Preliminary Inventory of the Markham Family Papers, 1880-1945
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Creator
Markham family.
Title
Markham family papers, 1880-1945
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
400 items
(0.6 lin. ft.)
Abstract
(0.6 lin. ft.)
The Markham family was a prominent family in Durham in the early 1900s. Charles Markham attended Duke University and was editor of the Duke Chronicle.
The collection consists of indentures, contracts, insurance policies, receipts, and other business-related ephemera for the Markham family of Durham, North Carolina, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s. Other materials include personal correspondence to and from Charles Markham in the 1940s, as well as some undated blueprints and other miscellaneous ephemera.
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Administrative Information
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Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Markham Family Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Purchase, 2009 (2009-0019), 0.6 lin. ft.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed; cataloged from accession records.
Encoded by: Meghan Lyon
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2009-0019
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical / Historical Note
The Markham family was a prominent family in Durham in the early 1900s. Charles Markham attended Duke University and was editor of the Duke Chronicle.
[top]Collection Overview
The collection consists of indentures, contracts, insurance policies, receipts, and other business-related ephemera for the Markham family of Durham, North Carolina, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s. Other materials include personal correspondence to and from Charles Markham in the 1940s, as well as some undated blueprints and other miscellaneous ephemera.
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Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Insurance.
- Markham, Charles.
- Markham family.
- Durham (N.C.)
- Contracts.
- Insurance policies.
- Correspondence.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Accession (2009-0019)
1 Box
The collection consists of indentures, contracts, insurance policies, receipts, and other business-related ephemera for the Markham family of Durham, North Carolina, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s. Other materials include personal correspondence to and from Charles Markham in the 1940s, as well as some undated blueprints and other miscellaneous ephemera.
Box 1
Papers, 1880-1945
