Preliminary Inventory of the William Swinton Bennett Hopkins Papers, 1834-1946 (bulk 1852-1898)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleWilliam Swinton Bennett
Hopkins Papers,
1834-1946(bulk
1852-1898)
Creator
Hopkins, William Swinton
Bennett
Extent
1657 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection 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], William Swinton
Bennett Hopkins Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The William Swinton Bennett Hopkins Papers were
received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library as a gift in 1983.
Processing Information
Processed by Duke University Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library staff.
Encoded by Walt Evans
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Colonel in the 31st Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War and a prominent Mass. attorney and politician. His father was Erastus Hopkins, a noted Mass. clergyman.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection consists largely of correspondence
between family members, friends, and business associates
spanning three generations, as well as some Civil War and
early Reconstruction letters relating to Hopkins'
activities in New Orleans. Correspondents include Hopkins'
daughter, Elizabeth; her husband Alfred Lawrence Aiken, a
prominent banker in Boston; the Gadsden family of
Charleston, S.C.; and the Peck family, relatives of
Hopkins' wife, Lizzie. An information folder
chronologically lists a portion of the collection. Also
included in this collection are a few legal papers,
financial papers, addresses and writings, pictures, and a
miscellaneous folder that includes some genealogy. Subjects
mentioned in the letters include travel in the U.S. and
Europe, marriage and family life, illness, Williams
College, Yale College, politics, law,
"bloodletting with leeches,"
Civil War
activities, and The Worcester Continentals.
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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.
- Hopkins, William Swinton Bennett, b. 1836.
- Hopkins family.
- Gadson family.
- Peck family.
- Aiken, Alfred Lawrence.
- United States. Army--Officers Correspondence.
- Reconstruction.
- Phlebotomy.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States--Description and travel.
- Europe--Description and travel.
- Legal documents.
- Genealogy.
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession Sept. 2, 1983
Correspondence:
1834-1856
Box 2
Correspondence: 1857-1862
March
Box 3
Correspondence: 1862 April-1862
June
Box 4
Correspondence: 1867
July-1871
Box 5
Correspondence:
1872-1877
Box 6
Correspondence:
1878-1880
Box 7
Correspondence: 1881-1946,
undated
Box 8
Legal Papers: 1859, 1867,
undated
Financial Papers: 1858-1880
Addresses and Writings: 1849-1882,
undated
Miscellany: 1853-1880,
undated
Pictures
