James Atkins papers, 1874-1931 [manuscript].

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James Atkins papers, 1874-1931 [manuscript].

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Family and professional correspondence of Atkins; and family and business papers, 1923-1931, of his son, James Atkins, Jr., real estate broker of Waynesville, N.C. Includes material relating to Haywood County, N.C., schools, Asheville Female College, Emory and Henry College, Methodist churches in the South, and home and foreign missions. Volumes include miscellaneous records of the two colleges and brief diaries, 1891, 1895, and undated.

About 1680 items (2.5 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Emory and Henry College

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Atkins, James B.

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Asheville Female College (Asheville, N.C.)

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Atkins, James, 1850-1923

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James Atkins (1850-1923) was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bishop of North Carolina; the president of Asheville Female College, 1879-1889; and the president of Emory and Henry College, 1893-1896. He was married to Ella Maria Branner and they had a son, James Atkins, Jr., a real estate broker of Waynesville, N.C. From the guide to the James Atkins Papers, ., 1874-1931, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...