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Rufus Lenoir Patterson

Rufus Lenoir Patterson of Salem was chief marshal of the university's 1850 commencement and graduated in 1851. He was elected a trustee in 1858 and again in 1874, and Kemp Battle called him a leading spirit in the revival of the university in 1875.

Source: Internet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text

1830–1879 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Rufus Lenoir Patterson, portrait published 1905
Rufus Lenoir Patterson, portrait published 1905

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Andrew Henry Patterson papers, 1902-1925; 1964.

Patterson, Andrew Henry, 1870-1928 · 1902

Weather observations set the Andrew Henry Patterson papers apart: 52 items in half a linear foot, dated 1902 to 1925 and 1964, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 1419. The papers include climate observations for Chapel Hill, meteorology in North Carolina and the United States Weather Bureau, alongside the university faculty, several Patterson relatives, and Confederate social conditions during the Civil War.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Patterson, Rufus Lenoir, 1830-1879.

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  1. Kemp Battle's subscription drive raises $20,167 and Paul Cameron repairs the campus for the reopening After the trustees on May 5, 1875, appointed a committee to seek gifts for the revival, Kemp P. Battle canvassed Raleigh, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount and Tarboro in person and the rest of the state by letter, reporting $18,787 in six weeks and $20,167 in twelve, at a total expense of $62.66; Zebulon B. Vance and Charles W. Broadfoot collected in Charlotte and Fayetteville, and women's groups sent scientific apparatus through Cornelia Phillips Spencer. Paul C. Cameron, without contractor or pay, spent the summer at Chapel Hill directing the repairs and reported on August 31 that he had spent $10,677.76 on the buildings and $2,249.09 on gas works and apparatus. People: Kemp Plummer Battle, Paul C. Cameron, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Zebulon B. Vance, Washington Caruthers Kerr, Rufus Lenoir PattersonInternet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
  2. Rufus L. Patterson moves a loan to repair the university buildings and offers to stand surety At the trustees' reorganization meeting, Patterson moved that the treasurer be allowed to borrow $5,000 if needed to repair the Chapel Hill buildings, and volunteered to be surety for the university. People: Kemp Plummer Battle, Paul C. CameronSearch the index · Internet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text

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Picture: Rufus Lenoir Patterson, portrait published 1905. Public domain. archive.org Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present, p. 334; via Wikimedia Commons

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