Cotten family papers, 1892-1958.

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Cotten family papers, 1892-1958.

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Family correspondence of Robert Randolph Cotten, Pitt County, N.C., of his wife, Sallie (Southall) Cotten (1846-1929), and of their children and grandchildren. Sallie (Southall) Cotten's papers concern women's rights, state and national women's organizations, women's war work, 1916-1918, the Virginia Dare Memorial Association, and her many other interests and activities, as well as family and social matters. Also included are her scrapbooks, 1892-1929, writings, speeches, and personal memoranda, and letters from her son, Lyman Atkinson Cotten (1874-1926), as a captain in the U.S. Navy.

About 1000 items (2.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7162034

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Virginia Dare Memorial Association.

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Cotten, Sallie Southall

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Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (1846-1929) of Pitt County, N.C., was a writer and campaigner for women's issues. Cotten was a leader in both the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and the National Congress of Mothers, through which she worked to advance the legal and educational status of women. She also published articles and poetry, most notably The White Doe (1901), a verse history of the Lost Colony. From the guide to the Sallie Southall Cotten papers, 1857-1929, (Un...

Cotten family.

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Cotten, Robert Randolph, 1839-1928

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Cotten, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson), 1874-1926

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Lyman A. Cotten papers, 1886-1947. WorldCat record id: 22501422 Lyman Atkinson Cotten (1874-1926) was a United States naval officer. He was educated at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., 1894-1898, and participated in the Spanish-American War, Philippine insurrection, Boxer Rebellion, and the Naval War College, and served in Japan, China, World War I, and conflicts in the Near East. His wife was Elizabeth Brownrigg ...