Collection Number:
01503
Collection Title: Francis Butler Simkins Papers, circa 1940s.
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Size |
9.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4600 items) |
Abstract |
Francis Butler Simkins (1897-1966), native of Edgefield, S.C., was a historian. The
collection includes Simkins's research notes for his biography of Benjamin Ryan Tillman
(1847-1913), South Carolina political leader; and manuscripts (typescripts with holograph
corrections) of "History of the Seaboard South" (unpublished) by Simkins and Ottis Clark Skipper (born 1898), with related correspondence.
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Creator |
Simkins, Francis Butler, 1897-1966. |
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.
- Restrictions to Use
- No usage restrictions.
- 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 Francis Butler Simkins Papers, #1503, Southern Historical
Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from Francis Butler Simkins of Farmville, Va., July 1948. Additional material
received from Allen J. Going of Tuscaloosa, Ala., November 1986 (Acc. 86147), and
Mrs. Ottis C. Skipper of Concord, N.C., January 1988 (Acc. 88010).
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
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Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010
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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Francis Butler Simkins (1897-1966), native of Edgefield, S.C., was a historian. He
was educated at the University of South Carolina and at Columbia University. He was
a professor of history at Longwood College, Farmville, Va. His published works include
South Carolina During Reconstruction (1931) with Robert Woody;
The Women of the Confederacy, (1936) with James Patton;
Pitchfork Ben Tillman: South Carolina (1944), a biography of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1913), South Carolina governor
and United States senator; and
The South Old and New (1947), later revised and retitled
A History of the South (1957); among others.
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The collection includes research notes of historian Francis Butler Simkins for his
biography, published 1944, of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1913), South Carolina political
leader; and manuscripts (typescripts with holograph corrections) of "History of the Seaboard South" (unpublished) by Simkins and Ottis Clark Skipper, with related correspondence.
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Francis Butler Simkins Papers, circa 1940s.
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Addition of November 1986 (Acc. 86147)
About 15 items.
Arrangement: Material remains arranged as received.
Includes two manuscript versions of "History of the Seaboard South," by Francis Butler Simkins, one apparently revised by Ottis Clark Skipper; related
correspondence; and manuscript fragments.
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Addition of January 1988 (Acc. 88010)
1 item.
Arrangement: Material remains arranged as received.
Includes an early typescript draft with corrections of "History of the Seaboard South," by Francis Butler Simkins and Ottis Clark Skipper.
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