James Southgate Papers, bulk 1794-1944 and undated, 1851-1935

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James Southgate Papers, bulk 1794-1944 and undated, 1851-1935

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/southgatejames/

Educator, insurance agent, and civic leader, of Durham, N.C. Family, business, and personal correspondence (chiefly after 1851) of Southgate and of his family. The material concerns Southgate’s insurance business, life in North Carolina, the establishment of Durham, N.C., and of Duke University; the Southgate family in the Civil War, Reconstruction in North Carolina, education and civil activities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and schools in Durham; and the activities and genealogy of the Southgate family. Correspondents and persons mentioned include Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate, James Haywood Southgate, and Myra Ann Muse Southgate.

2.4 Linear Feet; 1926 Items

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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916.

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Educator, insurance agent, and civic leader, of Durham, N.C. From the guide to the James Southgate Papers, bulk, 1794-1944 and undated, 1851-1935, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...