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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | The collection is manuscript notebooks, 1831-1855 and 1860, of Henri Masson, a Frenchman who taught at antebellum academies in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The books contain more than 100 sketches or essays (chiefly in French) about many aspects of American manners and institutions--religion, government, slavery, education, customs--especially in contrast with France, and about Masson's experiences, ideas, and intellectual interests. There are also diary entries, memoranda, business records of school teaching, descriptions of conversations with prominent people, and other notations. The collection also includes a typed transcription of one volume that contains a table of contents listing its headings, and some additional descriptive information related to the volumes. |
Creator | Masson, Henri, fl. 1831-1860. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | French, English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, December 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2022
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Henri Masson (fl. 1831-1860) was a Frenchman who taught at antebellum academies in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
Back to TopThe collection is manuscript notebooks, 1831-1855 and 1860, of Henri Masson, a Frenchman who taught at antebellum academies in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The books contain more than 100 sketches or essays (chiefly in French) about many aspects of American manners and institutions--religion, government, slavery, education, customs--especially in contrast with France, and about Masson's experiences, ideas, and intellectual interests. There are also diary entries, memoranda, business records of school teaching, descriptions of conversations with prominent people, and other notations. The collection also includes a typed transcription of one volume that contains a table of contents listing its headings, and some additional descriptive information related to the volumes.
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Volume 1: Essays and sketches, 1831-1855Usage Restriction: Photocopying not permitted. Includes essays and sketches, chiefly in French, but also in English, discussing many aspects of American manners and institutions especially in contrast with France. There are also some diary entries and fragments thereof. |
Folder 2 |
Volume 2: Diary, notes, accounts, and clippings, 1860Usage Restriction: Photocopying not permitted. The greater part of this volume is composed of diary entries, partly in French and partly in English, with some collected newspaper clippings interspersed throughout. Entries relate experiences, ideas, and conversations with prominent people. Following the diary entries there are also lists, primarily of books and other possessions, and accounts, including some for school teaching. |
Folder 3 |
Enclosures and additional descriptive information |
Transcription Volume TV-898/1-8
TV-898/1TV-898/2TV-898/3TV-898/4TV-898/5TV-898/6TV-898/7TV-898/8 |
Transcription of Volume 1Includes a table of contents listing Volume 1 headings. |