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Collection Number: 00418

Collection Title: Henry C. Lay Papers, 1842-1929

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Size 9.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,850 items)
Abstract Henry C. Lay was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. Lay preached to the Army of Tennessee at times during the Civil War. The collection includes family and church-related correspondence, including sermons, scrapbooks, writings, and diaries of Henry C. Lay while an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. Included is a journal of Episcopal acts for most of the years 1863-1885 and European travel diaries, 1866-1867 and 1878-1879. The Addition of July 2010 consists of a recipe book, circa 1915, belonging to Eliza Atkinson Lay.
Creator Lay, Henry C. (Henry Champlin), 1823-1885.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Henry C. Lay Papers, #418, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Full text of sermons, 1861-1865
Acquisitions Information
The Addition of July 2010 was received from Marion Carroll in July 2010 (Acc. 101317).
Additional Descriptive Resources
Original finding aid is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Volumes 18, 19, and 20 were transferred to the George William Lay Papers (#417) in October 1963

Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, August 2010

Updated by Matt Dailey because of addition, January 2012

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Henry Champlin Lay (1823-1885) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. Lay was an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; a missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. Lay preached to the Army of Tennessee at times during the Civil War.

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The collection includes family and church-related correspondence, including sermons, scrapbooks, writings, and diaries of Henry C. Lay while an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. The collection includes a journal of Episcopal acts for most of the years 1863-1885. Also included are European travel diaries, 1866-1867 and 1878-1879.

The Addition of July 2010 consists of a recipe book, circa 1915, belonging to Eliza Atkinson Lay.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1842-1929 and undated.

About 2,000 items.

Arrangement: primarily chronological.

Folder 1a

Introductory material

Folder 1b

1842-1845

Folder 2

1846

Folder 3

1847

Folder 4

1848

Folder 5

May-July 1849

Folder 6

August-September 1849

Folder 7

1850

Folder 8

1851

Folder 9

1852

Folder 10

January-April 1853

Folder 11

May-July 1853

Folder 12

August-October 1853

Folder 13

November-December 1853; 1854

Folder 14

January-November 1855

Folder 15

December 1855

Folder 16

January 1856

Folder 17

February-May 1856

Folder 18

June-July 1856

Folder 19

5-15 August 1856

Folder 20

16 August-December 1856

Folder 21

1857

Folder 22

1858-July 1859

Folder 23

August-October 1859

Folder 24

1-15 November 1859

Folder 25

16-29 November 1859

Folder 26

December 1859

Folder 27

January 1860

Folder 28

2-14 February 1860

Folder 29

15-29 February 1860

Folder 30

1-17 March 1860

Folder 31

18-30 March 1860

Folder 32

1-15 April 1860

Folder 33

16-30 April 1860

Folder 34

May 1860

Folder 35

June 1860

Folder 36

July 1860

Folder 37

August 1860

Folder 38

September-October 1860

Folder 39

November 1860

Folder 40

1-16 December 1860

Folder 41

17-31 December 1860

Folder 42

1-16 January 1861

Folder 43

17 January-February 1861

Folder 44

March 1861

Folder 45

April 1861

Folder 46

June-July 1861

Folder 47

September-October 1861

Folder 48

December 1861

Folder 49

1862

Folder 50

January-March 1863

Folder 51

April-October 1863

Folder 52

1864

Folder 53

1865

Folder 54

January-March 1866

Folder 55

April-June 1866

Folder 56

September-December 1866

Folder 57

1867: English letters

Folder 58

1867

Folder 59

January-June 1868

Folder 60

July-November 1868

Folder 61

December 1868

Folder 62

1869

Oversize Paper OP-418/1

Diploma awarded to Henry C. Lay by the University of Virginia, 14 July 1869

Folder 63

1870-1871

Folder 64

1872

Folder 65

1873

Folder 66

January-July 1874

Folder 67

August-December 1874

Folder 68

1875

Folder 69

January-June 1876

Folder 70

July-August 1876

Folder 71

September 1876

Folder 72

October-December 1876

Folder 73

January-July 1877

Folder 74

August-December 1877

Folder 75

January-June 1878

Folder 76

July-December 1878

Folder 77

January-March 1879

Folder 78

April-July 1879

Folder 79

August-December 1879

Folder 80

January-April 1880

Folder 81

May-December 1880

Folder 82

January-April 1881

Folder 83

May-December 1881

Folder 84

January-April 1882

Folder 85

June-September 1882

Folder 86

October-December 1882

Folder 87

January-April 1883

Folder 88

May-September 1883

Folder 89

October-December 1883

Folder 90

January-May 1884

Folder 91

June-August 1884

Folder 92

September-December 1884

Folder 93

January-April 1885

Folder 94

May-December 1885

Folder 95

1929

Folder 96

Undated letters from Bishop Lay

Folder 97

Undated letters to Bishop and Mrs. Lay

Folder 98

Undated letters from Eliza Atkinson (Mrs. Henry C.) Lay

Folder 99

Writings: Lay's "Between the Lines"

