Paul Edgar Hubbell Papers, 1854-1986.

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Paul Edgar Hubbell Papers, 1854-1986.

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This collection consists largely of letters from Jay B. Hubbell to his brother Paul and his family discussing family matters, Hubbell genealogy, careers, publications, and politics, and current events. Other items include one letter from David S. Hubbell to his son Paul; photographs of Lucinda Hubbell and Jay Hubbell; writings by or about Jay B. Hubbell; a program of the Lamar Memorial Lectures; two volumes of GRANT STREET VERSE; a xeroxed copy of "A Tribute to Professor Kenneth Ballard Murdock, Honored Scholar of Early American Literature" from EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE magazine; poems by Paul E. Hubbbel, including one entitled "In Academici Memoriam" written in memory of his brother in 1979; a 1985 essay by Paul E. Hubbell entitled "The Making of Edward Gibbon, 1737-1778;" and clippings concerning the death of Wilburt C. Davison. Additional papers pertain to the family of Anne Thompson Hubbell, the wife of Paul Hubbell, and include a biographical sketch of her father Dr. Kimbro Thompson, a deed for land in Carroll Co., Va. (later the site of Hillsville Academy) from Calvin Mitchell to Benjamin F. Thompson, brother of Kimbro Thompson, dated 12 March 1854; another deed for 100 acres in Surry Co., N.C., to Jesse Isaaks, singed by Governor Z.B. Vance and dated 23 January 1863 (the surveyor's report is attached); a copy of the will of John J. McMickle of Surry Co., N.C., dated 25 October 1892, which names Dr. Kimbro Thompson, his son-in-law, as executor; three compositions by Kimbro Thompson, who was also an ordained minister in the Baptist Church; four letters, one to Kimbro Thompson's brother dated 21 January 1856, one written by W.O.T. Banner to his cousin while Banner was a prisoner at Johnsons Island, Oh., dated 24 November 1864, one from J.B. Jones to Rev. Thompson dated 20 October 1868 pertaining to missionary work in western Va., and one from Mame Thompson Woodhouse, sister of Anne Thompson Hubbel, dater 26 April 1930; copies of three notes promising to pay varying amounts of money; a certification of the unfitness of Benjamin F. Thompson for military service and his discharge of November 13, 1862; tax receipt of Benjamin F. Thompson for the year 1856; a scrapbook of Lucy McMickle, wife of Dr. Kimbro Thompson, in which clippings of agricultural pointers, stories, poems, etc. have been pasted on pages which apparently were Dr. Thompson's notes on diseases and medications, recipes, poems, and copies of letters have been added; a notebook fo Anne Thompson from Meredith College, Raleigh, N.C.; clippings of pictures of some of her classmates.

148 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7533214

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Hubbell, Lucinda.

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Davison, Wilburt Cornell, 1892-1972

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U. S. pediatrician and first dean of Duke University Medical School. From the description of Diplomas and other papers, 1887-1969. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35870432 Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Wilburt Cornell Davison : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122619997 Pediatrician, first dean and founder of the Duke University Medical Center. From the descrip...

Meredith College (Raleigh, N.C.)

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Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter : place not specified, to Georges Deyverdun, 1775 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587493 From the description of Letter, 1775 Feb. 17, to [Hester Gibbon?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500050 From the description of Library catalogue cards, ca. 1783-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122289309 From the description of Receipt book : manuscript, 1780-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Thompson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1784-1849

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Benjamin F. Thompson, a historian, wrote "Thompson's History of Long Island". From the description of Thompson, Benjamin F., letter, 1813. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 77076088 Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1784-1849) was a doctor, lawyer and historian; his "History of Long Island" was published in 1839. From the description of Benjamin F. Thompson collection, 1806-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155555606 Benjamin Franklin Tho...

Hubbell, Paul, 1891-

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Hubbell, Paul Edgar, 1891-

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Professor emeritus of History at East Michigan University and brother of Jay B. Hubbell. From the description of Paul Edgar Hubbell Papers, 1854-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43738310 Paul Edgar Hubbell was Professor emeritus of History at East Michigan University and brother of Jay B. Hubbell. From the guide to the Paul Edgar Hubbell Papers, 1854-1986, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...

Murdock, Kenneth Ballard, 1895-1975

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Murdock graduated from Harvard in 1916; taught English at Harvard and served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Papers of Kenneth B. Murdock, 1932?-1971 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973140 ...

Hubbell family.

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McMickle, Lucy.

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Hubbell, Jay B. (Jay Broadus), 1885-1979

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Professor of American literature, Duke University, Durham, N.C. From the description of Papers, c. 1900-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122616751 From the description of Jay B. Hubbell papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81571865 From the description of Papers, 1905-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643110 From the description of Papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat re...

Hubbell, David Smith

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Thompson, Kimbro.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...