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Family histories

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Narrative studies of families and the tracing of their lineages and histories. For lineages of people, or purebred animals in tabular or diagrammatic form see Genealogical tables.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

William Blamyer Deas papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-145
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to William Blamyer Deas and includes correspondence and pamphlets as well as a genealogy, photograph, and family history.

Dates: 1869-1965
Found in: Special Collections

Carolina Howard Gilman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-160
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to Carolina Howard Gilman and her family. It includes miscellaneous genealogical, biographical, and primary sources.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

Pogson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-135
Collection Overview This collection consists of items related to the Pogson family from the time of their arrival in the United States until the Civil War. It includes clippings, correspondence, calling cards, genealogies, personal effects, family documents, and other miscellaneous biographical materials. The majority of the documents refer to Milward Pogson, Sarah Pogson Smith, Frances Pogson Smith, and Harry Freeman Young Pogson. Alston Deas, the compiler of this collection, has attached explanatory notes and...
Dates: 1783-1949
Found in: Special Collections

Leila Potts Campbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1174
Abstract

The personal and professional papers of former associate director of Avery Research Center, Leila Potts Campbell.

Dates: approximately 1830s-2009
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Sinkler family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-153
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to the Sinkler family and includes correspondence, clippings, family histories, notes, portraits, and other miscellaneous biographical materials.

Dates: 1855-1990, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Wigfall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-151
Collection Overview

This collection consists items related to the Wigfall family and includes documents, family histories, genealogies, portraits, and other miscellaneous biographical materials.

Dates: 1978, undated
Found in: Special Collections
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