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Reverend George Brinkmann Ehlhardt received his theological degree from Duke Divinity School in 1945. Reverend Ehlhardt was librarian of the Duke Divinity School Library from 1942 to 1950 and was later appointed president of Brevard College. This collection, collected mostly by George Ehlhardt, Duke Divinity School Librarian, includes ephemera and periodicals containing material by or about the American poet Robert Frost.

Lawyer, of Clarke Co., Va. Correspondence, daybooks, and family, business, and other papers. The bulk of the collection consists of cancelled checks, bills and receipts, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and advertisements. The papers deal with Civil War destruction in Virginia, social life in Virginia after the war, American interest in Cuba (1869-1870), agriculture and land in Florida (1880s), social, political, and economic activities in Clarke Co., the genealogy of the Harrison family, and other matters. Correspondents include Thomas R. Dew and Harry F. Byrd.

Holograph, signed. Attests that William Patterson, Jr., cannot serve in the military due to his physical and mental condition. Also signed by Colin Mackenzie.

ALS. Taylor writes to Remsen, a banker, seeking a loan to start him in his profession and reviews his financial history.

Letter (ALS) to H.S. Scott in the course of his inquiry into the "state of Public Vaccination in London."

Letter (ALS) to the editor or publisher of the "Annual Register" soliciting an assignment.

Planter, state legislator, and U.S. Representative, from Lawrenceville (Brunswick Co.), Va. Papers of G. C. Dromgoole, son Edward Dromgoole, and other members of the Dromgoole family, including the papers of Richard B. Robinson, George's nephew by marriage. George's papers concern family, business, and political matters and include a large number of letters dealing with plantation work and the management of slaves; items on the Democratic Party before the Civil War; and letters from Edward when he was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard B. Robinson's papers include correspondence, business papers, and a daybook. Edward Dromgooles papers deal largely with legal and business matters and contain plantation records, accounts of cotton sales, and letters from tenants after the Civil War, and from a student at the Virginia Military Institute in the 1870s. The collection also includes Brunswick County, Va., legal records, including justice of the peace, county, and Circuit Court minutes, orders, summonses, warrants, and depositions. There are volumes, including daybooks, plantation books, an account book for the estate of Thomas Dromgoole, and a description of Edward Dromgoole's home and family genealogy.

ALS to a Rev. H.H. Piper, responding to Piper's challenges to the scientific status of phrenology; ANS confirming news of Spurzheim's death; ANS to his dentist.

George E. Morse was a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Charles Henry Morse (1818-1882) was his brother. Collection comprises a certificate signed by George E. Morse (1860 February 23), of the Unity Division S[ociety?] of T[emperance?] No. 150. It certifies that Charles H. Morse was elected as a delegate to the Middlesex Temperance Union.

ALS. Writes of the successful collection efforts of botanists travelling with Oregon emigrants and with a mission of Jesuits.

Regional trade salesman in the South for various U.S. publishing houses. Chiefly correspondence, flyers, brochures, tip sheets, order forms, and financial statements, relating to George F. Scheer's work as a trade salesman for various publishing firms. These firms include: Barre Publishers, Univ. of Minnesota Press, Case Western Reserve Univ. Press; Franklin Watts, Inc.; Ohio Univ. Press; Quadrangle Books; Small Publisher's Co.; Univ. of Florida Press; Imprint Society; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; Shocken Books; Me-Books Publishing Co.; Univ. of Pennsylvania Press; and others.

Scholar, educator, and author of Charlottesville (Albemarle Co.), Virginia. Correspondence, notes, diaries, and literary works of George Frederick Holmes. Also contains correspondence of William Howard Perkinson, educator and son-in-law of Holmes; and of Joseph Henry Herndon Holmes and Mary Ann Pemberton Holmes, parents of George Frederick Holmes. Early papers of Joseph and Mary Holmes concern their life in Demerara, British Guyana, where Joseph Holmes was a barrister, and include legal papers, poems, and a genealogy. The papers of their son, George Frederick, a professor at the University of Virginia, include correspondence, diaries, articles, literary works, and notes, and relate to his interests in philology, grammar, history, political science and economics, and to Southern colleges and universities. The papers of William Howard Perkinson are confined to a few records of his work as a professor of Latin and Greek at the University of Virginia, a few business papers, and records of the administration of his father-in-law's estate.

George Gage (1831-1903) and his wife Sarah Marshall Ely (1834-1909) lived in Beaufort, S.C. during the Reconstruction Era. George was a civil engineer who held various positions for the town of Beaufort. Sarah worked as a teacher in the Freedmen's Bureau schools. This collection consists of a journal written by Sarah and three letterbooks of outgoing correspondence by George.

Businessman and Duke University alumnus. Collection of historical documents relating to the Duke family of Durham, North Carolina contains bound copy of poet Plato T. Durham's poem in memory of Angier B. Duke, AVE ATQUE VALE, FRATER!; album of photographs of James B. Duke's funeral; illuminated, leather-bound testimonials to Mr. Allen; album of the dedication of the Allen Plant; college diplomas from Duke, Furman, and Davidson; a manuscript of John W. Jenkins' JAMES B. DUKE, MASTER BUILDER; and a copy of GEORGE GARLAND ALLEN, A LIFE TO BE HONORED, written by Michael Durham and commissioned by Lucy Burwell Allen Fowlkes and Mary Garland Allen Gregg. Includes large photograph of James B. Duke and fellow directors of the Aluminum Company of America at Isle Maligne, July 14, 1925, and a large photograph of a Duke alumni dinner and dance in New York on December 6, 1935.

ALS. In 1862 Gulliver writes on lectures, probably at the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1868 he writes to Robert Willis of the death of John Davy and inquires about a Dr. Tulk, translator of Robert Wagner's Elements of Physiology.

ALS. Writes to Clark (1739-1831), Chamberlain of London and president of Christ's Hospital, regarding Greek literature.

Lawyer, superior court judge, associate justice of North Carolina Supreme Court, active in Washington (Beaufort Co.), N.C. Professional correspondence, indentures, deeds, wills, receipts, a memorandum book, and other papers, mainly dating from 1850-1878 and largely relating to George Hubbard Brown, an attorney from Washington, N.C., and his legal practice, and to his service as associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. There is a small amount of correspondence, among which are letters from John Humphrey Small, U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

George Henry Hood (1835-1913) was a resident of Chelsea, Essex County, Mass., and a rubber goods salesman and businessman during the latter half of the 19th century. Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Hood and his wife, Etta (Frances Henrietta) Hood, written while he was traveling on business selling rubber goods for a variety of firms. The correspondence is primarily of a personal nature, dealing with family matters and the mutual concerns of a husband and wife about being separated during his business trips. The bulk of the material dates from 1861 to 1863.

Salesman's instructions for presenting Naphey's book, "The prevention and cure of disease."