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Page, Harlan, 1791-1834
Motives to Early Piety
Raleigh, N. C.: Strother & Marcom, 1861. 4 p.
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Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922
In Ole Virginia or Marse Chan and Other Stories
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895, c1887. 230 p.
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Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922
illustrated by Genevieve Cowles and Maude Cowles
Social Life in Old Virginia before the War
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. viii, 109 p.
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Palm, Nancy
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Nancy Palm, December 16, 1974. Interview A-0194. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Nancy Palm was the chairperson of the Republican Party in Harris County, Texas, during the 1960s and 1970s. She describes her own transition from liberal to conservative in the 1950s; the importance of political organization to the evolution of the Republican Party in Texas; her perception of women's liberation, and the role of such politicians as John G. Tower, John Connally, George Bush, and Richard Nixon in the rise of Southern conservatism
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Palmer, B. M. (Benjamin Morgan), 1818-1902
A Discourse before the General Assembly of South Carolina, on December 10, 1863, Appointed by the Legislature as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer
Columbia, S. C.: Charles P. Pelham, State Printer, 1864. 24 p.
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Palmer, B. M. (Benjamin Morgan), 1818-1902
The Oath of Allegiance to the United States, Discussed in its Moral and Political Bearings
Richmond: Soldiers' Tract Association, Macfarlane & Fergusson, 1863. 22 p.
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Palmer, John Williamson, 1825-1906
Stonewall Jackson's Way
Martinsburg, [Va.]: [s. n.], 1862. 1 p.
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Junius and
Parens
Conscription of Teachers. Exemptions
[S.l.: s.n., between 1861 and 1865]. 12 p.
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Colored Orphanage of North Carolina (Oxford, N.C.),
Borders, T. K.,
Tony, E. E.,
Parham, B. W. (Benjamin Wingate), b. 1883,
Medford, J. W.,
Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874-1952, and
WPTF (Radio station : Raleigh, N.C.)
My Future Depends Upon You! The Colored Orphanage of North Carolina
[Oxford, N.C.]: [The Orphanage], 1939. [8] p.
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Paris, John, 1809-1883
A Sermon: Preached before Brig.-Gen. Hoke's Brigade, at Kinston, N. C., on the 28th of February, 1864, by Rev. John Paris, Chaplain Fifty-Fourth Regiment N. C. Troops, upon the Death of Twenty-Two Men, Who Had Been Executed in the Presence of the Brigade for the Crime of Desertion
Greensborough, N.C.: A. W. Ingold & Co., Book and Job Printers, 1864. 15 p.
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Parker, Allen
Recollections of Slavery Times
Worchester, Mass.: Chas. W. Burbank & Co., 1895. 96 p.
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Jackson, Blyden
conducted by Freddie L. Parker
Oral History Interview with Blyden Jackson, June 27, 1991. Interview L-0051. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Blyden Jackson devoted his life to education. Beginning as a teacher for the WPA during the Great Depression, Jackson eventually taught at Fisk University and Southern University, before becoming the first African American professor at the University of North Carolina. In this interview, he discusses the trajectory of his academic career, paying particular attention to issues of race and education.
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Parker, Henry, b. 1835
Autobiography of Henry Parker
s. l.: s. n., 186?. 8 p.
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Parker, Margaret Skinner
conducted by W. Weldon Huske
Oral History Interview with Margaret Skinner Parker, March 7, 1976. Interview H-0278. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Margaret Skinner Parker recalls life in the mill town of Coolemee, NC, in the first half of the 20th century, sharing recollections of fun and financial struggle.
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Parker, Sam
conducted by Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Sam Parker, December 5, 2000. Interview K-0252. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sam Parker, Madison County Probation/Parole Officer, praises rural life in the interview.
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Parker, W. W.
To the Colored People!
[North Carolina:: s.n., 1874]. 1 p.
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Parker, William, fl. 1851
The Freedman's Story: In Two Parts
The Atlantic Monthly, vol. XVII, Feb. 1866, pp. 152-166; Mar. 1866, pp. 276-295., 26 p.
