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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 125 items) |
Abstract | John Paris (1809-1883) was a Methodist Episcopal minister of Guilford County, N.C., author of religious works, and a Confederate Army chaplain. The collection includes diaries, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of John Paris. Within the three-volume diary is a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Beginning on 12 June 1863, diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race" after the war. The Addition of 2007 primarily contains correspondence of John Paris and his wife. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, funerals, the church's position on social matters such as slavery, and the growing separation of Christian sects. A 20 September 1864 letter from John Paris to his wife describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. There are also notebooks containing sermons, finanicial information, and notes that were kept by John Paris; daguerreotypes, ambrotypes (including one of an unidentified Confederate soldier), and tintypes possibly of Paris family members; financial records of John Paris; and other items. |
Creator | Paris, John, 1828-1905. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996
Encoded by: Linda Sellars, 2003
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, November 2009; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Revisions: Updated in December 2007 by Kathryn Roth because of addition
The addition of October 2007 has not been incoporated into the original deposit of material.
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John Paris (1809-1883) was a Methodist Episcopal minister of Guilford County, N.C., author of religious works, and a Confederate Army chaplain.
Back to TopThe collection includes diaries, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of Methodist Episcopal minister John Paris of Guilford County, N.C. Within the three-volume diary is a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Beginning on 12 June 1863, diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on post-war African Americans, called the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race." The Addition of 2007 primarily contains correspondence of John Paris and his wife. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, funerals, the church's position on social matters such as slavery, and the growing separation of Christian sects. A 20 September 1864 letter from John Paris to his wife describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. There are also notebooks containing sermons, finanicial information, and notes that were kept by John Paris; daguerreotypes, ambrotypes (including one of an unidentified Confederate soldier), and tintypes possibly of Paris family members; financial records of John Paris; and other items.
Back to TopDiary, writings, and correspondence, 1828-1871, of John Paris. The three-volume diary contains a brief diary, January-June 1863, of Jacob Pearch, a soldier in the 110th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Beginning on 12 June 1863, the diary entries appear to have been written by John Paris. Ten of the twelve letters deal with the sale of Paris's religious books in the 1850s. Also included are seven brief essays, six on controversial military actions of the Civil War and one on the "Moral and Religious Status of the African Race" after the war.
Folder 1 |
1828-1871 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1. Diary, 1863 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 2. Diary, 1864 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 3. Diary, 1865 |
Reel M-575/1 |
Microfilm |
Primarily letters to John Paris and his wife, Addie Paris. Letters to John Paris are from other clergymen, family members, and parish members. Subjects include church finances, baptisms, and funerals. Letters also discuss the church's position on social matters such as slavery and the growing separation of Christian sects. There is also a letter dated 20 September 1864 from John Paris to his wife, in which he describes the Third Battle of Winchester, Va. Other letters are to Paris's wife regarding Paris's sickness and death.
Folder 5 |
1828-1864 |
Folder 6 |
1870-1878 |
Folder 7 |
1880-1889 |
Folder 8 |
1890-1905 |
Folder 9 |
Undated |
Folder 10 |
"The rules for measuring corn houses"Notebook containing word problems with mathematical equations underneath. There are also lines and sermons from specific services that John Paris performed, including a wedding and a funeral, and birth and death dates of Paris family members. |
Folder 11 |
Notebook, 1858Notebook belonging to John Paris containing financial information, contacts, and notes. |
Folder 12 |
Notebook, 1880Notebook belonging to John Paris containing financial information, contacts, and notes. |
Folder 13 |
FragmentsIncludes pieces of letters and documents relating to Paris family members. |
Folder 14 |
Printed materialsContains a pamphlet on southern herbs and roots, an unidentified review of a book on sermons at infant baptisms, and a fragment from a printed work. |
Folder 15 |
Receipts and financial records, 1860-1903 |
Folder 16 |
Newspaper clippings, 1883-1884 |
Folder 17 |
Other papersContains an unidentified sermon or poem and an obituary, possibly for John Paris. |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/1 |
Daguerreotype of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/2 |
Tintype of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/3 |
Tintype of an unidentified man, possibly John Paris |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/4 |
Tintype of Mary Ellen Paris |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/5 |
Daguerreotype of an unidentified woman and an unidentified girl |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/6 |
Ambrotype of unidentified girlThis girl does not appear to be the same girl as in SF-P-575/5 or SF-P-575/7. |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/7 |
Ambrotype of unidentified girlThis girl does not appear to be the same girl as in SF-P-575/5 or SF-P-575/7. |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/8 |
Ambrotype of unidentified womanThis woman does not appear to be the same woman as depicted in SF-P-575/4 or SF-P-575/5. |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/9 |
Ambrotype of unidentified man wearing a Confederate soldier uniformThis man does not appear to be the same man as in SF-P-575/1-3. |
Special Format Image SF-P-575/10 |
Tintype of two unidentified menThese men do not appear to be the same men as depicted in SF-P-575/1-3 or SF-P-575/9. |