsie Hudson from servicemen pen pals stationed in the European and Pacific theaters and stateside during World War II, including letters from Hudson's fiancee Marine Corps Pvt. Arnold Ellis of Durham, who was killed on Saipan Island in June 1944; and scrapbooks, 1939-1948, belonging to Elsie Hudson Booker, which contain letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, cards, souvenirs, and other miscellaneous items concerning her high school years, her undergraduate experience at the University of North Carolina, the death of her fiancee, and the birth of her son Curtis Booker.

Samuel Moyle Boone Photographic Collection,circa 1945-1965

The collection of white librarian and photographer Samuel Moyle Boone (1919-2008) contains black-and-white photographic negatives and prints and color sheet film transparencies. The images from the 1945 to the 1960s depict the University of North Carolina campus; faculty and staff; authors Betty Smith, Manly Wade Wellman, and Kermit Hunter; campus sports including football; local events; and scenic views of the Blue Ridge Parkway. A significant subset of negatives documents the construction of the 1952 addition to UNC’s Louis Round Wilson Library.

Daniel Booth Land Grant, 1762.

The collection consists of a land grant, 28 June 1762, from the Earl of Granville to Daniel Booth of Orange County, N.C.

Stephane and David Booth Collection, 1954-2021

Contains materials relating to musician and entertainer Elvis Presley collected by Stephane Booth and David Booth, white faculty emeriti at Kent State University University and alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection includes photographs, sheet music, concert programs, concert and movie posters, movie lobby cards, and ephemera, including fan club pins, post cards, trading cards, and autographs. Also contains several items owned by Presley, including his music score for the song Jailhouse Rock from the televised '68 Comeback Special, and film prints of the 1957 feature film Jailhouse Rock.

Borden and Lacy Family Papers, 1840s-1980s

Borden family of North Carolina and Lacy family of North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Family members worked in businesses, such as Southern Cotton Oil Co. and Borden Manufacturing Co. in Goldsboro, N.C., and as Presbyterian missionaries in China. Correspondence, scrapbooks, pictures, and other items of the Borden and Lacy families. Included is correspondence, chiefly 1880s-1940s, relating to family and Presbyterian Church matters. Also included are letters and other materials relating to Sallie McGavock Lacy's work, 1910- 1923, with the Southern Presbyterian Mission in China. There are also scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about world and family affairs, books of postcards from around the world, and genealogical materials about the Borden and Lacy families and also the Smith, Wissler, and Jones families to which they were related. The Addition of September 2018 includes letters from Captain William L. "Nick" Palmer, a UNC-Chapel Hill alum, to the family of Dana Lacy, written while serving in the Vietnam War during 1969-1970, and other materials related to Palmer.

Borden, Broadhurst, and Taylor Family Papers, circa 1880s-2014

The collection of the Borden, Broadhurst, and Taylor families of Wayne and Johnston Counties, N.C., contains correspondence, typed transcriptions of handwritten letters in the collection, and miscellaneous papers of the three related white families. The majority of correspondence dates from the first half of the twentieth century and includes letters sent from family members serving in the military during the Second World War and the Vietnam War. Primary correspondents are Mabel Borden Broadhurst (1876-1969), her son Edwin Borden Broadhurst (1915-1965), who served in the United States Army Air Corps and later the Air Force, and her daughter Ellen Broadhurst Taylor (1913-2000), who assembled this collection and transcribed most of the correspondence. Mabel Borden Broadhurst's correspondence includes letters exchanged with members of the Weil family of Goldsboro, N.C., including Jewish American suffragist and social activist Gertrude Weil. Letters from Edwin Borden Broadhurst were written from the Citadel where he attended school for a year, from the United States Military Academy where he graduated in 1937, and from various locations where he was stationed with the Air Force including the Pacific theater during World War II. Ellen Broadhurst Taylor's correspondence includes letters from her son Jack Taylor, an officer in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Other papers pertain chiefly to Ellen Broadhurst Taylor's civic activities, garden society memberships, and interest in environmental protection, and to Edwin Borden Broadhurst's military career and tributes on the occasion of his death including U.S. Senator Sam Ervin's statement which was read into the Congressional record. Also included are documents related to Jack Taylor's military service and to the estates of Mabel Borden Broadhurst's father Edwin Borden (1831-1918) and her husband businessman Jack Johnson Broadhurst (1873-1939).

Edwin B. Borden Papers, 1873-1906

Edwin B. Borden was president of the Bank of New Hanover in Goldsboro, N.C., in the 1880s and 1890s and president of the Bank of Wayne in Goldsboro, N.C., in the early 1900s. He was married to Ella Lambert Borden, originally of Richmond, Va.

Mary Bynum Borgognoni Papers, 1943-1945.

Letters from officers of southern colleges and universities answering an inquiry about the status of graduate education in the South, graduate study by blacks, and southerners educated in Europe before 1900. These letters were solicited as part of Borgognoni (also known as Mary Bynum Holmes Ricks) research for her doctoral thesis, A History of Graduate Work in the South.

Borough House Books, 1815-1910

MICROFILM ONLY. Records of several generations of the Anderson family, physicians and planters near Stateburg, S.C., chiefly their account books containing records of physicians' fees, planting, advances to freedmen, estates, and lumber. Also included are a diary, 1853-1857, of John Benjamin Anderson at Stateburg; Stateburg tavern accounts, 1834-1838; plantation records of Samuel Porcher Gaillard, 1863-1868; minutes of the Stateburg Democratic Club, 1890-1910; and a letterbook of Col. Thomas Childs (1796-1853) of Massachusetts as U.S. military governor of Puebla, Mexico, 1848.

Robert E. Botsch Papers on the Brown Lung Association, 1978-1997

Papers and audio recordings on the Brown Lung Association (BLA) compiled by white author and political science professor, Robert E. Botsch. The majority of the materials relate to Botsch's 1993 publication, Organizing the Breathless: Cotton Dust, Southern Politics, and the Brown Lung Association, which recounts the history of the BLA and the organizing efforts of textile workers in the Southeastern United States in the 1970s. Papers consist of newsletters, meeting agendas, pamphlets, and other materials produced by the BLA and related organizations, as well as Botsch's personal research files, including clippings, notes, and correspondence related to grassroots organizing efforts and the organizational, legal, and financial activities of the BLA. Topics include recruitment, fundraising, dust standards, and workers' compensation. Audio recordings consist of interviews conducted by Botsch with politicians and BLA organizers, as well as recordings from a 1982 symposium on "Cotton Dust Standards".

Albert Pike Bourland Papers, 1905-1949.

Albert Pike Bourland (1861-1927) was a professor at George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., and executive of various education foundations. The collection includes miscellaneous papers of Bourland, including social letters from other educators and friends; papers concerning arrangements with Peabody College for leave to study in Leipzig, Germany, 1907-1909; a few items relating to Bourland's stay in Leipzig; personal financial papers; and other scattered items.

Benjamin Franklin Boushelle Papers, 1845-1850 and undated.

The collection contains miscellaneous papers of Benjamin Franklin Boushelle, including a brief essay on the virtues of home; a Bible containing family records; and a poem commemorating the days of his youth at the Academy, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1845-1850.

Nathaniel Fleming Bowe Diary, 1846.

Nathaniel Fleming Bowe (1810-1875) was a Richmond, Va., tobacco merchant.

Southall and Bowen Family Papers, 1833-1959 (bulk 1860-1906).

The Southall, Bowen, Wheeler, Moore, and Peebles families resided in Lowndes County, Miss.; Northampton County, N.C.; Hertford County, N.C.; Denver, Colo.; Norfolk, Va.; Wayne County, Mich.; Ramsey County, Minn.; and Bulloch County, Ga. The collection contains the family correspondence and other papers of these families. Included are mostly brief and routine family letters, 1846-1860; affectionate letters during the Civil War between sisters in Columbus, Miss., and Hertford County, N.C., about family and community affairs and their teaching careers; letters from Confederate soldiers in many places, especially Wilmington, N.C., 1863-1864; and letters from Thomas L. Moore, officer on the C.S.S. Florida. Also included are letters written by family members about their lives and careers, including the work of William Cornelius (Neil) Bowen (died 1912), lawyer of Jackson, N.C., and Denver, Colo.; Episcopal Church affairs; community matters; and family activities and household management. Among the later papers are letters, 1890s, from students at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C. There are also diaries of Sarah Clifton Southall of Columbus, Miss., 1859-1860; of Emily Bland Southall of Jackson, N.C., 1862, including a detailed description of the federal invasion of North Carolina; and of Julia M. Southall, 1862- 1876, written while she was teaching in Columbus, Miss., at Wesleyan Female College in Murfreesboro, N.C., and in West Point, N.Y., and including her reflections on teaching.

George W. Bowen Diary, 1863-1881

George W. Bowen, musical director and later drum major of the Drum Corps, 1st North Carolina Heavy Artillery (African Descent), United States Army, during the Civil War. The volume was printed as a diary for 1864, with three days per page. Bowen kept daily entries, 1 January-8 May, 24 June-8 August, and 11-23 September 1864. At the end, five entries from April and May 1863 appear. During most of this period, Bowen and his regiment were encamped in Washington, N.C., but, in late April 1864, they moved north towards Richmond, Va. Between 1871 and 1881, Bowen used the diary for miscellaneous notes and calculations. War-time entries describe Drum Corps practices; monitoring and fighting Confederates; the regiment's social life in Washington, N.C.; the move into Virginia; and a furlough to Pennsylvania. Included are lists of letters send and received, clothing and its cost, instruments for a band, and a financial account. The notes from later in his life include, among other things, several songs and recipes, measurements for shoes, and the amounts due from his boarders.

James G. Bowen Papers, 1847-1907.

James G. Bowen (fl. 1847-1875) resided in Beaufort County, N.C., and acted as administrator of the estates of Thomas B. Latham and Zachariah Boyd.

Thomas C. Bowie Diary and Day Book, 1857-1877

Thomas Contee Bowie lived in Tensas Parish, La., between 1857 and 1877, during which time he kept bee hives and operated a cotton gin.

Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System): Erskine Boyce Bowles Records, 2001-2010 (bulk 2005-2010)

Erskine Boyce Bowles was president of the University of North Carolina System from October 3, 2005 to December 31, 2010. Records include correspondence, subject files, meeting files, and speeches and other materials relating to the administration of the University of North Carolina (System).

Bowling Green State University Libraries and Learning Resources Collection of Publicity Materials, 1970s-2000s

The Bowling Green State University Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives Collection of Publicity Materials consists of photographs and promotional material created or collected by commercial record companies to promote their Americana, country, rock and roll, pop, and blues artists. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

James Cloyd Bowman Writings, undated.

James Cloyd Bowman (1880-1961) was a native of Ohio, English professor in Iowa and Michigan, and an author of children's literature. The collection includes typescripts of The Adventures of Paul Bunyan and of eleven volumes of unpublished poems and fiction by Bowman.

Paddy Bowman Audio Recordings, 1980

Audio recordings, 1980, made by white folklorist and educator Paddy Bowman that contain an interview with playwright, professor, and humanitarian, Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981), as well as audio from an auction in Siler City, N.C. In the interview, Green discusses the civil rights movement and race relations in North Carolina and the author Zora Neale Hurston who audited one of Green's classes at the University of North Carolina in the late 1930s before UNC was desegregated. Green convened the class at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., so that Hurston, who was then a professor at the North Carolina College for Negroes in Durham, N.C., (today North Carolina Central University), could attend. The collection also includes a letter from Paddy Bowman to folklorist and UNC professor, Daniel W. Patterson, that contains details about the contents of the recordings found in the collection.

Boy Scouts of America. Old Hickory Council Records, 1912-2001

The Old Hickory Council of the Boy Scouts of America grew from a single troop organized at Fairview Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 1911. The council operated Camp Raven Knob beginning in the 1950s. The collection consists of records, beginning in 1912, of the Old Hickory Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Included are letters, meeting minutes, reports, financial materials, clippings, training materials, membership lists, photographs, newsletters, pamphlets, and other items. Documentation is uneven; for some years, there are many informative letters, reports, and other materials, while other years are represented by only a few relatively minor items. Some items relate to scouting activities during World War I and World War II; many items document the planning and operation of camping sites, especially, beginning in the 1950s, Camp Raven Knob. Also included are photocopies of two 1964 documents relating to integration of the Council's troops; a videotape version of a 1955 film about Camp Raven Knob; and two audiotaped interviews, 1976 and 1982, with scout leaders; two photographs of African-American scouts associated with Mount Zion Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1944-1950s; and a CD of photographs entitled Wahissa and CRK Images Vol. 1, 1500+ Photos, 1970s-1990s.

William Henry Boyce Letters, 1861-1863

William Henry Boyce of Bangor, Me., served in the United States army during the Civil War.

Boyd Family Papers, 1847-1973

Boyd family of Warrenton, N.C., and the related Burwell, Massenburg, Norwood, Davis, and other families. Family members include William Henry Burwell (d. 1917); planter John Early Boyd (1812-1883) and his wife, Ann Bignall Jones Boyd (1816-1882); and their son, lawyer Henry Armistead Boyd (1855-1929) and his wife, Elizabeth Massenburg Norwood Boyd (1863-1944).

Bernard Henry Boyd Papers, 1946-1976

Bernard Henry Boyd (1910-1975), professor of religion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1950-1975, was recognized as an inspiring teacher and interdenominational leader. He was particularly interested in Biblical archaeology and led summer archeological expeditions in Israel.

David French Boyd Letter, 1864.

David French Boyd (1834-1899) was an officer in the Confederate Army. The collection is a typed transcription of a letter, 7 April 1864, from David French Boyd while a prisoner of war on a Union boat moored in Alexandria, La., to his friend General William T. Sherman concerning treatment Boyd received in New Orleans, La., and Boyd's views of the war and the South.

George W. Boyd Letter, 19 May 1832.

George W. Boyd (fl. 1832) was an agent of the New Potosi Company of New York, N.Y. The collection includes a letter from Boyd to his superior at the New Potosi Company, Richard Ray Ward, concerning gold properties he had examined in Georgia and the alleged efforts of two members of the firm in Georgia to deceive Boyd and defraud the company.

James Boyd Papers, 1906-1953, 1964-1969

James Boyd (1888-1944) was an American author and journalist.

John Boyd Diary and Account Book, 1850-1871

John Boyd was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on 18 February 1783, and died on 30 July 1858 at his plantation, Oak Grove. He owned a plantation on Bayou Lettsworth in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., which may or may not have been this Oak Grove. He may also have owned property near Donaldsonville, La. One of his daughters, Margaret Bruce, married Col. Henry T. Williams of Montgomery County, Md., and the Williams's daughter, Clara D., married Lt. Edward D. Seghers of the Confederate Army.

James Alexander Boyer Papers, 1893-2000

The collection documents the education and career of James Alexander Boyer (1909-1998), an African American educator, professor of English, dean of the College, and College president at St. Augustine's College of Raleigh, N.C., and his father, Charles Henry Boyer (1869-1942), who also was an African American educator and dean at St. Augustine's College. It contains scattered records and publications of St. Augustine's College, including histories and speeches, and materials relating to the work of James Alexander Boyer and the Educational Leadership and Human Relations Center to ameliorate the problems of desegregation of public education in North Carolina during the late 1960s. Other materials document James Alexander Boyer's intellectual interests; his service on the "slaveship" S.S. Naushon steamship and as a literacy remediation instructor in the U.S. Navy during World War II; and Boyer family history, including their friendship with Bessie and Sadie Delany. Audio tapes include discussions about prominent African American political figures and a 1997 conversation involving Boyer and others about the history of college athletics at St. Augustine's.

Boykin Family Papers, 1748-1932, 2001

The Boykin family of Camden, S.C., included Alexander Hamilton Boykin (1815-1866), cotton planter, state legislator, and Confederate officer. The collection includes family, business, and military papers of Boykin family members, chiefly 1830s through 1862. Much of this material is correspondence and accounts with Reeder & DeSaussure, Charleston cotton factors, regarding cotton produced at the Plane Hill, the Boykin family plantation near Camden; bills of sale for land and slaves; legal papers; and correspondence among members of the Boykin and DeSaussure families, including Alexander Hamilton Boykin's wife, Sarah Jones DeSaussure Boykin (fl. 1835-1866) and his son, Alexander Hamilton Boykin, Jr. (1846-1923). There is also Civil War military material pertaining to Boykin's Rangers, which became Company A of the Second South Carolina Cavalry and which Boykin commanded in Virginia, 1861-1862. Items relating to Boykin family genealogy are also included.

Alice D. Boyle Recordings of Demus Green, 1971-1975

Audio recordings of Demus Green (1913-1976), an African American storyteller living in Charleston, S.C., telling tales, anecdotes, stories about animals, and legends in the Gullah language. Demus Green was part of the Black community in the southern Lowcountry region of South Carolina, where he was known for his storytelling as well as for being an assistant leader at his local church. Demus Green was born in 1913 at the Combahee Plantation, Whitehall, S.C., a large plantation located on the Combahee River that was owned at the time by the white DuPont family. When Demus Green was around thirty years old, he moved to Charleston, S.C. to work for Hugh Lane (1914-2005), a third generation white banker. Alice D. Boyle, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, recorded Demus Green in Charleston, S.C., from 1971 to 1975. Boyle, who is from Isle of Palms, S.C., met Demus Green through her childhood friend, Kathy Lane, the daughter of Hugh Lane. The collection contains dubs of Alice D. Boyle's original recordings of Demus Green telling tales and stories, as well as a copy of Boyle's UNC term paper, titled "Uh Yeddy Um, but Uh Ent Shum...When They Gone, They Gone: The Stories of Demus Green", on Demus Green and his storytelling.

Francis A. Boyle Books, 1864-1865; 1904.

Francis A. Boyle (1838-1907) of Plymouth, N.C., was an officer in the 32nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment who was captured and sent to Point Lookout, Md., May 1864. He was subsequently transferred to Fort Delaware, Del., June 1864, where he became involved in the Christian Association of Confederate Prisoners, later called Confederate States Christian Association for the Relief of Prisoner.

Steve Boyle Collection on North Carolina Rock Music, 1980-2014

The collection of television and film producer Steve Boyle (1955-) contains digital video recordings related to Boyle's documentary film "Return to Comboland" about North Carolina rock groups in the 1980s. Videos include footage of live rock music shows in North Carolina during the 1980s and interviews with musicians and additional performances recorded between 2007 and 2014. Live performances feature The dB's, Fabulous Knobs, The Spongetones, X-Teens, The Accelerators, Arrogance, and other power pop and jangle rock acts from that era. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Peter Braasch Collection, 1943-1994 (bulk 1994)

Peter Braasch grew up in Durham, N.C. In 1994, he conducted fieldwork for his senior thesis at Yale University about the history of the commercial shrimping industry in coastal North Carolina. The collection includes audio tapes and research materials for Peter Braasch's senior thesis on the commercial shrimping industry on the North Carolina coast, Bug Hunting the Way to the New South: the History of Commercial Shrimping in North Carolina. The bulk of the collection is audio interviews conducted by Braasch with seventeen fishermen from Carteret County, N.C., and Brunswick County, N.C. Manuscript material includes logs of those interviews, a copy of Braasch's senior thesis, his research notes, unpublished reports of a sociological study of shrimp fishers sponsored by East Carolina University, and other support materials.

Charles William Bradbury Papers, 1817-1854

Charles William Bradbury was an insurance agent of New Orleans, La. Other members of the Bradbury family were of Manlius and Canandaigua, N.Y.; Cincinnati and Montgomery, Ohio; Madison, Ind.; and New Orleans, La. Besides Charles, family members represented include Jacob Bradbury (fl. 1817-1825); Cornelius S. Bradbury (fl. 1818-1848); Elizabth A. Bradbury (fl. 1817-1825); and Charles's wife, Sarah (fl. 1821-1844). Charles's mistress, Madaline Selima Edwards (fl. 1843-1848), is also represented.

Braden-Hatchett Collection of Thomas Wolfe Materials, 1860-1994

The Braden-Hatchett Collection of Thomas Wolfe Materials was compiled over the years by William Hatchett and Eve Braden Hatchett at the Memphis University School in Memphis, Tenn. They developed a close relationship with Thomas Wolfe's brother Fred and corresponded with him frequently. One of the main goals of the Braden-Hatchett Collection was to collect a copy of every article written about Thomas Wolfe, an endeavor that was undertaken with the help of students at Memphis University School. In the early 1990s, the collection was donated to the University of North Carolina.

Malcolm Bradfield Papers, 1914-1919

Malcolm Bradfield, son of John W. and Bessie Davidson Bradfield, was raised in Charlotte, N.C.

Henry Bradford Hymn Book, circa 1804-1811.

Henry Bradford (fl. 1804-1811) of Halifax County, N.C., was the son of John Bradford (d. 1786?) and presumably a Methodist minister.

J. W. and Kate Bradley Papers, 1973-1978

Records, correspondence, and printed material related to the involvement of white environmentalist J. W. Bradley with Save Our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM), an organization founded to support community issues arising from the increase in strip mining in Eastern Tennessee during the 1970s and 1980s. Materials in the collection include correspondence, legal documents, and printed material related to the issues of strip mining, truck weights, taxes, mining regulation, water pollution, and land equalization. Also included are copies of testimonies given by J. W. Bradley and Neil McBride to congressional committees; SOCM reports; and publications and correspondence from organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Coal Creek Mining Manufacturing Company, and Beech Grove Mining Company.

Harriet Ellis Bradshaw's General Stoneman's Raid on Salisbury, North Carolina, undated

Harriet Ellis Bradshaw was eight years old at the time of the events she describes.

Annie Campbell Bradwell Papers, 1936-1940.

The collection contains notes, articles, biographical sketches, a few letters, and miscellaneous other items collected by Annie Campbell Bradwell, relating to the 19th-century history of Bainbridge and Decatur counties, Ga.

Elias Brady Papers, 1862-1864

Elias Brady of Warren County, Ind., enlisted as a musician in Company D, 86th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Army of the Cumberland, in August 1862. He served until he died of smallpox in December 1863. His brother-in-law, Lieutenant Harris Gass, also served with the 86th. The collection consists of letters written home by Elias Brady and Harris Gass. The majority of the letters are from Elias Brady to his wife, Martha Gass Brady, sister of Harris Gass and daughter of John Gass. The letters, written from Kentucky, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Chattanooga, Tenn., discuss picket duty, camp life, troop movements, prisoner exchange, foraging, confiscating food, and news of casualties. Also included are letters from Harris Gass to John Gass at Rainsville, Ind., and copies of the Indiana state records of the military service of the two men.

John Archibald Brady Collection, circa 1900-1902

The original owner of the collection was John Archibald Brady of Statesville, N.C.

Braxton Bragg Papers, 1852-1864.

Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a United States Army officer, Louisiana planter, Confederate Army general, and a civil engineer in Alabama and Texas following the Civil War. The collection includes military letters and telegrams from Bragg while he was serving with the United States Army in Missouri, 1852-1855, and as a Confederate general, 1862-1864, and a letter from him to his wife, 1853.

John Bragg Papers, 1851-1887.

John Bragg was a Mobile, Ala., lawyer, planter, and politician. The collection includes papers consisting mostly of political and constituent correspondence, 1851-1853, while Bragg was a Democratic United States representative, concerning Mobile, Alabama, and national politics, especially political appointments. Also included are some letters during the same period from John's brothers, Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), then a United States Army officer, and Thomas Bragg (1810-1872), governor and United States Senator of North Carolina, discussing political events in Washington, D.C., especially concerning the Army, and elections and politics in North Carolina. Also available are extensive papers relating to the management of John Bragg's cotton plantation in Lowndes County, Ala., 1866-1877.

Thomas Bragg Papers, 1861-1862.

Thomas Bragg was governor of North Carolina, 1855-1859; a United States senator from North Carolina, 1859-1861; and Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863.

William Stanley Braithwaite Papers, 1904-1932

William Stanley Braithwaite of Arlington Heights, Mass., was a poet and the editor of the annual Anthology of Magazine Verse. He also taught at Atlanta University.

William G. Bramham Correspondence, 1938-1949

William G. Bramham (1875-1947) was a minor league baseball president who presided over the North Carolina State League from 1916 to 1917, the Piedmont League from its inception in 1920 until 1932, the South Atlantic League from 1924 to 1930, the Virginia League from 1925 to 1928, and the Eastern Carolina League from 1928 to 1929. Bramham was elected the third president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the umbrella organization for minor leagues, in 1933 and held this position until his retirement in 1946.

Jim Bramlett Field Recordings of American Indian Music, 1966

The 1966 field recordings on three open-reel audiotapes contain American Indian songs. The recordings were made by Jim Bramlett, then a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Field notes accompanying the recordings list the songs, including "Bush Dance Song," "Kingfisher Song," "Medicine Man Song," and "Morning Song of Wuakah." No other information, such as the locations where Bramlett recorded, the names of the performers, and the American Indian nations and tribes represented, is available. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Branch Family Papers, 1788-1919

Prominent members of the Branch family included John Branch (1782-1863), governor of North Carolina, U.S. representative and senator, secretary of the Navy, governor of the Florida Territory, and a planter in North Carolina and Florida; his son, William Henry Branch (1823-1910), cotton planter in Florida and merchant and farmer in Georgia; and his grandson, William Horton Branch (1852-1920), also a merchant and farmer in Georgia.

Joseph Branch Papers, 1830-1869 (bulk 1840s).

Joseph Branch (died 1864) was a lawyer of Tallahassee, Fla. The collection includes papers, chiefly from the 1840s, of Branch dealing with the legal and business affairs of clients, both individuals and firms, including the Southern Life Insurance Company.

