John Henderson Cotten Papers, 1928-1968

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John Henderson Cotten Papers, 1928-1968

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John Henderson Cotten was a United States Naval Academygraduate and career naval officer. He commanded a destroyer in the Pacific in WorldWar II and taught at various naval schools in the 1950s. The collection is chiefly weekly letters, 1931-1962, fromElizabeth Henderson Cotten (1875-1975) of Salisbury and Chapel Hill, N.C., librarianat the University of North Carolina, to her son, John Henderson Cotten, concerningwork, family, and social matters, but also commenting on such topics as racialintegration and the arts in Chapel Hill. Also included are several letters aboutfamily matters from John Cotten to his brother, Lyman A. Cotten (1909- ); severalphotographs of friends and relatives of Cotten; and a few items relating to Cotten'snaval experience, including a Japanese map, captured by United States Marines, ofOkinawa Island.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Cotten, John Henderson, 1913-1982

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John Henderson Cotten was a United States Naval Academy graduate and career naval officer. He commanded a destroyer in the Pacific in World War II and taught at various naval schools in the 1950s. From the description of John Henderson Cotten papers, 1928-1968 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23848780 Elizabeth Brownrigg Henderson was born in Salisbury, N.C., on 4 August 1875, the daughter of John Steele and Elizabeth Cain Henderson. She spent her childhood in ...