Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955

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Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955

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Prominent members of the Battle familyof North Carolina included William Horn Battle (1802-1879) of Louisburg, Raleigh,and Chapel Hill, lawyer, legislator, judge of the North Carolina superior andsupreme courts, and trustee and professor of law at the University of NorthCarolina; his son, Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh,lawyer, president of the Chatham Railroad, who was active in state affairs duringthe Civil War, served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolinapresident, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907; and Kemp Plummer Battle'sson, William James Battle (1870-1955), University of North Carolina and Harvardstudent, professor of classics, dean, and acting president, 1893-1917, and professorof classics, 1920-1955, at the University of Texas, and professor of classics,1917-1920, at the University of Cincinnati. Papers give detailed coverage of the life of William HornBattle and his family and many aspects of North Carolina history, including life onthe Confederate homefront and social conditions during Reconstruction. There arealso materials relating to the Episcopal Church, in which the Battles were activelay members, and some slave bills of sale and Chatham County Railroad items. Papersof Kemp Plummer Battle relate to his interest in the early history of North Carolinaand of the University of North Carolina. Papers of William James Battle documentfamily and personal affairs. They are especially rich in Battle family history, butdo not include many items relating to his professional career. Volumes are chieflystudent notes and personal accounts kept by William James Battle, 1885-1909. Theaddition of April 2005 contains correspondence and other papers of Battle familymembers, mostly Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), but also his wife and children.Professional papers of Kemp Plummer Battle include his notes from the secretsessions of the North Carolina convention of 1861, notes and drafts of articles andspeeches by Kemp Plummer Battle, clippings of articles by or about Kemp PlummerBattle, and a few other items. Many letters are from Cornelia Phillips Spencer(1825-1908), whose brother Charles Phillips married Kemp Plummer Battle's aunt,Laura Caroline Battle.

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