Franklin-L-Riley-papersRiley, Franklin L., papersGuide to the Franklin L. Riley papers Mss. Acc. 1988.41Finding Aid Authors: Susan A. Riggs.Special Collections Research Center

2010-04-28

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-22 23:51:20 -0400.The collection description/finding aid is written in English Special Collections Research Center Franklin L. Riley papers Riley, Franklin L., 1868-1929 Mss. Acc. 1988.41 /repositories/2/resources/8457 1.33 Linear Feet 1843-1930 1890-1918 2 boxes English Biographical Information: Franklin L. Riley was professor at University of Mississippi and Washington and Lee University. He was born in Hebron, Lawrence County, Miss., graduated from Mississippi College and did his graduate work at Johns Hopkins University. He married Fanny T. Leigh in 1891 and had seven children, including Edward Miles Riley, Director of Research at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: aspace_a891eae897e1ebf2d7e55f0570a33c38"> Acquisition Information:

gift

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Preferred Citation:

Franklin L. Riley Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Paper is very brittle.

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological. Folders renumbered when transferred from the University of North Carolina.

Scope and Contents

Personal and professional papers of Dr. Franklin Riley, Southern historian, teacher of history at University of Mississippi and Washington and Lee, and author. Papers date 1843-1930. Formerly on deposit at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill under the accession number 1533.

Correspondence Baptist Church--Mississippi--History Baptist Church--Virginia--History University of Mississippi--History--19th century Washington and Lee University--History World War, 1914-1918--United States Box 1id70665/repositories/2/archival_objects/3042641Class Bookid61649/repositories/2/archival_objects/3042661926-192711Scope and Contents

Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, Class Book 1926-1927, kept by Franklin Riley.

Class Roll Bookid61650/repositories/2/archival_objects/3042671928 July 212Scope and Contents

University of Southern California, Class Roll Book, July 2, 1928 kept by Franklin Riley.

Correspondenceid61651/repositories/2/archival_objects/3042681843-185813Scope and Contents

Letters and documents written to and concerning Reverend John Lycan Kirkpatrick. Concerns calls to various churches, presidency of Davidson College, professorship at Union theological Seminary (Hampden. Sydney, Virginia), professorship at University of Mississippi.

Correspondenceid61652/repositories/2/archival_objects/3042691859-186014Scope and Contents

Letters and documents written to and concerning Reverend John Lycan Kirkpatrick. Includes Glebe St. Presbyterian Church, call to church in Louisville, Kentucky, yellow fever epidemic in Charleston, letter from N. C. Burt concerning his Pastors Selection of Hymns and Tunes (Philadelphia, 1860) 'letter of William It. 14. Guffey, Southern Presbyterian newspaper, negotiations and acceptance of presidency of Davidson College, fundraising trip to Alabama for theological Seminary at Columbia, South Carolina.