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Patterson, James
James Patterson's Memorial to the Building Commissioners, December 25, 1793
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Patterson, James
James Patterson's Proposals for the Steward's House, [1793]
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Patterson, James
Letter from James Patterson to John Haywood, August 18, 1795
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Patterson, Rufus Lenoir, 1830-1879
Letter from Rufus L. Patterson to Phoebe C. Patterson, May 8, 1849
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Patterson, Rufus Lenoir, 1830-1879
Letter from Rufus L. Patterson to Samuel F. Patterson, April 18, 1849
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Patton, James, 1756-1845
Biography of James Patton
Asheville, N.C.: [s.n.], 1850. 34 p.
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Pauley, Frances
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Frances Pauley, July 18, 1974. Interview G-0046. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Frances Pauley was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, during the early twentieth century. An advocate of poor people and of racial integration, Pauley served as president of the Georgia League of Women Voters in the 1940s and 1950s, where she focused specifically on integration of public schools. In 1960, she became director of the Georgia Council on Human Relations and worked within the civil rights movement to promote African American leadership and interracial organizations.
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Cook, Cynthia Sykes
conducted by Valerie Pawlewicz
Oral History Interview with Cynthia Sykes Cook, February 19, 1994. Interview K-0091. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Cynthia Sykes Cook recalls the closing of the White Furniture Factory in Mebane, NC.
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Tripp, Millie
conducted by Valerie Pawlewicz
Oral History Interview with Millie Tripp, August 12, 1994. Interview K-0112. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Millie Tripp describes her career at the White Furniture Factory, focusing on weathering a merger and a plant closing.
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Paxton, Elisha Franklin, 1828-1863
Memoir and Memorials: Elisha Franklin Paxton, Brigadier-General, C.S.A.; Composed of his Letters from Camp and Field While an Officer in the Confederate Army, with an Introductory and Connecting Narrative Collected and Arranged by his Son, John Gallatin Paxton
New York: The Neale Publishing Co., 1907. vi, 114 p.
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Edited by Edwin Mims and Bruce Ryburn Payne
Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. xii, 440 p.
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Smith, David, b. 1784 and
Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893
Biography of Rev. David Smith of the A. M. E. Church; Being a Complete History, Embracing over Sixty Years' Labor in the Advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom on Earth. Including "The History of the Origin and Development of Wilberforce University."
Xenia, O[hio]: Printed at the Xenia Gazette Office, 1881. 135 p.
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Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893
History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Nashville, Tenn.: Publishing House of the A. M. E. Sunday School Union, 1891. xvi, 502 p.
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Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893
Recollections of Seventy Years
Nashville: A. M. E. Sunday School Union, 1888. 335 p.
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Pearsall, Elizabeth
conducted by Walter Campbell
Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Pearsall, May 25, 1988. Interview C-0056. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Elizabeth Pearsall reflects on the role of her husband, Thomas Pearsall, in the North Carolina school desegregation plan. She also discusses her own efforts at fostering racial cooperation.
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Pearson, Conrad Odell
conducted by Walter Weare
Oral History Interview with Conrad Odell Pearson, April 18, 1979. Interview H-0218. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Conrad Odell Pearson grew up in Durham, North Carolina. After obtaining his law degree at Howard Law School in the early 1930s, Pearson returned to Durham, where he became actively involved in legal struggles against segregation in higher education. In this interview, he describes his participation in various civil rights activities, his perception of African American leaders James Shepherd and C. C. Spaulding, and race relations in Durham.
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Pearson, William S. (William Simpson), 1849-1920,
Means, Paul Barringer, 1845-1911, and
McNeill, Thomas A.
Student Letter to David L. Swain About His Leaving the University, June 6, 1868
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Pedigo, Joseph D.
conducted by William Finger
Oral History Interview with Joseph D. Pedigo, April 2, 1975. Interview E-0011-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Joseph Pedigo was an active participant and leader in the labor movement among textile workers in the South during the 1930s and 1940s. In this interview, he describes his role in the formation of a local union at American Viscose in Roanoke, Virginia, and his work with the Textile Workers Union of American towards organizing textile workers throughout the South.
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Peerman, Joanne
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Joanne Peerman, February 24, 2001. Interview K-0557. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Joanne Peerman describes the efforts of black students to thoroughly integrate Chapel Hill High School and discusses her relationship with her father, a beloved coach at Lincoln High School and a powerful figure in the black high school community.
