James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, bulk 1851-1935
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Summary
- Creator:
- Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
- Abstract:
- Educator, insurance agent, and civic leader, of Durham, N.C. Family, business, and personal correspondence (chiefly after 1851) of Southgate and of his family. The material concerns Southgate’s insurance business, life in North Carolina, the establishment of Durham, N.C., and of Duke University; the Southgate family in the Civil War, Reconstruction in North Carolina, education and civil activities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and schools in Durham; and the activities and genealogy of the Southgate family. Correspondents and persons mentioned include Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate, James Haywood Southgate, and Myra Ann Muse Southgate.
- Extent:
- 2.4 Linear Feet
1926 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.01237
Background
- Scope and content:
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Family, business, and personal correspondence (chiefly after 1851) of Southgate and of his family. The material concerns Southgate’s insurance business, life in North Carolina, the establishment of Durham, N.C., and of Duke University; the Southgate family in the Civil War, Reconstruction in North Carolina, education and civil activities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and schools in Durham; and the activities and genealogy of the Southgate family. Correspondents and persons mentioned include Mattie Logan Southgate Jones, Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate, and Myra Ann Muse Southgate.
- Biographical / historical:
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Educator, insurance agent, and civic leader, of Durham, N.C.
- Acquisition information:
- The James Southgate Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a transfer and gift in 1944-1959.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rubenstein Library staff, 1953 and 1957
Encoded by Christian Ferney
Completed May 22, 2006
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- North Carolina
Universities and colleges -- North Carolina
Insurance -- North Carolina
Public Schools -- North Carolina -- Durham
Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
Education -- Southern States - Names:
- Duke University -- History
Southgate family
Southgate, Delia Haywood Wynne
Southgate, James Haywood, 1859-1916
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Southgate, Myra Ann Muse - Places:
- North Carolina -- Social life and customs
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
North Carolina -- Economic conditions
North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Durham (N.C.) -- History
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