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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 400 items) |
Abstract | Native of Connecticut, Episcopal minister in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and educator. Personal and family papers of Douglas and of his wife, Sarah (Tucker) Douglas, of Natchez, Miss., before and after their marriage in 1857. Correspondents were members of both families, scattered over a wide geographical range, including Connecticut, New Jersey, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Illinois, and attending several schools and colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1840s and the College of William and Mary in the 1850s. There are papers relating to the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Louisiana, Tennessee, and especially in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Miss., where Douglas served as minister, 1871-1881, operated the Bishop Green Training School and Associate Mission, and edited the diocesan monthly. Correspondents include Bishop William Mercer Green, Oscar Kibbe, Leonidas Polk, and David Ker. Volumes include pocket diaries, 1855 and 1857, of Douglas in Connecticut and Waterproof, La., respectively; an album about student life at the University of Mississippi, circa 1860; and notes made on ocean crossings to and from Europe in 1897, including comments on the weather, social activities, and fellow passengers. |
Creator | Douglas, William Kirtland, 1830-1898. |
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, February 2010
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William Kirtland Douglas was born in New Haven, Conn. in 1830. Ordained in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut in 1853, Douglas moved to Waterproof, La. in 1856. He had parishes in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and from 1870-1881 he ran a training school for boys in Dry Grove, Miss. in addition to his pastoral work.
Back to TopPersonal and family papers of Douglas and of his wife, Sarah (Tucker) Douglas, of Natchez, Miss., before and after their marriage in 1857. Correspondents were members of both families, scattered over a wide geographical range, including Connecticut, New Jersey, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Illinois, and attending several schools and colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1840s and the College of William and Mary in the 1850s. There are papers relating to the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Louisiana, Tennessee, and especially in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Miss., where Douglas served as minister, 1871-1881, operated the Bishop Green Training School and Associate Mission, and edited the diocesan monthly. Correspondents include Bishop William Mercer Green, Oscar Kibbe, Leonidas Polk, and David Ker. Volumes include pocket diaries, 1855 and 1857, of Douglas in Connecticut and Waterproof, La., respectively; an album about student life at the University of Mississippi, circa 1860; and notes made on ocean crossings to and from Europe in 1897, including comments on the weather, social activities, and fellow passengers.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1775, 1831, 1845-1849 |
Reel 1 |
1837-1859 and undatedMicrofilm only. Correspondence between members of the Douglas and Tucker families. |
Folder 2 |
1850-1851 |
Folder 3 |
1852-1854 |
Folder 4 |
1855-1857 |
Folder 5 |
1858-1859 |
Folder 6 |
1860-1869 |
Folder 7 |
1870-1872 |
Folder 8 |
1873-1874 |
Folder 9 |
1875-1876 |
Folder 10 |
1877-1880Includes a letter from S. J. Gilmore advising against transporting poor people, white or Black, to Kansas or other new territories. |
Folder 11 |
1881-1884 |
Folder 12 |
1885-1894, 1898 |
Folder 13 |
Undated letters |
Folder 14 |
Undated letters |
Folder 15 |
Undated letter fragments |
Folder 16 |
Undated miscellaneous papers |
Folder 17 |
Volume 1: William K. Douglas pocket diary, 1855Contains brief notations regarding services held, weather conditions, cash accounts, calls made, and other miscellaneous topics. |
Folder 18 |
Volume 2: William K. Douglas pocket diary, 1857Contains brief notes about services, calls, letters, and personal activities. |
Folder 19 |
Volume 3: University of Mississippi album, circa 1860Contains photographs of campus buildings, professors, and students, including Oscar Kibbe and Paschal Tucker. The front flyleaf bears the inscriptions " 'All Civil War Soldiers' of the South-land" and "Miss Henrietta Kibbe's book--1862." |
Folder 20 |
Volume 4: William K. Douglas travel journal, 1897Contains notes made while crossing the ocean to and from Europe. Notes deal with weather conditions, social activities, and comments on other passengers. |