MenuPreliminary Inventory of the Norine Shipley Norris Papers, 1895-2000
Abstract
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.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Norris, Norine Shipley.
- Title
- Norine Shipley Norris Papers, 1895-2000
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 1.8 Linear Feet, 200 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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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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.
Book of poetry given to Norine Egbert Shipley by Earnest Sevier Cox, Dec. 25, 1904.
Book of poetry given to Norine Egbert Shipley by Earnest Sevier Cox, Dec. 25, 1905.
From E.S. Cox.
Historical 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.
Subject Headings
- 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)
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.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, May 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, May 2009
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.