Taylor Branch Papers, 1865-2013 (bulk 1958-2009)

Taylor Branch, journalist and historian, is best known for his research and writing on Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Charles W. Brandon Recording of North Carolina Ballads, 1972-1972

Audio recording of an interview and performance of ballads by Thelma Eckard and Lucy Belk, white ballad singers from Stony Point, Alexander County, N.C. Recordings include ballads by both women with particular attention paid to the ballads and events surrounding the 1916 flood in western North Carolina. Recorded by Charles W. Brandon, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, in one of the informants' homes in March 1972. While a student at UNC, Brandon took Daniel W. Patterson's "British and American Folksong" course and wrote a term paper on the ballad about the 1916 flood. The collection also contains supporting documentation, consisting of a collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff.

D. S. Brandon Ledger, 1866.

D. S. Brandon was a physician of Thomasville, Ga.

E. C. Branson Papers, 1895-1933

E. C. (Eugene Cunningham) Branson (1861-1933) was an educator, author, and editor, president of the State Normal School of Georgia, 1900-1912, head of its department of rural economics and sociology, 1912-1914, and founder and head of the rural social economics program at the University of North Carolina. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence and writings of E. C. Branson. The collection includes papers pertaining to research into all aspects of rural life in the South and in Europe, including an international correspondence and many writings; to his activities as professor at the University of North Carolina; and to varied other public and civic issues, in particular farm tenancy, illiteracy, and rural credit. He was actively involved in North Carolina movements concerning the reclamation of farm land, better port terminal facilities, and good roads. Few papers pertain to Branson's teaching career before 1914.

Emily Branson Letter, 7 May 1862.

Emily Branson was the sister of Thomas Branson, Company F, 46th North Carolina Regiment.

Lanier Branson Recollections, 1973.

Lanier Branson was a textile manufacturer of West Point, Ga.

Jack Brantley and Joe Evans Recording of Sarah Grant and Ostella Hamilton, 1974

Audio recording of interviews with some singing by Sarah Grant and Ostella Hamilton, both African American residents of Daufuskie Island, S.C., about life on Daufuskie Island, S.C. Sarah Grant (1888-1977) was a Gullah midwife and community leader on the island. At this time, little is known about Ostella Hamilton, whose name may be Estella Hamilton. Jack Brantley and Joe Evans, white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students, recorded Sarah Grant and Ostella Hamilton at one of their homes on 11 March 1974. The collection also contains supporting documentation consisting of a collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff. According to the cover sheet, Jack Brantley and Joe Evans were students in Daniel W. Patterson's English 147 Folksong course who went to Daufuskie Island, S.C. for spring holiday and did some collecting as an experiment while there. Without having contacts or ties to the region, Jack Brantley and Joe Evans' fieldwork was more of an "experiment in collecting rather than a focused interview." The collection cover sheet states, "the informants [Sarah Grant and Ostella Hamilton], as I recall, were simply approached and cooperated to some degree, with questioning."

Brashear and Lawrence Family Papers, 1802-1897.

Walter Brashear (1776-1860) was a physician in Kentucky before 1822 when he moved to St. Mary Parish, La., where, after acquiring Belle Island Plantation and other landholdings in the area, he became a sugar planter and state legislator. The family of Effingham (d. 1850) and Ann Townsend Lawrence (fl. 1802-1830s) lived in Bayside, N.Y., until sons Robert (fl. 1820s-1850s), Samuel Townsend (d. 1839), Henry Effingham (1809-1876?), and Effingham, Jr. (1820?-1878) moved to New Orleans to take up merchandizing and sugar planting. Henry Effingham Lawrence married Frances Emily Brashear, daughter of Walter and Margaret Barr Brashear, in 1844.

J. Lawrence Brasher Collection, 1950-1993

The collection of author J. Lawrence Brasher (1947-) contains 39 field recordings on open-reel audiotape. Most of the recordings are untitled, some are labeled with the first names of individuals, and three are labeled "J.L.B. stories" and dated circa 1950, 1965, and 1967. "J.L.B." likely refers to Methodist minister and Brasher's ancestor, John Lakin Brasher (1868-1961), who is the subject of J. Lawrence Brasher's 1994 book The Sanctified South: John Lakin Brasher and the Holiness Movement, published in 1994. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Robert G. Bratcher Papers, 1937-2009

Correspondence, sermons, lectures, lessons for Bible classes, notebooks, military records, drafts and offprints of articles, subject and research files, and photographs comprise the collection of Robert G. Bratcher, a white Southern Baptist minister and translator of the New Testament for the 1966 edition titled Good News for Modern Man. Correspondence is largely professional in nature and pertains to Bratcher's biblical scholarship and his affiliation with organizations including the American Bible Society from which he resigned in 1981 following a controversy with Christian fundamentalists. Military records reflect Bratcher's service in the United States Navy Reserve in the 1940s and 1950s. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, financial items, printed materials, and files on the New Testament edition titled Today's English Version. Of interest are materials related to the country of Brazil where Bratcher was born in 1920 to missionary parents from Kentucky. Materials include an original 1937 diary documenting a trip into Brazil's interior, a typed edition of his father Lewis Bratcher's 1925 journals from "An Exploratory Visit to the Interior of Brazil," and photographs of students and faculty at the Colegio Batista Brasileiro in Campos, Brazil during the 1920s.

John Bratton Letters, 1861-1865.

Physician, state legislator, and Confederate Army officer, from Winnsboro, S.C.

G.M. Braune Notebooks, 1891-1892

Gustave Maurice Braune (1872-1930) was dean of engineering at the University of North Carolina, 1922-1930. The collection includes notes, mostly in German, on engineering and related sciences, 1891-1892, taken by Braune while he was a student at the Royal Polytechnic Institute in Dresden, Germany.

Alim Braxton Collection, 2019-2022

Contains approximately 100 letters written by Alim Braxton to Mark Katz, dated August 2019 to April 2022. Braxton (artist name is Rrome Alone) is a Black writer, rapper, and death row inmate who has been incarcerated since 1993. Born Michael Jerome Braxton, he took the name "Alim" when he accepted Islam while in prison. Braxton has been collaborating Mark Katz, a white professor in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on an album,  Mercy on My Soul, and a book,  Rap and Redemption on Death Row.

Philip Northern Bray Account Books, 1856-1918.

Philip Northern Bray (1858-1938), of Currituck County, N.C., was a farmer and lumberman, and owner of a country store and barroom in Sligo, N.C.

Robert H. B. Brazier French Broad River and Tuckasegee River Map, circa 1826

Map of the French Broad River from Asheville, N.C., to Paint Rock, from Robert H. B. Brazier's survey in 1826. There is also a small piece containing the Tuckasegee River. Appears to be a copy of the survey for the western section of the Buncombe Turnpike, made by Brazier in 1826 at the expense of the Board for Internal Improvements. The maps are manuscript copies on glazed cloth.

Brazilian Travel Diary, 1866

In 1866, an unidentified southerner possibly from Mobile, Ala., traveled to Brazil to investigate emigrating there. He chronicled the events of his journey in a diary. He sailed from Baltimore, Md., stopping at the Caribbean port of Saint Thomas and at Pernambuco, Brazil, to refuel. He arrived in the Harbor of Rio and spent three months travelling in southeastern Brazil. After making a final stop in the city of Sao Paolo, he departed for the United States.

Breckenridge Family Papers, undated

Microfilm of autobiography of John Hutchins (born 1774), son of Anthony Hutchins, an early Natchez, Miss., settler, with accounts of primitive agriculture, the Revolutionary War, frontier adventures, and trips down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and thence to New York or England. Also memoirs by Florence Bowmar Carson of daily life on Oasis Plantation in Coahoma County, Miss., 1892-1903, emphasizing the lives of blacks.

Daniel Breen Comic Collection, 1980-2000

Daniel Breen Comic Collection includes of comic books and magazines, comic related posters, and books about the comic format and industry in the United States. The bulk of the collection consists of apporximately 25,000 comic books published or distributed in the United States between 1980 and 2000. There are no duplicates in the collection. Between 50,000 and 55,000 titles are included in the collection. Every major and many minor publishers are represented, with significant percentage being the output of "alternative" publishers. Every genre is included. In addition to the 25,000 regular format comic books, the collection also includes approximately 750 magazine-sized and off-sized books, approximately 200 comics-related posters published as for-sale items, and two boxes of books relating to comics and comics publishing.

Breese Family Papers, 1729-1937

Breese family of Charleston, S.C., and Asheville and Brevard, N.C. William Cebra Breese was cashier of the First National Bank of Charleston until his death in 1883. William Edmond Breese, son of Cornelia Edmond and William Cebra Breese, served in the Confederate Army's South Carolina Cadets and saw action at Kennesaw Mountain and other Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina battles. In 1883, he succeeded his father as cashier of the First National Bank of Charleston. In 1885, he moved to Asheville, N.C., for the health of his son, William Edmond Breese, Jr., and established the First National Bank of Asheville. When the bank failed in 1897, he was arrested and charged with conspiracy, embezzlement, abstraction, and misapplication. After six trials, he was acquitted of all charges. William Edmond Breese, Jr., son of Margaret Lowndes Perroneau and William Edmond Breese, graduated from the University of North Carolina and was active in politics. He served as a member of the North Carolina Senate and was mayor of Brevard, N.C. He married Rebekah Nicolson Woodbridge.

Adolph Bregman Collection, 1920s-1940s

Adolph Bregman, mettalurgist with a specialization in non- ferreous metals, whose avocation was collecting and performing folk songs from all parts of the United States.

Addison Gorgas Brenizer Papers, 1858-1870; 1916-1917; 1943.

Addison Gorgas Brenizer (born 1839) of Charlotte, N.C., was a businessman and served in the Confederate army. His mother-in-law was Juliana Paisley Gilmer, wife of John Adams Gilmer of Greensboro, N.C., United States representative (American Party), 1857-1861, and later a Confederate congressman.

Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942

Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer (Nellie Waddell Brenizer) of Washington, D.C., worked for the Forestry Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a scientific illustrator. The collection includes genealogical materials relating to the Moore, Waddell, Yeamans, Swann, Brownrigg, Wright, Gilmer, Brenizer, and related families; personal and family correspondence, including letters from her father, L. R. Waddell of Smithfield, N.C.; photographs; scrapbooks; clippings; and materials dealing with the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and various other ancestral societies. Also included is material relating to Mrs. Brenizer's work with the Forestry Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a story written about the renovation of an 1810 house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Brevard and McDowell family papers, 1754-1953.

The Brevard family included brothers Alexander (1755-1829) of Lincoln County, N.C., and Joseph (1766-1821), lawyer of Camden, S.C. The Brevards were related to the McDowell family of Charlotte, N.C. McDowell family members included Rebecca Brevard McDowell (1823-1904) and newspaper editor and businessman Franklin Brevard McDowell (1849-1928).

Ephraim Brevard Letter, 1773.

Ephraim Brevard (1744-1781) was a physician of Charlotte, N.C.

Theodorus Washington Brevard Papers, 1821-1892.

Theodorus Washington Brevard (died 1877) was a lawyer and politician of North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida.

Thomas Brevard Notebook, 1798-1855.

Thomas Brevard was a teacher of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

Brewer and Paschal Family Papers, 1817-1991.

Brewer and Paschal families of Chatham County, N.C., including Stephen Wiley Brewer (1835-1897), Confederate officer and county sheriff; his wife Mary Catharine Paschal Brewer (1846-1922); R. B. Paschal (1820-1870), who was elected Chatham County sheriff in 1854 and served six successive terms; and George Washington Paschal (1869-1956). There are also materials of the related Tilley family, including Bert Q. Tilley, motorcycle enthusiast and owner of Tilley's Cyclery, Raleigh, N.C., who was also a partner in Raleigh Flying Serice, operators of Raleigh Airport, Inc., and Poindexter Field.

Kennedy, Bridgers, and Flowers Family Papers, 1800-1982.

Papers, 1800-1982, of the Kennedy, Bridgers, and Flowers family of Goldsboro and Raleigh, N.C., including correspondence, books, pamphlets, deeds, certificates, and promissory notes. Many of the 19th-century materials relate to Richard Lee Kennedy of Goldsboro, N.C.; James H. Everett, attorney, of Wayne County, N.C.; and D. H. (David Henderson) Bridgers, landowner, of Goldsboro, N.C.

Ann Preston Bridgers Papers, 1915-1946

Correspondence, writings, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and other materials of Ann Preston Bridgers (1891-1967), North Carolina actress and writer. Most of the collection consists of drafts and other materials relating to plays, novels, and short stories written by Bridgers. There is a large body of material relating to John C. Calhoun, apparently collected by Bridgers as background for her play, This Beautiful Structure. The remainder of the collection consists of letters from family members and friends, including letters from George Abbott, with whom Bridgers collaborated on the play Coquette, and letters from her brother- in-law, Jonathan Daniels; business correspondence and other material relating to a controversy over the rights to Coquette; and photographs.

John Luther Bridgers Papers, 1861-1872

John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932), lawyer and planter of Edgecombe County, N.C., was the son of John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884), lawyer, planter, and Confederate colonel. The collection includes letters, 1864, from John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884) to his son, John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932); letters 1870-1872, from friends and relatives to John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932); and letters, January-February 1861, from John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884) to W. E. Jones regarding tents for the Edgecombe Guards (later Company A, 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America Army). The letters of 1864 from John Luther Brigers (1821-1884) to his son while the younger Bridgers was at school give advice about work and play and about relationships as well as news of home and family. The letters of 1870-1872 include some to John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932) from friends at the Virginia Military Institute, giving news of student activities and other matters. Also included are letters to Bridgers from his sister Routh in Kittrell, N.C., and in Richmond, Va., where she was in school, giving news of family and friends; letters from John L. Brigers (1821-1884) in Red Sulphur Springs, W.Va., and White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., describing his life and health, advising his son, and inquiring about his affairs at home; and other letters from family and friends.

Lindsay M. Brien Genealogical Papers, circa 1703-1961.

The collection contains genealogical materials and copies of related documents compiled 1920s-1960s by Lindsay M. (Mrs. Bernis) Brien of Dayton, Ohio, concerning the Bryan (Briand, Bryant) family of Ireland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and other places, especially the descendants of Morgan Bryan, who settled at the forks of the Yadkin River in North Carolina in 1748.

Willis G. Briggs Papers, 1764-1954

Willis Grandy Briggs (1875-1954) was a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer and postmaster, and served as Republican Party chair for Wake County, N.C.

D. A. Brigham Books, 1867-1887.

D. A. Brigham (fl. 1885-1887) was a Presbyterian minister. The collection includes minutes of sessions, 1867-1887, and a register of communicants, baptisms, and funerals of the Cumberland Presbyterian congregation at Clarksville, Tenn., of which Reverend D. A. Brigham took charge in April 1885; and a catalog of Sunday school library books and their circulation, 1872-1873, probably of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Dyersburg, Tenn.

J. W. Brigham Account Books, 1842-1875.

J. W. Brigham was a physician of Erin, Houston County, Tenn. The collection includes account books of Brigham, showing names of patients, dates of professional visits, and, in some entries, charges and prescriptions.

John M. Bright Papers, 1854-1911 (bulk 1871-1881).

John Morgan Bright (1817-1911) was a lawyer, Confederate officer, and Democratic United States representative from Tennessee, of Fayetteville, Tenn. This collection contains letters, legal documents, speeches, newspaper clippings, pictures, and account books. The correspondence chiefly consists of letters received by Bright while he was in Congress (1871-1881). The letters concern politics, interests of constituents, and the business of the Committee on Claims of which he was chairman. Most letters relate to pensions and Civil War damages. Other papers include family correspondence, manuscript speeches, articles written for the Fayetteville (Tenn.) Observer on Biblical topics, and account books of domestic expenses and of the law firms of Bright and Bright and Bright and Sons.

Herbert Hutchinson Brimley Papers, 1939-1945.

Herbert Hutchinson Brimley was a naturalist, author, and, for more than fifty years, director of the North Carolina State Museum in Raleigh.

Richard L. Brindley Diary, 1861

Richard L. Brindley grew up on the family plantation in Wilmington, Del. Never married, he enlisted in the Union Army on 3 May 1861 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd Deleware Infantry Regiment. On 14 May 1861, he was promoted to first lieutenant and was promoted to captain on 15 March 1862. Brindley was killed in action on 27 June 1862 while leading a charge during the Battle of Gaines's Mill in Virginia and was posthumously promoted to the rank of major.

Brinson Family Deeds, 1780-1899.

The collection contains deeds and land transfer papers for land in Onslow County, N.C., owned in the 1860s and later by George Brinson (1815-1871) and his son John William Brinson (1848-1933). Also included are records copied from the Brinson family Bible.

British Commonplace Books, 1806-1860

The collection is three volumes of British commonplace books: one apparently belonging to Henry March, circa 1806, with poems written in two different hands, chiefly of Cowper and Southey, and a few poems clipped from newspapers; one from Bristol, circa 1807, with poems and bits of wisdom pasted on (80 pp.) and enclosures consisting of poems, memoranda, and a few letters; and one, circa 1859-1860, with meditations and comments on sermons and scripture. Enclosures to the 1807 volume include a letter of condolence, 24 April 1807, from J. P. Estlin(?) to Mrs. Milhouse in Bath; an undated letter from Mary Randolph to Susan Jacomb, containing personal news and inquiries; and a poetic tribute to the memory of Mrs. Bailey, the Amiable wife of James Baily Esq. of Bristol by B. H. D.

British Deeds and Legal Papers, 1589-1805

The collection consists of deeds and legal papers spanning from the reign of Elizabeth I to George III and including wills, marriage settlements, deeds, and leases, all on vellum.

British Public Records, circa 1600-1782.

The collection contains photostats, typed transcriptions, and microfilm copies of miscellaneous records from the British Public Record Office, arranged loosely into series as follows: records of cases in Chancery and the Star Chamber, 1600-circa 1630; port records of sailings, exports, imports, duties, etc., for forty British North American ports, 1768-1773; selected pages containing records, 1733-1770, relating to church silver supplied to North Carolina colonial governors Johnston, Dobbs, Tryon, and Martin; correspondence, 1758-1763, between North Carolina governor Arthur Dobbs (1689-1765) and the successive commanders of British forces in North America, including James Abercrombie, John Campbell, fourth Earl of Loudoun, and Jeffery Amherst (bound typescripts); fragment of a government account book, undated (18th century, 10 pages); account of the Gross Produce of the Stamp Duties for the year ending August 1, 1713; correspondence and reports, 1663-1782, of the royal governors of Carolina and North Carolina with various departments of the British government, including land records and legislative journals (30 microfilm reels); disbursement records of the militia and loyalist refugees at Charleston, 1780-1782 (5 microfilm reels); and a list of the names of members of the Company of the Levant, circa 1606.

Britton and Moore Family Papers, 1782-1890

The collection contains financial and legal papers, and family correspondence (chiefly 1850-1889) of the Blodgett, Britton, and Moore families of Philadelphia, Pa., Northampton County, N.C., and New Orleans, La. Included are correspondence and legal items relating to land transactions in Philadelphia, the Blodgett Claim to land in central Washington, D.C., and various family estates; letters about life in New Orleans and rice production in Louisiana, 1845-1860; letters regarding community affairs in Philadelphia and in Warrenton, Va., 1871-1890, and J. Blodgett Britton's work as an industrial chemist in the late nineteenth century; and account books of Cornelius Godwin Cotten Moore (died 1888), physician of Northampton County.

William Britton ledgers, 1815-1819, 1866-1872.

Four ledgers from Britton's Store, a general store that operated near present-day Roxobel, N.C., in the early 19th century. The ledgers provide detailed accounts and records of the customers, transactions, and merchandise at Britton's Store, 1815-1819. Two of the ledgers are day books, listing detailed information about the store's daily transactions. The other two ledgers are account books, listing each customer's purchases over a four-year period. The account book for 1815-1816 contains an alphabetical listing of customers with their corresponding account numbers. It was reused by an unknown business concern to record accounts 1866-1872.

Records of the Office of the President of the University of North Carolina (System): Molly Corbett Broad, 1991-2006 (bulk 1997-2006)

Molly Corbett Broad (1941- ) served as the president of the University of North Carolina System from 1997 to 2006. Records include correspondence, subject files, and other records related to the administration of the campuses of the University of North Carolina System. Acquired as part of University Archives.

Charles Wetmore Broadfoot Papers, 1774-1954.

Charles Wetmore Broadfoot was a Confederate officer, state legislator, 1870-1872, trustee of the University of North Carolina, and lawyer, of Fayetteville, N.C. He married Kate Huske, 1877.

Broadside Collection, 1962-1991

Agnes (Sis) Cunningham, musician and magazine publisher of New York, N.Y., founded Broadside, a magazine devoted to topical songs, with her husband, Gordon Friesen, in the early 1960s. They recorded and published many of the leading folksingers of the folk revival. The collection contains materials from the Broadside offices. Sound recordings include open reel tapes and audio cassettes, many of which were used to transcribe topical folk songs for publication in Broadside. Additional recordings include demo tapes, live concert performances, and interviews, which were sent to the Broadside offices by friends, folk singers, and subscribers. The work of numerous performers is included (many of the most significant are listed in the online catalog terms below). Documentation materials include a log of the Broadside tapes, correspondence, and tape notes. The Broadside tape log is a list of the tapes in their original order. Correspondence and tape notes consist of materials included in the original tape boxes. Correspondence includes personal letters to Cunningham and Friesen from friends and contributors. Tape notes contain track listings of songs, dates of performances, and names of performers.

Brock Family Papers, 1801-1904 (bulk 1840s-1880s)

The Brock Family Papers, 1801-1904, pertain to the Brock Family of Jones County, N.C., who were white farmers who owned land and enslaved people until the Civil War. Most of the papers are related to Benjamin Brock Sr. (1829-1905). The collection consists of accounting records, including receipts for goods, medical, and other services, chiefly procured in New Bern, N.C.; estate settlements; deeds; indentures; and bills of sale of enslaved people. Correspondence and other records document Brock's household purchases, farming habits, and how he educated his children. Of note is a cipher book. Reconstruction era and later records indicate that formerly enslaved people worked as hired hands and sharecroppers on Brock's properties. The Kinsey, Franks, and Koonce families are also documented.

Nace Brock Photographic Collection and Related Materials, circa 1869-1960s

The collection of white photographer, poet, and painter Ignatius "Nace" Watsworth Brock (1866-1966) of New Bern and Asheville, N.C., contains glass plate negatives and positives and black-and-white photographic prints from circa 1889 to 1934. These images depict the towns of New Bern and Asheville and the surrounding areas and individuals including African Americans, members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Nace Brock, members of his family, photographer Bayard Wootten, S. Westray Battle, Cornelia S. Vanderbilt, and Edith D. Vanderbilt. Related materials include correspondence between Brock and Bayard Wootten, poetry written by Brock, and printed items. Like many photographers, Brock devised a classification system to manage the thousands of images he made, and often created titles to accompany photographic prints made for sale or display. Some of these classifications or titles contain offensive and racist language.

John Grammar Brodnax Papers, 1827-1920 (bulk 1850s)

John Grammar Brodnax, physician and Confederate surgeon, was born in Dinwiddie County, Va. He practiced medicine in Petersburg, Va., and Rockingham County, N.C., where he also farmed. During the Civil War, Brodnax supervised several Confederate hospitals. The collection is chiefly family correspondence, 1827-1920, involving members of the Brodnax, Ruffin, Jones, Roulhac, Adams, Glenn, and related families of North Carolina and Virginia, and a few financial and legal items. Early items include several 1845 letters to Mary Brodnax, student at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., and one from North Carolina Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin in Raleigh to Robert Brodnax in Pittsylvania County, Va., about Mary's progress in school; and an 1849 letter to John Grammar Brodnax from relatives in Alabama about buying land there. Also included are letters, beginning in 1849, to John Grammar Brodnax from his uncle Thomas Withers, physician of Petersburg, Va., chiefly about family matters. Civil War era materials include letters and other items relating to Brodnax's army career, which he spent, for the most part, around Petersburg, Va. Included is a printed circular from the Confederate Surgeon General about administering smallpox vaccine. There are also several letters from Thomas Ruffin during this period that are chiefly about family affairs. Among the few items after 1865 is a 1908 letter from Nannie Roulhac about whether or not certain individuals had ever belonged to the Ku Klux Klan.

John Wilkes Brodnax Papers, 1801-1844; 1881-1927

John Wilkes Brodnax was a physician and professor at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Willis James Brogden Papers, 1890-1940.

Willis J. Brogden was an attorney in Durham, N.C., and associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Lila Markham Brogden was his wife.

Annie Laurie Harris Broidrick's A Recollection of Thirty Years Ago, 1893

The collection contains nostalgic recollections of plantation life just before the Civil War and an account of the war experiences and flight of the women and children of the Harris family from their Vicksburg, Miss., home.

Frederick George Bromberg Papers, 1738-1930

Lawyer, and U.S. Representative, 1873-1875, from Mobile, Ala.

Brooke Family Genealogy, 1943.

The collection is a typed genealogy of the English origins of the Brooke and Forester families from about 837 A.D., including a description of Bamborough Castle in Northumberland.

George Mercer Brooke Letters, 1819.

George Mercer Brooke (died 1851), native of Virginia, was an officer in the United States Army. The collection includes four letters from Colonel Brooke in Boston, Mass., May-July 1819, to Major Loring Austin, Cambridge, Mass., relating to Brooke's taking over Austin's army duties at Boston and arrangements for Austin's resignation due to ill health.

John M. Brooke Papers, 1859-1898.

John Mercer Brooke was a United States and Confederate naval officer, scientist, inventor, and professor at Virginia Military Institute.

