Cornelia Spencer Love papers, 1898-1978 [manuscript].

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Cornelia Spencer Love papers, 1898-1978 [manuscript].

Writings, correspondence, a scrapbook, photographs, and a few other items of Cornelia Spencer Love, librarian at the University of North Carolina, 1917-1948; author of "When Chapel Hill was a Village," 1976; and granddaughter of Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908). Included are drafts of "When Chapel Hill was a Village"; letters about the book, including anecodotes about life in Chapel Hill; and letters, 1898-1946, to Love from relatives and friends concerning family and personal matters. These letters include many, 1914-1916, from Love's mother, June Spencer Love, and letters from the same period from James Spencer Love about his life as a Harvard undergraduate.

About 235 items (1.0 linear ft.).

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Love, James Spencer, 1896-1962

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Love, Cornelia Spencer, 1892-1981

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Cornelia Spencer Love (1892- ) was a librarian at the University of North Carolina, 1917-1948; author of When Chapel Hill was a Village, 1976; and granddaughter of Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908). From the guide to the Cornelia Spencer Love Papers, ., 1898-1978, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...