Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857) Memorial Collection, PC.1153

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Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857) Memorial Collection, PC.1153

Descriptive Summary

Title
Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857) Memorial Collection
Call Number
PC.1153
Creator
Unknown
Date
1857, n.d.
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Material chiefly concerning memorials to Dr. Elisha Mitchell, UNC professor who died accidentally on "Black Mountain," including typed copies or abstracts of news articles about renaming it Mt. Mitchell; of letter from Z. B. Vance describing search for Mitchell, of subscriptions for monument, and of later articles about the monument, quoting from contemporary sources.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Mitchell, Elisha
  2. Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894
  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  4. College teachers
  5. Universities and colleges
  6. Death
  7. Memorials
  8. Monuments
  9. Mountains
  10. Governors
  11. Rescue Work
  12. Accidents
  13. Mount Mitchell Wildlife Management Area
  14. Black Mountain