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Pendleton, Leila Amos, b. 1860
A Narrative of the Negro
Washington, D.C.: Press of R.L. Pendleton, 1912. 221 p.
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Penick, Daniel Allen, 1797-1870
Prodigal Sons
[Raleigh, N.C.: s. n., between 1861 and 1865]. 4 p.
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Pennington, James W. C., 1807-1870
The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States
London: Charles Gilpin, 1849. xv, [1], 1-87, [9] p.
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Pennington, James W. C., 1807-1870
A Narrative of Events of the Life of J. H. Banks, an Escaped Slave, from the Cotton State, Alabama, in America
Liverpool, Eng.: M. Rourke, Printer, 1861. 93 p.
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Pepper, Claude
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Claude Pepper, February 1, 1974. Interview A-0056. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Claude Pepper reflects on his political career and the rise of conservatism in Florida.
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Percival, William and
Grant, John, ca. 1817-?
Letter from William Percival and John Grant to the Building Committee, January 8, 1858
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Percival, William
Letter from William Percival to William A. Graham, September 5, 1859
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Perkel, George
conducted by Patricia Raub
Oral History Interview with George Perkel, May 27, 1986. Interview H-0281. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
George Perkel evaluates the failure of unions in the post-World War II South.
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Perkins, John, 1819-1885
Remarks of Hon. John Perkins, of Louisiana, on Presenting from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Resolutions in Regard to the Negotiations for Peace
[Richmond: s.n., 1865?]. 8 p.
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Perry, Joshua
Letter from Joshua Perry to Jeremiah Perry, May 18, 1839
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Peterson, Daniel H.
The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa
New-York: Wright, 1854. x, 13-150, [1] p.
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Pettigrew, Charles, 1744-1807
Last Advice of the Rev. Charles Pettigrew to His Sons, 1797
[S. l.: s. n., 1904?]. 12 p.
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Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart, 1816-1873
Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, August 19, 1833
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart, 1816-1873
Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, August 6, 1832
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart, 1816-1873
Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, December 10, 1834
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart, 1816-1873
Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, January 22, 1834
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart, 1816-1873
Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, November 7, 1835
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart, 1816-1873
Letter from Charles L. Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, September 17, [1834]
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to David L. Swain, August 16, 1847
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, April 19, 1844
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, February 14, 1845
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, February 21, 1847
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, February 8, 1846
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, January 13, 1844
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to his brother Charles Pettigrew, May 5, 1844
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
On the Day the Session Breaks, Composition of James J. Pettigrew, [1847]
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, John, 1779-1799 and
Pettigrew, Ebenezer, 1783-1848
Letter from John and Ebenezer Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, April 5, 1795
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, John, 1779-1799 and
Pettigrew, Ebenezer, 1783-1848
Letter from John and Ebenezer Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, February 23, 1795
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, John, 1779-1799 and
Pettigrew, Ebenezer, 1783-1848
Letter from John and Ebenezer Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, May 4, 1795
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, John, 1779-1799 and
Pettigrew, Ebenezer, 1783-1848
Letter from John and Ebenezer Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, October 3, 1795
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, John, 1779-1799
Letter from John Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, April 12, 1796
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, John, 1779-1799
Letter from John Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, June 27, 1797
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pettigrew, John, 1779-1799
Letter from John Pettigrew to Charles Pettigrew, March 22, 1797
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Pharis, James and
Pharis, Nannie
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with James and Nannie Pharis, December 5, 1978 and January 8 and 30, 1979. Interview H-39. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
James and Nannie Pharis discuss how textile mill employees were treated in the early part of the century.
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Pharis, James
conducted by Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with James Pharis, July 24, 1977. Interview H-0038. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
James Pharis reflects on his forty years in textile mill work, most of which he spent as a supervisor.
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Pharis, James
conducted by Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with James Pharis, July 24, 1977. Interview H-38. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
James Pharis remembers the challenges of his two decades as a supervisor with Burlington Mills.
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Phillips, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1858-1951
The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status
Jackson, Tenn.: Publishing House C. M. E. Church, 1925. 623 p.
