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Mitchell family. Mitchell and Barnes families papers, 1791-1933.

Title: Mitchell and Barnes families papers, 1791-1933.

Papers consist primarily of correspondence, land and other legal documents, daybooks, photographs, and clippings. Early documents largely concern the transfer and use of land in central and eastern New York. Much of the correspondence comprises letters to Harriet (Hattie) Newell Mitchell (1822-1899) and her sister, Charlotte (Lottie) E. Mitchell (1834-1916), daughters of John (1798-1886) and Phoebe Tichenor Mitchell (1801-1837), and letters to Emily (Minnie) Ann Mitchell, daughter of William I. (1825-1904) and Emily Ann Steenberg Mitchell (1826-1847); other major correspondents include Orrin S. Wood (1817-1909), brother-in-law of Ezra Cornell, Bradford T. Mitchell (1837-1879), William L. Mitchell (1825-1904), and Amelia Mitchell (Mrs. Henry Preswick, 1829-1912). Also, autograph book of Minnie Mitchell, including poems by David Starr Jordan and members of the Grove Literary Society, 1871; and composite photograph of members of the Winter Course Rice Poultry Club, 1913-1914. This correspondence concerns the death of Orrin Wood's wife of only ten months (Mary I. Mitchell, 1821-1842), his trip to Maine with Ezra Cornell and other travels, his impressions of Washington, D.C., where he went to learn telegraphy, his work in Canada with the Montreal Telegraph Company and with several New York telegraph posts, including the Utica telegraph office, and his marriage to Julia Forbes; Bradford T. Mitchell's work, also in telegraphy, in various places including Ottawa, Illinois, where he married Mary Miller, speculation in gold, silver, and Treasury notes with the aid of the telegraph, politics, his partnership in a boot and shoe business, and their move from Illinois to Utica; Emily (Minnie) Mitchell's visit to Saratoga Co., her marriage to Samuel Burling Barnes (1852-1908), her feelings regarding living with her in-laws on a farm in White Plains, N.Y., housekeeping, social life, relatives, and children, especially her daughter Harriet M. Barnes ("Little Hattie," 1886-1957); and, in letters from Hattie and Lottie, farming on land east of Ithaca, N.Y., friends and relatives, and events in the Ithaca area. Additional correspondents include Ella L. Atwater, Samuel Barnes, M. K. A. Benchley, Esther M. Boughton (Mrs. Henry Landon), Sarah Butts, William N. Cobb, Carrie J. Dodge, Armitta Drake, Mary J. Edwards, G. C. Hall, M. C. Johnston, David Starr Jordan, Mary Ann Miller Mitchell, Hiram Morse, E. R. Pinkney, Cornelia Preswick, Eugene Henry Preswick (Cornell University Class of 1883), Orrin C. Steenberg, Fred I. Steenberg, Emily Ann Steenberg, and Hoffman and Catherine Steenberg. Also included are daybooks (ca.1806-1835) containing financial records and medical remedies; Minnie Mitchell's diary of 1869, which relates to everyday accounts of work, church, friends, family, and visits to Saratoga Co.; and class notes, examinations, and laboratory instructions of Harriet M. Barnes (Cornell University Class of 1912). Material deals with areas of Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Dutchess, Montgomery, Onondaga, Saratoga, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, and Westchester Counties. Also, two "family record" cross-stitch samplers in wicker trays with glass tops; pressed and mounted botanical specimens; and dressmaking paterns, including the "Rodmure" by Annie R. Dick, Albany, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 2.7 cubic ft.

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DeLapp, Sim A. Sim A. DeLapp Papers, 1862-1976.

Title: Sim A. DeLapp Papers, 1862-1976.

The collection chiefly documents DeLapp's long-term involvement with the North Carolina Republican Party at the state and local level. While correspondence comprises the bulk of the collection, there are also some legal and financial papers, writings and speeches, printed material, and clippings. Being Chair of the North Carolina Republican Party (1942-1950) and legal counsel to the party (1950-1964), provided DeLapp access to state party leaders, which is reflected by the correspondents that include J.E. Broyhill, Wilmer D. Mizell, William E. Cobb, and Jesse Helms. Included is information concerning political appointments, canvassing and registering voters, political campaigns, and political speeches (some made by DeLapp). DeLapp's efforts to promote Republican presidential candidates is highlighted in 1952 when he served as North Carolina State Chairman of Dwight D. Eisenhower's campaign. The earliest corespondence primarily relates to Delapp's father, Alexander T. Lapp, who was sheriff of Davidson County, N.C., from 1906-1912 and 1916-1918. Also represented are DeLapp's responsibilities with the Evangelical and Reformed Church (later the United Church of Christ); information about the DeLapp family and DeLapp's published work, PEOPLE, POLITICS, RELIGION; and concern about the Duke University administration during the 1960s and early 1970s.

ArchivalResource: 13,100 items.

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Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Title: Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Richard Gaither Walser (1908-1988) was a professor of English at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and author of numerous works, chiefly relating to North Carolina's literary heritage. The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials chiefly relating to North Carolina' literary heritage. Files on individual authors and literary subjects dominate, with special emphasis on the life and works of Thomas Wolfe. Other authors represented in the collection include Doris Betts, Helen Bevington, James Boyd, Richard Chase, Jonathan Daniels, Wilma Dykeman, Charles Edward Eaton, John Ehle, Paul Green, Bernice Kelly Harris, George Moses Horton, Gerald W. Johnson, Frederick H. Koch, Guy Owen, Robert C. Ruark, Wilbur D. Steele, Hardin E. Taliaferro, and Jonathan Williams. There is also material on North Carolina folklore and other topics not directly connected to literature. A small number of items relate to Walser's life as a student at the University of North Carolina and to his service with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II.

ArchivalResource: About 27,800 items (32.5 linear feet)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04168/ View