Lenoir Chambers Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-0000-009

Scope and Contents

The unabridged circa 1967 manuscript Salt Water and Printer's Ink, along with speeches, writings, and other materials written or compiled by Lenoir Chambers of Norfolk, Virginia. Subject matter of the writings include the South, Stonewall Jackson, local newspaper history, and desegregation of Norfolk's public schools. There are also separate files of materials on Norfolk Academy and Norfolk Public Library. The collection also includes clippings about Lenoir Chambers from 1940-1968 and clippings about the South, Civil War, and Stonewall Jackson from 1948-1963. There is also one original 1862 proclamation forbidding the assembly of people for purposes of political discussion pasted onto a sheet of paper.

Dates

created: 1862, 1940-1969
Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s
Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1965

Creator

Chambers, Lenoir, 1891-1970 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Full Extent

3.00 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Arranged by record type.

Source of Acquisition

Lenoir Chambers by donation

Method of Acquisition

Lenoir Chambers donated the June 28, 1862 proclamation on February 1, 1965. He donated the manuscript Salt Water and Printer's Ink on August 21, 1969.

Related Materials

Lenoir Chambers Papers #3827, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03827/