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Mitchell, Elisha,
Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887, and
Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Account for Improvement of College Grounds, 1848
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Accounts for Apparatus procured for Natural Philosophy Department, February 17, 1852
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889 and
Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Charles Phillips and Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick to David L. Swain, October 13, 1853
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Letter from Charles Phillips to David L. Swain, August 28, 1853
2 pages, 4 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Letter from Charles Phillips to David L. Swain, January 15, 1853
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Letter from Charles Phillips to John Kimberly, July 8, 1875
4 pages, 5 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Letter from Charles Phillips to Kemp P. Battle, August 12, 1867
10 pages, 10 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Letter from Charles Phillips to Kemp P. Battle, September 20, 1865
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Letter written by Charles Phillips, November 23, 1864
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
"A President's Address," by Charles Phillips, August 1840
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Program for the School of Science as Applied to the Arts, November 25, 1853
9 pages, 9 page images.
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Phillips, Dave
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Dave Phillips, January 27, 1999. Interview I-0084. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
North Carolina business leader and former Commerce Secretary S. Davis (Dave) Phillips discusses his personal successes as a businessman in High Point and his successes as Commerce Secretary under Governor Jim Martin.
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Phillips, James, 1792-1867
James Phillips's Lecture Notes, [18--]
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Phillips, James, 1792-1867
Letter from James Phillips to Charles Manly, June 28, 1834
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Phillips, Samuel F.
Address by Samuel F. Phillips for the Dialectic Society, January 1841
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Cooper, Ezekiel, 1763-1847
compiled by Geo. A. Phoebus
Beams of Light on Early Methodism in America. Chiefly Drawn from the Diary, Letters, Manuscripts, Documents, and Original Tracts of the Rev. Ezekiel Cooper
New York: Phillips and Hunt, 1887. xiv, 337 p.
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Phok, Kong
conducted by Barbara Lau
Oral History Interview with Kong Phok, December 19, 2000. Interview K-0273. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Cambodian-American Kong Phok describes his experiences at Guilford Mills in Greensboro, NC.
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Physician
Liquor and Lincoln
[Petersburg?: s. n., between 1861 and 1865]. 4 p.
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Pickard, Kate E. R.
The Kidnapped and the Ransomed. Recollections of Peter Still and His Wife "Vina," after Forty Years of Slavery.
Syracuse: William T. Hamilton, 1856. 409 p.
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Pickens, William, 1881-1954
The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography
Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1911. 138 p.
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Pickett, Bert
conducted by Charles Thompson and Charles Thompson
Oral History Interview with Bert Pickett, December 18, 1999. Interview K-0285. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Pentecostal pastor Bert Pickett provides a compelling description of the despair that accompanied Hurricane Floyd's devastation.
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Pickett, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875
The Heart of a Soldier: As Revealed in the Intimate Letters of Genl. George E. Pickett C.S.A.
New York: Seth Moyle, c1913. 215 p.
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Pickett, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1884
To the Army and People of Kentucky
S. l.: s.n., 1864. 1 p.
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Picquet, Louisa, b. 1828?- and
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868
Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon, or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life
New York: The Author, 1861. xiv, [5]-60 p.
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Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884
The Word of God a Nation's Life. A Sermon Preached before the Bible Convention of the Confederate States, Augusta, Georgia, March 19th, 1862
Augusta, Ga.: Printed at the Office of the Constitutionalist, 1862. 19 p.
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Pierce, Jim
conducted by William Finger
Oral History Interview with Jim Pierce, July 16, 1974. Interview E-0012-3. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jim Pierce first learned about the labor movement while growing up in Oklahoma during the 1930s. By the late 1940s, he had become a leader in his local union at Western Electric in Fort Worth, Texas. During the 1950s and 1960s, he organized unions for the CIO, the IUE, and the IUD. He describes his belief in labor activism but also his growing disillusionment with the movement by the end of the 1960s.
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Pierre, C. E.
The Work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts among the Negroes in the Colonies
From The Journal of Negro History 1, no. 4 (October 1916), 349-360. Lancaster, Pa; Washington, D. C.: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., 1916. 349-360 p.
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Pierson, Emily Catharine
Jamie Parker, the Fugitive
Hartford: Brockett, Fuller and Co., 1851. viii, 9-192 p.
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Pinkard, Thomas C.
Letter from Thomas C. Pinkard (at Yale) to James Johnston Pettigrew, October 7, 1846
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Pius, N. H.
An Outline of Baptist History: A Splendid Reference for Busy Workers: A Record of the Struggles and Triumphs of Baptist Pioneers and Builders
[S.l.: s.n., 1941?]. 154 p.
