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holmesgeorge Inventory of the George Frederick Holmes Papers, 1767-1960 Processed by: Rubenstein Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Elizabeth Dunn and Carrie Mills David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 000856908

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May 2011Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Dunn and Carrie Mills, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 2011 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the George Frederick Holmes Papers, 1767-1960 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897. George Frederick Holmes Papers, 1767-1960 Material in English 3.6 Linear Feet 586 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], George Frederick Holmes Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The George Frederick Holmes Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase from 1948-1995.

Processing Information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Encoded by Elizabeth Dunn and Carrie Mills, May 2011

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 48-1119, 48-1322, 48-1656, 48-2370, 56-219, 64-112, 72-62, 12-9-77, and 95-108

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Biographical Note

George Frederick Holmes was a University of Virginia faculty member, an early sociologist, and an ante-bellum writer who defended the institution of slavery. He fully described this position in his textbook, The Science of Society, published in 1883.

Collection Overview

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 lawyer, 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.

Subject Headings

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Holmes family. University of Virginia--Faculty. Scholars--Correspondence. Universities and colleges--Southern States. Guyana--Social life and customs. Contents of Collection George Frederick Holmes Papers, 1767-1960 (9 boxes)

Box 7 also contains notes and correspondence by Mary Anne Holmes, Joseph H. H. Holmes, and Stephen Pemberton.

1Sketch and genealogy 1Correspondence and papers, 1815-1901 and undated 1Works, 1845-1853 2Works, 1860-1876, 1880-1887 2Notes, 1885-1887 3Notes on political economy(4 folders) 3Works and papers on The Science of Society, 1889(3 folders) 4Works and papers, 1889-1891 and undated 5Works and papers, undated 5Notes, undated 6Notes, undated 6Notebooks 7Notes, undated 7Newspaper clippings 7Photographs 8Small manuscript volumes(23 volumes) 9Small manuscript volumes(6 volumes) Other Bound Volumes: F:1318Bound manuscript volume F:1781Bound manuscript volume M:1782Bound manuscript volume F:1787Bound manuscript volume F:1788Bound manuscript volume F:1789Bound manuscript volume F:1790Bound manuscript volume F:1791Bound manuscript volume F:1802Bound manuscript volume F:1803Bound manuscript volume M:1806Bound manuscript volume M:1807Bound manuscript volume M:1808Bound manuscript volume M:1810Bound manuscript volume M:1815Bound manuscript volume M:1816Bound manuscript volume M:1817Bound manuscript volume F:1819Bound manuscript volume M:1840Bound manuscript volume M:1842Bound manuscript volume