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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 12 records found where LC Subject Heading is University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- History -- 19th century
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, May 02, 1889 McCord Wright Ball(Class of 1891) acknowledges receipt of a check from his uncle Richard Harvey Wright and requests additional funds to pay his expenses. McCord tells Richard about his interest in learning to dance and mentions his own father's disapproval of dancing.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, November 10, 1889 McCord Wright Ball tells his uncle, Richard Harvey Wright, about Methodist preacher Sam Jones, his money problems, and his medical expenses.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, January 30, 1888 McCord Wright Ball (Class of 1891) requests $10.00 from his uncle Richard Harvey Wright to pay some of his costs at the University of North Carolina. McCord notes that he has been studying shorthand, but is unwilling to cut his expenses by sharing a room with another student.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, January 30, 1889 McCord Wright Ball (Class of 1891) expresses his surprise to learn that his uncle, Richard Harvey Wright, is traveling to Egypt on business. McCord asks for $10 to cover wood, washing, and society fees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, March 19, 1889 McCord Wright Ball (University of North Carolina,Class of 1891) addresses this letter to his uncle who is traveling in Egypt. McCord shares his plans to study French and German. He also includes a request for financial help so that he can pay his boarding costs.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, December 19, 1887 McCord Wright Ball thanks his uncle, Richard Wright, for his recent letter and check. He expresses his appreciation for the hardships Wright had shared in his letter and promises to do "the best I can with the privileges I have."
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, January 28, 1890 McCord Wright Ball updates his uncle, Richard Harvey Wright, who is in Manila, Philippines, with family news. McCord also discusses his experience with love and courtship, being sick with la Grippe, and his finances.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, July 15, 1890 McCord Wright Ball (Class of 1891) updates his uncle Richard Harvey Wright on his social life at the University of North Carolina and defends his spending habits. The letter includes a detailed listing of costs associated with dance lessons and German language instruction.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, July 16, 1890 In this letter to his uncle, McCord Wright Ball details some of his recent expenses associated with college life. He also discusses the medical remedies he purchased in an effort to recover from a bout of "grippe."
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, June 22, 1890 McCord Wright Ball (Class of 1891) sends academic news to his uncle Richard Harvey Wright including information about the curriculum in his French and German classes. He also includes a list of the authors that he has read in his Latin classes. He closes the letter by sharing his aspirations to become a professor of modern languages.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, September 09, 1889 McCord Wright Ball tells his uncle, Richard Harvey Wright, about the cost of textbooks and describes the subjects he is taking at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, December 15, 1887 McCord Wright Ball (Class of 1891) provides his uncle, Richard, with an itemized statement of the costs to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including books, boarding, fees, washing, shoes, church, gym slippers, football, coal, and cigarettes.

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