Iveson L. Brookes Papers, 1785-1868

Iveson Lewis Brookes, teacher, Baptist minister, and planter, was born in Rockingham County, N.C. Brookes, a 1819 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., amassed, through marriage and purchase, considerable holdings of land and slaves in Jasper and Jones counties in Georgia and Edgefield County and other locations in South Carolina. He also worked in schools for much of his life (teacher at Greensboro Academy, Greensboro, N.C., 1819; rector of Eatonton Academy, Eatonton, Ga., 1820s; principal of Penfield Female Academy, Penfield, Ga., 1840s), employing overseers to manage his plantations while he taught and preached at various Baptist churches. He was also active in national and local Baptist affairs and was a staunch defender of slavery.

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Papers, 1955-1990

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Papers consist of personal and professional papers of Fred Brooks, documenting his career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the founding of the Computer Science Department. The collection includes grant proposals for the creation of the Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) and for Brooks' work on computer graphics. Also included are a manuscript of Brooks' book The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, speeches, and other writings, as well as audiovisual materials related to Brooks, including early video footage of microprocessors and audio recordings of talks and appearances by Brooks.

George A. Brooks Diary, 1862

The collection consists of a detailed diary, 1 January-6 August 1862, of Captain Brooks, 46th Pennsylvania Regiment, while he was serving in Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during General Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Brooks noted weather, his reading, camp life, plans and speculations, marches and movements, drills and inspections, news of Jackson's movements, his own paperwork, characteristics of areas he passed through, and events among soldiers. A few accounts and memoranda are included.

Gilbert Brooks radio broadcasts, 1958-1961

Audio recordings and related materials mostly containing radio programs, 1958-1961 and undated sponsored by the Haywood, Calif., chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Gilbert Brooks, an African American radio host and son of Buster Allen Brooks, who founded the Haywood chapter of the NAACP, hosts the majority of the radio programs, which are mostly concerned with the status of African Americans in the mid-20th century; civil rights, education, employment, and the history of the NAACP are among the topics discussed. Select recordings include interviews or commentary by C. L. Dellums, an African American labor activist who was part of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, as well as a speech by Franklin Williams, an African American lawyer and civil rights leader. Also included are several tapes containing recordings of NAACP meetings and other activities.

John Stanley Brooks Letters, 1861-1864.

MICROFILM ONLY. Civil War letters from Captain Brooks, 20th North Carolina Regiment at camps in North Carolina and Virginia, to his family in Brunswick County, N.C., describing his battle experiences in Virginia, and his and other officers' controversies with their brigade commander, General Alfred Iverson, over promotions.

Preston S. Brooks Letters, 1856.

Preston S. Brooks was a United States representative from South Carolina, 1853-1857.

William H. Broughton Letters and Other Materials, 1862-1865, 1935

William H. Broughton mustered into the Union Army on 4 August 1862 and was later made captain of Company D, 16th Maine Infantry Regiment. He was captured at Weldon Railroad, Va., circa August 1864, and mustered out on 5 June 1865.

Catherine Barbara Hopkins Broun Papers, 1861-1868

Diary of Catherine B. Broun, wife of Edwin Broun, describing events and conditions in the area near her home at Sunny Bank, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Va., during and after the Civil War. Mrs. Broun wrote detailed descriptions of life situated between the opposing armies, her dealing with soldiers from both sides, difficulties in obtaining supplies, family affairs, activities of Mosby's raiders, behavior of slaves and freedmen, her husband's imprisonment by the federal authorities, hardships suffered by her family and friends, and, after the war, the education of her children. Also included are copies of Broun family letters, 1861 (9 items), written from Confederate Army camps in Charleston, Va. [now W. Va.], and 1863 (3 items) from Washington, D.C., and Loudoun County.

John Peter Broun Papers, 1819-1939

John Peter Broun was a planter of Richland County, S.C., and Lowndes County, Ala. His wife was Abby Hinman Day Broun of New York, N.Y. Family correspondence of Broun, planter of Richland County, S.C., and Lowndes County, Ala., and of his wife, Abby Hinman Day Broun of New York, before and after the Civil War. Included are letters from Broun in New York to his children; letters from his granddaughter, Decca Coles Singleton (Mrs. Leroy) Halsey, on family history and recollections of her childhood; earlier correspondence on plantation life; and slave lists.

Nathaniel C. Browder Papers, 1930-1992

Nathaniel Clenroy Browder (10 February 1904-7 November 1984) was born in Hickory, N.C., the son of Caroline Elizabeth Deitz and Nathaniel Clenroy Browder. He received an A.B.Ed. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1930 and taught high school in North Carolina. He worked for the Federal Writers' Project in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1939-1940. He took a drafting course at North Carolina State College in 1940 and then worked for the State Highway Department. In 1943, he went to work for the Signal Corps in Arlington, Va., and stayed on with the National Security Agency until his retirement. Browder returned to North Carolina and wrote, edited, and published books relating to North Carolina history.

Brower Family Papers, 1865-1907.

The Brower family included John Morehead Brower (1845-1913), Republican United States representative, and Thomas M. Brower (fl. 1876-1877).

Brown Family Papers, 1841-1953

Joseph Brown was born in Columbus County, NC, on 9 July 1863. In 1890, he became interested in agriculture, and was chiefly responsible for the development of the strawberry-growing industry in North Carolina. Brown was elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1893 and served there until 1928. During his first term as senator, Brown met Minnie McIver; the couple was married on 9 June 1898. Joseph Brown died 26 June 1937. Minnie McIver, born 1 January 1874 in Moore County, NC, taught music at high schools in Henrietta and Whitehall, NC, until she married Joseph Brown. Minnie Brown was active in many organizations and clubs in Columbus County, NC, and as a result, she was appointed to the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare; she served in that position from 1925 to 1937. In 1925 she became a member of the consolidated University of North Carolina's Board of Trustees. Minnie Brown died on 21 January 1957.

Brown Lung Association Records, 1973-1983

The Brown Lung Association (BLA) Records consist chiefly records of the central office of the Brown Lung Association, as well as related organizations, including the Southern Institute for Occupational Health and the Brown Lung Legal Center. Records document the organizational, legal, and financial activities of these groups. Topics include special projects, fundraising, staffing, state legislation, workers' compensation, federal regulations, and research on brown lung disease. Also included are materials relating to byssinosis cases heard before the North Carolina Industrial Commission between 1977 and 1981. Frequent defendants in these cases are J. P. Stevens, Burlington Industries, Cone Mills, and Fieldcrest Mills. Also included are a set of volumes that provide information on the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the Asheboro and Greensboro BLA chapters, medical panels, North Carolina legislation, and the North Carolina Governor's Panel on Brown Lung; photographs of unidentified textile workers; and audiovisual materials related to BLA events and textile workers.

Alexander Haskell Brown Record Book, 1862.

Alexander Haskell Brown was a colonel in the Confederate Army, and a provost marshal of Charleston, S.C., during the Civil War.

Mrs. B. H. Brown Letters, 1767; 1827

The collection includes a letter, 12 December 1767, from John Wesley (1703-1791), London, to Dear Madam, concerning four women about whom the addressee may have heard some untruths; an anonymous letter, 23[?] April 1827, to John Randolph (1773-1833) concerning his duel with Henry Clay; and biographical sketches and steel engravings of Wesley and Randolph.

Bedford Brown Papers, 1779-1906.

Bedford Brown (1795 – 1870), was a white United States senator and state legislator from Caswell County, North Carolina; whose son, Livingston Brown, married Ann E. Clark. Papers include a letter, dated 12 May 1860, written by an enslaved individual to his Uncle Ned on a neighboring plantation and a bill of sale for Lucy, an enslaved woman. Also included are family letters dated 1836; political correspondence of Bedford Brown in 1860; and of Livingston Brown, 1866 – 1876; and Caswell County deeds and miscellaneous papers.

Bryant Council Brown Papers, 1924-1976

Bryant Council Brown was a student of Professor Horace Williams at the University of North Carolina. He went on to positions as secretary and legal counsel to the U.S. Congress's Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation and as counsel to the American Mutual Insurance Alliance, a private group of insurance companies. Correspondence, pictures, and other items of Bryant C. Brown. Correspondence deals with personal and social matters and includes a discussion of classes with Horace Williams and three letters from Williams. Other items include materials relating to Brown's work with the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, 1933-1957, and with the American Mutual Insurance Alliance, 1957-1964.

Campbell Brown Books, 1861-1863.

Campbell Brown was a Confederate Army officer. The collection includes negative photostats of Campbell Brown's reminiscences, written 1867-1870, of his service as a major in the Confederate Army, especially in Virginia, 1861-1863, and during the Gettysburg campaign. He was sometime on the staffs of generals J. E. Johnston and R. S. Ewell. The reminiscences include minute details and incidents of camp life and battles and information about and comments on the officers Brown associated with.

Charles Brown Collection, 1987-1999

Collection consists of audio recordings, including interviews, live concert recordings, radio broadcasts, studio master tapes; photographs; sheet music; newspaper clippings; correspondence; and promotional materials relating to African American rhythm and blues musician Charles Brown (1922-1999). Audio recordings include audiocassettes of live concerts and radio interviews, 2" studio multi-track tapes of the Charles Brown Trio recorded at Russian Hill in San Francisco, Calif., and DAT tapes of live gigs. Some of the interviews were conducted by Danny Caron, a white man who was Brown's guitarist and musical director from 1987 to 1999. Video recordings include digital video tapes and VHS tapes of concerts, including the Belgium Rhythm 'n' Blues Festival.

Donald E. Brown Collection on Country Music, 1997-2004

The collection of Donald E. Brown of Boonsboro, Md., contains research files, artist name files, newspaper clippings, magazine and journal articles, printed and published materials, correspondence, photographs, discographies, and other materials related to Brown's interests in country music artists, particularly Hank Williams, Sr., (1923-1953) and Elton Britt (1913-1972). Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Evelyn N. Brown Diaries, 1984-2009

Diaries of Evelyn N. Brown, a nurse who worked in various cities in Missouri. Diaries date between 1984 and 2009. Entries contain information on her day-to-day life, including the weather, errands ran, friends met, and some reflection. Also included is Brown's funeral program.

Frank Clyde Brown Collection, 1936-1971 (bulk 1936-1940)

The Frank Clyde Brown Collection consists of dubbed field recordings of ballads, banjo music, fiddle tunes, dance music, singing games, songs, and stories, recorded in various locations in North Carolina by folklorist, Duke University professor, and founding member of the North Carolina Folklore Society, Frank Clyde Brown. The audio recordings, 1936-1940 and undated, primarily feature Anglo American folk and old-time music from western North Carolina, including the counties of Avery, Buncombe, Caldwell, Cleveland, Iredell, Watauga, and Wilkes. The collection also contains corresponding documentation, including select tape logs created by SFC staff and a tape index created by Duke University graduate student, Charles Bond, in 1971.

Fred Brown Papers, 1940s-1990s

Fred Taylor Brown, Jr., served as an Army captain and colonel in the North Carolina Air Guard/U.S. Air Force. He earned a master's degree in public health administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 and established the Brendle Brothers Scholarship for Veterans (named after Fred's uncles) with his wife, Laura Brown. The collection contains three photographs, three corresponding name plates, and information about the Brendle Brothers Scholarship. The photographs are military portraits of Clell, Paul, and Jim Brendle.

Hamilton Brown Papers, 1752-1907

Three generations of a prominent family from Wilkes County, N.C., and Maury County, Tenn. Persons represented include John Brown (1738-1812), immigrant from Ulster, early landowner in western North Carolina and in Tennessee; his son, Hamilton (1786-1870), planter, businessman, sheriff, and militia officer of Wilkes County; Hamilton's sons Hugh Thomas Brown (1835-1861) and Hamilton Allen Brown (1837-1917); and Gordon, Gwyn, Finley, Lenoir, and McDowell relatives, including James Byron Gordon (1822-1864), Confederate general.

Individual Record of J. Smith Brown, Colonel, 126th New York Volunteers, August 1864.

J. Smith Brown (born 1835) of Yates County, N.Y., was an officer in the 1st United States Sharpshooters and the 126th New York Regiment. The collection includes a handwritten statement by Brown giving an autobiographical sketch and detailed narrative of his Civil War service to 1864 as an officer of the 1st United States Sharpshooters in Virginia, and a description of the service of his brother, Captain Morris Brown Junior (1842-1864) in the 126th New York Regiment.

Jane D. Brown Papers, circa 1990-2010

Publications and presentations relating to UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication faculty member Jane D. Brown's research on adolescent exposure to mass media portrayals of sex, violence, and drugs and alcohol; materials relating to her term, 1994-1997, as Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill; photographs, circa 1990s, of Jane D. Brown with members of the Faculty Council, students, and UNC-Chapel Hill administrators; annotated lectures and talks; and biographical materials.

John H. Brown Diary, 1862-1865

John H. Brown of Marblehead, Mass., served in the 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

John Judson Brown Papers, 1912-1927.

John Judson Brown (1865-1953) was the Georgia state commissioner of agriculture, 1917-1927. The collection includes papers of Brown and of his son, Walter J. Brown, relating chiefly to the duties and activities of John Judson Brown as commissioner of agriculture. Topics include state regulation of dairying; inspection and analysis of foodstuffs, cotton seed meal, oil, fertilizer, and peanuts; statistics on acreage of flax, tobacco, cotton, and peanuts; food production and crop reports; labor shortage; diversification; combatting the boll weevil; work of county agricultural agents; corn and canning clubs; cotton ginners' cooperative associations; use of fertilizer in the southern states; and the campaign for the economic development of middle Georgia, 1923. The collection also includes papers of Brown's predecessor, James D. Price, and papers pertaining to the election campaign of 1926 in which Brown was defeated by Eugene Talmadge.

John L. Brown Papers, 1862-1866.

John L. Brown (b. 1829) was a Charlotte, N.C., merchant and state legislator.

John W. Brown Diary, 1821-1822; 1852-1865

Microfilm of typescript. Native of Tennessee who migrated to Arkansas; lawyer, landowner, insurance company executive, and planter. The diary, which contains daily entries of various lengths, covers the period of September 1821-March 1822, with a summary for the remainder of 1822, and the period July 1852-July 1865. The 1821-1822 entries deal chiefly with Brown's residence in Louisville, Ky., and his study of law with John Rowan of that place. They tell of his trip from home in Tennessee to Louisville, his course of study, his daily activities, and his trip home by steamboat. The diary ends with a summary for the remainder of 1822, chiefly discussing his settlement in Memphis, Tenn., where he practiced law. Interspersed in the diary are copies of letters to friends and relatives telling of his activities in Louisville, and several compositions. The diary for 1852-1865 contains a record of Brown's daily activities connected with farming, legal business, payment and collection of debts, purchases of supplies for the family, and work with an insurance company in Camden, Ark. It gives a full account of occurrences in the family circle, including illnesses, marriages, births, deaths, schooling, and participation in community activities. Brown discussed the weather frequently and noted its effect on the crops and on the river, which was the chief means of communication with the markets where crops were sold and supplies purchased. Also, he recorded names of books he read, his views on religion, and his political views as a Whig and later a member of the American Party. He was strongly opposed to secession and the diary contains many criticisms of the civil and military policies of the Confederacy throughout the Civil War. The entries for 1861-1865 indicate that he continued his legal and business activities until June 1864, when he accepted a position as funding agent for the Treasurer of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate Army. Brown wrote much about monetary inflation, the difficulty of getting enough food and clothing, and the thefts and destruction by soldiers of both armies who were stationed in the vicinity of Camden. The last entries of the diary record the break-up of the Confederate armies in Arkansas, the arrival of Federal troops, and the beginning of Reconstruction.

John Brown Letter, 29 November 1859.

The collection consists of a facsimile of a letter to Mrs. George Stevens, of Boston, Mass., from abolitionist John Brown, written while he was in prison in Chestertown, Va., anticipating his execution.

Joseph E. Brown Papers, 1858-1930.

Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) was the governor of Georgia between 1857 and 1865 and a United States senator from 1880 to 1891.

Larry Brown Drafts of Joe: A Novel, 1991

Larry Brown was born in 1951 in Oxford, Miss. He briefly attended the University of Mississippi, but did not graduate. Brown served in the United States Marine Corps, 1970-1972, then worked as a firefighter for the Oxford Fire Department, 1973-1990. While a firefighter, Brown began to write fiction. His first book was Facing the Music (1988), a collection of short stories, and his first novel was Dirty Work (1989). Other novels include Big Bad Love (1990), Joe: A Novel (1991), Father and Son (1996), and Fay (2000). He twice won the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Brown died in Oxford in 2004.

Major Brown and Leona Brown Papers, 1961-1985

The papers of African American coal miner Major Brown and his spouse Leona Brown are chiefly financial items reflecting their household expenses and income from the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s in Lynch, Ky., a United States Steel Corporation company town in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. Bills, receipts, cashed checks, and account balances for utilities, department and specialty stores, medical care, and life insurance form the bulk of the collection. Other materials include employment and pension documents, property records including taxes paid on their home in Lynch, documents related to the Lynch Independent Public Schools, funeral programs and death notices, and vital records for the birth of one of their children, social insurance, and the 1920 census. The collection contains only two letters, both from former Lynch residents, one post card, and a few greeting cards.

Moses Brown Papers, 1791-1797

Letters, bills, and receipts, 1791-1797, sent to Moses Brown, merchant of Newburyport, Mass., from various shipping firms and commission agents in Wilmington, N.C. Included are papers relating to the shipping and sale of sugar, molasses, beef, and other items, and to the arrival and departure of vessels, including frequent reference to the Brig Polly, which was apparently owned by Brown, and its captain, Sam Chandler.

Paul Brown Collection, 1950-1999

A musician on banjo, piano, guitar, and fiddle since childhood, Paul Brown spent years collecting and documenting traditional music in southwestern Virginia and northwest North Carolina. He worked in journalism and radio, especially for National Public Radio where, from 2001 to 2003, he was executive producer for weekend programming. He also served in several capacities as producer of NPR's Talk of the Nation and Morning Edition.

Robert V. N. Brown Papers, 1958-1999

Robert V. N. Brown (1933-2006) was born in Belle Harbor, N.Y., and grew up in the Bronx, N.Y. In 1958, Brown moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., to study southern history at the University of North Carolina. In 1961, Brown began publishing the literary magazine Reflections from Chapel Hill. In 1963-1964, at the height of the local civil rights movement, Brown published The Chapel Hill Conscience, a newsletter of the Committee for Open Business. His role in the Chapel Hill civil rights movement is chronicled in John Ehle's book The Free Men (1965). In 1966, Brown, along with writer Leon Rooke, began publishing the alternative newspaper The North Carolina Anvil, which ran until 1983, when Brown retired from publishing. Brown also operated a job printing studio called Buffalo Printing during the 1970s and 1980s to support his other activities. He died on 5 February 2006 in Hillsborough, N.C.

Roy M. Brown Papers, 1924-1956

Roy M. (Roy Melton) Brown held various administrative positions in North Carolina state public welfare agencies, 1921-1934, and was director of the Division of Public Welfare and Social Work (now the School of Social Work), University of North Carolina, 1936-1945.

Sara Martin Brown Papers 1895, 1924-1979

Sara Martin Brown of Liberty County, Ga., was married to Roberts H. Brown, a lawyer who served as speaker of the Alabama House of State Representatives, 1951-1953. Sara Brown's mother was Corrie McDowell Martin, and her sister, Mary Louise Perkins, was an artist who died in a plane crash on 3 June 1962 at the end of a European tour sponsored by the Atlanta Art Association. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and other items, 1895-1979, relating to Sara Martin Brown and to members of the Martin, Perkins, and Brown families of Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. The largest concentration of correspondence is to and from Sara Martin in 1935 during her engagement to Roberts H. Brown. These letters document their daily lives, wedding plans, family affairs, and education. Scattered family correspondence includes letters discussing military life in World War II, business endeavors, education, health, social engagements, and travel; 1924 letters from Roberts H. Brown's family to him at Culver Military Academy; and 1962 postcards from Mary Louise Perkins describing her experiences on the Atlanta Art Association's European tour. Newspaper clippings include accounts of Mary Louise Perkins's death and the civic activities of other family members. There are also a few photographs of Sara Martin Brown and Roberts H. Brown.

Tarleton Brown Memoir (#5063-z) undated

Tarleton Brown was born in 1757 and moved with his family to South Carolina in 1769. During the Revolutionary War, Brown enlisted as a private; he was eventually promoted to captain. After the war, he was active in public service and politics. He later moved to Boiling Springs, S.C., where he built several mills. The collection consists of an undated 20-page typed transcription of a microfilm copy of the 1862 publication of Tarleton Brown's memoir of the Revolutionary War, which he wrote sometime before his death in 1845. Brown began by describing the South Carolina countryside before the Revolutionary War, when it was a frontier society and still being settled. The bulk of his memoir relates to his experiences in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1780, when he fought under such commanders as William Harden, Francis Marion, and Andrew Pickens. Brown discussed his participation in the First Siege of Savannah, the Battle of Monk's Corner, and the Siege of Augusta, as well as his work as an army scout in both South Carolina and Georgia. The memoir also describes the relationship between Tories and Whigs in South Carolina. Included is a brief synopsis of his life after the war.

Upward, undated

Weldon A. Brown is a historian of Blacksburg, Va.

Martin Browne Papers, 1770-1830 and undated

A native of Leeds, York County, England, Martin Browne worked in the early 1770s as a merchant's clerk in Leeds, and later became a haberdasher in London. Between 1778 and 1789, he immigrated to Virginia and opened a tavern in Frederick County outside Winchester, Va. Browne also farmed; speculated in the flour trade between the Shenandoah Valley and Alexandria and Fredericksburg, Va.; and traded in cloth. His wife Molly was a weaver and also helped run the tavern until its close around 1805.

Mary Catherine Boyd Browne Papers, 1738-1873.

The collection contains Craven County, N.C., deeds, receipts, and miscellany, 1738-1821, and a letter, 8 November 1873, from W. E. Roberts of New Bern, N.C., to Mary S. Shepard that were collected by Mary Catherine Boyd Browne.

Richard Horace Browne Papers, 1852-1873.

Richard Horace Browne was born in Southampton County, Va., in 1830. He graduated from Jefferson College (later Washington and Jefferson College) in 1851. In 1853, he moved to New Orleans, La., to attend the University of Louisiana Law School. After graduating, he remained in New Orleans and practiced law, primarily in United States courts. In March 1862, he joined the Louisiana Guard Artillery (Confederate Guards Response Battalion) commanded by Major Franklin H. Clack. He later served in the Army of Tennessee. After the war, he returned to New Orleans and continued working as a lawyer.

Howard Browning Papers, 1888-1901

Howard Browning was a resident of Littleton, N C., and owned a general merchandise and cotton merchant business. He was the executor for the will of S. L. Barrell and, subsequently, the guardian of J. M. Barrell.

Brownrigg Family Papers, 1736-1986

The Brownrigg family of Wicklow County, Ireland; Chowan, Pasquotank, and Hertford counties, N.C.; and Mississippi included Richard Brownrigg (d. 1771) of Ireland; brothers John and Thomas Brownrigg; Thomas's wife, Ruth; their son, Gen. Richard Thomas Brownrigg (b. 1793); and their daughter, Elizabeth Brownrigg, who married the Hon. John L. Bailey.

George Wolfe Bruce Papers, 1853-1854

George Wolfe Bruce of New York was the son of George Bruce, co-founder and co-owner of Bruce Type Foundry, New York, and the brother of David Wolfe Bruce, Matilda Bruce, and Catherine Bruce.

Anne Barbour Bruin Papers, 1862-1910.

The collection contains three apparently unrelated letters, 1862-1865, from Confederate soldiers in federal prisons at Point Lookout, Md., Elmira, N.Y., and Fort Warren, Boston, Mass., to their friends in Alexandria, Va.; a provost marshal's pass, 1862; and a scrapbook, kept by a grandmother of Anne B. Bruin (otherwise unidentified), containing newspaper clippings about the Confederacy as well as poetry, religious articles, and some articles on historic Virginia and the South, mostly dating from the 1880s and 1890s.

Simpson and Brumby Family Papers, 1847-1945

Sarah Catherine Brumby Simpson (1840-1915), daughter of John Greening Brumby (fl. 1830-1871) and Catherine Sarah Remley Brumby (d. 1863) of Benton and Goodman, Miss., is the central figure in these papers. Sarah had at least five brothers: Arnoldus (1832-1892), Robert E. (1834-1864), John Greening (1838-1863?), James R. (b. 1846), and Thomas Micajah (b. 1852); and three sisters: Virginia Carolina (1836-1915), who married a Mr. Wellons; Mary E. or Mollie (1844-1907), who married Augustus Vaughan; and Emily (b. 1848). In 1858, Sarah married Richard Simpson (d. 1871) of Covington, La., and Goodman, Miss. A businessman, Simpson traveled frequently througout Louisiana and Texas. Together they had four children.

Brumby and Smith Family Papers, 1833-1929

The collection includes miscellaneous items of Laura Margaret Cole (Mrs. James R.) Smith (b. 1806) of South Carolina; her daughter, Laura Smith Brumby (fl. 1866- 1885); and her son-in-law, James R. Brumby (b. 1846). Included are a diary, 1833-1834, of Laura Margaret Cole Smith, with entries discussing courting, death and dying, and the nullification crisis of 1832, and her reminiscences, written as epsitolary fiction, recounting her childhood and daily life. Also included is a diary, 1884-1885, of Laura Brumby, describing a wagon trip from Thomasville, Ga., to Clearwater and Tampa, Fla.; and reminiscences, written in 1929, of James R. Brumby, a native of Holmes and Yazoo counties, Miss., Confederate soldier who served with the 7th Georgia Cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia, and chair manufacturer of Marietta, Ga., in which he detailed family history, including his experiences during the Civil War and Brumby family activities in the furniture business.

Ann Eliza Brumby Letter, 3 April 1858.

Ann Eliza Brumby was the daughter of Richard Trapier Brumby (1804-1875), a geologist from South Carolina. She attended school at Tuskegee, Ala.

Jane Jackson Brunner Papers (#4967-z) 1828-1862, 1993.

