Andrew Carson Cowles and Margaret Catherine Reynolds Papers
1835-1912
Manuscript Collection 1518- Creator(s)
- Cowles, Andrew Carson; Cowles, Margaret Catherine Reynolds
- Physical description
- 0.75 Cubic Feet, 1 document case and 1 half document case
- Preferred Citation
- Andrew Carson Cowles and Margaret Catherine Reynolds Papers (#1518), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- This collection is unprocessed. Contact Special Collections for permission to access.
Collection contains correspondence (1853-1902) between Andrew Carson Cowles (b. 1833 - d. 1881) and his wife Margaret Catherine Reynolds Cowles (b. 1846 - d. 1938) and their relatives and friends. Andrew Cowles was from Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina, and Margaret Reynolds [Cowles] was from Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The bulk of the correspondence covers the 1860s to the 1890s. Also included are a few receipts (1849, 1861), legal documents (1847-1870), a land deed (1835), and a scrapbook (ca. 1910s) containing newspaper clippings concerning poetry and politics, photographs, and ephemera.
Administrative information
Custodial History
July 10, 2026 (unprocessed), 0.75 cubic feet; Collection contains correspondence (1853-1902) between Andrew Carson Cowles (b. 1833 - d. 1881) and his wife Margaret Catherine Reynolds Cowles (b. 1846 - d. 1938) and their relatives and friends. Andrew Cowles was from Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina, and Margaret Reynolds [Cowles] was from Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The bulk of the correspondence covers the 1860s to the 1890s. Also included are a few receipts (1849, 1861), legal documents (1847-1870), a land deed (1835), and a scrapbook (ca. 1910s) containing newspaper clippings concerning poetry and politics, photographs, and ephemera. Purchase from Carmen D. Valentino
Source of acquisition
Purchase from Carmen D. Valentino
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