Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Louise Pearre Hamilton Papers
Collection — Box B (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0114
Scope and Contents
The Mary Louise Pearre Hamilton Papers consist of typescripts of her diary, 1863-64, and of letters written to her by her fiance, John Hall Hamilton, 1861-63. Their son, Joshua Pearre Hamilton, transcribed the diary and letters sometime in the early 20th century and added commentary to the diary entries. There is also a family history by J.P. Hamilton, a brief second-hand account of John Hall Hamilton's experience as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, a photocopy of a handwritten...
Dates:
1861-1925, undated; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
James Crandle Julian Diary
Collection — Box J (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0776
Scope and Contents
The diary is a photocopy of a small notebook containing sporadic entries beginning in December 1927 with the notation "We moved in our new house Nov 21st." Topics include singing, deaths, the completion of the high school building, travel, church, and weather. The final entry is about the death and burial of his father-in-law, David Grant Cable, in May 1946.
Dates:
1927-1946
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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James Crandle Julian Diary
Ketron Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0710
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, ephemera, an account book and a journal, all concerning the Ketron family of Sullivan County, Tennessee. The bulk of the papers are related to Joseph Henry Ketron and his nephew Audley Bruce Ketron. These materials offer insight into the personal and political life of family members and include documents pertaining to the Kingsley Seminary, the coeducational school in Bloomingdale, Tennessee which Joseph Ketron led for 25...
Dates:
1839 - 1948
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Ketron Family Papers
C. Hodge Mathes Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0856
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of documents, photographs, and sound recordings of, about, or created by the family of Charles Hodge Mathes. Most are from the 1920s – 1970s, though the earliest materials date back to the 1840s. Most of the content relates to Charles Hodge Mathes himself and concerns his writing/academic career and travel. There are also significant amounts of material relating to his daughter, Mildred Mathes Dalton, and his granddaughters, Betty and Diana Dalton. Other than the...
Dates:
1848-2017, undated
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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C. Hodge Mathes Family Papers
James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0148
Scope and Contents
The James W. McKee Collection consists of photocopies of typescripts of the diaries of two Confederate soldiers, Finley Patterson Curtis and Rufus A. Spainhour. Both men served in the Confederate Army with the First and Second North Carolina Regiments in the Virginia theater. Curtis' commanders were General Stephen Dodson Ramseur and Brigadier General (?) Warren. Spainhour's commanders included Generals Jubal A. Early, James B. Gordon, Robert E. Lee, G.H. Stewart and (?) Thurston...
Dates:
1861-1865
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