Lyman A. Cotten photographic and printed material collection, circa 1870s-1960s.

Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson, 1875-1975

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Elizabeth Brownrigg (Henderson) Cotten (1875-1975) worked in the Southern Historical Collection and was secretary of the Friends of the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Before her husband's death in 1926, Mrs. Cotten lived for some time in Istanbul, Turkey, and Tokyo, Japan, and was active in Women's Clubs there. She was an advocate of women's rights, and was active in the Democratic Party, the Episcopal Church, Liberty Loan Drives of World War I, Red Cros...

Cotten, Edyth Johns Tyson, d. 1942

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Cotten, Lyman A., 1909-1991

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Lyman Atkinson Cotten (1909-1990) graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1936 and from Yale University in 1941. He taught English at the University of North Carolina for 34 years, retiring in 1974. Cotten was a trustee of the Order of the Gimghouls, a secret society at the University, from 1952 until his death. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Society of the Cincinnati, and the Modern Language Association. From the description of Lyman A. Cotten photographic an...

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, Robert Randolph, 1839-1928

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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, John Henderson, 1913-1982

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John Henderson Cotten was a United States Naval Academy graduate and career naval officer. He commanded a destroyer in the Pacific in World War II and taught at various naval schools in the 1950s. From the description of John Henderson Cotten papers, 1928-1968 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23848780 Elizabeth Brownrigg Henderson was born in Salisbury, N.C., on 4 August 1875, the daughter of John Steele and Elizabeth Cain Henderson. She spent her childhood in ...

Cotten, Bruce, 1873-1954

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Bruce Cotten, the fifth child of Robert Randolph Cotten and Sally Sims Southall Cotten, was born in Wilson, N.C., on 3 March 1873. He attended the Horner Military School in Oxford, N.C., before enrolling at the University of North Carolina where he spent the 1891-1892 school year. Following a brief attempt at business and a year in Alaska during the gold rush, Cotten returned to the States and volunteered for the Spanish-American War (1898). After becoming a member of the regular army, he partic...

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 ...

Cotten, Lyman A., 1909-1991

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Lyman Atkinson Cotten (1909-1990) graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1936 and from Yale University in 1941. He taught English at the University of North Carolina for 34 years, retiring in 1974. Cotten was a trustee of the Order of the Gimghouls, a secret society at the University, from 1952 until his death. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Society of the Cincinnati, and the Modern Language Association. From the description of Lyman A. Cotten photographic an...

Cotten family

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