Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, and other material, dealing with daily life at Chapel Hill, N. C., affairs of its residents, and the University of North Carolina, particularly its struggle during Reconstruction days. Includes personal, family, and other letters from Mrs. Spencer, chiefly to her daughter, June (Mrs. James Love) and to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles Phillips; articles by Mrs. Spencer, primarily written for magazines and newspapers; and 48 vols. of class lectures of Mrs. Spencer's father, the Rev. James Phillips, mathematics professor at the University of North Carolina, on astronomy, mathematics, and natural philosophy.