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[Identification of item], in the William Kirtland Douglas Papers, #1918, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Acquired 1951

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Original finding aid is filed in folder 1a.

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• Bishop Green Training School and Associate Mission (Dry Grove, Miss.)
• Clergy--Southern States--History--19th century.
• College of William and Mary--Students--History--19th century.
• College students--United States--Social life and customs.
• Connecticut--Social life and customs.
• Douglas family.
• Douglas, Sarah Tucker, fl. 1857.
• Douglas, William Kirtland, 1830-1898.
• Dry Grove (Miss.)--History.
• Episcopal Church--Connecticut--History--19th century.
• Episcopal Church--Louisiana--History--19th century.
• Episcopal Church--Mississippi--History--19th century.
• Episcopal Church--Tennessee--History--19th century.
• Families--Southern States--Social life and customs.
• Families--United States--Social life and customs.
• Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887.
• Hinds County (Miss.)--Religious life and customs.
• Ker, David, 1825-1884.
• Kibbe, Oscar.
• Louisiana--Social life and customs.
• Ocean travel--History--19th century.
• Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864.
• Travelers--Diaries--History--19th century.
• Tucker family.
• University of Mississippi--Students--History--19th century.
• University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine--Students--History--19th century.
• Waterproof (La.)--Social life and customs.

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.

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.

• Microfilm (Reel 1)