Hope Summerell Chamberlain papers, 1888-1951.

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Hope Summerell Chamberlain papers, 1888-1951.

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Scattered correspondence and other papers of Hope Summerell Chamberlin. Included are letters from Chamberlain as a schoolgirl and letters relating to her grandfather, Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; to North Carolina history; and to her book, "Old Days in Chapel Hill" (1926). There are also clippings, a biographical sketch, and nine original drawings used to illustrate the book.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Chamberlain, Hope Summerell

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Hope Summerell Chamberlain of Raleigh, N.C., wife of Joseph Weddington Chamberlain, was a clubwoman and author of local history. From the description of Hope Summerell Chamberlain papers, 1888-1951. WorldCat record id: 24202018 From the guide to the Hope Summerell Chamberlain Papers, 1888-1951, (Southern Historical Collection) ...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857

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Elisha Mitchell was a native of Connecticut, student and tutor at Yale College, Presbyterian minister, and professor of geology and chemistry and bursar at the University of North Carolina, 1818-1857. From the description of Elisha Mitchell papers, 1816-1905. WorldCat record id: 23658466 Elisha Mitchell (19 August 1793-27 June 1857) of Connecticut was a graduate of Yale who taught at Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y. and at New London, Conn., and was a tutor at Yale be...