Jane H. Jackson was born in Patterson, N.J., in 1829. She married Burroughs P. Brunner on 23 August 1854, and the couple subsequently moved to Charleston, S.C. Brunner appears to have died after a brief illness in October 1862. The papers of Jane Jackson Brunner include several poems, genealogical records, and a letter, all apparently written by Brunner. Also included are a plan for her tombstone; several news clippings relating to marriages and deaths in the Brunner and Kingsland families; two photographs, one of a portrait of Jane Jackson Brunner and the other of Brunner's house in Charleston, S.C.; a certificate of marriage that appears to relate to Brunner's sister, Kate A. Jackson, and another relating to Brunner's father, Joseph Jackson; and an exchange of letters in 1993 between Carol Melton and Elizabeth Bennoitt about the details of Brunner's life.

Bryan and Leventhorpe Family Papers, 1797-1940

Represented are members of the related Bryan, Leventhorpe, Davenport, and Avery families, including Edmund (1791-1874) and Ursilla (Hampton) Bryan of Rutherfordton, N.C.; their daughters, Ann Eliza (Bryan) Mills and Louise (Bryan) Leventhorpe; Louise's husband, Collett Leventhorpe (1815-1899), an English-born officer in the Confederate Army; and their descendants, including members of the Hampton family of Henry County, Tenn., and the Avery family of North Carolina.

Bryan and Minor Family Papers, 1807-1918; circa 1930s

Bryan and Minor families of Georgia and Virginia, descendants of Jonathan Bryan.

Bryan Family Papers, 1704-1940

Bryan and related Blount, Donnell, Shepard, Spaight, and Washington families of New Bern, N.C., and vicinity. Prominent family members included John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870), congressman and lawyer of New Bern and Raleigh, N.C.; his brother, James West Bryan (1805-1864), lawyer of New Bern; James W. Bryan's son, James Augustus Washington Bryan (1839-1923), Confederate ordnance officer and bank and railroad president, of New Bern; and James A. Bryan's son, Charles Shepard Bryan (1865-1956), businessman of New York and Asheville, N.C.

Clement Bryan Papers, 1767-1855.

The collection contains grants, deeds, indentures, and land surveys, 1767-1855, of Clement Bryan and Needham Bryan of Johnston County, N.C., bearing the signatures of Benjamin Williams, Richard Caswell, Alexander Martin, and others.

George W. Bryan Papers, 1857-1899.

George W. Bryan (fl. 1860-1880) was a planter and lawyer of Henry County and Worth County, Ga. He was married to Cornelia Stokes Bryan.

Mary Norcott Bryan Scrapbook, 1820-1921

The collection is a scrapbook of Mary Biddle Norcott Bryan, wife of Henry Ravenscroft Bryan (1835-1919), a New Bern, N.C., judge. Included are Mary Bryan's reminiscences (about 80 p.) of her family, her life before her marriage in 1860, her wedding trip to Alabama, her life in Raleigh, N.C., during the Civil War, and her life in New Bern, N.C., after the war. Also included are newspaper clippings about family members; letters, 1830s-1890s, between members of the Norcott, Biddle, and Bryan families; items pertaining to the legal and judicial career of Henry R. Bryan; and other items. Of particular interest are letters, 1853-1855, written by Henry R. Bryan while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; letters, 1857, from Henry R. Bryan in Paris to his sister and his brother, describing his visits to England and Switzerland; and letters from Mary B. N. Bryan to her mother, describing her wedding trip to the southwest, especially to Mobile, Ala.

Shepard Bryan Papers, 1884, 1909-1945.

Shepard Bryan was a lawyer and judge, of Atlanta, Ga., and graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1891. The papers are chiefly letters, 1909-1945, from William Watkins Davies (1868-1945), also a lawyer (in Georgia and later, Kentucky) and University of North Carolina graduate, to Shepard Bryan. Beginning in 1941 there are also carbon copies of Bryan's letters to Davies. The correspondence is concerned with reminiscences of the University of North Carolina, life in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Hillsborough, N.C., anecdotes from the past, and news and memories of friends; current affairs, including comments on national and international events, political figures and trends, opinions, analyses, and predictions; books being swapped and read and discussed; and personal news of family, health, gardens, birds, travel, including Davies's trip around the world in 1928-1929, and other trips. Included in the correspondence are letters dealing with Davies's efforts to get his manuscript, Southborough, published; plans for the 50th reunion of the Class of 1891 at Chapel Hill; and many letters written during World War II about the war's progress, armchair strategy, and predictions. In addition to the letters of Davies and Bryan, there are scattered letters of: Robert W. Bingham, Arthur Lucas, Josephus Daniels, John M. Morehead, and Armand L. DeRosset. One folder contains articles and speeches by Davies.

V. S. Bryan Commonplace Books, 1826; 1829.

V. S. Bryan lived in Savannah, Ga.

William S. Bryan Papers, 1818-1879 (bulk 1848-1879).

William S. (William Shepard) Bryan (1827-1906), native of Raleigh, N.C., practiced law in Baltimore, Md.

H. E. C. Bryant Papers, 1737-1945.

Journalist in Charlotte, N.C., Missoula, Mont., and Washington, D.C.

Winifred Bryant World War II Photograph Album, circa 1943-1945

Winifred Bryant, a white woman who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943, compiled this photograph album while stationed at Camp Lejune and Cherry Point Marine bases in North Carolina between 1944 and 1945. The album begins with photographs of Bryant's first day in uniform followed by portrait images of fellow (women and men) Marines, many signed. Other photographs show Bryant and other women in a variety of uniforms including coveralls. They are also seen in convoy training, with a variety of jeeps and trucks, "cattle trucks" used to transport large groups of marines to training sites, working on engines, and a long chow line. Leisure and downtime are also photographed with images of bedtime with "mascots" (stuffed animals), on leave at the beach, and on a fishing trip. Also included are images of their barracks, including bunks and the laundry. North Carolina sites include Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point United States Marine Corps bases.

Buchanan and Screven Family Papers, 1801-1913

The collection includes a letter from John Screven to his son, John Screven Junior, 1801; record of a slave sale, 1858; letter to Mrs. Franklin Buchanan from James C. Palmer mentioning Admiral Buchanan's defeat by Farragut, 1864; two letters from Henry N. Marmaduke of the United States Navy Department Library enclosing sketches of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and Captain Catesby Jones, 1913; and three newspaper clippings on Admiral Buchanan.

Buchanan and McClellan Family Papers, 1816-1922.

Prominent members of the Buchanan family of Warren and Lincoln counties, Tenn., and McClellan family of Limestone County, Ala., included Andrew Buchanan (fl. 1820-1865), planter and merchant; his son, Felix Grundy Buchanan (d. circa 1910), Confederate soldier; Thomas Joyce McClellan (fl. 1836-1880), planter, Whig politician, and member of the Alabama Secession Convention of 1861; Thomas's son, William C. McClellan (d. 1869), Confederate soldier; William's son, Thomas Nicholas McClellan (1853-1906), Alabama state senator, 1880-1884, attorney general, 1884-1889, associate justice of the Alabama supreme court, 1889-1898, and Alabama chief justice, 1898-1906; and William's daughters, Matilda McClellan (fl. 1859-1914) and Kate McClellan Buchanan (fl. 1859-1917).

Annabel Morris Buchanan Papers, 1902-1972

Annabel Morris Buchanan, composer, author, folk music collector, and officer of the National Federation of Music Clubs.

Franklin Buchanan Books, 1829-1834 and 1862-1863.

Franklin Buchanan of Maryland was a United States Navy officer and later admiral in the Confederate States Navy.

Paul and Lafayette Buchanan Photographic Collection, circa 1920s-1930s

The collection of white photographers Paul Buchanan (1910-1987) and Allen Lafayette “Fate” Buchanan (1868-1951) contains 37 black-and-white photographic prints made from original negatives loaned to the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archive. The images depict unidentified individuals from North Carolina counties Mitchell, Yancey, Avery, and McDowell where the Buchanans worked between the 1920s and 1930s. Their photography was not stylized, and images appear spontaneous. Some images include dogs and horses.

William R. Buchanan Diary, 1864

William R. Buchanan of Philadelphia, Pa., served with Company A of the 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. During this time, his unit was posted in Atlanta, Ga., where he was company clerk, working on the books and muster rolls, and later marched across Georgia with General William T. Sherman into Savannah, Ga.

Mrs. William Buchanan Papers, 1834-1883.

The collection includes scattered family correspondence of the Haskew, Henderson, and Buchanan families of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, chiefly during the 1850s, discussing family and social life. Most letters were written from Memphis, Tenn.

Irving A. Buck Papers, 1860-1865; 1876; 1899; 1906

Irving A. Buck of Front Royal, Va., served in the Confederate Army.

Sally Buckner Papers, 1963-2004

The collection of North Carolina author, poet, and educator, Sally Buckner (1931-), contains correspondence, materials relating to Buckner's editorial work, writings, materials documenting teaching and other literary activities, and other items. Correspondence is primarily with writers--among them Betty Adcock, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ruth Moose, Sam Ragan, and Shelby Stephenson--but there are also letters from editors, educators, friends, and political figures. Editorial files relate to the anthologies Words and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (1995) and Our Words, Our Ways: Reading and Writing in North Carolina (1999). Also included are published and unpublished writings; teaching materials relating to creative writing courses for college, high school, and middle school students; materials documenting her work with the North Carolina Poetry Society, the International Poetry Festival, and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame; photographs of Buckner and her family; and other items.

Thomas B. Buell Papers (#4915) 1991-1998

Thomas B. Buell, a retired naval officer, is author of The Warrior Generals: Combat Leadership in the Civil War (1997); Master of Sea Power: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (1980); and The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1974). The collection contains drafts of Buell's book, The Warrior Generals: Combat Leadership in the Civil War; comments by Jim Abrahamson, Don Higginbotham, and Herman Wouk, and others on the book; research notes; and other items relating to the book. Also included is material relating to a two-act play, The Puritan and the Cavalier, by Buell, adapted in 1998 from The Warrior Generals.

Theodore Buerbaum Papers, 1753-1944.

The collection contains scattered miscellaneous papers, including a copy of a deed, 1753, to John and Naomi Lynn; a contract, 1833, between Thomas Barbee and the trustees of Unity Session School; a receipt, 1856; an obituary, 1909, of Johnston Murdock; articles relating to Lutheran churches in North Carolina; and two letters, 1943-1944, to Miss Bessie from Miriam B. Morgan of Raleigh, N.C., regarding genealogy.

Terry Buffington Papers, 1952-2014

Collection contains anthropological work of Terry Buffington (1947- ), a Black cultural anthropologist and social activist originally from West Point, Miss. Buffington's research focused on Black men from West Point, Miss., who came of age during the civil rights movement and were influenced by SNCC field organizers like Ralph Featherstone and Stokely Carmichael. In addition to tapes and transcripts of this work, the collection contains materials documenting life and work in Clay County, Miss., 1950s-1970s, materials from Buffington's late husband, John Buffington, and a scrapbook highlighting the Oxford-Afro Cultural Center, 1981-1983, with which Terry Buffington was heavily involved. Also included are photographs, printed materials, LPs, and a commemorative poster of a SNCC organizational chart.

Mrs. W. R. Buffington Collection, 1792-1864

Letters and papers are comprised of three parts: 1) papers relating to the Packwood and Harris families, which include genealogical records, a legal document relating to the division of William Packwood's estate in Connecticut, and two letters, 1864, from the Harris brothers, prisoners at Johnson's Island, to their wives; 2) papers relating to the Duffel, Seghers, and Steel families, including genealogical records, three issues, 1792-1793, of the Belgian Journal de la Societe des Amis de la Liberte et de L'Egalite, papers relating to the Duffel estate, and five Duffel family letters, 1814-1818, which speak of the burning of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, family news, army recruitment, speculations on new commercial ventures made possible by the war's conclusion, and detailed accounts, 1818, of the deaths of Edward Duffel's wife and John West Leonard; and 3) papers, 1832-1843, relating to the Claiborne family of Mississippi and Louisiana, including family gossip, discussions relating to marriage plans, and children's letters to their grandmother.

Munson Monroe Buford Papers, 1865-1968

Munson Monroe Buford was born in Union County, S.C. He was a Confederate soldier, enlisting in 1862 in Company K, 5th South Carolina Cavalry. He accompanied General Wade Hampton's chief of staff in delivering dispatches arranging for the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. After the war, Buford became a farmer, landowner, trial justice, and sheriff of Newberry County, S.C. In the 1870s, Buford participated in the activities of the Red Shirts, a Democratic Party movement. He was the only member of the Ku Klux Klan ever brought to trial from Newberry County, S.C., in the United States Court. This trial (1872) ended in a hung jury and a mistrial. He was a member of the United Confederate Veterans, the Masons, and the Knights of Pythias and advocated for pension increases and tax exemptions for Confederate veterans, including securing pensions for slaves who went to war with their masters.

Hardin, Bugg, and Hartridge Family Record Book, 1799-1906.

Microfilm copy of record book with lists of births, marriages, and deaths, 1799- 1906, of Hardin, Bugg, and Hartridge family members and some related families, chiefly of Georgia.

Henry Buinicky Letters, 1943-1944

Henry Buinicky was born in 1918 in Charleston, N.H. He enlisted in the United States Army on 3 September 1943 and was soon after stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., for artillery training. Following World War II, he married Priscilla Langdon in 1947. He died in 2002.

John Buinson Recording of Elbert Freeman and Nathaniel Ford, 8 April 1967

Live audio recording of Elbert Freeman (ca. 1910- ), African American fiddler from Georgia, and Nathaniel Ford (ca. 1910- ), African American guitarist from Georgia, performing blues and old-time music on fiddle and guitar. Recorded by John Buinson on 8 April 1967 in Monticello, Ga. The collection also contains supporting documentation prepared by former UNC library staff that includes a tracklisting and recording notes. Little is known about John Buinson and their connection to the open reel audio recording found in the collection. A note on the supporting documentation reads "obtained from John Buinson, North Georgia College."

Zbigniew Bujak Orange Revolution Photographs, November-December 2004

Zbigniew Bujak was born 29 November 1954, in Lopuszno, Poland. He was a labor organizer and Solidarity activist in the 1970s and 1980s. He contributed to and distributed the then illegal Solidarity publications and other underground literature and organized a variety of strikes and civil resistance actions. He was involved in the leadership of the Solidarity movement and participated in the Round Table Agreements alongside Lech Walesa, Adam Michnik and other opposition leaders. In 1986 he received the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Human Rights. Bujak was twice elected to the Polish Parliament in the 1990s and served as chief of the Main Tariffs Office in the government of Jerzy Buzek from 1999 to 2001. In 2011 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. The Orange Revolution was a series of peaceful protests against government corruption that took place in Ukraine between November 2004 and January 2005 in response to a contested presidential election between Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovich. The opposition accused the authorities of rigging the election in favor of Yanukovich as well as other corrupt practices. The result of the two-month long civil resistance campaign was the annulment of the original election results and a re-vote, in which Yushchenko emerged as the clear winner. The protests ended with Yushchenko's inauguration on 23 January 2005.

Bull Family Papers, 1705-1869.

The collection contains Berkeley and Colleton County, S.C., deeds and grants, 1705-1748, primarily relating to William and Mary Bull, Burnaby Bull, John Bull, John Wamsley, Elizabeth Peartree, and Thomas Elliot. Included are plats, 1869, from Beaufort County, S.C.

Edgar William and Clara Kale Bullard Papers (#4487) 1940s-2000s

Edward William Bullard was a chief petty officer at the Norfolk Navy Yard (now the Norfolk Naval Shipyard), Portsmouth, Va., and later a gunnery officer on various United States Navy ships during World War II. His wife, Clara Kale Bullard, lived in Belmont, N.C., during the War. The collection includes personal correspondence, 1942-1945, between Edgar William Bullard, on active duty with the United States Navy, first as a chief petty officer at the Norfolk Navy Yard and later as a gunnery officer on various ships during World War II, and Clara Kale Bullard at home in Belmont, N.C. More recent materials document the Bullards' post-war activities in North Carolina.

Bullitt Family Papers, 1772-1960

In part, microfilm. The majority of the collection is correspondence. Included are letters to Mildred Ann (Fry) Bullitt at Oxmoor Plantation, Louisville, Ky., from friends and relatives, and a few from Virginia, Missouri, Alabama, Ohio, New Mexico, and England. The letters relate principally to family and community news. Many of the Civil War-era letters are from Confederate prisoners of war. Other letters relate to Morgan's raid of July 1862 and efforts to get aid to Confederate prisoners. Most late 19th-century letters were written by Thomas Walker Bullitt to his wife while he travelled on business for his law firm. He wrote from New York, Canada, and London, among other places. Letters in the late 1890s and early 1900s are from James Bell Bullitt to his parents while he was a student at Washington and Lee University and in medical school at the University of Virginia. Letters for the period 1903-1920 are principally of James B. Bullitt and his family in Oxford, Miss., and Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was teaching in the medical schools. During World War I he was stationed at a military hospital in France and wrote of his daily life. Letters from the period 1920-1945 are from James B. Bullitt's sister, Agatha Bullitt Grabisch, from Berlin, Germany, where she was a journalist and teacher. She wrote about economic and political conditions as well as about visitors and family affairs. Volumes include three diaries, 1857-1864, of T. W. Bullitt during his time as a student at Centre College, Danville, Ky.; while studying law in Philadelphia; and during the Civil War. John Bell Bullitt's diary, 1928-1929, describes his travels in western Europe. Materials on microfilm are items from the genealogical files of William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957). Families represented include the Bullitts, Christians, Logans, and Frys.

Bulloch Family Papers, 1784-1929

Prominent family members included William Bellinger Bulloch (1777-1852) of Georgia, mayor of Savannah, U.S. District Attorney, solicitor general of the state, collector of customs, state legislator, U.S. senator in 1813 (appointed), and founder and president of the State Bank of Georgia, 1816-1843; his daughter, Laura, who married Joseph Lorenzo Locke (d. 1864), an officer in the United States Army from 1828 to 1836 and a major in the Confederate Army and Chief Commissary of the state of Georgia; and Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch (b. 1852), a physician and genealogist, of Georgia and Washington, D.C.

James Dunwody Bulloch Letters, 1849.

James Dunwody Bulloch (1823-1901) was a United States Navy officer and later a Confederate naval agent. The collection includes letters, 11 July and 30 October 1849, from Bulloch to his friends Thomas Holdup Stevens (1819-1896) and Anna Maria Christie Stevens of Pennsylvania, discussing Bulloch's recent trip from Pennsylvania to his home at Roswell, Ga., United States Navy activities, and other matters.

Bullock and Evans Family Papers, 1832-1959.

The collection of the white Bullock and Evans families of Vance County, N.C., and Granville County, N.C., contain late nineteenth and early twentieth-century women's journals kept by Sarah Cobb Bullock, Lillian Bullock, and Mary E. Bullock; Lillian Bullock's 1917 photograph album with images of Watts School of Nursing in Durham, N.C., and the Sarah Elizabeth Hospital in Henderson, N.C.; an 1860s autograph book of Richard A. Bullock from his student days at the University of North Carolina shortly before the Civil War; day planners of David Pirie Evans related to the construction and maintenance of the Kerr Lake Recreation Area in North Carolina in the early 1950s; genealogical and family history information; and materials related to the University of North Carolina.

Bullock and Hamilton Family Papers, 1757-1971

The collection documents the white Bullock, Hamilton, Coleman, Tarry, and Watkins families of Granville (now Vance) County, N.C., Mecklenburg County, Va., and Lowndes County, Miss., as well as people who were enslaved by them; Sally Fain, "a free woman of colour"; and Claiborn Littlejohn, a free Black person of New Orleans, La. Bullock family material consists of correspondence; financial and legal papers, including receipts and wills that document enslaved people and how they were trafficked; genealogical information; printed material; manuscript volumes of general store accounts; and some diary entries for the Bullock family of Granville County, N.C., especially William Bullock (1776-1829) and his son John Bullock (1799-1866). Early twentieth-century letters are chiefly to Mary E. Bullock from family members in Henderson, Williamsboro, Montpelier, and Nutbush, N.C. Materials of members of the Hamilton and related families concern Charles Eaton Hamilton, a plantation owner of Granville County, N.C., and Lowndes County, Miss.; people enslaved by him; and the families of his wives, Jane Coleman (d. 1850) and Sally Tarry Watkins, both of Mecklenburg County, Va. Correspondence concerns the trafficking of enslaved people and cases of self-emancipation by enslaved people; family and neighborhood news; courtship, child raising and the role of women as wives and mothers; the management of the family's plantations, including references to Indigenous people harvesting cotton in Mississippi; crop and land sales; Episcopal Church matters; the Civil War; and descriptions of life in Mobile, Ala., after the Civil War. There are also a few financial and legal papers, including a list of enslaved people with name, age, and in some cases familial relationships and occupational information, and a record book detailing plantation expenses in Mississippi, as well as other miscellaneous financial and legal documents belonging to unknown individuals.

C. Seymour Bullock Letters, 1823-1889.

The collection contains letters to and from Jefferson Davis, including an 1856 invitation from A. T. Bledsoe to Jefferson Davis to an evening party; a typescript copy of a letter, June 1823, from Sam Davis to his son Jefferson concerning family and personal news; and typescript and photostatic copies of a letter from Jefferson Davis to Major Walker Taylor in 1889, denying the rumor that he had intended to capture or assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Also included are photostatic copies of other items, including a bill, 1854, from Oak Hill Cemetery for burial expenses for Jefferson Davis' son; a letter, 20 March 1862, from S. Mullens, secretary of the Navy, Confederate States of America, to Jefferson Davis regarding the battle of the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimac); a letter, 27 February 1865, from Mrs. M. E. Trotter and Miss E. P. Buel, to Jefferson Davis, offering their services, perhaps as spies, to the Confederacy; and a letter, 18 December 1878, from Jefferson Davis to C. E. Hooker responding to inquiries about former personal belongings. Additional items include a typescript copy of a letter, 3 September 1883, from Jefferson Davis to Hancock Taylor, General Abe Buford, and R. H. Taylor, declining an invitation to appear at the dedication of a monument to Zachary Taylor; and a printed reproduction of a portrait of Stonewall Jackson, with a photostatic copy of an explanation from the artist, J. R. Graham.

Edward Courtney Bullock Letter, 26 October 1860

Alabama lawyer, legislator, and secessionist, whose father came south from Rhode Island.

Frank W. Bullock Papers, 1982-2006

The Frank W. Bullock Papers, 1982-2006, consist of legal documents and notes for civil and criminal cases Judge Bullock presided over in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and opinions he wrote when he sat by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Topics include free speech, antitrust, environment, class action lawsuits, product liability matters, aviation disasters, federal securities law litigation, discrimination in employment and education, patent and trademark disputes, civil rights, campaign finance, and attorney's fees, among others. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.

Bumpass Family Papers, 1838-1972

The collection includes diaries, scattered correspondence, and writings of a family of Methodist ministers and editors of church publications of North Carolina. Among other volumes are the diary, 1838-1844, and autobiography, 1842, of Sidney D. Bumpass (1808-1851), while a minister and editor at various places in North Carolina, and the diary, 1842-1854, of his wife, Frances Moore Webb Bumpass (1819-1898), editor and publisher of the "Weekly Message" of Greensboro, N.C., 1851-1871, and officer in the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. There is very little information about Frances's editing or missionary activities. Also among the volumes are the intermittent diary, 1874-1899, of Sidney and Frances's son, Robah Fidus Bumpass (1850-1933), who was a Methodist minister in the North Carolina Conference for 54 years, and a diary of Robah's 1906 trip to Europe and the Middle East. In addition, there are scattered letters, including one from 1847 about a service Sidney Bumpass led that was attended by Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker; poems by family members; and stories by Robah Fidus Bumpass. There are also four scrapbooks, chiefly containing 20th-century clippings on church and world affairs, and material collected by Paul F. Bumpass about racial violence in Tennessee in 1946 when he was the district attorney responsible for investigating and prosecuting the cases.

Goelet and Buncombe Family Papers, 1712-1932.

The Buncombe family, Goelet family, Rogers family, and Smith family lived in North Carolina, Alabama, and Louisiana, dating from the colonial period to the 20th century.

Chang and Eng Bunker Papers, 1832-1874, 1933-1967, 1998

Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins, married sisters Sarah and Adelaide Yates in 1843 and established homes and families in Wilkes County and later Surry County, N.C. The collection includes correspondence, bills, and receipts, including slave bills of sale, of Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker relating to their North Carolina property, planting interests, family matters, and arrangements for exhibition tours. Also included are an account book, 1833-1839, showing income from public appearances and itinerary; clippings; photographs; articles about the twins by Worth B. Daniels and Jonathan Daniels and related material; and Joined at Birth, a 1998 videotape about the twins that was made by Advanced Medical Productions of Chapel Hill, N.C., for the Discovery Channel. The Addition of November 2011 is a ledger with entries presumably penned by Chang and Eng's business manager Charles Harris detailing the business-related and personal expenses of Chang and Eng during exhibition tours of Cuba, Europe, and the United States and for a period after they settled in North Carolina in 1839.

Christopher Wren Bunker Papers, 1863-1880s

Christopher Wren Bunker served in the Confederate Army in eastern Tennessee and western Virginia. He was captured 7 August 1864 and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio. The collection consists of seven letters, 1863-1864, from Christopher Wren Bunker serving in Tennessee and Virginia to his sister, and one letter, 12 October 1864, from Bunker in prison to his father, mother, brother, and sisters. The letters describe the weather and conditions in the army and give news of friends. The letter from prison discloses that Bunker had been captured and had been ill with smallpox at Camp Chase. The collection also contains an account book, 1880s, documenting personal and farm financial records of Christopher Wren Bunker.

