Papers, 1838-1965 (bulk 1932-1949).

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Banks family. Papers, 1838-1965 (bulk 1932-1949).

Papers, 1838-1965 (bulk 1932-1949).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48447417

Papers of several generations of a family active in the Presbyterian Church. Includes a transcription of a letter (1838) from Samuel Banks, possibly the first of the family in America, to his son, the Rev. Alexander Robinson Banks; class notes (1861-62) of the Rev. Henry Howard Banks (1839-78) as a student of James Henley Thornwell at Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia, S.C.; scrapbook (1898) of clippings on religious topics kept by Howard A. Banks (d. 1932); correspondence of James Galbraith Torrance (b. 1876), whose sister, Delia, married Howard Banks; papers of Delia's son, Henry Howard Banks (b. 1909); and photographs.

ca. 200 items (including 98 photographs)

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library