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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately About 160 items) |
Abstract | Mary Bailey Pratt (d. 1929) was married to Joseph Hyde Pratt, a geology professor at the University of North Carolina. The collection is chiefly letters from Mary Bayley Pratt in Chapel Hill, N.C., to members of her family and a few related family items. The letters are to Pratt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Bayley of Springfield, Ohio, and to her brothers and their wives, Lee and Beatrice Barton Bayley and William D. and Louise Pratt Bayley. The letters give personal, family, and community news. |
Creator | Pratt, Mary Bayley, d. 1929. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Mary Bayley Pratt (died 1929) married Joseph Hyde Pratt (1870-1942), a professor of geology at the University of North Carolina, in 1899.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly letters from Mary Bayley Pratt to members of her family and a few related family items. The letters are to Pratt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Bayley of Springfield, Ohio, and to her brothers and their wives, Lee and Beatrice Barton Bayley and William D. and Louise Pratt Bayley. Most were written in Chapel Hill, N.C., where Pratt lived with her husband, Joseph Hyde Pratt. The letters give personal, family, and community news.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1856, 1899-1902 |
Folder 2 |
1903-1910 |
Folder 3 |
1911-1926 |
Folder 4 |
1927-1928 |
Folder 5 |
1929, 1931 |
Folder 6-8
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8 |
Undated |