Benjamin Hickman Bunn Papers, 1845-2010 (bulk 1880-1900)

Papers of white lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, congressman, and Democratic Party politician, Benjamin Hickman Bunn (1844-1907) include political correspondence, legal documents, financial materials, and some items related to the Bunn family of Nash County, N.C. Political correspondence chiefly concerns congressional elections and North Carolina Democratic Party conventions in the 1880s and 1890s and contains frequent references to the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance. Other political materials are speeches, petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly and to U.S. Representative Bunn who represented North Carolina's fourth congressional district. Slight family correspondence is primarily with Bunn's daughters. Legal documents include deeds, indentures, contracts, a will, and court documents, such as summons for relief, depositions, reports of referees, and criminal and civil case dockets. Of note are court documents for Hilliard v. Rowland which originated in Nash County, N.C., and was heard by the State Supreme Court of North Carolina in 1873. Financial materials are chiefly receipts and account balance sheets. Other items include an essay on "Bootlicking" (circa 1855) by Bunn's brother William, a University of North Carolina student, notebooks with remedies and pharmaceutical uses for various substances, certificates of membership to masonic temples, a wedding invitation, and a genealogical file compiled by descendants.

Maude Davis Bunn Papers, 1890-1998

Maude Davis Bunn was born in 1888 in Yadkin County, N.C. She attended Meredith College in Raleigh, where she met lawyer J. Wilbur Bunn. They married on 17 September 1913 and had five children. Maude Davis Bunn was active in community and political affairs, traveled widely, and wrote a column based on her experiences for the Raleigh Times.

Bunting Family Papers, 1845-1882.

The Bunting Family resided in Wilmington, N.C.

Brian Burch Collection, 1973

The Brian Burch Collection consists of silent Super 8mm motion picture films of the 1973 Ole Time Fiddler’s & Bluegrass Festival in Union Grove, N.C. Shot by roots music fan, Brian Burch, the Super 8mm home movie footage primarily depicts festival attendees, leisure activities, and performances by old-time and bluegrass musicians. The collection also includes an edited digital version of the films made by Brian and Gillen Burch.

Lillian Alexander Burch Collection, 1930

The collection of white student Lillian Alexander Burch contains black-and-white photographic prints and color photographic postcards from her 1930 study travel tour of the United States with the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina. Prints and postcards are mounted in an album with handwritten captions by Burch. The images depict popular tourist sites on the west coast of the United States, other tour participants, and camp scenes. Photographs taken at the Hal Roach Studio in California include images of comedic actors Oliver Hardy and Charley Chase. Other materials include loose photographs, pamphlets, ephemera, and a handwritten poem titled “Wyoming.”

Leonard M. Burford Papers, 1837-1868

Leonard M. Burford was a cotton planter of Lowndes County, Ala.

Burgess and Hunter Letter, circa 1810-1822.

Burgess and Hunter was a Raleigh, N.C., firm of physicians and druggists. Albridgeton S. H. Burgess practiced medicine in Raleigh circa 1810-1822.

Emsley Burgess and Thomas H. Hunt Papers, 1845-1866, 1996-1997

Emsley Burgess lived in Franklinville, Randolph County, N.C. His wife was Nancy Caviness. Burgess was buried in the Franklinville Methodist Cemetery. Tinsmith Thomas T. Hunt was born in Guilford County, N.C. He married Nancy Dougherty Stockton in 1822. The Hunts were Quakers, who had a large family and, by 1849, a small tract of land in Franklinville. The collection includes four items that relate to Emsley Burgess and his family and a diary, with entries 1845-1847, that was most likely written by Quaker tinsmith and farmer Thomas T. Hunt, while he and his family lived in Guilford County, N.C. The Emsley papers are two Randolph County, N.C., deeds of land, 24 December 1846 and 29 March 1849, to Burgess; a 25 April 1850 letter from J. A. Leach of Trinity College to William Burgess asking William to work for him in Thomasville during the summer; and a 27 May 1866 letter from B. C. Burgess in Westfield, Indiana, to his father, Emsley Burgess, about wages and job prospects in Indiana. The diary details farm and mechanical work, activities of family members, visits from neighbors, deaths, health, and attendance at Friends meetings in North Carolina. It ends just before the Hunts moved from Guilford County to Randolph County. Also included is a photocopy of Diary of a Tinsmith by L. W. Cates, which appeared in the Randolph County, N.C., Genealogical Journal (Fall 1996 and Spring 1997). The article argues for Thomas T. Hunt as author of the diary and provides a transcript of it.

Lucy D. Burgess scrapbooks, 1940-1944

Lucy D. Burgess taught English in schools in Gatesville, Gates County, N.C., and South Mills, Camden County, N.C., in the 1940s. She also wrote poetry, plays, and stories, and supplied newspapers with feature and local news articles. Her husband Fred Ross Burgess was principal of Gatesville High School, 1940-1941, and of South Mills High School, 1942- 1944. Their two sons were Fred Ross, Jr., and Colburn Randolph Burgess.

Joseph Benjamin Burgin Civil War Account Book, 1862

Joseph Benjamin Burgin (1835-1913) of Burke County, N.C., served in the Civil War in the 22nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company K, from 1861 until 1863, during which time he was promoted to Sergeant and then 2nd Lieutenant. After the Civil War, Burgin worked for the Western North Carolina Railroad and lived near Old Fort, N.C. Burgin married Margaret E. Burgin in 1859. They had four children.

Peter Burgis Collection, 1991-1992

The Peter Burgis Collection consists of an audio recording of a presentation given by sound recording collector and former chief Sound Archivist for the National Library of Australia, Peter Burgis. Burgis presented the paper, titled "John Edwards, A Salute to a Great Australian," at the Australasian Sound Recordings Association Conference, which was held at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in April 1991. On the recording Burgis discusses John Edwards (1932-1960) of Sydney, Australia, who was one of the first collectors of early American country music and a pioneering discographer of this music. An audiocassette recording of Burgis' presentation was sent to folklorist and former chair of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Daniel W. Patterson, at the request of Irene Edwards by Australian sound recording collector, David L. Crisp. Also included in the collection is a letter from David L. Crisp that was mailed with the audiocassette when it was sent to Patterson by Crisp in 1992.

Burgwyn Family Papers, 1787-1994

The Burgwyns, a white family of Northampton County, N.C., included such prominent family members as Henry King Burgwyn (1813-1877), planter, and his sons Henry King Burgwyn Jr. (1841-1863), a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a colonel in the 26th North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A.; William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn (1845-1913), who served in the 35th North Carolina Regiment, was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and Harvard Law School, and a lawyer in Baltimore, Md., and Henderson, N.C., where he also ran a bank; John Alveston Burgwyn (1850-1898), planter, merchant, and government official of Northampton County; and Thomas Williams Mason Long, husband of Maria Greenough Burgwyn Long and a North Carolina state senator and physician who was active in the field of public health. The collection includes miscellaneous papers of the Burgwyn family of Northampton County, N.C. The bulk of the papers, other than the volumes, are those of William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn of Henderson, N.C., chiefly in the 1880s, and consist of deeds, family letters, and papers pertaining to Henderson Female College. Volumes include a plantation diary, 1885-1889, and account books, 1880-1907, of John Alveston Burgwyn, and a record of cotton pickers' wages, 1919. Other items include copies of six colonial family letters from Wilmington, N.C.; a plantation account book and letters to the overseer from Henry King Burgwyn in Europe in 1851; letters from and diaries of Henry King Burgwyn Jr., as a Confederate officer, and a few of his other papers; and Maria Greenough Burgwyn Long's records of the Episcopal women's auxiliary at Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1915-1917. The Additions of 2005, 2006, and 2013 consist primarily of correspondence among various Burgwyn family members, including George Pollock Burgwyn, Anna Greenough Burgwyn, Margaret Ann Bynum Jordan Ridley, Thomas Ridley Burgwyn, Marian Greenough Burgwyn Long, and Frank Patterson Hunter Jr., 1850-1994, discussing family matters. There are also some Burgwyn family portraits, 1860s-1890s; papers concerning Thomas Williams Mason Long and his career in public health, 1908-1964; and photographs of Long's early twentieth-century mosquito eradication project in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

W.H.S. Burgwyn Papers, 1837-1974

William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn, lawyer, judge, and bank president, of Woodland, Northampton County, N.C. Among other activities, Burgwyn was president of the Farmers Bank of Woodland; superior court judge, 1937-1953; and member of the North Carolina legislature from 1917 through the mid- 1920s. He married Josephine Griffin of Woodland in 1911 and had four children: John Griffin; W. H. S. Jr.; Margaret E.; and Henry K.

William R. Burk Collection of Charles Dale Beers Papers, 1919-2006, 2017

Charles Dale Beers (1901-1976) was a protozoologist and professor of zoology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection contains Charles Dale Beers's lecture notes, illustrations, class schedules, and publications from his time at UNC and his time as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. Also included are research files on Beers and his wife Alma Holland Beers compiled by UNC-CH Botany Librarian William R. Burk containing correspondence with Beers's relatives, photographs, clippings, and other materials.

William R. Burk Collection on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Botany and Zoology Faculty, 1920-2015

William R. Burk, who is white, served as Botany Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1979 to 2009. Over the course of his career, he compiled these files on faculty in the departments of Botany and Zoology. He compiled the files intending to write a book on the contributions of faculty in the Department of Botany in the twentieth century. Instead, he wrote Putting Down Roots: Foundations of Botany at Carolina, 1792-1902 (BRIT Press, 2017), a history of the early teaching of botany at the University.

William R. Burk Collection of Alma Holland Beers Materials, 1930-2008

William R. Burk is the former head of the John N. Couch Biology Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His areas of research include the history of the Department of Botany at the University of North Carolina. Alma Holland Beers was the first woman research assistant in the Department of Botany at the University of North Carolina. From 1926 to 1944 she taught courses in general botany, classification and morphology of ferns, and the history of botany. Beers collaborated on two books with Department of Botany Chairman William Chambers Coker: The Boletaceae of North Carolina, 1943; and The Stipitate Hydnums of the Eastern United States, 1951.

Thomas A. Burke Account Book, 1848-1869

Accounts kept by Burke of Rowan County, N.C., as guardian of Joseph D. Cowan, and, presumably, as a general merchant, including records of hiring slaves and selling tobacco.

Thomas Burke Papers, 1763-1852.

Thomas Burke was a native of Ireland who emigrated first to Virginia where he practiced medicine, then to North Carolina (1771) where he was a lawyer. He served in the provincial congress; was a delegate to the Continental Congress; and was governor, 1781-1782.

William B. Burke Papers, 1879-1897.

William B. Burke (1864-1947) was a Methodist missionary in Shanghai, China. The collection includes letters to Burke and his wife Addie from his mother and his father, John William Burke, publisher and stationer of Macon, Ga. Topics discussed include the yellow fever epidemic in Florida, 1888; American politics and immigration legislation affecting the Chinese, 1890; and the business depression in the United States, 1891. Volumes are a handwritten sketch of the life of John William Burke, by George G. Smith, and two scrapbooks of a newspaper column, Life's Reflections.

Burlington Industries, Inc. Records, 1844-2001

Burlington Industries, Inc., founded by James Spencer Love (1896-1962), opened its first cotton manufacturing plant in 1924 in Burlington, N.C. The company found success throughout the 1900s, focusing on the development of diverse products, innovative technology, and a well-trained workforce. The company continued to grow until the 1990s, when significant financial losses led to its bankruptcy filing in 2001, and subsequent purchase in 2003 and merging with Cone Mills in 2004 into International Textile Group (ITG). The collection consists of the records of Burlington Industries, Inc., including office files of James Spencer Love in which he corresponded with management, other industry-related companies and organizations, and with politicians and other public figures about the textile business, organized labor, and international relations, particularly with Cuba; corporate history materials; accounting and operations records for various mills; public relations materials; photographic and audiovisual materials that depict employees, machinery, plants, products, and company events, including the Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament; product samples; and other related materials.

Burnett Family Papers, 1842-1926.

The Burnett family, farmers of Granville, N.C., included Atlas A. Burnett, (fl. 1842-1863); Zach Burnett, one time resident of Chapel Hill, N.C., (fl. 1842-1863); Ferrington Burnett, (fl. 1842); Martha Burnett, (fl. 1842); and Anna Burnett.

A Sketch of the Ancestors, Life and War Experiences of Marcus Lafayette Burnett 1929

The collection consists of a typescript copy of an account of the life and Confederate service of Marcus LaFayette Burnett (b. 1845), describing his family history, his grandfather's emigration to Old Fort, N.C., in 1770; pioneer life; hunting; Revolutionary War battles in North Carolina and South Carolina; and Marcus LaFayette Burnett's Civil War experiences, including his service under Wade Hampton and descriptions of battles and camp life.

John Henry Burnett Papers, 1914-2007

The John Henry Burnett Papers, 1914-2007, consist of scattered legal and political correspondence; a letter with family news from his wife, Ruth Deaton Burnett; handwritten religious writings; the Pender County Centennial commemorative book; and "Life Was Full: A Biographical Synopsis of John Henry Burnett and Ruth Deaton Burnett."

Theodore Legrand Burnett Scrapbook, 1864-1907.

Microfilm of scrapbook with clippings and other materials relating to Civil War battles, Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and the Burnett family of Kentucky. Also included are a few poems and reminiscences.

Edwina Burnley Memoir, circa 1925

Memoir written by Edwina Burnley and Bertha Burnley Ricketts, describing their family and their childhood at Somerset plantation, near Hazlehurst in Copiah County, Miss. Their father, Edwin Burnley (b. 1798), moved to Mississippi from Virginia in 1832 and married Maria Louisa Baxter (1820-1907) of Persippany, N.J., in 1852. The memoir describes plantation life, including many details about activities, relatives, neighbors, and slaves.

Burns Family Papers, 1849 and undated.

The Burns family had members and relatives located in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Casey Burns Collection, 1997-2006

Casey Burns was born in 1975 in Hendersonville, N.C. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1993 to 1998, receiving a degree in journalism. During these years, he began to be involved in the independent rock music scene in Chapel Hill as a poster artist and musician. In 2006, Burns relocated to Portland, Ore., where he continued to create poster art.

Mac Hazelhurst Burroughs Papers, 1741-1949.

MICROFILM ONLY. Selections from scrapbooks compiled by Burroughs for his children, including letters, clippings, pictures, and other papers of and about the Burroughs family of Brunswick, Ga., and their Berrien, Hazelhurst, MacPherson, Johnston, and other relatives. Most items are of William Berrien Burroughs (1842-1917), including 19th-century family correspondence, letters he wrote while serving with the 7th Georgia Cavalry in the Civil War, and clippings of his historical articles. A copy of a letter, 1870, from Sidney Lanier, and of letters from Lanier's wife, Mary D. Lanier, are included.

George J. Burrus's Columbus, Ga., Map, 1861-1865, drawn from memory, 1928

The collection is a map of Columbus, Ga., during the Civil War, showing the location of major buildings, drawn from memory by George J. Burrus, 1928.

Burton and Young Family Papers, 1807-1911

Alfred M. Burton was one of several sons of Robert and Agatha Burton of Granville County, N.C. He was licensed to practice law in North Carolina, 1807, and in Tennessee, 1808, and settled in Lincoln County, N.C., in the first decade of the 19th century. His seventh child, Sarah Virginia, married Robert Simonton Young of Cabarrus County, N.C., who was killed in the Civil War, leaving her with four children and property in North Carolina and in Milan County, Tex.

Charles Burton Recordings, 1950s-1960s

The collection contains 12 audio recordings made on open reel tapes in the late 1950s and early 1960s of old time, bluegrass, and gospel music. Performers include banjo builder Charles Burton (b. 1894) of Kentucky and "Roy - Jack and the Sandy River Boys." Several recordings are labeled "Singing School." Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

H. G. Burton Papers, 1809-1839.

H. G. (Hutchins Gordon) Burton was a United States representative (1819-1824) from and governor (1824-1827) of North Carolina.

Robert Burton Papers, 1775-1866

Robert Burton, Revolutionary War officer, delegate to the Continental Congress, lawyer, and politician, owned a large plantation near Williamsboro in Granville County (now Vance County), N.C., as well as much land in what eventually became Tennessee.

Thomas W. Burton Papers, 1809-1921

Thomas W. Burton and his wife Nancy lived in Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., from about 1850 to 1908.

Burtwell Family Papers, 1858-1859.

The Burtwell family was chiefly in western Tennessee and Florence, Ala. The collection includes correspondence of members of the Burtwell family, chiefly discussing family news and travel to West Point, N.Y., and Washington, D.C.

Burwell Family Papers 1745-1997

Burwell family of Warren, Vance, and Granville counties, N.C., and Mecklenburg County, Va., and the Williams family of Warren County, N.C. Prominent Burwell family members were Armistead (d. 1819), Lewis (fl. 1792-1848), and Spotswood (1785-1855), all tobacco and cotton farmers in Mecklenburg County, Va.; Spotswood's children, William Armistead (1809-1887), tobacco and cotton farmer of North Carolina, Lewis D. (1813-1874), Blair (1815-1848), Armistead Ravenscroft (1820-1867), George Washington (1823-1873), Robert Randolph (1829-1892), and Mary Anne Spotswood (1825-1874), who married Dr. Otis Frederick Manson.; and William Armistead's son William Henry (1835-1917), also a tobacco and cotton farmer in North Carolina and Virginia. Personal, business, financial, and legal papers of the Burwell family, including items concerning growing and selling tobacco, cotton, and other crops; slave purchases, sales, and births; runaway slaves; plantation management by Lucy Crawley Burwell in the 1820s; gold-mining in Burke County, N.C.; horse breeding; civilian conditions during the Civil War and William Henry Burwell's purchase of a substitute to take his place in the Confederate army; taxes, farm, and household expenses; William Armistead Burwell's tenure as chairman of the Board of Superintendents of the Common Schools of Vance County, N.C.; estate settlements; the genealogy of the Burwell family; and records relating to the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church and to a black school in Vance County, N.C., in the 1880s. Also included is an album of photographs taken and developed by Fannie Brodie Burwell, a young woman in Wilson, N.C., before her marriage in 1907. Papers of the Williams family include letters regarding the establishment of local academies in North Carolina and letters from students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1810s and 1830s. There are also two letters from Patrick Henry (1736-1799) about selling beef and slaves.

Armistead Burwell Papers, 1856-1936 (bulk 1869-1913).

Armistead Burwell (1839-1913) was a lawyer of Charlotte, N.C., state senator, and North Carolina supreme court judge.

Edmund Strudwick Burwell Papers, 1825-1883 (bulk 1863-1867).

Edmund Strudwick Burwell was one of twelve children of Robert Armistead and Anna (Robertson) Burwell, both Presbyterian educators. Edmund S. Burwell attended Mr. Ralph Grave's school in Granville, N.C., during the Civil War, while his father and four older brothers served in the Confederate Army. He attended Hampden-Sidney College, 1866-1867, and later became a businessman in Charlotte, N.C.

George W. Burwell Papers, 1786, 1800-1884.

George W. Burwell was a physician, planter, and businessman of Mecklenburg County, Va. He had family and business connections to Henderson, Granville County, N.C., and other locations along the North Carolina-Virginia border, largely through his brothers H. H., Louis, William, and Armistead R., and the family of his wife Elizabeth Gayle Burwell, particulary her parents Thomas Gayle (d. 1855?) and Elizabeth Gayle (d. 1868?).

Isabelle Busbee Papers (#5036-z) 1906

Isabelle Busbee resided in Raleigh, N.C., in the first decade of the 20th century. In May 1906, she and several companions traveled to Europe, sailing from New York on the SS Haverford. In the course of her travels, she visited England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. In the last days of her journey, she visited Rome where she received an audience with the Pope on 19 August 1906. She returned to the United States aboard the RMS Carpathia, arriving in New York on 9 September 1906. The papers of Isabelle Busbee include a diary detailing her trip to Europe in the summer of 1906 and papers related to her travels. The diary contains details of daily excursions undertaken by Busbee and her traveling companions. Entries discuss the historic and cultural sites they visited in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Most diary entries relate to travel circumstances and accommodations. Related items include a restaurant receipt, an itinerary of the trip, and schedules for activities aboard the Haverford and the Carpathia.

Trent Busby Medical Records (#4849) 1950s-1990s

Trent Busby (1921-1991), gynecologist and obstetrician of Salisbury, N.C., was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and of Johns Hopkins Medical School (1946). In 1953, he opened his practice in Salisbury. In 1963, he became chief of staff at Rowan Memorial Hospital, where he had also served as head of OB/GYN. He retired in 1990. The collection comprises medical records, 1950s-1990s, of Trent Busby's patients. Records provide information on specific illnesses and treatments and on women's health in general.

Bush & Lobdell Papers, 1837-1861

Bush & Lobdell of Wilmington, Del., was a firm that supplied heavy machinery, parts, and tools for gins, textile works, railroads, and agriculture. Principals in the firm were Charles Bush and George G. Lobdell. The collection includes letters to Bush & Lobdell written by agents in Mobile, Ala., New Orleans, La., and Macon and Savannah, Ga., concerning orders, finance, and politics; and by southern railroad companies requesting wheels and axles.

John Bush Order Book, 1777; 1807.

John Bush was an adjutant officer to North Carolina troops in the Revolutionary War.

Bushyhead Family Collection, 1980s-2016

The Bushyhead Family Collection consists of materials relating to the Cherokee language project created by Robert H. Bushyhead and Jean L. Bushyhead Blanton, of Cherokee, N.C. There are audiocassettes, videotapes, and handwritten and typed preschool through twelth grade curriculum materials; notes related to the development of the preschool Cherokee language curriculum in reservation child care facilities; unpublished Cherokee and English language dictionaries; supporting project documentation; biographical materials and clippings about Cherokee language preservation; and miscellaneous items.

Business and Professional Women's Club of Chapel Hill, N.C., Records, 1942-1944; 1948.

The Chapel Hill Business and Professional Women's Club held its first meeting on 12 May 1943. The club was affiliated with the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. and with the North Carolina State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. The collection contains the records of the Chapel Hill Business and Professional Women's Club of North Carolina.

Butler Family Papers, 1768-1788; 1823-1834; 1882-1885.

The collection contains papers of the Butler family of North Carolina, including a promissory note, a receipt, and a land survey, 1768-1788, relating to William Butler, Regulator leader; papers of William Butler's son and grandson, 1823-1834, regarding a disputed inheritance; and a volume, 1882-1885, kept by an unidentified school teacher (possibly a member of the Butler family) in Yadkin County, N.C., containing pupils' names and daily grades.

Butler Family Papers, 1838-1906.>Butler Family Papers, 1838-1906.

MICROFILM ONLY. Scattered items from the Butler family, including The Butler Family of South Carolina, 1610-1895, a memoir written in 1906 by Mrs. H. B. McBee of Greenville, S.C., describing Brooks, McBee, Thompson, and other family connections; The Young Heroes of Shiloh, an undated pamphlet published by the South Carolina Colportage Board, Charleston, S.C.; God Save Carolina and Victory of Manassas, two handwritten war songs; and three letters from women, 1865-1868, reflecting feelings after the war, comments on current reading, and personal matters.

Algernon Lee Butler Papers, 1928-1978.

Algernon Lee Butler, attorney in Sampson County, N.C., 1931-1959; active member of the Republican Party; and U.S. District Judge for Eastern North Carolina, 1959-1978.

Bion H. Butler's Leonard Tufts and James W. Tufts Biographies, undated

James W. Tufts was a New England manufacturer and the founder and owner of a resort at Pinehurst, N.C. His son, Leonard W. Tufts, followed his father as owner of Pinehurst.

Charles S. Butler Papers, 1902-1937

Charles S. Butler (1875-1944), a native of Tennessee and an admiral in the United States Navy, entered the Medical Corps of the Navy in 1900.

Edward F. Butler Collection, 2003-2004

The collection of Texas jurist Edward F. Butler (1937-) contains digital copies of his self-published travel writings. Destinations described in (2004) and (2003) include Europe, Russia, Belarus, Oman, United Arab Emirates, India, Nepal, Singapore, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Thailand. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.

Florence Faison Butler Papers, 1895-1943

Florence Faison Butler was an active member of patriotic genealogical organizations and the wife of United States Senator and Populist leader Marion Butler.

Geo. E. Butler Papers, 1922-1939

George Edwin Butler was co-superintendent of public instruction of Sampson County, N.C., and lawyer of Clinton, N.C.; trustee of the University of North Carolina; director of the Bank of Clinton; member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1905; member of the Republican State Executive Committee; delegate to several Republican national conventions; and unsuccessful candidate for several offices, including state attorney general, U.S. Senator, Superior Court judge, and Supreme Court Judge.

George P. Butler Papers, 1917

Major George P. Butler was principal and commandant at Richmond Academy, Augusta, Ga. His wife was Livy Carlton Butler, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. H. H. Carlton of Athens, Ga.

Lucy Wood Butler Papers, 1859-1863.

MICROFILM OF TYPESCRIPT. Correspondence of Lucy Wood Butler of Charlottesville, Va., and Waddy B. Butler, who met while Waddy Butler was a student at the University of Virginia. They were married on 3 July 1861. The majority of Waddy's ten letters to Lucy were written from Fernandina, Fla., where he was attempting to make a career as a lawyer and also dabbling in state politics. He was an officer in a local militia group and entered the Confederate service at the outbreak of the war. Lucy Wood's diary begins in the spring of 1861 and continues with few significant interruptions until the spring of 1863. She speaks of her work sewing uniforms and treating ill soldiers, reports of skirmishes and battles (1st Manassas, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh among them), her struggle with typhoid fever, the deaths of friends and relatives, her reflections on the nobility of the Southern cause and a woman's role in it, and her growing sadness with the course of the war.

