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:

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:

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:

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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[Identification of item], James Southgate Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.