P64: Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Collection

Creator: Elizabeth Tannahill Bain

Extent: 198 images

Format(s): Black-and-white photographic prints, pen-and-ink drawing

Access: Not restricted.

Useage Restrictions: Use is defined by the current policies of the North Carolina Collection.

Provenance: Given in 1999 by Rebecca Warren of Chapel Hill, N.C. Accession no. 30901.

Biographical Sketch: Elizabeth Tannahill Bain (1893–ca. 1967) lived at Chapel Hill, N.C. (407 E. Rosemary St.) and Virginia Beach, Va. She was the daughter of Charles Wesley Bain (1864–1915), professor of Greek and Latin at the University of North Carolina, and Isabel Plummer Bain, a native of Petersburg, Va.

Collection Desciption: The collection consists of five folders of photographs and one photographic album. The images span the time period from circa 1868 through circa 1933. Subject matter is primarily the family and friends of Elizabeth Tannahill Bain. The collection includes images of Charles Wesley Bain and Isabel Plummer Bain, and their children, Elizabeth Tannahill Bain, Charles Wortley Bain, and Henry Plummer Bain.

The album, dating from circa 1914 to circa 1925, has views of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina campus. Included are photographs of the arboretum, Commons Hall, the University Inn, Battle Park, a 1914 football game, Chapel Hill houses, students training on the campus during World War I, University Day in 1917, and miscellaneous social activities.

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