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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2002 Special Collections Department Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Papers of Thomas Perkins Abernethy 1585 (1947-1965) 1969 12765-a This collection consists of ca. 2,000 items. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Papers of Thomas Perkins Abernethy, Accession #12765-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

The collection was presented to the library on July 29, 1974 by Thomas P. Abernethy, 39 University Circle, Charlottesville, Virginia.

 Processing Information

This collection was originally accessioned as MSS 6464-a.

 Scope and Content Information

The Thomas Perkins Abernethy Collection consists of approximately four linear feet (ca. 2,000 items) spanning the years 1585 (1947-1965) 1969. Included in the collection of the historian are drafts of many of the articles and book reviews he has written, as well as of his book The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819. The original collection, #6464, consists of a carbon copy of the publisher's draft of The South In the New Nation. Correspondence with fellow historians and students, speeches, and miscellaneous papers including some dealing with the Corcoran Department of History of the University of Virginia comprise the rest of the collection. There are transcripts and Photostats of letters and documents for the dates 1585, 1621, 1722, 1797, and 1804- 1806, and there are a few letters and some printed material for the 1920's through the early 1940's, but the bulk of the collection falls between the years 1947 and 1965.

Thomas Perkins Abernethy [1890- ] was born in Lowndes County, Alabama. He received an A. B. degree from the College of Charleston in 1912, and his M. A. (1915) and Ph.D. (1922) degrees from Harvard University, where he studied under Frederick Jackson Turner. He taught at Vanderbilt University, the University of Chattanooga, and the University of Alabama before coming to the University of Virginia in 1930. During his long tenure at Virginia, he served as chairman of the History Department from 1946-1955, advised a large number of graduate students, and wrote numerous books and articles before retiring in July of 1961.

The material in this collection chiefly reflects Abernethy's career as professor and scholar at the University of Virginia. Personal and family correspondence is almost entirely lacking. There are research notes for his book The Burr Conspiracyand several drafts of The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819, but the manuscripts of his other books are missing. There is little material from Abernethy's early years as a professor.

 Arrangement

When the collection came to the library, much of the original filing order had been lost. As a result, the correspondence has been filed by academic year, (September of one year through August of the next) and alphabetized by correspondent within each year. The correspondence is followed by Albernethy's writings, including articles, book reviews, and drafts of his book The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819. These are followed by the rest of Abernethy's papers, including research notes, student papers, and miscellaneous printed material. Six file boxes contain bibliographies and indexes for his books on 3 x 5" note cards.

 File Boxes

1. Bibliography and research notes on British designs on North America 2. Bibliography for The Burr Conspiracy 3. Bibliography for unidentified book 4. Index for The South In the New Nation, A - L 5. Index for The South In the New Nation, M - Z 6. Index for unidentified book

