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Size | 1 item (0.5 linear feet) |
Abstract | Myra Inman (1845-1914) was born in Cleveland, Tenn., and lived in eastern Tennessee. She married John G. Carter in 1876. The collection is a diary, 1 January 1859-24 January 1866, of Inman as a teenage girl, recording visits, visitors, school and church activities, household chores, news of the Civil War, local war efforts, and postwar poverty. |
Creator | Inman, Myra, 1845-1914. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
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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Myra Inman (1845-1914) was born in Cleveland, Tenn., and lived in eastern Tennessee. She married John G. Carter in 1876.
Back to TopThe collection is a diary, 1 January 1859-24 January 1866, of Inman as a teenage girl, recording visits, visitors, school and church activities, household chores, news of the Civil War, local war efforts, and postwar poverty.
The diary is unbound, and comprises seven sections.
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November 1859-February 1860 |
Folder 2 |
17 February 1860-31 August 1861 |
Folder 3 |
1 September 1861-21 August 1862 |
Folder 4 |
22 August 1862-24 August 1863 |
Folder 5 |
25 August 1863-24 January 1864 |
Folder 6 |
31 January-5 December 1864; clippings |
Folder 7 |
7 December 1864-24 January 1866 |
Reel M-1866/1 |
Microfilm |
Microfilm (M-1866/1)
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