African American Documentary Resources
Enhancing African American Documentary Resources in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill
Creator: Harris, David Golightly, 1824-1875.
Collection number: 982
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Abstract: Farm journals of David Golightly Harris of Spartanburg County, S.C., with detailed accounts of daily farm work, including the management of slaves, and discussion of the Civil War Continue reading “David Golightly Harris journals, 1855-1870.”
Creator: Horlbeck family.
Collection number: 3672-z
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Abstract: The Horlbeck family of Charleston, S.C., included brothers John and Henry Horlbeck (fl. ca. 1817) and Henry’s sons John, Henry, Daniel, and Edward (all fl. 1853-1854). The collection Continue reading “Horlbeck family book, 1853-1920 (bulk 1853-1854).”
Creator: Smith, Josiah, 1731-1826.
Collection number: 3018
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Abstract: Josiah Smith Jr. was a Charleston, S.C., merchant, financial agent, and Revolutionary War patriot. He was born in Cainhoy, St. Thomas’s Parish, S.C. A merchant for most of his life, he Continue reading “Josiah Smith letter book, 1771-1784.”
Creator: Dabbs, Edith M.
Collection number: 4285
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Abstract: Edith Mitchell Dabbs was born in 1906 in Dalzell, Sumter County, S.C. She married James McBride Dabbs in 1935, and, in 1937, settled at Rip Raps Plantation, the Dabbs family home just outside Sumter. She was active in documenting the Continue reading “Edith M. Dabbs collection of papers relating to Saint Helena Island, S.C., 1791; 1860-1963.”
Creator: Hill, John, fl. 1830-1843.
Collection number: 236-z
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Abstract: John Hill operated a plantation, apparently in the Edgefield District, in South Carolina. He commanded the Springfield Beat Company of the South Carolina militia in the Continue reading “John Hill's Edgefield District (S.C.) militia and plantation record, 1830-1843.”
Creator: Middleton, N. Russell (Nathaniel Russell), 1810-1890.
Collection number: 507
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Abstract: Nathaniel Russell Middleton of Charleston, S.C., was a plantation owner, treasurer of the Northeastern Railroad Company, and treasurer of the city of Charleston. Other family Continue reading “N. Russell Middleton papers, 1761-1919.”
Creator: Withers, Francis, fl. 1830-1840.
Collection number: 3573-z
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Abstract: Francis Withers was a rice planter in Georgetown District, S.C. The collection is an account book showing Withers’s accounts with his Charleston factors; expenditures for his rice Continue reading “Francis Withers account book, 1833-1840.”
Creator: Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979, collector.
Collection number: 4442
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Abstract: A 191-page typed manuscript called “Tales of One Time I’shman Told by Southern Negroes,” collected by Lawrence Gellert and apparently prepared for publication by the Hours Press, New York. The manuscript contains about seventy folk-tales Continue reading “Lawrence Gellert scrapbook, 1930s.”
Creator: Wills, William Henry, 1809-1889.
Collection number: 792
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Abstract: William H. Wills was a general merchant, Methodist Protestant minister, and cotton planter of Halifax County, N.C. His wife was Anna Wills (1817-1893), and his children included Reverend Richard H. (1836-1891); George Whitaker (1842-1864); Mary (1848-1941); Lucy (b. Continue reading “Wiliam Henry Wills papers, 1712-1921 (bulk 1803-1882).”
Creator: Pettigrew family.
Collection number: 592
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Abstract: Represented are four generations of the Pettigrew family of Washington and Tyrrell counties, N.C. Prominent family members included James Pettigrew (d. 1784), who emigrated Continue reading “Pettigrew family papers, 1685-circa 1939.”