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Plake, Kate, b. 1838
The Southern Husband Outwitted by His Union Wife
Philadelphia: Printed for the Authoress by Moore & Brother, c1868. viii, 161 p.
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Platt, S. H. (Smith H.)
The Martyrs, and the Fugitive; or a Narrative of the Captivity, Sufferings, and Death of an African Family, and the Slavery and Escape of Their Son
New York: Daniel Fanshaw, 1859. 95 p.
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Plemmons, Jerry
conducted by Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Jerry Plemmons, November 10, 2000. Interview K-0506. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jerry Lee Plemmons, a lifetime Madison County resident and energy conservation consultant, discusses the influence of development, particularly highway construction, on Marshall, NC.
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Connor, R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950 and
Poe, Clarence Hamilton, 1881-
The Life and Speeches of Charles Brantley Aycock
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. xxiii, 369, [1] p.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
The Raven and Other Poems
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. [i]-[viii], [1]-[96] p.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Tales
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. 228 p.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. 243 p.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. II
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. iv, 228 p.
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Poindexter, A. M.
God's Providence a Source of Comfort and Courage to Christians
[Raleigh, N. C.: s. n., between 1861 and 1865]. 8 p.
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Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849
"On the Admission of Foreigners into Office in the United States," Speech of James K. Polk for the Dialectic Society, August 30, 1817
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892
Agricultural Depression. Its Causes--the Remedy. Speech of L. L. Polk, President of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, before the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. April 22, 1890
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, Printers, 1890. 32 p.
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Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892
Tabulated Statement of Industries & Resources of North Carolina
[Raleigh]: [N.C. Department of Agriculture], 1878. 40 p.
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Polk, Lucius Junius, 1808-1869
"College Rules," Poem by Lucius J. Polk, [1821]
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Polk, Lucius Junius, 1808-1869
Grey's Memoria Technica, Excerpt from Lucius J. Polk's Notebook, August 12, 1821
5 pages, 6 page images.
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Polk, William, 1758-1834
Letter from William Polk to Joseph Caldwell, May 16, 1803
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Polk, William, 1758-1834
Letter from William Polk to Joseph Caldwell, September 4, 1805
6 pages, 6 page images.
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Polk, William, 1758-1834
William Polk's Summary of a Meeting of the Trustees, August 27, 1805
8 pages, 8 page images.
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Pollard, Edward Alfred, 1831-1872
The Rival Administrations: Richmond and Washington in December, 1863
Richmond: The author, 1864. [2], 31, [1] p.
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Pollard, Edward Alfred, 1831-1872
The Southern Spy. Letters on the Policy and Inauguration of the Lincoln War. Written Anonymously in Washington and Elsewhere
Richmond, Va.: West & Johnston, 1861. 108 p.
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Pollitzer, Mabel
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Mabel Pollitzer, June 16, 1974. Interview G-0047-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Mabel Pollitzer describes her involvement in the women's suffrage movement in Charleston, South Carolina. In particular, Pollitzer describes the leadership role of Susan Pringle Frost within the movement, the split between the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman's Party in the 1910s, and her perception of various leaders within the movement in South Carolina.
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Pollitzer, Mabel
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Mabel Pollitzer, September 19, 1973. Interview G-0047-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Mabel Pollitzer was born Charleston, South Carolina, in 1885. After graduating from Columbia University in 1906, she returned to Charleston to teach biology at Memminger, an all-girls school. Pollitzer describes her involvement in the women's suffrage movement, her perception of politicians and women's rights leaders, and her civic work within the community of Charleston.
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Pomp, d. 1795 and
Plummer, Jonathan, 1761-1819
Dying Confession of Pomp, A Negro Man, Who Was Executed at Ipswich, on the 6th August, 1795, for Murdering Capt. Charles Furbush, of Andover, Taken from the Mouth of the Prisoner, and Penned by Jonathan Plummer, Jun.
[Newburyport, MA: Jonathan Plummer; Blunt and March, 1795]. 1 p.
