Papers, 1814-1911; (bulk 1856-1882).

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Papers, 1814-1911; (bulk 1856-1882).

Correspondence and other personal and professional papers, relating to the Methodist Church in North Carolina; Roberts' studies with Oliver P. Copeland, an artist of Raleigh, N.C.; Roberts' attempts to avoid army service, his illness while a soldier, and his efforts to leave the service; his postwar career as a painter, including lists of portraits painted and amounts charged; his problems with drug addiction; his conversion to the Disciples of Christ; and the affairs of the Roberts family.

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