Folder 100

Writings: Addresses

Folder 101

Writings: By members of the Lay family

Folder 102

Writings and notes relating to the Diocese of Easton

Folder 103-105

Folder 103

Folder 104

Folder 105

Miscellaneous writings and notes

Folder 106

Clippings

Folder 107

Pamphlets

Folder 108

Miscellaneous

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29 items.
Folder 109

Volume 1: Letter book, 13 March 1854-12 August 1858

Folder 110

Volume 2: Diary of Henry C. Lay, 1861-1863

Folder 111

Volume 3: Diary of Henry C. Lay, May 1863-December 1865

Folder 112

Volume 4: Diary of Henry C. Lay, 1866

Folder 113

Volume 5: Missionary journal of Henry C. Lay, 1867

Folder 114

Volume 6: Diary of Mary P. Rice while visiting in Paris, 1866-1868

Folder 115

Volume 7: Diary of Henry C. Lay, 1868

Folder 116

Volume 8: Diary of Henry C. Lay, 1871

Folder 117

Volume 9: Diary of Henry C. Lay, 1872

Folder 118

Volume 10: Henry C. Lay's "Journal of Trans-Atlantic Voyage, December 1878 to June 1879"

Folder 119

Volume 11: Henry C. Lay's journal of church duties, 5 June 1879-18 March 1885

Folder 120

Volume 12: Henry C. Lay's sermon notes on sermons given at Easton, Md.

Folder 121

Volume 13: Lists of topics discussed by Episcopal Convocations in the 1870s

Folder 122

Volume 14: Album of newspaper clippings and letters, 1865

Folder 123

Volume 15: Album of newspaper clippings relating to friends and relatives of the Atkinson-Lay families

Folder 124

Volume 16: Recipe book of Eliza Atkinson Lay

Folder 125

Volume 17: Diary of Thomas Atkinson, 1866

Folder 126

Volume 21: Skeletons of sermons, 1847

Folder 127

Volume 22: Lectures for schoolchildren on "Evidences of Christianity"

Folder 128

Volume 23: Trinity Cathedral--notes for Holy Week and Easter Day sermons and talks, 1881

Folder 129

Volume 24: Sermons and notes, 1881-1885

Folder 130

Volume 25: Sermons and notes, 1882-1884

Folder 131

Volume 26: Sermons and notes, 1882-1885

Folder 132

Volume 27: Sermons and notes, 1884

Folder 133

Volume 28: Notes on The True Ideal of the Church

Folder 134

Volume 29: Diary of Henry C. Lay, 1873-1878

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About 800 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 135

Miscellaneous writings (long papers)

Folder 136

Sermons, 1847-1848

Folder 137

Sermons, 1848

Folder 138

Sermons, 1849

Folder 139-140

Folder 139

Folder 140

Sermons, 1850

Folder 141-142

Folder 141

Folder 142

Sermons, 1851

Folder 143-144

Folder 143

Folder 144

Sermons, 1852

Folder 145-146

Folder 145

Folder 146

Sermons, 1853

Folder 147-148

Folder 147

Folder 148

Sermons, 1854

Folder 149

Sermons, 1855

Folder 150

Sermons, 1856

Folder 151-153

Folder 151

Folder 152

Folder 153

Sermons, 1857

Folder 154-156

Folder 154

Folder 155

Folder 156

Sermons, 1858

Folder 157-158

Folder 157

Folder 158

Sermons, 1859

Folder 159

Sermons, 1860

Folder 160

Sermons, 1861

Folder 161-162

Folder 161

Folder 162

Sermons, 1862

Folder 163-164

Folder 163

Folder 164

Sermons, 1863

Folder 165

Sermons, 1864

Folder 166

Sermons, 1865

Folder 167

Sermons, 1866

Folder 168

Sermons, 1867-1868

Folder 169

Sermons, 1869-1870

Folder 170

Sermons, 1871-1872

Folder 171

Sermons, 1873

Folder 172

Sermons, 1874

Folder 173

Sermons, 1875-1876

Folder 174

Sermons, 1877

Folder 175

Sermons, 1878

Folder 176

Sermons, 1880

Folder 177

Sermons, 1881

Folder 178

Sermons, 1882-1884

Folder 179-184

Folder 179

Folder 180

Folder 181

Folder 182

Folder 183

Folder 184

Undated sermons

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1 item.

A recipe book, circa 1915, belonging to Eliza Atkinson Lay.

Folder 185

Recipe book of Eliza Atkinson Lay, circa 1915

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