Marion Butler Papers, 1862-1986

Marion Butler of Sampson County, N.C., was president of the North Carolina and National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union; state and national Populist Party leader; member of the North Carolina Senate; United States senator, 1895-1901; and Republican Party leader after 1904. He owned and edited a newspaper, the Caucasian, located at various times in Clinton, Goldsboro, and Raleigh, N.C. He practiced law in Washington, D.C., 1901-1938.

Regulator Papers, 1766-1781.

The Regulator movement in colonial North Carolina was a rebellion initiated by residents of the colony's inland region who believed that royal government officials were charging them excessive fees, falsifying records, and engaging in other mistreatments.

William Butler Papers, 1941.

Microfilm of two pamphlets on rice growing in Louisiana, one by William Butler and another by an unknown author.

G. K. Butterfield Papers, 1942-2021

G. K. Butterfield (1947-) is a Black civil rights activist, U.S. Army veteran, lawyer, judge, and U.S. representative from Wilson, N.C. The collection consists chiefly of photographs, speeches, printed materials, newspapers, political ephemera, audiovisual materials, and artifacts that document G. K. Butterfield's personal and professional life; Black history, including judicial, political, and civic leaders in Wilson, N.C., the state of North Carolina, and in the United States; and politics and political figures in Washington, D.C., while Butterfield served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Topics include Butterfield's education at Charles H. Darden High School and North Carolina Central University; his career in law (at Fitch, Butterfield, and Wynn), in the judiciary (North Carolina Superior Court and North Carolina Supreme Court), and in politics (representing the 1st district of North Carolina in U.S. Congress); his lifelong social justice activism, especially for voting rights; awards and recognition, including congratulatory and thank you correspondence from presidents, Congressional colleagues, and others; local and national news coverage of current events, including September 11th, and national politics, including elections and impeachment; Butterfield's perspective on the Obama presidency; celebratory events, such as swearing-in ceremonies and anniversary observances of historic people and events, including the death of John Lewis and the Selma March; and G. K. Butterfield Sr.'s affiliation with the Old North State Dental Society. There are also files of ephemera, photographs, and artifacts curated by Butterfield that relate to his personal and professional life, work, and interests.

Joseph Button Papers, 1897-1934

Joseph Button was Virginia Commisioner of Insurance, 1925-1929. He also served on the Virginia Military Institute's Board of Visitors and was a member of the Noble Order of the Blue Goose and of the Shriners. He became president of Union Life Insurance Company, Richmond, Va., in 1929.

Ralph Potts Buxton Papers, 1735-1916 (bulk 1830s-1890s).

Ralph Potts Buxton was a Fayetteville, N.C., lawyer, judge, Republican Party leader, member of the state convention of 1875, and candidate for governor, 1880.

Jess Bynum Notebook, 1867

School notebook, circa 1867, of Jess Bynum, containing translations of Homer, later used as a scrapbook of clippings about the Civil War, Reconstruction, slavery, and other topics.

John Bowen Bynum Papers, 1848-1849

John Bowen Bynum was a lawyer of Northampton County, N.C.; member of University of North Carolina class of 1848; and member of N.C. state legislature, 1853.

William Preston Bynum Papers, 1778-1944

William Preston Bynum (1820-1909), Republican, lawyer, prosecutor, and associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. The collection includes papers of William Preston Bynum (1820-1909) and members of the Bynum family. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, and financial papers relating to legal matters, 1850s through 1910s. Civil War and political correspondence is slight. Papers chiefly concern land and estate settlements, mortgages, paying of notes, sale of land in Virginia and North Carolina, the business of the High Shoals Manufacturing Company, the Adams Mining and Reduction Company, and the King's Mountain Gold Mine. Also in the collection are letters, essays, and financial papers of Bynum's brother, John Gray Bynum (d. 1857), and John Gray Bynum's record book, April-June 1838, kept when he was serving as a colonel commanding North Carolina volunteers assisting in Cherokee removal in western North Carolina. Papers of the family of Moses Ashley Curtis include journals of Armand DeRosset Curtis (1839-1856) as a boy traveling with his father from North Carolina to Massachusetts in 1851 and to Charleston in an unknown year, as well as an account book and an unidentified volume that appear to have belonged to Moses Ashley Curtis. The addition of June 2002 includes additional material relating to legal matters, to the High Shoals Manufacturing Company, and to personal matters, as well as a few papers of Curtis A. Bynum. The addition of July 2012 includes letters to Bynum written by Archibald Henderson and W. M. Bond, 1913-1915. The addition of August 2022 includes a handwritten ledger,1849-1861, of John Gray Bynum, William Preston Bynum's brother; a loose sheet of paper with sums and amounts calculated; a loose copy of a 1928 promissory deed for furniture and 500 dollars to Mr. Curtis Bynum of Asheville, N.C.; and a slip of paper with a handwritten inventory of the journal's contents, presumably written by the donor Hank Barnet.

John Byrd Papers, 1794-1855.

The collection includes photocopies of seven items, 1794-1834, including an undated manuscript map, pertaining to property, land titles, and business transactions of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, Norfolk County, Va., and Camden County, N.C.; and two unrelated items, a United States Treasury order, 1854, and a letter asking help in locating a Mr. Cooper, 1855.

Lois Tomlinson Byrd Papers, 1934-2000

Lois Tomlinson Byrd, a white journalist, received her A.B. in journalism from the University of North Carolina in 1935. After graduation, she worked at the Tribune in New Bern, N.C. In mid-1936, she became the first director of the Meredith College News Bureau. The original deposit consists mostly of letters, 1934-1937, to Lois Tomlinson Byrd from former fellow co-eds at the University of North Carolina. Letters discuss social life, careers, memories of university days, husbands and relatives, and other matters. Also included are a few items relating to a co-ed sponsored dance that Byrd organized at UNC in 1935, and photocopies of some of Byrd's comments about materials in the collection. The additions consist of correspondence; subject files; and printed material, including newspaper clippings, brochures, and ephemera. Topics include Harnett County cultural resources student life for women students at the University of North Carolna at Chapel Hill during the 1930s, as well as alumnae relations; women's clubs during the 1950s; the Republican Party, civic engagement, governance, and services in Lee County, N.C.; North Carolina history; get well cards; churches; and other local concerns. Also included are newspaper articles (Social Notes and The Lee Scene), biographies, and other writings by Lois Byrd.

Sam Byrd Papers, 1904-1972.

Sam Byrd was an author, actor, and producer, of Mt. Olive, N.C.

William M. Byrd Papers, 1832-1914.

William M. Byrd of Linden, Ala., was a lawyer, state legislator, and state supreme court judge.

William Byrd II Papers, 1717-1741

The collection consists of two notebooks that contain transcripts of about 92 letters, written by William Byrd II between 1717 and 1724; poems; a short story manuscript; character sketches; an epitaph for Edward Nott's monument; and a diary written in code covering the years from 1739 to 1741.

James R. D. Byrn Will, 1797.

James R. D. Byrn was a resident of Orange County, N.C.

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C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum Records, 1886-2021

The C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum Records document the history of the C.S. Brown building in Winton, Hertford County, N.C., as it served the African American community from its inception as the Chowan Academy in 1886 through its subsequent reconstitutions as the Waters Normal Institute (1886-1943), C.S. Brown High School (1943-circa 1970), C.S. Brown School (circa 1970-1986), and finally as it is known today, C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum (1986-). Materials include institutional histories, scrapbooks, photographs, diplomas and awards, student letters and work, programs and invitations, school publications, Parent Teacher Association minutes, and bound journals documenting student accounts, cafeteria records, and student grades.

Raymond Caballero Interviews on the Griggs v. Duke Power Case, 1991

Contains audio and video recordings of interviews with plaintiffs and attorneys who were involved in the 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power Supreme Court case, a landmark employment discrimination case. These oral histories were conducted by Latino American attorney and historian Raymond Caballero in 1991, at the time of the 20th anniversary of the ruling. The case was brought against Duke Power Company by thirteen Black men who were employed as janitors at Duke Power's Dan River hydroelectric power plant in Draper, N.C., to challenge discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. Caballero interviewed several of the plaintiffs, Julius Chambers (lead attorney, working on behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund), Kelly Alexander, Jr. (the son of the state president of the NAACP at the time of the case), and attorneys who represented Duke Power.

Cabarrus and Slade Family Papers, 1794-1932.

The Cabarrus and Slade families of North Carolina included Stephen Cabarrus (1754-1808), a French immigrant, North Carolina politician, and namesake of Cabarrus County, N.C.

George Hovey Cadman Papers, 1857-1879, 1968 (bulk 1862-1864)

George Hovey Cadman was a soldier in the 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

Caffery Family Papers, 1838-1925

The Caffery and Richardson families of Iberia Parish, La. Prominent family members include Bethia Liddell Richardson (d. 1852); her husband, Francis DuBose Richardson (b. 1812), sugar planter at Bayside Plantation on Bayou Teche and state legislator; their daughter, Bethia (Richardson) Caffery (fl. 1866-1907); and her husband, Donelson Caffery (1835-1906), son of Donelson Caffery (fl. 1830s) and Lydia Murphy Caffery McKerall (fl. 1835-1881), lawyer of Franklin, La., sugar planter, Confederate soldier, state legislator, and U.S. senator, 1892-1901.

Caffey Family Genealogy, 1937.

The collection contains genealogical data for the Caffey family and one letter from W. S. Catts.

Andy Cahan Collection, 1986-1989

The Andy Cahan Collection consists of 43 recordings, 1986-1989, created and compiled by Andy Cahan, a musician, music historian and former graduate student of folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The recordings are primarily interviews and performances of musicians from the Galax, Va., and North Carolina region, and feature Walter Raleigh Babson, Mabel Crockett, Onie Green, Carlie Roosevelt Marion, and Nell Smith. Also included in the collection are recordings, 1986, made by Cahan to accompany his term paper while studying folklore as a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Cain Family Papers, 1945-1946.

Members of the Cain family resided in North Carolina and Mississippi during the 1940s.

Wm. Cain Books, 1868-1896, and 1920s.

William Cain (1847-1930) was a mathematician and civil engineer.

Calder Family Papers, 1817-1886 (bulk 1857-1865)

The Calder family resided in Wilmington, N.C. Prominent members included brothers William Calder (b. 1844) and Robert E. Calder.

D. F. Caldwell Papers, 1830-1898.

David Franklin Caldwell was a politician and businessman of Greensboro, N.C. Caldwell was a member of the North Carolina legislature, 1848-1858, 1864, and 1879.

Erskine Caldwell Letters, 1929-1973.

Letters, 1929-1931, from Erskine Caldwell (1903- ), to Richard Johns (1904-1970), editor of Pagany, about material submitted by Caldwell to the magazine, the craft of writing, other material in Pagany, other magazines and writers, and Caldwell's own work and publishing plans. There are a few family letters, 1943, to Margaret Bourke-White, from whom Caldwell had just been divorced; clippings about Caldwell; a typescript of a chapter from a biography of Caldwell dealing with his marriage to Helen Caldwell Cushman; and other items.

James B. Caldwell Diary, 1861-1862

James B. Caldwell of Alabama was 19 years old when he entered the Civil War in the 13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. He served in the regiment in Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

John Caldwell Papers, 1766-1917

John Caldwell was a merchant of Morganton, N.C.

Joseph Caldwell Papers, 1791-1835

Joseph Caldwell was the first president of the University of North Carolina where he was also a professor of mathematics.

Samuel Caldwell Papers, 1795-1958.

Samuel Caldwell (1750-1825) and his wife Elizabeth Gullick Caldwell resided in Gaston County, N.C.

Tod Robinson Caldwell Papers, 1801-1890.

Tod Robinson Caldwell was a lawyer and Republican governor of North Carolina, 1871-1874, from Burke County, N.C.

Wallace Everett Caldwell Papers, 1864-1962

Wallace Everett Caldwell was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. He was professor of history at the University of North Carolina, 1922-1961, and author of books and articles on ancient history. The collection includes professional correspondence, 1923-1962, chiefly relating to Wallace Everett Caldwell's career as a professor of ancient history at the University of North Carolina, and Caldwell's writings about ancient history. Also included are personal letters, 1931-1961; subject files; photographs; diplomas; clippings; and other items, among them a photograph album from Caldwell's honeymoon in 1915. In the subject files is an 1864 letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to R. S. Jennings about a copy of Martel's Picture of Central Park; the connection between this letter and Caldwell is unclear. Other materials pertain to Caldwell's membership in the Masonic Order and his service as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, 1950-1951. There are also photographs and other pictures relating to various aspects of Caldwell's life, including his Masonic work.

Creighton Lee Calhoun Papers on Southern Apples, 1970s-2010

Creighton Lee Calhoun (1934-2020) was a white heirloom southern apple collector, author, and retired Army lieutenant colonel who lived in Chatham County, N.C. The Creighton Lee Calhoun Papers on Southern Apples consist of notebook binders of images of apples, Calhoun's correspondence with apple cultivators in the South, his annotated research files documenting southern apple varieties and their origins, and newspaper clippings about apple varieties and his apple research. Also included are several visual catalogs used by traveling nursery vendors that illustrate apples.

William Calk Diary, 1775.

William Calk (fl. 1775) traveled from Prince William County, Va., to Boone's Fort on the Kentucky River in 1775. The collection is a typescript copy of a daily journal, 13 March 1775-2 May 1775, kept by Calk while on this trip.

Callahan Family Papers, 1943-1951

The Callahan family of Vinton, Va., included brothers Thomas William Callahan and Warren E. Callahan. Thomas Callahan served in the United States Marines (1st Marines) during World War II in Japan, 1943-1945; Warren served in the United States Army (32nd Infantry) in Japan and Korea during the Korean War, 1949-1951. The collection includes war-time letters from Thomas William Callahan and Warren E. Callahan. Thomas's letters, 1943-1945, follow him from the Marine barracks at Parris Island, S.C., to Japan, and finally to Portsmouth, Va. The letters, about half of which date from January to May 1944, mainly describe everyday military life, including food, weather, and health issues. Two of the letters are from cousin Bill Sheaff, who fought in the war with a different unit. Warren's letters, January 1949-October 1951, follow him from Fort Jackson, S.C., to Japan and Korea. The letters mainly detail everyday military life in training camps and overseas. He also described civilian life in Korea and Japan. Three photocopies of wartime photographs accompany Warren's final letter, 20 October 1951.

John N. Callahan Collection, 1975-1978

Audio recordings of fiddle contests and fiddling conventions recorded by John N. Callahan, a white fiddle contest organizer of Birmingham, Ala. The open reel audio recordings mostly feature folk and bluegrass music on fiddle, banjo, guitar, and mandolin performed at fiddle contests and fiddling conventions across the southern United States, including the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. The collection also contains field recordings made by John N. Callahan at musicians' homes, as well as supporting documentation consisting of tape logs prepared by former library staff and scattered flyers and promotional materials compiled by John N. Callahan.

Brodnax and Callum Family Genealogical Sketch, 1945.

The collection is a partial genealogical sketch, 1945, involving Cadwallader Jones, Willie Jones, and the Brodnax and Callum families of North Carolina and Virginia.

Calvary Episcopal Church Parish Records, 1832-1901.

MICROFILM ONLY. Record of baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, burials, and special offerings at Calvary Church, Tarboro, N.C., and a history of the Episcopal Church in Edgecombe County written in 1878 by Joseph Blount Cheshire.

Calvert Family Papers, 1862.

The collection contains a marriage settlement between John P. C. Whitehead of Burke County, Ga., and Catherine E. Fitzsimmons, Richland County, S.C., in trust to Charles A. Rowland.

Sallie Wood Moore Calvert Papers, 1876-1897.

Sallie Wood Moore was born in Hertford County, N.C. She married Samuel James Calvert (1856-1944) in 1878. The Calverts lived in Jackson, Northampton County, N.C., and had five children.,

Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978

The Orange County, Durham County, Person County, and Raleigh, N.C. plantations of the Cameron family were home to several generations of white Cameron and Bennehan family members and more than one thousand people enslaved by them. The Camerons also owned substantial plantations and enslaved people in Greene County, Ala., and Tunica County, Miss. North Carolina plantations and family houses included Belvin's Quarter, Bennehan Square, Bennehan Mill (later Red Mill), Bobbitt's, Brick House, Burnside, Eno Mill, Eno Quarters, Fairntosh (sometimes referred to as "Home House"), Fish Dam, Horton Grove, Hunt's Place, Jim Ray's, Jones's Quarter, Leathers, Little River, McKissack's, Mill Quarter (or Person's Mill), North Point, Peaksville Place, Person, Snow Hill, and Stagville. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, and account books that detail plantation management, as well as the relationships, social lives, and well-being of wealthy white men, their wives and children, and the community of enslaved people whose forced labor generated the family's wealth. Of note are materials that identify or document enslaved people, including plantation lists and ledgers that record names, ages, family relationships, labor, and provisioning; bills of sale; account records that show medical care, labor, and supplies; and legal case files that concern enslaved people claimed as property. There is extensive information about Richard Bennehan's store at Stagville, N.C., and the Stagville and Fairntosh plantations, including crop records. Other topics include Duncan Cameron's legal career, the State Bank of North Carolina and the banking industry, the education of the Cameron children at various schools, the development of the University of North Carolina, the state militia, the Episcopal Church, railroads, and state government. There are also speeches, writings, printed material, pictures, and miscellaneous other types of personal papers.

Bennehan Cameron Papers, 1866-1962.

Bennehan Cameron, a white plantation owner, railroad executive, industrialist, and promoter of good roads, of Fairntosh and Stagville plantations, Durham County, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C. Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, farm account books, breeding records, family history materials, and other items relating to Bennehan Cameron's many interests and activities. Documented are his involvement in agricultural organizations, farming and dairying operations, the North Carolina National Guard, railroads, the Good Roads movement in North Carolina and elsewhere in the South, the North Carolina legislatures of 1915-1921, the construction of Revolutionary and Confederate monuments, horse breeding and racing, the Society of the Cincinnati, and Anglo-American amity organizations. Included is extensive correspondence reflecting the activities of the Cameron family of Hillsborough, N.C., and the family of Bennehan Cameron's wife Sallie Mayo Cameron of Richmond, Va.; genealogical materials relating to the Bland, Broadnax, Cameron, Mayo, Nash, Roane, and Ruffin families; and broadsides opposing women's suffrage.

D.C. Cameron Diary, 1944-1945

D.C. Cameron was a farmer in Moore County, N.C.

J. D. Cameron Letter, 1835.

John Donald Cameron (1820-1897) lived in Fayetteville, N.C.

Mary Shore Cameron Sherlock Holmes Collection, 1872-2019

Published novels and stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon and Sherlockiana collected by white librarian Mary Shore Cameron (1908-1968) in the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains bibliographies; first editions published in England and the United States; foreign language editions; paperbacks; compilations; plays; Sherlock stories in magazines and newspapers; scholarly and popular articles; reviews and literary criticism; other writings and publications by Arthur Conan Doyle; manuscript items signed by Doyle and other authors; rare book dealer catalogs; parodies and pastiches; maps and pictorial works; and programs, ephemera, and publications of Sherlock societies including the Baker Street Irregulars. Also included are Cameron's scrapbooks and her correspondence with Sherlock scholars Nathan L. Bengis, William S. Baring-Gould, Luther L. Norris, John Bennett Shaw, and others. Serials including The Baker Street Journal are regularly added to the collection. Acquired as part of the Rare Book Collection.

Sarah Rebecca Cameron Papers, 1827-1970

Sarah Rebecca Cameron of Hillsborough, N.C., daughter of William Cameron (1816-1893) and Emma S. (Moore) Cameron, was a novelist under the pseudonym of H. M. Legrange, and author of articles and poems for children's and religious magazines. She was an active supporter of the Confederate cause. In the 1870s and 1880s she was employed by the U.S. Treasury Department.

Camp Davis (N.C.) Photograph Album, circa 1941

Photograph album containing 369 black and white photographic prints depicting white soldiers in training activities, camp life, and equipment at Camp Davis, in Holly Ridge, N.C. Camp Davis was built by the United States Army in 1940 and served as a location for anti-aircraft training until 1944.

Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer Records, 1940s-2000s

Records of Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer, YMCA coastal sailing camps located at Arapahoe, N.C. Office files, printed materials, operations manuals, photographs, and audiovisual materials document the work of white founding director Wyatt Taylor and the board of directors, the early years of the camp and ongoing development and expansion, advertising, communications across the broader YMCA network, counselor training, and campers and the camp experience.

David Camp Collection, 1980s

The collection contains audio cassette tapes that are likely copies of recordings made in the 1980s of Piedmont blues musicians from North Carolina and Virginia performing in their homes, in the studio, and at music venues including the Festival for the Eno in Durham, N.C. Piedmont blues is noted for fast finger picking on guitar with alternating bass lines and a ragtime feel. Musicians featured on the recordings include Big Boy Henry, John Tinsley, Thomas Burt, Chris Turner, and Lightnin' Wells. Also included are field notes about the recordings and a printout from a database with a listing of 45 rpm records produced in North Carolina. Information about the collector David Camp was not available with the collection materials. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Campaign Literature from North Carolina Elections, circa 1800s-2023

Printed material including flyers, pamphlets, brochures, posters, and other ephemera primarily from local and statewide elections with a limited amount from national elections. There are also materials relating political and social movements such as amendments to the state constitution, affirmative action, and civil rights. Topics include the Iraq War, Eddie Hatcher, Jesse Helms, the Occupy movement, Amendment 1, and the Tea Party movement.

Campbell Family Papers, 1781-1938

John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) was associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and assistant secretary of the Confederate War Department and related to the Campbell, Colston, Groner, and other families represented in this collection.

Allen Leroy Campbell Papers, 1944-2012 (bulk 1944-1946)

Allen Leroy Campbell (1921-2011), of Statesville, N.C., served in the United States Navy during World War II. Campbell attended boot camp at Camp Peary, Va., and was in Gulfport, Miss., and Camp Shoemaker, Calif., before boarding the U.S.S. Oakland, where he was stationed until his separation from the Navy at Camp Shelton, Va., on 22 January 1946. He and his wife, Hazel, had two children, Allen, Jr., and Virginia.

Elizabeth Rose Campbell Papers, 1961-2004

Elizabeth Rose Campbell was born in 1952 in Rocky Mount, N.C. She received her B.A. in studio art and journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975. She worked as assistant editor of the Southern Economic Journal, 1975-1976, and as assistant editor of the Chapel Hill, N.C., based The Sun, A Magazine of Ideas, 1977-1981. Campbell worked at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, N.Y., in 1982; she began publishing her own essays and poems in The Rose Reader in 1984; and she started an astrological consulting service called Wild Rose Consulting in 1985. Beginning in 1989, Campbell typically spent summers in Tivoli, N.Y., and winters in Chapel Hill, N.C. Intuitive Astrology: Follow Your Best Instincts to Become Who You Always Intended to Be was published in 2003. Campbell died of cancer in 2004.

Given Campbell Papers, 1861-1865

Given Campbell (1835-1906) was a lawyer from Saint Louis, Mo. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army, was commissioned a captain, and served with Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry. By the end of the war, he was given charge of Jefferson Davis's personal escort.

J. A. P. Campbell papers, 1862-1914.

Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell was a Confederate congressman and officer, lawyer and Mississippi supreme court justice.

J. Bulow Campbell Papers, 1810-1938 (bulk 1920-1940).

The collection contains genealogical correspondence, 1920s and 1930s, of J. Bulow Campbell of Atlanta, Ga., and an accumulation of family papers and data concerning the Campbell, Bulow, Orme, Hay, Paine, Baldwin, Crowell, Edmonston, Beall, Crawford, Geddes, McChesney, Wilson, and related families. Nineteenth century documents include three letters, 1820-1821, from David Crowell Campbell (1800?-1862), a student at Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.; other Campbell family letters, 1809-1825; and papers relating to land and slaves owned by John Bulow Campbell (1829-1885) of Baldwin County, Ga.

J. L. Campbell Papers, 1858-1870

Letters to Professor Campbell, Washington College (Lexington, Va.) from Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 1858, about the Lexington Sabbath School for Negroes, and from Gen. Robert E. Lee, 1867 and 1870, about college matters.

John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell Papers, 1836-2005 (bulk 1865-1950)

The collection of white missionary teacher John Charles Campbell (1867-1919) and white educator Olive Dame Campbell (1882-1954) contains diaries, notebooks, correspondence, articles, reports for organizations and foundations, printed items, and photographs documenting the New England couple’s work in education and community organizing in the southern region of Appalachia during the first half of the twentieth century. Diaries and notebooks chronicle Olive’s travel in the mountains of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee and later Scandinavia where she studied the Nordic folk school movement. Notes and diary entries written in southern Appalachia contain her detailed observations about the region, its inhabitants and their traditions, fellow missionaries, folk music particularly English ballads, and mountain travel. Articles, reports, correspondence, and printed materials pertain chiefly to mountain work conducted by the Russell Sage Foundation, Council of Southern Mountain Workers, Mountain Valley Cooperative, Inc., Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild, Southern Highlanders, Inc., other organizations, and the John C. Campbell Folk School, which was founded by Olive after John's death. Photographs depict members of the Campbell and Dame families, modes of travel in the mountains, industry especially logging, scenic vistas, mountain homes and families, John C. Campbell Folk School students and their craftwork, other schools in Appalachia and Scandinavia, illegal distilling operations, and the American southwest where John traveled in 1892. Also included are images made by photographer Doris Ulmann, who visited the Folk School in 1933.

