Alden and Simpson Family Papers, 1857-1887

Summary

Creator:
Simpson (Family : Tallassee, Ala.) and Simpson family.
Abstract:

The Simpson family of Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., included Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, who served in Virginia.

The complete collection exists on microfilm, and includes personal letters between Simpson and his mother and his wife, Addie Alden Simpson, describing, among other matters, religious life in camp, the Battle of Gettysburg, and family and community news from Tallassee. Also included are a letter from J. Wheeler to the citizens of Tennessee calling for more volunteers, an autobiographical sketch of Charles Teed Pollard (born 1805) of Alabama(?), written in 1887, and love letters between James and Addie Simpson.

Extent:
103 items
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

The Simpson family of Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., included Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, who served in Virginia.

Scope and content:

The complete collection exists on microfilm, and includes personal letters between Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in Virginia, and his mother and his wife, Addie Alden Simpson, in Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., describing, among other matters, religious life in camp, the Battle of Gettysburg, and family and community news from Tallassee. Also included are a letter from J. Wheeler to the citizens of Tennessee calling for more volunteers, an autobiographical sketch of Charles Teed Pollard (born 1805) of Alabama(?), written in 1887, and love letters between James and Addie Simpson.

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Alden and Simpson Family Papers, #929-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu