Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton Papers, 1895-1961

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Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton Papers, 1895-1961

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J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) wasa historian; founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University ofNorth Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and professor and chair of the HistoryDepartment at the University of North Carolina. The collection consists of of J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton'spersonal, family, and professional correspondence (except for his correspondence aschair of the History Department at the University of North Carolina and director ofthe Southern Historical Collection, which are held by the University Archives),1885-1961; Hamilton's diaries, 1919, from when he served in the Army EducationalCorps in France, and 1935-1949, which chiefly recount his extensive collecting tripsaround the South and his working and social life in Chapel Hill; nine scrapbooks,1900-1961, on Hamilton, his academic and professional career, with some materialrelating to his military service during and after World War I and to the SouthernHistorical Collection; miscellaneous writings by Hamilton, many unpublished; andnotes on Confederate generals. Frequent correspondents include James Sprunt; R.D.W.Connor, historian and from 1934 the first Archivist of the United States; LouisRound Wilson; historian E. Merton Coulter; David A. Shepherd, a fellow alumnus ofthe University of the South; A.R. Newsome; and Charles W. Dabney.

About 9,500 items (25.5 linear feet)

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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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J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) was a historian; founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and professor and chair of the History Department at the University of North Carolina. From the description of Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton papers, 1895-1961. WorldCat record id: 27190178 Joesph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, son of Daniel Heyward and Frances Gray Roulhac Hamilton, was born in Hillsb...

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