norrisnorineshipley Preliminary Inventory of the Norine Shipley Norris Papers, 1895-2000 Accessioned by: Meghan Lyon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May 2009Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, May 2009; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Preliminary Inventory of the Norine Shipley Norris Papers, 1895-2000 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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 Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Norris, Norine Shipley. Norine Shipley Norris Papers, 1895-2000 Material in English 1.8 Linear Feet 200 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Norine Shipley Norris attended Southern Female College (also known as Cox College) in 1897-1899, and taught Sunday school in Atlanta at Kirkwood Baptist Church in the early 1900s. This collection (2009-0129) (200 items; 1.8 lin. ft.; dated 1890s-2000) includes a variety of materials from Norine Shipley Norris, in particular her school notebooks, correspondence, and catalogs from the Southern Female College, which she attended for at least two years. Of note is the correspondence from Earnest Sevier Cox, a white supremist who courted Shipley for a time (1905-1906); photographs and records from her years of teaching at Kirkwood Baptist Church (1901-1904); and her handwritten application to the Daughters of the American Revolution (1918). Also included are a number of photographs and tintypes, scrapbooks, several books of poetry and literature, and miscellaneous clippings and ephemera. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Norine Shipley Norris Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

 Provenance

The Norine Shipley Norris Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2009.

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Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, May 2009

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, May 2009

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 Biographical Note

Norine Shipley Norris was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Sarah Armistead and R.J. Shipley. Not much is known about the events of her life, but she did attend Southern Female College for at least two years, in 1897-1899; she also taught at the Kirkwood Baptist Church in the early 1900s. She was courted by Earnest Sevier Cox around that same time. She married James P. Norris on January 12, 1909, and appears to have lived most of her life in the Atlanta area.

 Collection Overview

This collection (2009-0129) (200 items; 1.8 lin. ft.; dated 1890s-2000) includes a variety of materials from Norine Shipley Norris, in particular her school notebooks, correspondence, and catalogs from the Southern Female College, which she attended for at least two years. Of note is the correspondence from Earnest Sevier Cox, a white supremist who courted Shipley for a time (1905-1906); photographs and records from her years of teaching at Kirkwood Baptist Church (1901-1904); and her handwritten application to the Daughters of the American Revolution (1918). Also included are a number of photographs and tintypes, scrapbooks, several books of poetry and literature, and miscellaneous clippings and ephemera.

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Norris, Norine Shipley. Cox, Earnest Sevier. Daughters of the American Revolution. Southern Female College. Baptist universities and colleges--United States--19th century. Women's institutes--19th century. African Americans--Segregation. United States--Race relations. Atlanta (Ga.) Photographs. Scrapbooks. Books. Clippings, newspaper. Related Material Earnest Sevier Cox Papers Duke University Contents of Collection Accession (2009-0129) (3 boxes)

This collection (2009-0129) (200 items; 1.8 lin. ft.; dated 1890s-2000) includes a variety of materials from Norine Shipley Norris, in particular her school notebooks, correspondence, and catalogs from the Southern Female College, which she attended for at least two years. Of note is the correspondence from Earnest Sevier Cox, a white supremist who courted Shipley for a time (1905-1906); photographs and records from her years of teaching at Kirkwood Baptist Church (1901-1904); and her handwritten application to the Daughters of the American Revolution (1918). Also included are a number of photographs and tintypes, scrapbooks, several books of poetry and literature, and miscellaneous clippings and ephemera.

 1Earnest Sevier Cox correspondence, 1905-1906 Correspondence, 1900s Kirkwood Baptist Church Sunday school class, 1901-1904 Norrine's notebooks: College Looseleaf scrapbook clippings inserts Norine's notebooks (3) Photographs General Preachers Shipley photographs Armsted photographs No label 2Angie Norris Hauser, 2000 Angie Norris Hauser tintypes and autograph book Books Riley, James Whitcome: An Old Sweetheart of Mine, 1902

Book of poetry given to Norine Egbert Shipley by Earnest Sevier Cox, Dec. 25, 1904.

 Clay, John Cecil: In Love's Garden

Book of poetry given to Norine Egbert Shipley by Earnest Sevier Cox, Dec. 25, 1905.

 Gray, James M.: Synthetic Bible Studies, 1900 Painter, F.V.N.: Introduction to American Literature, 1897 Mack, Anna E.: Heaven's Distant Lamps, 1900 Eleventh International Sunday School Convention: The Development of the Sunday School, 1780-1905, 1905 The Poems and Drama of Lord Byron, 1884 Hamill, H.M.: Practical Outline: Study of the Four Gospels; Life of Christ; Acts, 1904 Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Princess

From E.S. Cox.

 Longfellow's Complete Poems, 1898 3Correspondence, Norine Shipley, J.P. Norris, 1900s-1940s Southern Female College reports, 1897-1899 Daughters of the American Revolution application, 1918 Photographs Family Unknown Daniels and McDaniels family Landscapes Coloring book scraps, James Hauser Miscellaneous commericial advertisements and materials, 1910s-1930s Clippings, notecards, scraps, 1900s-1930s Poems of Edgar Allen Poe, 1882 Lamb, Charles and Mary: Tales from Shakespeare, 1807 Above the Clouds of Old New York (Woolworth Building tower), 1913 Oversize 16Environs of Cox College and Conservatory, College Park, Georgia, 1907 3Portraits (2)