Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton papers, 1895-1961.

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Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton papers, 1895-1961.

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The collection consists of of J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton's personal, family, and professional correspondence (except for his correspondence as chair of the History Department at the University of North Carolina and director of the Southern Historical Collection, which are held by the University Archives), 1885-1961; Hamilton's diaries, 1919, from when he served in the Army Educational Corps in France, and 1935-1949, which chiefly recount his extensive collecting trips around the South and his working and social life in Chapel Hill; nine scrapbooks, 1900-1961, on Hamilton, his academic and professional career, with some material relating to his military service during and after World War I and to the Southern Historical Collection; miscellaneous writings by Hamilton, many unpublished; and notes on Confederate generals. Frequent correspondents include James Sprunt; R.D.W. Connor, historian and from 1934 the first Archivist of the United States; Louis Round Wilson; historian E. Merton Coulter; David A. Shepherd, a fellow alumnus of the University of the South; A.R. Newsome; and Charles W. Dabney.

ca. 9500 items (25.5 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241026

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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The Southern Historical Collection is home to over 5,000 distinct archival collections. These are each comprised of unique primary documents, such as diaries, correspondence, photographs, maps, and oral histories. We offer robust documentation of all periods of Southern history since the late eighteenth century, particularly the Antebellum era through the Civil Rights Movement. Some of our traditional subject strengths include: Communities and Families Business and Labor Slavery and the ...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dept. of History.

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Sprunt, James, 1846-1924

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Newsome, Albert Ray, 1894-1951

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Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981

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Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981), author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958), and head of the History Dept. (1941-1958), resided in Athens, Georgia. From the description of E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection II, [ca. 1754-1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477251 Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981), author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958) and head of the History Dept. (1941-1958), resided in Athens, Georgia. From the descri...

Connor, Robert Digges Wimberly, 1878-1950

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Educator, historian, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, University of North Carolina professor, first archivist of the United States, and author of numerous books and articles on North Carolina history. From the description of R. D. W. Connor papers, 1890-1950 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26319525 Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (26 September 1878 - 25 February 1950) was born in Wilson, North Carolina, one of twelve children of Henry Grove...

Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979

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Louis Round Wilson (27 December 1876-10 December 1979) was born in Lenoir, N.C., and, in the 1890s, attended Davenport College in Lenoir; Haverford College in Haverford, Pa.; and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., from which he graduated in May 1899. After teaching for a few years, Wilson embarked on a long and distinguished career in librarianship, library science education, and university administration. Wilson served as librarian and first director of the School of Library...

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...

Shepherd, David A. (David Alexander)

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Dabney, Charles William, 1855-1945

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Charles William Dabney was a scientist, educator, and author. Also represented in the collection are four generations of his ancestors, including William Dabney (ca. 1707-1772?); Charles Dabney (1745-1829); Charles William Dabney (1786-1833); Charles William Dabney (1809-1895); Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898); Lavinia (Morrison) Dabney (1823-1905); and James Morrison (fl. 1817-1865). From the description of Charles William Dabney papers, 1715-1945. WorldCat record id: 25968501 ...

Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961

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J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) was a historian; founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and professor and chair of the History Department at the University of North Carolina. From the description of Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton papers, 1895-1961. WorldCat record id: 27190178 Joesph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, son of Daniel Heyward and Frances Gray Roulhac Hamilton, was born in Hillsb...