Frederic B.M. Hollyday papers, 1818-1982, bulk 1860s-1946
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Summary
- Creator:
- Hollyday, Frederic B. M.
- Abstract:
- Frederic Hollyday was a professor of German history in the Department of History at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Collection consists chiefly of letters of the Kennedy, Mumford, Hewlett, and Mann families, mainly from Michigan, containing some references to state political matters and the Civil War; letters and papers of Willoughby O'Donoughue, surgeon of the 1st Michigan Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, with enlistment and discharge papers, mustering-out lists, and papers concerning the Grand Army of the Republic; and papers of Frederick Blackmar Mumford, dean of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, including family letters, clippings, pictures, legal papers, diplomas and special awards, a diary, 1945, and a scrapbook tracing Mumford's career, 1917-1938. In addition, the collection includes correspondence pertaining to the controversy over the negotiations about establishing the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library at Duke; genealogy and family history of the Hollyday and Kennedy families; photographs; a scrapbook of correspondence, genealogical information, a diary in typescript, and legal papers, of the Mumford, Kennedy, Camburn, Strong and Hoskins families; Frederick Blackmar Mumford's (Hollyday's grandfather) travel diary describing Europe in 1900; and Prussian legal documents of the Dallmar family, 1850-1885.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet
Approx. 298 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00562
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists chiefly of three main groups of papers. The first comprises letters of the Kennedy, Mumford, Hewlett, and Mann families, mainly from Michigan, containing some references to state political matters and the Civil War. The second contains correspondence and papers of Willoughby O'Donoughue, surgeon of the 1st Michigan Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, contain enlistment and discharge papers, mustering-out lists, and papers concerning the Grand Army of the Republic. The third group comprises the papers of Frederick Blackmar Mumford, dean of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, and includes family letters, clippings, pictures, legal papers, diplomas and special awards, a diary, 1945, and a scrapbook tracing Mumford's career, 1917-1938.
In addition, the collection includes correspondence pertaining to the controversy over the negotiations about establishing the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library at Duke as well as an agenda for the meetings of the Academic Council on the same issue. Correspondents include: Edwin H. Cady; Jay Luvaas, Professor of History at Allegheny College and Ph.D. graduate at Duke; Roger Marshall, Special Assistant to President Sanford; Terry Sanford, President of Duke University; and Richard L. Watson, Jr., Acting Chairman of the History Department.
Other papers in the collection include genealogy and family history of the Hollyday and Kennedy families; photographs; a scrapbook of correspondence, genealogy, diary in typescript, legal papers and other documents of the Mumford, Kennedy, Camburn, Strong and Hoskins families; Frederick Blackmar Mumford's (Hollyday's grandfather) travel diary describing Europe in 1900; and Prussian legal documents of the Dallmar family, 1850-1885.
- Acquisition information:
- The Frederic B.M. Hollyday papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1969, 1981, 1982, and 1987.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rubenstein Library staff, November 2011
Encoded by Matthew Warren, Paula Jeannet, April 2014
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 69-192, 69-193 and others from 1981 to 1987.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- College teachers -- Correspondence
Agricultural education -- United States - Format:
- Scrapbooks
Photographs
Diaries - Names:
- United States. Army. Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, 1st Regiment (1861-1865)
University of Missouri -- Faculty
United States. Army -- Surgeons
Duke University -- History -- 20th century
Grand Army of the Republic
Duke University -- Faculty
Strong family
Hoskins family
Kennedy family
Mann family
Mumford family
Hewlett family
Dallmar family
Camburn family
Mumford, Frederic Blackmar
O'Donoughue, Willoughby - Places:
- Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Michigan -- Politics and government
Michigan -- Genealogy
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[Identification of item], Frederic B.M. Hollyday Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.