Tillerow Campbell Papers, 1858-1899

The Tillerow Campbell papers consist of the 1858 bill of sale documenting the purchase of Tillerow Campbell, a three-year-old African American child, for $335 by L. V. Campbell, a white lawyer in Union Grove, Iredell County, N.C.; the loyalty oath of L. V. Campbell, signed 3 August 1865, in which he swore to "abide by faithfully and support all laws and proclamations made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves"; a letter, 1872, to L. V. Campbell from Richard A. McLaughlin, a lawyer and accountant, concerning an estate settlement for which Campbell had been charged for "negro hire" for 1863-1865, rent of land, and principle and interest on "one-third of a Negro Boy sold Sept 21st 1854...to 1st Apl 1872 is $244.47"; an undated cash valuation of L. V. Campbell's property; and two newspaper clippings with death notices for L. V. Campbell and his wife, Mrs. L. P. Bennett, who remarried after his death.

W. Creighton Campbell Papers, 1876-1880

W. Creighton Campbell (fl. 1876-1880) was a Presbyterian minister in West Virginia. The collection contains two volumes. The first is a diary kept by Campbell for just over one year, 28 May 1879 to 1 April 1880, relating to his life and ministry in Harper's Ferry, W.Va. The second, earlier volume, dated 1876 to 1879, is comprised of four main sections: the constitution, bylaws, and meeting minutes of the Berkeley Springs Library and Reading Room Association of which Campbell was one of four directors; notes on the history of Protestant churches since the Reformation; sermon notes on prophecy and three books of the New Testament; and 14 undated diary entries.

Charles Henry Campfield Account Book, 1835-1847.

Charles Henry Campfield (fl. 1835-1847) was a resident of Savannah, Ga.

Campus Y of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1860-2005 (bulk 1950-2005)

Students at the University of North Carolina established a chapter of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in 1860. Although the association initially was run entirely by the students, the university encouraged it and eventually provided it with a building. The YMCA disbanded in 1870 but was reestablished in 1876 and has operated continuously since then. In addition to providing a center for religious life on the campus, the YMCA took the lead in organizing an orientation program for new students, published the student handbook for many years, ran the book exchange, and played an important role in early athletics at the university. From 1926 to 1943, the YMCA sponsored the Institute of Human Relations, which brought speakers of many religious and political persuasions to the university. The institute was disbanded during World War II but was reestablished as the Carolina Symposium in 1956. The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) was established on campus in 1936 and began to sponsor programs and events of a similar nature. In 1954, the paid staffs and advisory boards of the YMCA and YWCA were merged; however, the two associations maintained separate student cabinets until 1973. The merged organization was known as the YMCA-YWCA until 1976, when its name changed to Campus Y. The Campus Y has focused increasingly on community service and issues related to social justice and race relations. The director of the Campus Y reports to the vice chancellor for student affairs.

P.M. Candle Moonshine Photographs and Letter, circa 1927

The original owner and possible creator of the collection was P.M. Candle, who may have worked for the United States Department of the Treasury. Candle sent the images to his wife enclosed in an envelope from the Office of the Federal Prohibition Director in Greenville, S.C. The Bureau of Prohibition, part of the Department of the Treasury, was responsible for the enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibited the sale of alcohol, 1919-1933. During Prohibition, the Bureau of Prohibition regularly raided and dismantled moonshine and other liquor stills, arresting numerous people for the illegal manufacture and sale of alcohol.

Harry L. Canfield Papers, 1921-1942

Harry L. Canfield, an Ohio native, was a Universalist minister in Greensboro, N.C., and Kinston, N.C., 1922-1936.

Mary Grace Canfield Photographic Collection, circa 1920s

Mary Grace Canfield (1864-1946) was a white native of Vermont and the wife of the Reverend Harry Lee Canfield (1860-1942), a Universalist minister working in North Carolina. The Canfields came to North Carolina in the 1920s.

Mrs. Charles A. Cannon Papers, 1934-1953

Mrs. Charles Albert Cannon (Ruth C. Cannon) was an active member of the Garden Club of North Carolina and a resident of Concord, N.C.

Isabella Cannon Papers, circa 1920-1991

Correspondence, subject files, photographs, tapes, clippings, and other material, circa 1920-1991, documenting the life of Isabella Walton Cannon (b. 1904), mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1977-1979. Included is documentation of Cannon's activities as mayor, as well as material relating to her interests in women's rights, senior citizens, and other civic affairs, and correspondence and other items from her years as the wife of a U.S. State Department official serving in China and Liberia, 1945-1954.

John Cannon Land Grant, 1787.

The collection contains a land grant to John Cannon, February 5, 1787, signed by William Moultrie, governor of South Carolina.

Joseph Gurney Cannon Speech, 1916

Speech by Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) of Illinois, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, at the Guilford College Meeting House near his birthplace, concerning the contributions to American life of North Carolina Quakers and the responsibilities of the Caucasian race.

Cantrell Family Papers, undated.

Since at least the eighteenth century, members of the Cantrell family have lived throughout the South, including in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

John Lucas Paul Cantwell Papers, 1830-1925

John Lucas Paul Cantwell (1828-1909) was born in Charleston, S.C., the son of Patrick Cantwell, an Irish immigrant, and Lydia Lucas Cantwell. In between stints working as a drug clerk in Charleston, S.C., and New Orleans, La., Cantwell served in the Mexican War as a member of the Palmetto Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. Sometime during the 1850s, he moved to Wilmington, N.C., and began serving in the 30th North Carolina Militia. During the Civil War, he served in several Confederate military units and spent time in federal prison at Fort Delaware, Del., Morris Island, S.C., and Fort Pulaski, Ga., as a member of the Immortal 600, a group of prisoners taken to Morris Island, Fort Pulaski, and Hilton Head, S.C., by federal forces in an attempt to save those places from Confederate fire. After the war, he became a produce broker in Wilmington and kept up his connection with the Wilmington Light Infantry and with Confederate veterans' organizations.

Capehart Family Papers, 1782-2005

The Capehart Family Papers, 1811-1952, include correspondence, financial materials, photographs, and other materials relating to members of the the white Capehart family of Scotch Hall, a plantation in Bertie County, N.C.; the white Martin family of Philadelphia; and the white Harney family of North Carolina. People who were enslaved by the Capeharts and others in Bertie County, N.C., can also be found in this collection. Letters discuss personal and family matters, including school activities and friends in Philadelphia; individuals, household affairs, and events in Bertie County; the death of a child; a 73-day journey to Illinois; fears and hardships in Virginia and areas of North Carolina occupied by federal forces during the American Civil War. There are also letters describing life as a surgeon and soldier in Poague's Battalion as the unit marched and fought near Columbia, Tenn., and later between Richmond and Petersburg, Va. Post-Civil War letters include several referring to social and economic conditions during Reconstruction at plantations in Bertie County. Financial materials include ledgers that track accounts with cotton factors, general merchandisers, fisheries, and others. Records of enslavement and Reconstruction include a will and other estate papers; bills of sale; a contract; a deed; notations in ledgers for the trafficking of enslaved people through sale and the hiring out of their labor, skills, and knowledge; lists of enslaved people, sometimes with birth, death, and other family information; family letters that mention various enslaved people and later freed people who were formerly enslaved by the Capeharts; a journal and account book that notes wages paid to the freed people who continued to work for the family after emancipation; and a volume that includes a list of people who remained at Scotch Hall after the war. Other materials of note include a recipe book, a volume of genealogical information, photograph album, scrapbooks, and an oral history about the Harneys in Edenton in the early twentieth century.

Capehart and Rhodes family 1800-1878.

Family records in two Bibles: Capehart records of marriages, births, and deaths, 1800-1851; and Capehart and Rhodes records of marriages, births, and deaths, 1822-1878.

Meeta Rhodes Armistead Capehart Papers, 1780-1868

The collection is primarily Civil War letters to Meeta A. Capehart of Kittrells, Granville County, N.C., from her husband, Captain Baldy Ashburn Capehart, assistant quartermaster, 15th North Carolina Battalion, in Virginia and North Carolina, describing his activities and duties and advising his wife on the management of their farm. Also included are scattered Armistead and Capehart family papers and colonial land grants from the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina.

William Rhodes Capehart Papers, 1791; 1846-1867.

The collection is chiefly family letters from Susan Bryan Martin Capehart and George W. Capehart of Bertie County, N.C., to their son, William Rhodes Capehart, who was attending school in Edenton, N.C., 1846-1849, giving him news of home and advice. Also included are seven letters from William R. Capehart serving as a Confederate soldier, apparently with the 10th North Carolina Regiment, chiefly at Cheraw, S.C., October 1863-March 1864, about military and personal matters; a routine personal note, 1867, from Robert E. Lee; and other scattered family letters.

Ellison Capers Papers, 1891; 1902 and undated.

Ellison Capers (1837-1908) was a Confederate brigadier general and Episcopal bishop in South Carolina. The collection includes letters to Capers: one from General Stephen Dill Lee concerning responsibility for strategic errors at Spring Hill, in the Nashville-Franklin campaign, 1864; and two about a Bible given by Capers to William Rowlinski during the Civil War.

David B. Capps Collection, 1969-1996

Photographic images created by white photographer David B. Capps, depicting scenes from the Ann Arbor Blues Festival (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ann Arbor Folk Festival (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Benefits for The Ark (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and the Union Grove Fiddlers Convention (Union Grove, N.C.). Materials include photographic negatives, contact sheets, and selected photographic prints made from negatives. Many prominent African American blues and jazz musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s are represented in the photographs. Also included are some festival programs and other printed materials related to exhibitions of Capps's photographs.

Guy and Candie Carawan Collection, 1955-2010

Candie Anderson and Guy Carawan, a white couple married since 1960, met as a result of their mutual involvement in the civil rights movement. The Carawans have been involved in the work of the Highlander Research and Education Center (formerly the Highlander Folk School) in Tennessee, an institution that supports and provides educational resources for progressive social and political causes in the South. The original deposit of materials is chiefly audio tapes and corresponding field notes that reflect the Carawans' efforts to document the cultures of various groups of people in the South and elsewhere, beginning in the early 1960s. Included are historically significant speeches, sermons, and musical performances recorded during major civil rights demonstrations and conferences in Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and other southern cities; field recordings of worship meetings, songs, stories, and recollections from Johns Island, S.C., that document the African American heritage of the rural South Carolina Low Country; recordings of interviews with residents of south-central Appalachia concerning problems associated with coal mining and rural poverty; recordings of performances by Appalachian musicians, among them Hazel Dickens; recordings of remarks and musical performances by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax; a discussion between Guy Carawan and Studs Terkel; recordings of performances by Mayne Smith and Martin Mull; and recordings of Latin-American, Celtic, Australian, and Hungarian vernacular music. Corresponding field notes include song lists, transcripts, box lists, memos, and photocopies of original audio housing. The Addition of 2006 contains audio recordings of musical performances and interviews collected by Guy and Candie Carawan, many of which feature members of the Johns Island, S.C., community. The Additions of 2010 primarily contains materials relating to the Carawan's professional and personal projects in the areas of civil rights, folk music and culture, and social justice, as they relate to Appalachia, the Highlander Research and Education Center (HREC), and the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia. Materials relating to civil rights were collected by Candie Carawan in 1960, when she was an exchange student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., where she was arrested for participating in a sit-in to protest racial segregation of lunch counters. The Addition of 2017 documents the Carawans continuing work on civil rights, Appalachia, the Sea Islands, folk music and culture, and social justice projects in partnership with HREC and others. Also included is a memoir project intended to serve as a field guide for cultural service workers and policy makers who have an impact on the quality of community cultural life.

Cardboard Club of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1964-1967

Records of the UNC Cardboard Club primarily contain photographs depicting the Club's displays at Kenan Stadium and during the 1966 Beat Dook Parade. The Cardboard Club coordinated and produced displays at UNC football games, using colored cardboard squares to form words and images in the stands. The collection also contains other materials documenting the Club's activities including cards used to direct participants at football games and grid paper plans for cardboard displays.

Cardinal Health Agency Records 1975-1987

The Cardinal Health Agency was a Lumberton, N.C., organization created under the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974. The organization's mission was to assess health needs in southeastern North Carolina and to plan ways to meet them in an efficient, cost-effective manner. The collection documents the work of the Cardinal Health Agency of Lumberton, N.C., through reports, memoranda, correspondence, audiotapes, and photographs. Office files include various versions of Cardinal Health Agency's Health System Plan and Annual Implementation Plan, as well as health project evaluation records. The Executive Reading File contains correspondence, internal memoranda, project evaluations, news releases, and director's updates. Project Review files include materials relating to decisions on proposed health projects that required federal funding. Files relating to other North Carolina health systems agencies, including the Piedmont Health Systems Agency and the Western North Carolina Health Systems Agency, contain health system plans, annual implementation plans, and project review manuals. Also included are photographs of members of the board of directors and audiotapes of board and committee meetings.

Thomas J. Carey Diary, 1865

Thomas J. Carey of New Branford, Conn., served as a private with Company E of the 15th Connecticut Infantry Regiment in the spring and early summer of 1865. The collection contains the diary kept by Thomas J. Carey during the Civil War, with a few later entries. During the Civil War, his unit was posted to Lenoir County, N.C., and Craven County, N.C., in eastern North Carolina. Carey's diary contains descriptions of New Bern, N.C.; various skirmishes; the Battle of Wise Forks; provost duty at Kinston, N.C.; friendly relationships and conversations with local inhabitants; and his reactions to Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination. Company E was mustered out of service on 27 June 1865 and returned home to New Haven, Conn., to be discharged on 12 July 1865. Later entries address Carey's reintegration into civilian life and his wedding. A partial transcript is included.

Carhart & Roff Letterpress Copybook, 1854-1855

Carhart & Roff was a merchant firm based in Macon, Ga., that was founded in 1841. The firm was named for its originators and principal investors, Elijah H. Carhart (1827-1885) and Aaron A. Roff (1815-1880).

Bob Carlin Collection, 1824-2003

Bob Carlin (1953-), a white musician, music producer, author, and collector, was born in New York City, N.Y. He has authored several books on southern music traditions, African American music, string bands, shape note singing, Primitive Baptist music, banjo music, and other topics, many having to do with the western Piedmont of North Carolina. He has also produced many recordings, including African American Note Choirs of Alexander County, North Carolina (2002).

Richard Carlin Collection on Eubie Blake, 1970

The Richard Carlin Collection on Eubie Blake consists of a 1970 radio interview with African American ragtime composer and pianist, Eubie Blake. Music editor, Richard Carlin, acquired a dub of the interview as part of his research on Eubie Blake. The collection also contains scattered paper materials found with the audio recordings, including a clipping on Eubie Blake and a radio program tape label.

Edward Ward Carmack Papers, 1850-1942.

Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) of Sumner County, Tenn., was a lawyer, editor of Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., newspapers, prohibitionist, United States representative, 1897-1901, and senator, 1901-1907. The collection contains the papers of Edward Ward Carmack, chiefly pertaining to his elections to the House, 1896 and 1898; his Senate re-election defeat in 1906; and his defeat in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1908. Included are correspondence and papers relating to the campaigns along with speeches and letters of congratulations; political scrapbooks including one concerning the Philippines; clippings; messages received about Carmack's assassination; personal and business papers of Carmack's widow and son in the 1920s, including items relating to land in Lakeland, Fla.; a lettercopy book of a lumber business in Burnside, Ky., 1894-1895; pictures primarily of unidentified individuals, including postcards of African American agricultural laborers; and two photograph albums of African American agricultural laborers from the Rosemary farm or plantation, probably in Alabama, which were likely created by Mary Aldridge Cade.

Francis McMillan Carmack Diary, 1852-1861.

Francis McMillan Carmack was a teacher and Campbellite Christian (Disciples of Christ) preacher.

Carmichael Family Diaries and Commonplace Books, 1803-1850

The Carmichael family lived in Augusta, Ga.

Carmichael and Jenkins Family Papers, 1779-1896 and undated

John F. Carmichael (1761-1837) of Fort Adams, Miss., and Pinckneyville, Miss., U.S. Army surgeon, cotton planter, postmaster, and collector for the Mississippi District for the United States Treasury; John Carmichael Jenkins (d. 1855), doctor, horticulturist, and cotton planter of Natchez, Miss.; and an unidentified individual, surname Winchester (possibly Josiah Winchester, who served as guardian to Jenkins's children after Jenkins's death). Both Carmichael and Jenkins were natives of Pennsylvania. Papers include correspondence with cotton factors, business agents, and overseers; business and personal accounts and receipts; legal papers; medical notes; lists of supplies; and other items. Items, 1779-1834, belong, with one exception, to John F. Carmichael. Items dated 1833, 1838-1855, belong to John Carmichael Jenkins, and four items, 1871-1872, 1882, and 1896, are possibly those of Josiah Winchester. Undated papers belong mostly to Jenkins, with a few for Carmichael. Carmichael's papers document medical supplies and postal accounts at Fort Adams, Miss.; shipping along the Mississippi River between Natchez, Miss., and New Orleans, La.; and the sale of cotton grown at his Cold Spring Plantation in Wilkinson County, Miss. Jenkins's papers document crops and the work of slaves on River Place Plantation in Adams County, Miss.; the cotton market; experimentation with fruit growing; outbreaks of disease in and around Natchez; and, to a small extent, Jenkins family life and activities at Elgin Plantation outside Natchez, where Jenkins seems to have operated an apothecary.

Annie Jeter Carmouche Papers, 1853-1915.

MICROFILM ONLY. Reminiscences and family correspondence of Carmouche, daughter of John Tinsley Jeter (1799-1862), Point Coupee Parish, La., sugar planter, and wife of Emile A. Carmouche (died 1885) of St. Landry and Shreveport, La. Reminiscences (266 pages), written 1913-1915, concern plantation, family, and social life before and after the Civil War, and life in New Orleans during the war. Most items are family letters, including letters, chiefly 1850s, from Carmouche's father, John Tinsley Jeter, to her mother, Ann Watkins McAshan (1814-1878), and letters, 1860s, from Emile A. Carmouche to Annie. These letters deal with activities in Point Coupee and New Orleans, Emile's imprisonment by Union forces in New Orleans, and other matters.

Carney Family Papers, 1898-2002

Carney family of Wilmington, N.C., including brothers H. Gaston Carney and Marshall F. Carney, and Marshall Carney's daughter, Lucy Ann Glover. H. Gaston Carney and Marshall Carney were soldiers in World War I. The collection contains World War I items, photographs, souvenirs, and newspaper clippings chiefly relating to H. Gaston Carney and Marshall F. Carney. Materials mainly date from 1918 to 1964, although a few of the photographs are from the late 1890s. Included are five small diaries kept by H. Gaston Carney, September 1918-March 1919, that document his everyday experiences as a soldier in France during World War I. The diaries were transcribed by Lucy Ann Glover in 2002. Photographs include images of military and civilian life. Newspaper clippings relate to the 1927 American Legion reunion in France that Marshall Carney attended and document H. Gaston Carney's insurance industry honors and love of golf. Also included are souvenirs from the American Legion reunion, brochures from a trip to Cuba, and other items.

Kate S. Carney Diary, 1859-1876

Kate S. Carney was the daughter of a merchant of Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Carolina Association for Medieval Studies Records, 2000-2003

The Carolina Association for Medieval Studies was established at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to bring together students studying the European Middle Ages in various academic departments at Carolina and nearby universities. Though officially a student organization, the association welcomes faculty, staff, and others interested in medieval studies as members. In addition to its regular meetings, the association sponsors reading groups, lectures, and social events. It also compiles resource lists and publishes a newsletter.

Carolina Black Caucus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1973-2013

The Carolina Black Caucus formed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974. The organization, known as the Black Faculty Staff Caucus (BFSC) prior to the late 2000s, promotes affirmative action, recruitment and hiring of African Americans, racial justice and awareness, and equal opportunities for all minority members of the university community.

Carolina COVID-19 Archive, 2020-2022

This collection contains donated and found materials related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection documents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s decision to suspend in-person classes, planning for Fall 2020 semester, and implementation of various policies and plans to address teaching, learning, and working at the university. The collection also includes personal accounts of the pandemic for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill affiliates as well as North Carolinians from the surrounding communities.

Carolina Center for Public Service Records, 1993-2021

This collection consists of the records of The Carolina Center for Public Service, which was established in 1999 to develop and coordinate partnerships between UNC-Chapel Hill and communities throughout North Carolina. These records include promotional publications about the Center, the Buckley Public Service Scholars, the APPLES Service Learning and other programs, and records related to the Tar Heel Bus Tour.

Carolina Central Railway Company Records, 1873-1883.

In 1873, the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherfordton Railroad was reorganized as the Carolina Central Railway Company. In 1875, the company completed a line to Shelby, N.C.

Carolina Feed and Lumber Company Account Book, 1917-1922.

The Carolina Feed and Lumber Company was located in Cherokee County, N.C.

Carolina Folk Festival Records, 1946-1953

The Carolina Folk Festival was established in December 1947 as an activity of the University of North Carolina's Folklore Council. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, director of the Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, N.C., was the moving force in the festival's establishment and organized the first festival, held 18-19 June 1948. Lunsford became director of the Carolina Folk Festival. The records of the Carolina Folk Festival consist of files of Russell Marvin Grumman, director of the university's Extension Division and chairman of the Folklore Council. They detail the establishment of the Carolina Folk Festival and the organization of the annual festivals held from 1948 through 1953.

Carolina Forum of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1937-1966

The Carolina Forum was organized on 1 July 1948 to bring leaders of government, labor, industry, and education, to speak on the University of North Carolina campus. In part, the Carolina Forum took over functions of the Carolina Political Union, which had been organized in 1936 by political science students to bring political leaders to speak on campus and to hold roundtable discussions on current political topics. After the advent of the Carolina Forum, the Carolina Political Union continued to function, but its activity was limited to weekly discussions and occasional speakers. Records include correspondence, 1937-1948, of the Carolina Political Union and, 1948-1959, of the Carolina Forum. The correspondence primarily consists of requests for speakers to come and arrangements for their visits. Also included are dismantled scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on speakers from the 1940s and loose clippings from the 1950s. Some of the 1965-1966 material addresses the Speaker Ban issue.

Carolina Gay Association Records, 1974-2014 (bulk 1974-1983)

The Carolina Gay Association was founded as the Gay Awareness Rap Group in February 1974. Later that year, the group successfully applied to be a university-recognized student organization and changed its name to the Carolina Gay Association (CGA). The support, advocacy, and social organization met regularly in Craige dormitory. In 1976, the CGA sponsored the first Southeastern Gay Conference and began publishing Lambda, the first LGBTQ+ student publication in the United States. The organization has continued to be active on campus and has changed names several times: Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association (1985-1992), Bisexuals, Gay Men, Lesbians, and Allies for Diversity (B-GLAD, 1992-1998), Queer Network for Change (QNC, 1998-2003), Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender - Straight Alliance (GLBT-SA, 2002-2010), Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight Alliance (GLBTSA, 2010-2012), Sexuality And Gender Alliance (SAGA, 2012 - present). Records include materials related to the group's recognition by the university in 1974, pamphlets, flyers, conference programs, photographs, issues of Lambda and LGBTQ student publications from other universities, clippings, and letters to and from the CGA, including correspondence with Chapel Hill aldermen about anti-discrimination policies. Also included is a report on the results of a survey conducted by UNC graduate student Michael Grissom.

Carolina Hispanic Association of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 2000-2018

The Carolina Hispanic Association (CHispA) was founded in the fall of 1990. The student organization promotes awareness and appreciation of Latinx/Latina/Latino cultures and provides support for the Latinx community on campus. Records consist of event posters and flyers. Materials from the 2017-2018 academic year were created and distributed digitally, but were compiled and printed prior to transfer to the archives.

Carolina Indian Circle of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1988-1991

The Carolina Indian Circle was founded in in 1974 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The organization's mission is to support Native American students on campus academically and socially and to educate the campus community about Native American culture and issues. Records consist of a news clipping related to the organization's activities and a brochure from the 1988-1989 academic year.

Carolina Inn Records, 1843-1995 (bulk 1950-1995)

For many years Chapel Hill's only hotel, the Carolina Inn was built in 1923-1924 by John Sprunt Hill, a white trustee and benefactor of the University of North Carolina. Hill operated the Inn as a private business until 1935, when he donated it to the University, which placed it administratively within its Business Organization (later the Division of Business and Finance). Until 1993, the manager of the Inn reported to the officer responsible for auxiliary enterprises. In accordance with Hill's gift, income from the Inn supported the Library's North Carolina Collection. The Inn was renovated in 1939 and 1969-1972. In 1993, the University hired Doubletree Hotels, Inc., of Phoenix, Ariz, to run the Inn, with the University using its share of the profits for library support.

Carolina Mountain Club of Asheville Photograph Albums and Related Materials, 1930-1932, 1935, 1937, 1950

The collection consists of two photograph albums, a few loose photographs, and two newspaper articles relating to the activities of the Carolina Mountain Club of Asheville, N.C., in the 1930s. The first photograph album highlights outdoor activities of club members, both men and women, from December 1930 to May 1932. Nature photographer George Masa (1881-1933) was a founding member of the club and served as club photographer until his death in 1933. George Masa is believed to have taken many of the images in the first album and is also present in several of the group photographs found in the first album. The second album, circa 1937, depict views from various locations in western North Carolina.

Carolina Panel Company Records (#4940-z) 1970-1991

The Carolina Panel Company of Lexington, N.C., began manufacturing high quality hardwood plywood in 1927 to supply the local furniture industry's demand for plywood. Roswell B. Robbins served as secretary-treasurer and general manager of the company, 1927-1938. Upon Robbins's death in 1938, C. Hamilton Hargrave took over as manager. Over the years, Carolina Panel's business expanded to include furniture makers all over the eastern United States. By 1988, however, a marketing research survey found that the demand for the plywood produced by Carolina Panel was drying up. In 1990, the board of directors sold the company to R. E. Lineberry, Inc. Records of the Carolina Panel Company, 1970-1991, include pictures of employees working at the company's factory, a 1970 article about the company, comparative profit statistics, a marketing research survey about the future of the industry, and documents concerning the sale of the company.

