Drury Lacy (1802-1884) Papers, PC.1142

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Drury Lacy (1802-1884) Papers, PC.1142

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Title
Drury Lacy (1802-1884) Papers
Call Number
PC.1142
Creator
Unknown
Date
1856, 1880-1883
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Correspondence of Rev. Drury Lacy, Presbyterian clergyman and president of Davidson College (1855-1860), chiefly letters to Lacy from Rev. Charles Phillips, mathematics professor at UNC and Presbyterian minister, writing (1880-1883) on theology, Presbyterian faith and practice, current religious leaders and movements, the Salvation Army, philosophy of education, Peace College, a Presbyterian synod meeting, W. C. Kerr's geological map of North Carolina, and historical influence of the Presbyterian church, the railroads, and Jacksonian democracy. Also sketch by Lacy (1856) of the early career of Dr. Benjamin H. Rice, Presbyterian minister at Petersburg (1812-1829), and a discussion (n.d.) of postwar animosity between northern and southern Presbyterians.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Lacy, Drury
  2. Phillips, Charles
  3. Rice, Benjamin H.
  4. Kerr, W. C.
  5. Davidson College
  6. Salvation Army
  7. Peace College (Raleigh, N.C.)
  8. Clergy
  9. Presbyterian church
  10. College presidents
  11. College teachers
  12. Universities and colleges
  13. Education
  14. Women's colleges
  15. Railroads
  16. Church controversies
  17. Slavery
  18. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  19. Theology, Doctrinal
  20. Religion
  21. Belief and Doubt
  22. Faith
  23. Geological surveys
  24. Geology
  25. Maps
  26. Petersburg (Va.)
  27. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865