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Preliminary Inventory of the Nathan H. Hill Correspondence, 1810-1950

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Nathan H. Hill Correspondence, 1810-1950
Creator
Hill, Nathan
Extent
496 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Nathan H. Hill Correspondence, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Nathan H. Hill Correspondence was received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a purchase in 1959.
Encoded by Walt Evans
This collection is unprocessed: materials may have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
            

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Biographical Note

Teacher in Lincolnton (Lincoln Co.), N.C.

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Collection Overview

Letters to Nathan H. Hill concerning his work teaching freedmen in Lincolnton, N.C., including letters from Albion W. Tourgée. The collection also consists of letters from family members and others, receipts, material related to Guilford College, and several items about the Quakers' work with African-Americans after the Civil War.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
  • Hill, Nathan H.
  • Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905.
  • Guilford College.
  • Freedmen--Education--North Carolina.
  • Freedmen--North Carolina--Lincolnton.
  • Quakers--North Carolina.
  • Reconstruction--North Carolina.
  • Lincolnton (N.C.)-- History.
List of Series in Collection
Accession 59-020
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection

Accession 59-020

Box 1
Contents of Box 1
Papers, 1830-1950   (11 folders)
Box 2
Contents of Box 2
Letters, undated   (3 folders)
Legal Papers, undated   (2 folders)
Bills and Receipts, 1801
Bills and Receipts, 1820-1869   (5 folders)
Box 3
Contents of Box 3
Bills and Receipts, 1870-1899   (3 folders)
Bills and Receipts, 1915
Bills and Receipts, 1914
Bills and Receipts, undated
Papers, various dates and undated
Box 4
Contents of Box 4
Day Book, undated [1850s-1860s?]
"White's Graded-School Register," 1872 Sept. 18-1872 Dec. 20
Registry of Voters, 1867 Aug. 21-1867 Aug. 22
Registry of Voters, 1867 Sept. 4 -1867 Sept. 5