Carolina Performing Arts Records, 1990s-2014

Carolina Performing Arts was established in 2005 with the appointment of Executive Director of the Arts, Emil Kang. Its role is to program and run music, dance and theater performances from international and local professional organizations and student organizations on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus. The bulk of the materials consist of clippings, correspondence and fundraising records related to renovations to Memorial Hall, preparation for the 2005-06 inaugural season and relationship-building between Emil Kang, Carolina Performing Arts and various arts, public service organizations, and donors around campus and North Carolina. Records also include promotional posters, program books and inserts, season brochures, The Rite of Spring and Bolshoi Ballet commemorative and promotional stationary, marketing, budgeting and fundraising materials, meeting notes, newspaper clippings and various informational packets from organizations around North Carolina.

Office of the Assistant Director of the Carolina Population Center Records, 1942-1973

C. Horace Hamilton (1901-1977) was Assistant Director of the Carolina Population Center, 1967-1973.

Carolina Quarterly Records, 1948-2004

The Carolina Quarterly, successor to the University Magazine, was established in 1948 as the literary publication of the University of North Carolina Student Government. Originally restricted to publication of student poetry and short stories, it soon broadened its scope to include fiction, poetry, graphic work, and book reviews produced by student and non-student authors. The records include correspondence with contributors, including one letter each from Stephen King and Annie Dillard; contributor contracts and biographies; issue publication records; financial statements; policy and procedure records; sales and marketing materials; and other records of the Carolina Quarterly. With a few exceptions, manuscripts of articles are not included in the records.

Carolina Symposium on Public Affairs of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1927-1986

For many years, an organization of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students and faculty organized, planned, and supervised the biennial Carolina Symposium on Public Affairs, a week-long program of speeches, panel discussions, seminars, and other activities focusing on a topic of current political, social, economic, or cultural interest. Under the leadership of University President Frank Porter Graham and Dean of Students Francis F. Bradshaw, the Symposium originated in 1927 as the Institute of Human Relations.

Carolina Trucking Development Company Photographic Collection, 1913-1914

The Carolina Trucking Development Company was based in Wilmington, N.C., in the early part of the twentieth century. The Company appears to have been primarily devoted to agricultural development and was involved with establishing farming communities in several counties in North Carolina, some of which were populated by immigrant groups, including German, Dutch, Italian, and Polish peoples.

Carolina Twins (Musical group) Recording, circa 1920s

The undated recording on audio cassette tape contains old time music performed by the Carolina Twins, who were Gwen Foster (1903?-1954) a textile worker from Gaston County, N.C., and David O. Fletcher (1900-1958). The Carolina Twins were on Victor Records in the late 1920s. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

Carolina Union of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1931-2014

The University of North Carolina's Student Union was established in 1931. Its membership included students, university staff, alumni, trustees, and those who had contributed toward the construction of Graham Memorial (named for Edward Kidder Graham), the building that was to house the union until 1968. The Frank Porter Graham Student Union, a larger building, was completed in 1968 and as of 2012 continued to house the Union. While in Graham Memorial, the Student Union was called Graham Memorial Student Union. In 1968, its name became Carolina Union. Defined by the university as a student organization, the union has an activities board, made up of students, which plans and coordinates programs. The activities board, however, is overseen by the union's board of directors and director; the latter is a full-time administrator who reports to the vice chancellor for student affairs.

Carolina Vegetation Survey Records, 1976-2018 (bulk 1988-2018)

Records of the Carolina Vegetation Survey, a long-running multi-institution project to document plant life across North Carolina and South Carolina, including field surveys and data analysis reports. Though the project focuses on the Carolinas, there is also some data for locations in other states.

Carolina Women's Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1996-2018

The Carolina Women's Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was founded in 1997. Through its programs and services, the Center works to represent women and their interests on campus and beyond. The Center focuses on issues of violence prevention; gender, difference and diversity; closing the gender gap, and family advocacy. Records of the Center include materials related to its programs, events, and advocacy; subject files on issues of interest to the Center; committee records and reports, and clippings and publications.

Milton Stover Carothers Papers, 1954-1982

Milton Stover Carothers (1932-2004) of Tallahassee, Fla., was a Presbyterian minister who worked for significant periods of time in Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. A 1954 graduate of Florida State University, he held pastorates in Salisbury, N.C., 1958-1963, and Covington, Va., 1963-1969, and served in campus ministries at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and, for 17 years, at Florida State University.

Carpenter Family Papers, 1791-1880.

The Carpenter family of Virginia and North Carolina included Bushrod Carpenter and Corydon Carpenter.

George Carpenter Will, 1784.

The collection is the will, 23 October 1784, of George Carpenter of Burke County, N.C.

Jake Carpenter Obituary Book, 1841-1900, 1915

Typescript of Anthology of death on Three Mile Creek by Jake Carpenter of Avery County, N.C. From 1842 until 1900, Carpenter recorded local deaths and frequently added comments on the life of the deceased and the cause of death. In 1915, he added a comment on the death of bank robber Frank James. Later this material was read to Naomi Barrier Cuthbertson, who added remarks which have been recorded with her name after each. This typed copy was prepared from the original by Denise M. Abbey with the aid of Mary M. Sloop and Theron Dellinger, preserving Carpenter's spelling from his own handwritten record.

James O. Carr Papers, 1743-1938.

James O. (James Ozborn) Carr, a lawyer of Wilmington, N.C., was a state legislator, served as United States District Attorney, 1916-1919 and 1933-1945, and was a leader in the North Carolina Democratic Party.

John M. Carr Diary, 1864.

John M. Carr (fl. 1864) was a federal soldier who served with the 100th Indiana Infantry Regiment, campaigning in Georgia. The collection includes a typed transcription of Carr's diary while he was serving in Georgia, June-December, 1864. The diary describes troop movements, camp life, and the towns through which Carr passed.

Julian Shakespeare Carr Papers, 1892-1923

The papers of white businessman and public figure Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) of Chapel Hill and Durham, N.C., document his financial interests in tobacco, textiles, and banking; affiliations with the Methodist Church, the Democratic Party in North Carolina, and organizations commemorating the Confederacy; and philanthropic support of institutions of higher education, particularly the University of North Carolina (UNC). Papers include letters, printed items, business records, legal documents, diaries, photographs, lessons for Sunday school, and addresses written and delivered by Carr. The rhetoric in many addresses reflects Carr’s positions on what he and his contemporaries called "the race problem." In keeping with white supremacy movements in North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century, Carr defended the institution of slavery, claiming it had been beneficial to the enslaved, and argued for denying full citizenship rights to African Americans. Included are Carr's 1899 speech supporting an amendment to the North Carolina constitution that disenfranchised African Americans and his address at the 1913 dedication of the Confederate monument later known as "Silent Sam" on the UNC campus.

Laura Noell Carr Papers, 1935-1947.

Laura Noell Carr, of Durham, N.C., was married to Austin Heaton Carr (1894-1942), president of Durham Hosiery Mills. They had two children, Austin Heaton Carr Junior (born 1920) and Charles Noell Carr (born circa 1930).

Leslie G. Carr Papers, 1966-1969

The Leslie G. Carr Papers, 1966-1969, consist of a copy of Carr's FBI file and loose papers documenting his social and political activism, particularly his involvement with Students for a Democratic Society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Thomas Neely Carruthers Papers, 1926-1968.

Thomas Neely Carruthers (1900-1960) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop of South Carolina.

Eve Carson Collection, 2004-2008

The collection pertains to Eve Carson, Morehead Scholar and student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007-2008, who was shot and killed in March 2008. The collection contains emails from her campaign for student body president, as well as an additional email and card.

Oney K. Corstorphen Genealogical Notes, 1746-1912.

The collection contains typed copies of notes on the Corstorphen (originally Corstorphine) family of Scotland, who settled, after 1746, in Halifax County, N.C.

David Miller Carter Papers, 1713-1916

David Miller Carter was a lawyer and landowner of eastern North Carolina; Confederate colonel and military judge; legislator, 1862-1865; resident of Washington, N.C., until he moved to Raleigh in 1874.

David Carter Papers, 1850-1862.

David Carter was a planter of Hyde County, N.C.

Farish Carter Papers, 1794-1868.

Farish Carter was a planter, land speculator, and entrepreneur of Scottsborough Plantation, near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., and owner of a plantation at Coosawattee, Murray County, Ga. Carter married Eliza McDonald, sister of Charles J. McDonald (1793-1860), and had five children: Mary Ann (d. 1844), Catherine (d. 1851), James Farish (b. 1821), Samuel McDonald, and Benjamin Franklin (d. 1856).

Hodding Carter Papers, 1908-2008

Hodding Carter III, a white journalist and politician, was born in New Orleans, La., on 7 April 1935 to journalist and publisher Hodding Carter II and Betty Werlein. He grew up in Greenville, Miss., and graduated from Princeton University in 1957. Carter served in the United States Marine Corps after college and then began working at the Delta Democrat-Times as a reporter, then managing editor, and finally associate publisher. Carter was co-chair of the delegation that ousted Mississippi's white Democratic Party delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. He participated in Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter's presidential campaigns and was named Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and State Department spokesman during the Jimmy Carter administration. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Carter worked in various capacities for public affairs television shows and was a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines. From 1995 to 1997, Carter taught journalism at the University of Maryland. He became president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in 1998. In January 2006, Carter became the University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carter married Patricia Derian, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights under President Jimmy Carter, in 1978.

Hope Carter Photograph Album, 1947

Photograph album, 1947, probably belonging to white actor Hope Carter of Asheville, N.C. Photographs were taken during the filming of Tap Roots, in which Hope Carter was a stand-in for Susan Hayward. Movie production on location in Asheville vicinity and the Smoky Mountains. Album contains black-and-white and color snapshots, and some newspaper clippings related to filming. Topics include aspects of on-set movie production, such as scene construction. A majority of the images have hand-written captions. There are staged scenes of white actors in costume portraying Civil War soldiers and African American actors portraying enslaved people. Also included are images of white actor Boris Karloff, in "red-face," portraying a member of Choctaw Nation named Tishomingo. Includes pictures of Hope Carter, Boris Karloff, Susan Hayward, and other 1940s era Hollywood actors.

Tom Carter Collection, 1970-1973

The Tom Carter Collection consists of field recordings, 1970-1973, created and compiled by folklorist, historian, and musician, Tom Carter. The audio recordings feature old-time musicians from the central Piedmont area of North Carolina and the North Carolina and Virginia border region, performing old-time tunes and songs. Some of the artists featured include, Tommy Jarrell (1901-1984), Anglo-American old-time fiddle and banjo player, of Mt. Airy, N.C.; Gaither Carlton (1901-1973), Anglo-American old-time fiddle and banjo player, of Deep Gap, N.C.; Fred Cockerham (1905-1980), Anglo-American old-time fiddle and banjo player, of Low Gap, N.C.; Emit Valentine, Anglo-American button accordion player, of Franklin Co., N.C.; Archie and Lenwood Thompson, Anglo-American fiddlers, of Franklin Co., N.C. The collection also includes an interview Carter conducted with Virgil Craven, hammered dulcimer and fiddle player; two other pieces of writing by Carter; and extensive field notes created by SFC staff. Field notes include technical information about the tapes, as well as description of contents, including musician names, song titles, banjo tunings, and background information on the musicians recorded.

Tom Carter and Blanton Owen Collection, 1948-1974 (bulk 1970-1974)

The Tom Carter and Blanton Owen Collection primarily consists of audio recordings, 1948-1975, created and compiled by folklorists, Tom Carter and Blanton Owen. The majority of the collection consists of field tapes, 1973-1974, created by Carter and Owen as part of their joint fieldwork project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Titled, Traditional Instrumental Music From Southwest Virginia: A Field Collection and Oral History, the fieldwork project comprised of documenting the traditional music found in one region of the Southern Appalachians through recorded music, interviews, and photographs. The collection contains dubbed copies of the original field recordings that Carter and Owen created as part of the grant-funded project, as well as a copy of the original grant proposal with handwritten notations. The recordings primarily feature traditional instrumental music, mainly fiddle and banjo played in the old-time style, from southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina, including Carroll, Patrick, Grayson, and Floyd counties, Va., and Alleghany and Surry counties, N.C. Included are performances of ballads, early country music, gospel songs, bluegrass music, dance calls, and tin pan alley, as well as interviews, telling of legends, and other spoken material. The music is performed on fiddle, banjo, piano, hammered dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer, accordion, guitar, harmonica, jew's-harp, autoharp, steel guitar, and Hawaiian guitar. Performers include Huston Caudill, Luther Franklin Davis, Armstead Roscoe Parrish, Dan Tate, Fred Cockerham (1901- ), Estil Cortez Ball, Albert Hash, Kyle Creed, Taylor Kimble (1892- ), Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985), and Virgil Craven (1902-1980). The collection also includes additional dubbed audio recordings, circa 1948-1949, featuring the Shelor Family, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners, Ernest Stanley Band, Dudley Spangler, and J.W. (John Watts) Spangler (1882-1970), as well as field notes created by Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, and staff of the Southern Folklife Collection. The field notes correspond to the audio recordings found in the collection and may include notes on performers' names, technical information about the field tape, a brief description of contents, song titles, and tunings.

Tom Carter and Chuck Rupert Oysler Collection, 1973

The Tom Carter and Chuck Rupert Oysler Collection consists of field recordings, 1973, of Willie Trice (1910-1976), an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer from North Carolina. The two recordings, which were made by Tom Carter and Chuck Rupert Oysler in Orange County, N.C., feature Willie Trice on guitar and vocals, as well as in conversation. The collection also contains corresponding documentation, or tape logs, created by former SFC staff members.

W. Horace Carter Papers, 1920s-1990s

W. Horace Carter (1921- ) of Tabor City, N.C., was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who was editor of the Tabor City Tribune and writer of books and articles on fresh-water fishing and deer and duck hunting.

R. L. Caruthers Papers, 1823-1870

Robert Looney Caruthers was a Lebanon, Tenn., lawyer, state legislator, Whig politician, founder and professor of law at Cumberland University, United States Representative, 1841-1843, state supreme court justice, and Confederate governor of Tennessee.

Mike Casey Interviews and Field Recordings, 1983-1986.

Interviews and field recordings created by white archivist and traditional musician, Mike Casey, while he was a graduate student in folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The majority of the recordings feature traditional musicians from North Carolina and West Virginia, including Lauchlin Shaw, white old-time fiddler from Spring Lake, Cumberland County, N.C.; Clarence Williams (1928- ), African American gospel singer and farmer from Fayetteville, N.C.; and Melvin Wine, a white old-time fiddler, of Braxton County, W.Va. The collection also contains a series of recordings made in Duplin County N.C., including interviews with residents and field recordings of a Baptist church revival, as well as documentation related to the interview and field recordings of Lauchlin Shaw found in the collection.

Thomas Casey Letter, 8 September 1834.

Thomas Casey (died 1847), a native of South Carolina, was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1834. The collection includes a letter from Casey to Marien Passage in Mobile, Ala., describing his situation as a new cadet at the United States Military Academy.

Jerry Casstevens Collection, 1950-1997

Yadkin County native Jerry Casstevens was a regionally well-known bluegrass banjo player who performed mostly in Yadkin, Surry, Wilkes, and neighboring counties of North Carolina and Virginia. Casstevens mastered many styles of music on the banjo, but preferred to play bluegrass. During his 40-year musical career, Casstevens won or placed in many contests, including Union Grove and Galax fiddlers' conventions. He led many different groups, but the Bluegrass Masters, with his son Mike Casstevens, was perhaps the best known.

Caswell County (N.C.) Papers, 1701-1905.

Caswell County, N.C., was established in 1777.

Caswell County Historical Association Collection, 1791-2000s

The Caswell County Historical Association, headquartered in Yanceyville, N.C., was organized in 1954 to promote the study of local history and genealogy.

Revolutionary War Papers, 1774-1782.

The collection contains miscellaneous Revolutionary War papers, chiefly relating to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1781-1782. The collection includes letters, reports, invoices, and other papers of the North Carolina General Assembly and of Governor Richard Caswell concerning military activities and supplies, records of local proceedings, and other items.

Richard Caswell Papers, 1776-1914 (bulk 1776-1785).

Richard Caswell was governor of North Carolina, 1776-1779 and 1785-1787, general in the state forces during the Revolutionary War, state comptroller, and speaker of the state senate.

William Richard Caswell Letters, 1846-1847.

William Richard Caswell (1809-1862) of Tennessee was an officer in the United States Army who served as aide-de-camp to Major General Gideon J. Pillow during the Mexican War. The collection includes letters written from Mexico during the Mexican War by Caswell, addressed to Ephraim H. Foster and Thomas Hord in Tennessee, describing camp life and the progress of the war.

William Richard Caswell Papers, 1805-1900

William Richard Caswell of Dandridge and Knoxville, Tenn., was a lawyer, planter, railroad director, volunteer army officer in the Mexican War, and Tennessee militia general early in the Civil War.

Catawba Springs Hotel Register, 1838-1854.

MICROFILM ONLY. Register of guests at Catawba Springs Hotel, Lincoln County, N.C., in two volumes, 1838-1854, showing names, residences, and destinations. Also included are notes by historian Chalmers G. Davidson concerning the history of the hotel.

Geraldine Cate Papers, 1918-1996

Geraldine Gerry Spinks Cate (1910-1998) was a musician, music educator, and social activist in chiefly in Raleigh, N.C. She studied at the University of South Carolina; Westminster Choir College; Teachers College, Columbia University; and the Juilliard School. Cate held positions at Silliman University in the Philippines, where she was sponsored by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Peace College, the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, and Saint Mary's College, all in Raleigh; the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C.; and other institutions. Cate was especially dedicated to interracial reconciliation.

Cates Family Papers, 1880-1981

Correspondence, business records, and other papers of members of the Cates family of Burlington, N.C. These papers document John Wesley Cates's activities as a businessman, school board member, and city booster; his daughter, Bertha Cates's, activities as a coal merchant in Burlington; his daughter, Verna Cates Stackhouse's, activites as a supervisor at the King Cotton Mill in Burlington and as an active Democrat; and a number of personal and civic concerns of the family. The papers include thirty-three diary volumes kept by Bertha Cates, discussing her daily activities, 1937- 1979. Organizations with which members of the Cates family were involved include the Burlington Merchants Association, the North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association, the First Baptist Church of Burlington (of which John W. Cates was a founder), the Burlington Business and Professional Women's Club (of which Bertha Cates was a founder), and the North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association.

Henry L. Cathell Diary, 1851-1852; 1856

The collection contains detailed records of two trips made by Henry L. Cathell of New York City. On the first trip, 22 November 1851-29 April 1852, undertaken to recover his health, Cathell and his family travelled by boat to Savannah, Ga.; by railroad to Macon, Ga.; and by stagecoach to Quincy, Fla., where they spent 6 December 1851-5 April 1852 hunting, fishing, and socializing. The travellers returned by way of Macon, Chattanooga, Tenn., the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, Cleveland, Ohio, the Great Lakes, Buffalo, and Albany, N.Y. On the second trip, 3 February-2 March 1856, while in mourning for his wife, Cathell visited Savannah and Quincy and passed through Wilmington, N.C., Richmond, Va., Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., and Philadelphia, Pa. In addition to the travel narratives the volumes contain itemized accounts of expenses and a record of letters written.

Boyd Cathey Papers, 1965-1998

Boyd Cathey of Raleigh, N.C., is a white conservative political activist. The collection contains materials relating to the political campaigns of several North Carolina and national conservative political candidates. Included are clippings, campaign literature, some correspondence, and other items from the campaigns of David B. Funderburk for United States Senate, 1985-1986; Pat Robertson for president, 1987-1988; Jesse Helms for United States Senate, 1988-1990; and Pat Buchanan for president, 1991-1992. Cathey was particularly active in the Robertson and Buchanan campaigns. There are also a few letters from Senator Sam Ervin Jr., Terry Sanford, historian Gene Genovese, writer Russell Kirk, film critic Norman Stewart, and Vincent S. Waters, Roman Catholic bishop of Raleigh. Materials in additions are similar to the materials in the original political deposit and relate to elections in 1992 and 1996.

Joseph Cathey Papers, 1833-1890

Joseph Cathey was a farmer, miller, and merchant in Haywood County, N.C. He was the son of William Cathey, one of the earliest Haywood County settlers. Cathey represented Haywood County at the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835, and he served one term in the North Carolina Senate in 1842.

Propaganda Fide Press Printing Blocks, 1626-1850

This collection consists of a set of 919 highly visual printing blocks used by the Propaganda Fide printing press in Rome between the 17th and 19th centuries, chronicling the propagation of the Christian faith in numerous languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Syriac, Burmese, Croatian, and Greek. Some blocks use the esoteric alphabets Malachim, the Celestial Alphabet, and Transitus Fluvii. The blocks also illustrate biblical scenes and other decorative printing elements, including coats-of-arms, decorative borders, initials, and headpieces. Many are wrapped in scrap printed paper with an image of the block. Founded in Rome in 1622, the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide ("Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith") is a college of the Catholic church, now known as the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. To aid in the church's mission to spread the Catholic faith throughout the world, it established its own press in 1626. The press produced materials in at least 23 languages, including guides for priests trying to learn a new language and publications that communicated Catholicism's tenets.

Cavin and Leonard Family Papers, 1797-1942

Cavin and Leonard family, chiefly farmers and teachers of Iredell County, N.C. Among Arabella Cavin's children was John H. Cavin. John H. and Sarah Cavin's children included John Y. Cavin, who taught school in Texas, and Milas, who taught in North Carolina. Milas and Laura Freeland Cavin's children included Meta; Ida; Wyatt; and Wade, who married Pearle Leonard and lived in Troutman, N.C. Wade and Pearle's children included Robert W. and Wade Leonard Cavin, who served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Leonard family members included Margaret Bustle, who, after the death of John Bustle, married Martin S. Leonard in 1833. Their children included Robert R. Leonard, father of Pearle Leonard Cavin.

Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1972-2019

The Sheps Center for Health Services Research was founded in 1968 as the UNC-Chapel Hill Health Services Research Center. It was initially funded by the National Center for Health Services Research. 1991, the Center was named for its first director, Cecil G. Sheps.

Aros Coke Cecil Photograph Album of the University of North Carolina, 1917-1918

The collection of white pharmacist Aros Coke Cecil (1897-1958) of High Point, N.C., consists of a twenty-page photograph album Cecil assembled in 1918, a year after he graduated from the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy. Each album page contains between two and four photographs depicting student social life on the UNC campus and scenes in Chapel Hill, N.C., and High Point, N.C. Included are images of commencement, campus buildings, dormitories, women on campus, an African American man on the university's housekeeping staff, and the University of North Carolina Student Battalion, which became the university's Reserved Officer Training Corps when the United States entered the First World War. Documents related to the draft and Cecil's induction into the United States Army in 1918 are also included.

Cedar Grove Cemetery Funeral Announcements, 1900-1918.

Handwritten funeral announcements, 1900-1918, for local circulation, giving names of the deceased and the dates and hours for burial services to be held in Cedar Grove Cemetery, probably in Wilson County, N.C.

Center for International Understanding of the University of North Carolina (System) Records, 1980-2007 (bulk 1988-2003)

The Center for International Understanding of the University of North Carolina (System) was founded in 1979 through the efforts of North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt and First Lady Carolyn Hunt. It was known initially as the North Carolina Center for International Understanding (NCCIU). After it became affiliated with the national non-profit organization Friendship Force International (FFI), it was known as the Friendship Force of North Carolina. That affiliation ended in 1988. Though headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., the center has been administratively a part of the University of North Carolina (System) since its inception. Its mission has been to educate North Carolina's business, policy, and education leaders about the world and to foster greater global engagement on the part of the state. Its programs have included numerous international exchanges and partnerships. Since 2002, much of the center's activity has focused on building cultural competency among the state's K-12 students.

Central Tennessee Legal Documents, 1817-1927

The collection includes land grants and surveys, bills of sale, court orders, contracts, business agreements, debt settlements, correspondence, military reports concerning the strength and condition of militia units, a will, and a marriage contract. Many items originated in Davidson County, Tenn., and Cheatham County, Tenn, though Williamson, Sumner, and Crockett counties are also represented.

Eugene Chadbourne Collection, 2000-2020

Collection of white jazz instrumentalist, composer, and avant-garde guitarist Eugene Chadbourne, including self-produced recordable compact discs, vinyl records, and a flyer for the music festival ChadFest 2020. Chadbourne created the artwork for each album. Recordings include performances and compositions by many people, including some Black musicians. Artists include: Chris Eubank, Carrie Shull, Joe Westerlund, David Licht, Karl Straub, Don Helms, Susan Alcorn, Jimmy Carl Black, Dave Fox, Jeb Bishop, John Zorn, Kramer, Michael Hurley, and others. Also included is Chadbourne's 2013 book Dreamory, a collection of his tour and dream diaries and teenage and draft dodging memoirs.

James Chalmers Letters, 1820; 1955.

James Chalmers (fl. 1820) resided in Halifax, Va., and had two daughters who attended school in Salem, N.C.

Hope Summerell Chamberlain Papers, 1888-1951

Hope Summerell Chamberlain of Raleigh, N.C., wife of Joseph Weddington Chamberlain, was a clubwoman and author of local history.

Chambers Family Papers, 1816-1918

The collectionincludes manuscripts by and about members of the Chambers family of Iredell County, N.C. Volumes include the account book, 1816-1865, of Joseph Chambers (1791-1848); account book, 1841-1884, of Joseph Chambers and his son, Pinckney Brown Chambers at Farmville, an Iredell County plantation, and at Morganton and Statesville; merchants' accounts, 1852- 1854, kept at Salisbury, N.C.; captain's record book, 1865, for Company C, 49th North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A.; three volumes of Chambers family history from 1708 to 1918; and miscellaneous letters.

Henry A. Chambers Papers, 1832-1925