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Collection Number: 01156-z

Collection Title: Fannie Page Hume Diary, 1860-1862; 1947-1948

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Size About 40 items
Abstract Fannie Page Hume (1838-1865) of "Selma," near Orange, Orange County, Va., was the daughter of David and Fannie (Dade) Hume. She spent her life in Orange County and Washington, D.C., marrying Colonel Carter M. Braxton in February 1865. The collection is typed transcriptions of Hume's diaries, 1860-1862, and newspaper clippings. Daily entries concern Hume's household and social life and include Civil War news from the front and reports of neighborhood activities. The 1862 volume was published in "The Orange Review" (Orange, Va.) in 1947 and 1948.
Creator Hume, Fannie Page, 1838-1865.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Fannie Page Hume Diary, #1156-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Location of Originals
Location of original unknown.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid material for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Jordan, February 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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Fannie Page Hume (1838-1865) of "Selma," near Orange, Orange County, Va., was the daughter of David and Fannie (Dade) Hume. She spent her life in Orange County and Washington, D.C., marrying Colonel Carter M. Braxton in February 1865.

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The collection is typed transcriptions of Hume's diaries, 1860-1862, and newspaper clippings. Daily entries concern Hume's household and social life and include Civil War news from the front and reports of neighborhood activities. The 1862 volume was published in "The Orange Review" (Orange, Va.) in 1947 and 1948; clippings are included. The typed transcription of the 1862 volume includes an exhaustive name index and notes identifying people and places.

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Contents list

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About 40 items.
Folder 1

Original finding aid

Diary, 1860

Folder 2

Diary, 1861

Folder 3

Diary, 1862

Folder 4

Newspapers, 1947-1948

Reel 1-2

Reel 1

Reel 2

Diary, 1862

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