Ulrich Bonnell Phillips papers 1712-1933 1800-1861

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Ulrich Bonnell Phillips papers 1712-1933 1800-1861

The papers consist of the research files of Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, an author and history professor. The papers include Phillips's notes and transcripts of historical source materials and the collected papers of several southern families from 1712-1933. The collected papers include correspondence, account books, business records, farm and plantation records, diaries, photographs, and other papers which focus primarily on the years 1790-1865, and the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and the Piedmont region of Georgia. Phillips's own papers in the collection include a small amount of correspondence, lecture notes, typescript versions of published essays and reviews, transcripts of materials from various sources, his research notes arranged by topic, and related printed matter.

25.75 linear feet (52 boxes)

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Virginia infantry. 6th regt., 1776-1778.

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Massie, Thomas, 1748-1834.

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McDowell, Samuel

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Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar.

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Moore, Samuel McDowell, 1796-1875

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Williams, Samuel May, 1795-1858

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McDowell, James, 1770-1835.

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Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932

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Massie, William, 1795-1862

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Mitchell, David Brydie, 1766-1837

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Dorman, James Baldwin, 1823-1893

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Troup, George Michael, 1780-1856

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Reid family.

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Thomas family.

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Dorman family.

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Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell, 1877-1934

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Ulrich B. Phillips was a history professor in Madison, Wisconsin. Robert Preston Brooks was a 1904 Rhodes scholar and later a professor of economics and dean of the UGA School of Commerce (1920 to 1945). He was the first alumni secretary and founder and editor of the Georgia Alumni Record. From the description of Letters to Dr. Preston Brooks, 1907-1908. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 262845476 Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1877-1934) was an author and historian who...

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Mitchell, Sarah Caroline Neisler.

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