 Contents List Frederick Jackson Turner to TPA 1926 March 12 1 Transcript & carbon Robert B. Tunstall to TPA 1932 July 29 1 TLS Mary D. Carter to TPA 1935 Oct. 21 1 TLS Mary D. Carter to TPA 1936 Feb. 28 1 TLS TPA to E. I. Carruthers 1936 Sept. 23 1 TL Correspondence 1940 March-April 1 2 items TPA to E. I. Carruthers 1946 Oct. 23 1 TL (carbon) Correspondence 1947 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 4 items Correspondence 1948 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 ca.47 items Correspondence 1949 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 ca.50 items Correspondence 1950 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 ca.30 items Correspondence 1951 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 ca.75 items Correspondence 1952 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 8 items Correspondence 1953 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 ca.25 items Correspondence 1954 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 16 items Correspondence 1955 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 13 items Correspondence 1956 Sept. -1948 Aug. 1 ca.90 items Correspondence 1957 Sept. -1948 Aug. 2 ca.120 items Correspondence 1958 Sept. -1948 Aug. 2 ca.60 items Correspondence: A - M 1959 Sept. -1948 Aug. 2 ca.55 items. Correspondence P - W 1959 Sept. -1948 Aug. 2 ca.35 items. Correspondence: A - K 1960 Sept. -1948 Aug. 2 ca.75 items Correspondence: L - W 1960 Sept. -1948 Aug. 2 ca.100 items Correspondence: A - L 1961 Sept. -1948 Aug. 3 ca.75 items Correspondence 1961 Sept. -1948 Aug. 3 ca.60 items Correspondence 1962 Sept. -1948 Aug. 3 20 items Correspondence 1963 Sept. -1948 Aug. 3 ca.50 items Correspondence 1964 Sept. -1948 Aug. 3 3 items Curtis Carroll Davis to TPA 1969 March 21 3 TLS Correspondence n. d. 3 8 items Article(?) by TPA: "Aaron Burr in Mississippi" "The Burr Conspiracy""Democracy and the Southern Frontier""The Southern Shores and the Maritime Menace, 1793-1812""The Yazoo Land Companies of 1789" 1949 and n. d. 3 15 items Biographical sketches by TPA of Aaron Burr, Roger Atkinson, Robert Augustus Toombs, Henry Alexander Wise n. d. 3 9 items "The Political Geography of Southern Jacksonism" by TPA 1931 Jan. 3 1 item Book Reviews by TPA 3 18 items Reprints of Articles by TPA: "Commerical Activities of Silas Deane in France" "Journal of the First Kentucky Convention""The Orgin of the Franklin - Lee Imbroglio""An Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia""The First Transmontane Advance" 3 5 items The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819, Title page, Table of Contents (with 22 chapters) List of Maps and charts, Preface: Preliminary draft 1961 4 TMs & TMs (carbon) The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. I - II, Preliminary draft 1961 4 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. III - V (eliminated from published edition) 1961 4 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. VI - VIII (Chaps. III - V of published edition) Preliminary draft 1961 4 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XII - XIII (Chaps. IX - X in published edition) Preliminary draft 1961 4 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XIV (Chap. XI of published edition) Preliminary draft 1961 5 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XV - XVI (Chaps. XII - XIII of published edition) Preliminary draft 1961 5 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XVIII (eliminated from published edition) Preliminary draft 1961 5 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XIX - XX (Chaps. XIV - XV of published edition) Preliminary draft 1961 5 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XXI (eliminated from published edition) Preliminary draft 1961 5 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XXXI (Chap XVI in published edition) and critical essay on authorities Preliminary draft 1961 5 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Discarded portions and holograph footnotes for preface, Chaps. I - X 1961 5 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Discarded portions and holograph or typed footnotes for Chaps. XI - XXII 1961 6 TMs w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Table of contents with 16 chapters, list of maps and charts (incomplete), preface Publisher's draft 1961 6 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chap. II, Publisher's draft 1961 6 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. VI - IX (Chaps III - VI of published edition) Publisher's draft 1961 6 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. X - XIII (Chaps VII - X of published edition) Publisher's draft 1961 6 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XIV - XVI (Chaps XI - XIII of published edition) Publisher's draft 1961 6 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Chaps. XIX -XXII (Chaps XIV XVI of published edition) Publisher's draft 1961 6 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Critical essay on authorities and index Publisher's draft 1961 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819List of topics and description of manuscript 1961 7 5 items The South In the New Nation: 1789-1819Title page, Dedication page, & Table of Contents 1961 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections The South In the New Nation: 1789-18191st Draft of Introduction 1961 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections Southern Frontier of the War of 18122nd Draft of Introduction 1968 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections Southern Frontier of the War of 1812Chaps. II - III Preliminary draft 1968 7 TMs(carbon) Southern Frontier of the War of 18123rd Draft of Introduction 1968 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections Southern Frontier of the War of 1812Revised portions of Chap. I 1968 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections Southern Frontier of the War of 1812Chaps II - III, Notes, Sources of Information Revised draft 1968 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections Southern Frontier of the War of 1812Discarded portions of Introduction and Chap. II 1968 7 TMs(carbon) Southern Frontier of the War of 1812Notes 1968 7 TMs(carbon) w/holograph corrections Southern Frontier of the War of 1812Abernethy's reply to Reader's Report and Miscellaneous Notes 1968 7 3 items Speeches of Abernethy: "The Creed of the Old South" "Comments on Virginia's Contribution to American Civilization""Mr. Jefferson's Fourth Freedom" "The Order of Cape Henry""Making History""The Sad Plight of History In the South""The Social Scene in Virginia""Virginia's Western Land Policy During the Revolution""Charlottesville's Historic Area" n. d. 7 9 items Corcoran Department of History: Financial Papers including invoices, allotment balances, Fellowship funds 1947-1952 7 ca.150 items. Corcoran Department of History: Miscellaneous Papers including Annual Reports, Class Rolls, Resumes of students 1947-1952 7 ca.30 items Genealogical Chart of early generations of the Abernethy family in Virginia and North Carolina n. d. 8 1 item Newspaper Clippings 1924-1964 8 ca.45 items Photostats of 2 letters from Aaron Burr, also photostats of Spanish transcripts of letters primarily between Col. Antonio Cordero and Memesio de Salcedo and Nemesio de Salcedo and of soldier's account of Zebulon Pike expedition 1804-1806 8 ca.15 items Proofs of illustrations of Gen. T. J. Jackson and University of Va. Also Theodore O'Hara and Gen. George MacGregor n. d. 8 9 items Purchase lists for Tracy W. McGregor Library, Rare Book Department, Alderman Library, University of Virginia and Description of Jefferson Papers in McGregor Library 1948-1952, 1957-1958 8 15 items Receipts, Financial papers 1949-1964 8 ca.25 items Research Notes and Transcripts collected for The Burr Conspiracyn. d. 8 14 items Student Papers of Caroline Cook and H. Charles Lilienfeld of University of Alabama 1930 8 2 items Student Papers of William L. Kirby and John E. Manahan 1946 8 2 items Student Papers of Flora A. Ballowe, Phyllis Honeycutt, Gerald Special, and Thomas Bowles Shiflet 1954 8 4 items Student Papers of James M. Efird and Daniel L. Gribbs, Jr. n. d. 8 2 items Letters and papers re the South 1585, 1621, 1722, 1797, 1952, n. d. 8 ca.10 items TMss(carbon) & Transcripts Miscellaneous Papers 1938-1964 9 ca.50 items Near Print and Printed Material re Colonial period, American Revolution, the Confederation period, and the early National period ca.1930-1960 9 12 items Near Print and Printed Material re Colonial period, American Revolution, the Confederation period, and the early National period ca.1930-1960 9 15 items Periodicals re Colonial period 1929-1939 9 5 items Near Print and Printed Material re the South, Slavery and the Civil War ca.1850-1940 10 ca.25 items Near Print and Printed Material re the South, Slavery and the Civil War ca.1950-1965 10 ca.10 items Miscellaneous Printed Material ca.1940-1960 10 ca.15 items Miscellaneous Printed Material ca.1873-1956 10 12 items