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Ponder, Zeno
conducted by William Finger
Oral History Interview with Zeno Ponder, March 22, 1974. Interview A-0326. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Zeno Ponder is one of the most respected and influential leaders of Madison County, North Carolina. This interview begins with his descriptions of his family's activities in the area and local political traditions. Ponder briefly describes his experiences at local schools, including Mars Hill College. Ponder became involved in local politics through a training program and his brother's sheriff campaign.
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Pool, Bettie Freshwater, 1860-1928
America's Battle Cry and Other New War Songs Set to Old Familiar Tunes
Elizabeth City, N.C.: The Author, 1918. 20 p.
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Pool, Solomon, 1832-1901
Announcement of the Opening of the University Session, by Solomon Pool on August 18, 1869, July 1, 1869
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Pool, Solomon, 1832-1901
Letter from Solomon Pool to Charles C. Pool, January 23, 1868
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Pool, Solomon, 1832-1901
Letter from Solomon Pool to the Board of Trustees, May 5, 1866
2 pages, 4 page images.
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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). President and
Pool, Solomon, 1832-1901
Solomon Pool's Annual Report to the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, November 15, 1870
3 pages, 3 page images.
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performed by Charlie Poole
Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister
1 p.
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Sterling, Andrew and
Tilzer, Harry von
performed by Charlie Poole
It's Moving Day
1 p.
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Poole, Lonnie
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Lonnie Poole, March 22, 1999. Interview I-0085. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Private waste management company owner Lonnie Poole discusses the past and present of his incredibly successful endeavor.
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Populist Party (N.C.). State Executive Committee
People's Party Hand-Book of Facts. Campaign of 1898
Raleigh: Capital Print. Co., 1898. 96 p.
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Populist Party (N.C.). State Executive Committee
The Proposed Suffrage Amendment. The Platform and Resolutions of the People's Party
[S.l.]: [The Party?], [190-?]. 16 p.
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Porcher, Francis Peyre, 1825-1895
Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
Charleston,: Evans & Cogswell,, 1863. xxv, 601 p.
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Porter
A Call to Service : Your Country Calls You! : Your Church Calls You! : Christ Calls You!
[United States]: [Council of Women for Home Missions], [between 1914 and 1918].
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Pou, James H. (James Hinton), 1861-1935
How War Came to America and What it Means to Us. Address Delivered at a Patriotic Meeting of Soldiers and Citizens, Held at Raleigh, N. C., on August 14, 1917
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1917. 14 p.
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Pou, James H. (James Hinton), 1861-1935
No Compromise Peace
In Training School Quarterly. Vol. 4, no. 3 (Oct., Nov., Dec. 1917). Greenville, N. C.: East Carolina Teachers Training School, 1917. 199-206 p.
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Poucher
The Girl Reserves of the Y.W.C.A.
[United States]: Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Brinch, Boyrereau and
Prentiss, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1774 or 5-1817
The Blind African Slave, or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nick-named Jeffrey Brace. Containing an Account of the Kingdom of Bow-Woo, in the Interior of Africa; with the Climate and Natural Productions, Laws, and Customs Peculiar to That Place. With an Account of His Captivity, Sufferings, Sales, Travels, Emancipation, Conversion to the Christian Religion, Knowledge of the Scriptures, &c. Interspersed with Strictures on Slavery, Speculative Observations on the Qualities of Human Nature, with Quotation from Scripture
St. Albans, Vt.: Printed by Harry Whitney, 1810. 204 p.
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Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America. General Assembly
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America
Augusta, Ga.: Steam power press Chronicle & Sentinel, 1862. 40 p.
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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fayetteville
Minutes of the Presbytery of Fayetteville at Their Ninety-Seventh Sessions, Held at Mt. Horeb Church, Bladen County, N. C., October 10th, & 11th, 1861
Fayetteville, N. C.: Printed at the Presbyterian Office, 1861. 25 p.
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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Orange
Minutes of the One Hundred and Eighty-Third Session of Orange Presbytery, Held at Oackland Church, Johnston County, N. C., October, 1861
Fayetteville, N. C.: Printed at the Presbyterian Office, 1861. 15 p.
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Preston, John S. (John Smith), 1809-1881
Address of Hon. John S. Preston, Commissioner from South Carolina, to the Convention of Virginia, February 19, 1861
Columbia, S.C.: Steam Power-press of R.W. Gibbes, 1861. 24 p.
