Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson, 1875-1975

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Elizabeth Brownrigg (Henderson) Cotten (1875-1975) worked in the Southern Historical Collection and was secretary of the Friends of the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Before her husband's death in 1926, Mrs. Cotten lived for some time in Istanbul, Turkey, and Tokyo, Japan, and was active in Women's Clubs there. She was an advocate of women's rights, and was active in the Democratic Party, the Episcopal Church, Liberty Loan Drives of World War I, Red Cross relief in the influenza epidemic of 1918, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Colonial Dames.

A leader in the Tryon Palace Restoration, and involved in many other North Carolina preservation and restoration projects, Cotten was co-editor of Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina (1939) and author of The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition (1966).

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf North Carolina Folklife Festival (1974 : Durham, N.C.). Archive collection, 1974. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 Houghton Library
creatorOf Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson. Elizabeth Henderson Cotten papers, 1926-1964 (bulk 1950-1964). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Elizabeth Henderson Cotten Papers, 1926-1964, (bulk 1950-1964) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Lyman A. Cotten papers, 1927-1995. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Butler, Charles S. (Charles St. John), 1875-1944. Charles S. Butler papers, 1902-1937. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Charles Mills Papers (#4270), 1937-1981 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Cotten, Lyman A., 1909-1990. Lyman A. Cotten photographic and printed material collection, circa 1870s-1960s. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Cotten, John Henderson, 1913-1982. John Henderson Cotten papers, 1928-1968 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn North Carolina. Dept. of Cultural Resources. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources films, 1951-1988. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Henderson, John S. (John Steele), 1846-1916. John S. Henderson papers, 1755-1945, 1962. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Cotten, Elizabeth. Folklife section collection, 1978. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Lyman A. Cotten (1909-1991) Papers, 1927-1995 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Mills, Charles, 1914-1982. Charles Mills papers, 1937-1981. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Charles Mills Papers (#4270), 1937-1981 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson. [Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from Japan, 1912-1914]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
referencedIn Hugh Morton Photographs and Films, late 1920s-2006, (bulk 1940s-1990s) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection artist name files, 1940-2005 (artists A-C). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn National Public Radio (U.S.). Collection, 1975-1984. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Brown, Paul, 1952- person
associatedWith Butler, Charles S. (Charles St. John), 1875-1944. person
associatedWith Cotten, John Henderson, 1913-1982. person
associatedWith Cotten, Lyman A., 1909-1991. person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
associatedWith Dare, Virginia, b. 1587. person
associatedWith Gerrard, Alice, 1934- person
associatedWith Helms, Seena. person
associatedWith Henderson, John S. (John Steele), 1846-1916. person
associatedWith Jabbour, Alan. person
associatedWith Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. person
associatedWith Jones, Willie, ca. 1741-1801. person
associatedWith Merrill, Aaron Stanton, 1890-1961. person
associatedWith Mills, Charles, 1914-1982. person
correspondedWith Mills, Charles, 1914 Jan. 8- . person
associatedWith Morton, Hugh M. person
associatedWith Nash and Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith National Public Radio (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina. Dept. of Cultural Resources. corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina Folklife Festival (1974 : Durham, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina Folklife Festival (1976 : Durham, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina Folklife Festival 1978 : Durham, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina Folklife Festival (4th : 1978 : Durham, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Saint John's Episcopal Church (Williamsboro, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009. person
associatedWith Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Williamsboro (N.C.)
Hillsborough (N.C.)
North Carolina
New Bern (N.C.)
North Carolina--Hillsborough
North Carolina
Subject
African Americans
American drama
Architecture
Ballads, English
Banjo music
Blues (Music)
Folk dancing
Folk music
Guitar music (Blues)
Historic buildings
Schools
Songs, English
Waldenses
Women historians
Women musicians
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Birth 1875-08-04

Death 1975-02-03

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