Wallace Everett Caldwell papers, 1864-1961.

ArchivalResource

Wallace Everett Caldwell papers, 1864-1961.

Professional correspondence, 1923-1962, chiefly relating to Wallace Everett Caldwell's career as a professor of ancient history at the University of North Carolina, and Caldwell's writings about ancient history. Also included are personal letters, 1931-1961; subject files; photographs; diplomas; clippings; and other items, among them a photograph album from Caldwell's honeymoon in 1915. In the subject files is an 1864 letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to R. S. Jennings about a copy of Martel's Picture of Central Park; the connection between this letter and Caldwell is unclear. Other materials pertain to Caldwell's membership in the Masonic Order and his service as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, 1950-1951. There are also photographs and other pictures relating to various aspects of Caldwell's life, including his Masonic work.

2,000 items (2.5 linear ft.).

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6906vf2 (corporateBody)

The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina is the oldest and largest fraternal organization in North Carolina. The Grand Lodge has been in continuous operation since it was established by a convention of Masonic lodges in Tarboro, N.C., December 1787. Previous to that, Masonic lodges had met in North Carolina since 1755 under the authority of several other grand lodges. From the description of Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina records, circa 1790-1...

Caldwell, Wallace Everett, 1890-1961

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s215zn (person)

Wallace Everett Caldwell was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. He was professor of history at the University of North Carolina, 1922-1961, and author of books and articles on ancient history. From the description of Wallace Everett Caldwell papers, 1864-1961. WorldCat record id: 24864248 Cornell University Class of 1910. From the description of Wallace Everett Caldwell scrapbook, 1907-1910. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010734 ...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64499xp (corporateBody)

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...