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Preston, Margaret Junkin, 1820-1897
Beechenbrook; A Rhyme of the War
Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1865. 64 p.
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Price, Harry Hill, b. 1842,
Peebles, Robert Bruce, 1841-1916, and
Avery, Willoughby F., 1843-1876
Petition, April 27, [1861]
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Prince, Mary
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Related by Herself. With a Supplement by the Editor. To Which Is Added, the Narrative of Asa-Asa, a Captured African
London: Published by F. Westley and A. H. Davis, 1831. 41 p.
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Pringle, Elizabeth Waties Allston, 1845-1921
Illustrated by Alice R. Huger Smith
A Woman Rice Planter
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914, c1913. xiii, 450 p.
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Pritchard, Jeter Connelly, 1857-1921
The Hour and the Duty. Address Delivered by Hon. J. C. Pritchard of Asheville, N. C. at a Patriotic Meeting of Citizens of Wake County, Held at Raleigh, N. C., September 3, 1917
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1917. 8 p.
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Pritchett, Laurie
conducted by James Reston
Oral History Interview with Laurie Pritchett, April 23, 1976. Interview B-0027. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Laurie Pritchett, who served as a police chief in Albany, Georgia, for seven years, describes his role in the civil rights movement in that city. He encouraged a moderate response to large demonstrations in the 1960s, a tactic that prevented the negative publicity brought about by brutal police reaction to marches in other towns in the Deep South.
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Proctor, J. A.
A Tract for the Soldier
Raleigh, N. C.: s. n., between 1861 and 1865. 8 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
A Calendar of the Days and Daily Lessons of the Year 1862, and a Catalogue of the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Confederate States oe [sic] America
Montgomery: Advertiser Book and Job Office, 1861. 24 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
The Catechism of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States
Raleigh: Office of the "Church Intelligencer", 1862. 8 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
A Catechism to Be Taught Orally To Those Who Cannot Read; Designed Especially for the Instruction of the Slaves
Raleigh: Office of "The Church Intelligencer", 1862. 48 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
Journal of Proceedings of an Adjourned Convention of Bishops, Clergymen and Laymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In the Confederate States of America, Held in Christ Church, Columbia, South Carolina, from Oct. 16th to Oct. 24th, Inclusive, in the Year of Our Lord 1861
Montgomery: Montgomery Advertiser, 1861. 45 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
The Order for Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, Together with the Ante-Communion Office and a Selection of Occasional Prayers from Various Offices of the Book of Common Prayer
Atlanta, Ga.: R.J. Maynard, 1863. 47 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to the Clergy and Laity of the Church in the Confederate States of America, Delivered before the General Council, in St. Paul's Church, Augusta, Saturday, Nov. 22d, 1862
Augusta, Ga.: Steam Power Press Chronicle & Sentinel, 1862. 16 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
Proceedings of a Meeting of Bishops, Clergymen, and Laymen, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States, At Montgomery, Alabama, On the 3d, 4th, 5th & 6th of July, 1861
Montgomery: Barrett, Wimbish, 1861. 28 p.
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America. Diocese of Virginia. Diocesan Missionary Society
Prayer Book for the Camp
Richmond: Macfarlane & Fergusson, 1863. 64 p.
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Pryor, David
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with David Pryor, June 13, 1974. Interview A-0038. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
David Pryor discusses the new political order in Arkansas just months before he won the state's governorship.
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Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice, 1830-1912
My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. ix, 454 p.
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Hudson, Thomas Samuel and
Pugh-Hudson, Elberta
conducted by Charles Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Thomas and Elberta Hudson, December 18, 1999. Interview K-0283. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
The Hudsons explain that although God used the Floyd flood to warn against materialism, He helped many escape the floodwaters and oversaw astonishing generosity afterward.
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Purviance, Levi
The Biography of Elder David Purviance, with His Memoirs: Containing His Views on Baptism, the Divinity of Christ, and the Atonement. Written by Himself: with an Appendix; Giving Biographical Sketches of Elders John Hardy, Reuben Dooly, William Dye, Thos. Kyle, George Shidler, William Kinkade, Thomas Adams, Samuel Kyle, and Nathan Worley. Together with a Historical Sketch of the Great Kentucky Revival
Dayton: For the author by B. F. & G. W. Ells, 1848. viii, 9-304 p.