Ruth Ketring Nuermberger Papers, 1924-1970
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Summary
- Creator:
- Nuermberger, Ruth Ketring, 1905-
- Abstract:
- Collection contains Ruth K. Nuermberger's correspondence, genealogical materials, travel diaries written during trips to Europe, various writings, printed materials and reprints of published articles, and other miscellanous papers, as well as notes for Nuermberger's book, Free Produce Movement, A Quaker Protest Against Slavery, Duke University Press, 1942. Some materials relate to Charles Osborn, a defrocked Quaker minister and early U.S. abolitionist. There are also many folders of notes for another publication, The Clays of Alabama, A Planter-Lawyer-Politician Family, University of Kentucky Press, 1958, which outlined the history of the Clay family and of Clement Comer Clay, governor of Alabama from 1835 to 1837.
- Extent:
- 5.2 Linear Feet (3900 items)
- Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00959
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains Ruth K. Nuermberger's correspondence, genealogical materials, travel diaries written during trips to Europe, various writings, printed materials and reprints of published articles, and other miscellanous papers, as well as notes for Nuermberger's book, Free Produce Movement, A Quaker Protest Against Slavery, Duke University Press, 1942.
Some materials relate to Charles Osborn, a defrocked Quaker minister and early U.S. abolitionist. There are also many folders of notes for another publication, The Clays of Alabama, A Planter-Lawyer-Politician Family, University of Kentucky Press, 1958, which outlined the history of the Clay family and of Clement Comer Clay, governor of Alabama from 1835 to 1837.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ruth K. Nuermberger was a historian, author, and Duke University Curator of Manuscripts.
- Acquisition information:
- The Ruth Ketring Nuermberger Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1988.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rubenstein Library staff, 1988
Encoded by Elizabeth Shesko, April 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 4-11-1988
This collection has been given basic processing: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Slavery
Antislavery movements -- United States
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends
Slave labor
Abolitionists -- United States - Format:
- Diaries
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs - Names:
- Clay family
Clay, Clement Comer, 1789-1866
Nuermberger, Ruth Ketring, 1905-
Nuermberger, Ruth Ketring, 1905-
Osborn, Charles, 1775-1850 - Places:
- Alabama -- History
Europe -- Description and travel
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[Identification of item], Ruth Ketring Nuermberger Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.