Papers : of the Braxton family, 1836-1978.

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Braxton family. Papers : of the Braxton family, 1836-1978.

Papers : of the Braxton family, 1836-1978.

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The collection includes tickets (1836-1837) issued by the Medical Dept. of the University of Pennsylvania to William Presley Braxton to attend lectures; correspondence (1881-1913) of Virginia Braxton Coalter Braxton; newspaper clippings (1843-1890) concerning Charles Hill Braxton, George Montgomery West, and Susie Grymes Braxton West; and will (1912) of Virginia Braxton Coalter Braxton in Richmond, Va. Also contains the papers of Charles Carter Braxton (of Atlanta Ga., Birmingham, Ala., Old Church, Va., and Mississippi) including correspondence (1886-1889), report card (1872), and agreement (1886) concerning personal property. There are also the papers of Henry Galt Braxton of Alabama and North Carolina including his diaries (1943-1972) kept while editor and publisher of the Kinston Daily Free Press (Kinston, N.C.), correspondence (1903-1970), accounts (1908), visiting cards, invitations (1947-1961), notes and resolutions (1930-1973), and a copy of his will (1972). Also contains the papers of Theo Pennington Braxton (of Chattanooga, Tenn. and Birmingham, Ala.) including correspondence (1907- 1958) and newspaper clippings (1909-1973) concerning Henry Galt Braxton and Theo Pennington Braxton with likenesses of each. The collection also contains genealogical notes concerning the Braxton and Coalter families, and miscellaneous correspondence (1847-1978).

266 items.

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