Victoria Louise Pendleton Memoir, 1852-1924
(Manuscript Collection #17)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Victoria Louise Pendleton Memoir |
| Creator: | Pendelton, Victoria Louise |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Abstract: | Memoir (1852-1924) of the daughter of a prominent Pitt County (NC) farmer, etc. |
| Extent: | 0.1 Cubic feet, 3 items , xerox copies, including a memoir, genealogy notes, and a program. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
September 27, 1967, 2 items; Memoir (1852-1924) of Victoria Louise Pendleton and the program of a play. Loaned for copying October, 1966, by Warren County Memorial Library, Warrenton, North Carolina.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
Victoria Louise Pendleton Memoir (#17), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
- Loaned by Warren County Memorial Library
Processing Information
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Processed by D. Lennon, October 1967
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Biographical / Historical Note
Victoria Louise Pendleton (1838-1931) was the daughter of James Clark, a prominent Pitt County farmer. She entered the Warrenton Female Collegiate Institute in 1852 and graduated in 1854. In 1869, she opened a school exclusively for girls in Warrenton. She was one of Warrenton's most respected and admired women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Description
The bulk of this collection consists of a memoir (1852-1924) of Victoria Louise Pendleton. In writing her memoir, Mrs. Pendleton draws upon not only her own recollections but also sources such as newspaper articles, histories, and reports.
The memoir deals almost exclusively with descriptions of and incidents involving Confederate Civil War generals; North Carolina educators and governors; and the schools, churches, and famous homes in Warrenton. Subjects of particular interest include Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph Johnston, Governors Zebulon B. Vance and Charles B. Aycock, Charles McIver, and Rose O'Neal Greenhow. The Civil War and post-Civil War activities are given for each of these personalities.
Also included in this collection is a program of the play Ester, the Beautiful Queen, presented in Warrenton, N. C., in 1894; and genealogical notes on the descendants of William and Mary Hayes Plummer of Gloucester Co., Va., and Warren Co., N.C.
Subject Headings
Personal/Family names
- Pendleton, Victoria Louise
- Aycock, Charles B. (Charles Brantley), 1859-1912
- Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864
- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
- McIver, Charles Duncan, 1860-1906
- Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894
- Plummer, William
- Plummer, Mary Hayes
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Online access to this finding aid is supported with funds created through the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). These funds come through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. This grant is part of the North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online, Digitization Grant Program.
