Alexander McIver papers, 1853-1929 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Personal and family correspondence and financial papers of Alexander McIver, including letters from Kemp P. Battle, Robert Bingham, and Cornelia Phillips Spencer dealing with University of North Carolina affairs in the 1870s and 1880s. Also included are letters to McIver's daughter, Margaret McIver (Mrs. Rufus) Bowen, from her family, especially from her sister-in-law, Helen Smedberg (Mrs. George W.) McIver at various U.S. Army posts in the West, the Philippines, and Alaska, describing army life and local events, including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake