Markham family papers, 1880-1945

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Summary

Creator:
Markham family
Abstract:
The Markham family was a prominent family in Durham in the early 1900s. Charles Markham attended Duke University and was editor of the Duke Chronicle. The collection consists of indentures, contracts, insurance policies, receipts, and other business-related ephemera for the Markham family of Durham, North Carolina, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s. Other materials include personal correspondence to and from Charles Markham in the 1940s, as well as some undated blueprints and other miscellaneous ephemera.
Extent:
0.6 Linear Feet
400 items
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.00847

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of indentures, contracts, insurance policies, receipts, and other business-related ephemera for the Markham family of Durham, North Carolina, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s. Other materials include personal correspondence to and from Charles Markham in the 1940s, as well as some undated blueprints and other miscellaneous ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

The Markham family was a prominent family in Durham in the early 1900s. Charles Markham attended Duke University and was editor of the Duke Chronicle.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2009 (2009-0019), 0.6 lin. ft.
Processing information:

Collection is unprocessed; cataloged from accession records.

Encoded by: Meghan Lyon

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2009-0019

Physical location:
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Subjects:
Insurance
Format:
Contracts
Insurance policies
Names:
Markham family
Markham family
Markham, Charles
Places:
Durham (N.C.)

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[Identification of item], in the Markham Family Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.