Nisbet and Marye family papers, 1874-1925, 2003.

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Nisbet and Marye family papers, 1874-1925, 2003.

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Correspondence of the John Nisbet family of Savannah and Marietta, Ga., and of the Philip Thornton Marye family of Newport News, Va., and Atlanta, Ga. It documents the business and domestic life of these families, but particularly business activities of Savannah cotton factor John Nisbet in the 1870s; the education of Florence Nisbet Marye while traveling in Europe, 1889-1890, and at St. Timothy's School in Catonsville, Md., early 1890s; that of Jack Marye at the University of Virginia in the early 1890s; the courtship of Florence by Philip Marye during the Spanish American War; Philip's movements as commander of the Third Army Motorpool of the American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919; and the activities of their son, John Nisbet Marye, at summer camp in New Hampshire and at Woodberry Forest School in Woodberry, Va., 1918-1919. Also included are letters from Nanni Nisbet in Germany reporting on the dislocation of German society after World War I and a few school reports, receipts, and genealogical charts.

About 400 items (3.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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