Nell Irvin Painter letters and photographs, 1957-2004.

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Nell Irvin Painter letters and photographs, 1957-2004.

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Collection comprises letters written by Painter to Smith, Painter's childhood friend from Northern California. Painter became a professional historian, retiring from her position at Princeton University in 2004. The letters cover two date spans, 1959-1965 and 1979-2002, describing Painter's time spent as a student in Nigeria, Ghana, and France, as well as a student traveler in Europe, and later, as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then Princeton. Primary topics include the women's friendship; other relationships, including Bryant's engagement and marriage; as well as Painter's travels and studies, textbook projects, and professional commitments and teaching. There are also 5 color photographs (1959-2004).

59 items (.1 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8110639

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Smith, Jacqueline Bryant.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Painter, Nell Irvin

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Scholar, teacher, and writer in 19th- and 20th-century American and African American history who has taught at Harvard, Princeton, and the Universities of North Carolina and Pennsylvania. From the description of Nell Irvin Painter papers, 1793-2011 and undated, bulk 1876-2007. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 51907978 Painter earned a Harvard PhD in 1974. From the description of Harvard University and the Ku Klux Klan, 1923 / Nell Painter. April 13,...