Collection Number:
02826
Collection Title: Edward O. Guerrant Papers, 1856-1917.
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival
material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National
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Size |
8.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 300 items) |
Abstract |
Edward O. (Edward Owings) Guerrant (1838-1916) was a Confederate Army officer, physician
at Mt. Sterling, Ky., Presbyterian missionary, and editor of
The Soul Winner. The collection contains the diary and other papers of Edward O. Guerrant. The diary
was kept for the majority of Guerrant's life, with some gaps. It reflects Guerrant's
experiences as a student at Centre College, Danville, Ky., 1856-1860; staff officer
to several Confederate generals in campaigns in eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia
and in the Army of Tennessee, 1861-1865; medical student and practicing physician
at Mt. Sterling, Ky., 1867-1873; seminarian at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia,
1873-1876; Presbyterian minster at several locations, including Louisville, Ky., 1876-1885;
and founder and president of the American Inland Mission or "Soul Winners Society" and editor of
The Soul Winner, at Wilmore and Troy, Ky. Among other items are scattered correspondence, 1862-1917,
and Guerrant's manuscript history of Kentucky soldiers in the Confederacy
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Creator |
Guerrant, Edward O. (Edward Owings), 1838-1916. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
- Restrictions to Use
- No usage restrictions.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Edward O. Guerrant Papers, #2826, Southern Historical
Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
- Alternate Form of Material
- Microfilm copy available
- Typed transcriptions of volumes 7-21 are available.
- Acquisitions Information
- Gift of Edward O. Guerrant of Davidson, N.C., 1952.
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1aa.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
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State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, February 2011; Dawne Howard Lucas, May
2021
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.
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The following terms from
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's
online catalog.
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Centre College (Danville, Ky.)--Students--History--19th century.
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College students--Southern States--Social life and customs.
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Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Diaries.
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Diaries.
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Guerrant, Edward O. (Edward Owings), 1838-1916.
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Hampden-Sydney College--Students--History--19th century.
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Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Kentucky--Religion--19th century.
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Louisville (Ky.)--History--19th century.
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Missionaries--Southern States--History.
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Physicians--Kentucky--History--19th century.
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Presbyterian Church--Missions.
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Presbyterian Church--Southern States--History.
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Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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- Edward Owings Guerrant Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Ky.
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Edward O. Guerrant (1838-1916) was a Confederate Army officer, physician at Mt. Sterling,
Ky., Presbyterian missionary, and editor of
The Soul Winner.
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The collection contains the diary and other papers of Edward O. Guerrant (1838-1916).
The diary was kept for the majority of Guerrant's life, with some gaps. It reflects
Guerrant's experiences as a student at Centre College, Danville, Ky., 1856-1860; staff
officer to several Confederate generals in campaigns in eastern Kentucky and southwest
Virginia and in the Army of Tennessee, 1861-1865; medical student and practicing physician
at Mt. Sterling, Ky., 1867-1873; seminarian at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia,
1873-1876; Presbyterian minster at several locations, including Louisville, Ky., 1876-1885;
and founder and president of the American Inland Mission or "Soul Winners Society" and editor of
The Soul Winner, at Wilmore and Troy, Ky. Among other items are scattered correspondence, 1862-1917,
and Guerrant's manuscript history of Kentucky soldiers in the Confederacy.
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Edward O. Guerrant Papers, 1856-1917.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1aa
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Folder 1a-2b
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Folder 3
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Folder 4
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Folder 5
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Folder 6
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Folder 7-8
Folder 7
Folder 8
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Folder 9
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Folder 10
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Folder 11
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Folder 12-16
Folder 12
Folder 13
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Folder 17-25
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Folder 18
Folder 19
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Folder 24
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Folder 26
Folder 27
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Folder 55-59
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Folder 65-69
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Folder 80-84
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Folder 85-89
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Folder 90-94
Folder 90
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Folder 95-99
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Folder 100-104
Folder 100
Folder 101
Folder 102
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Folder 105-109
Folder 105
Folder 106
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Folder 110-114
Folder 110
Folder 111
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Folder 115-119
Folder 115
Folder 116
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Folder 120-124
Folder 120
Folder 121
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Folder 125-129
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Folder 126
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Folder 130
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Folder 131-138
Folder 131
Folder 132
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Folder 134
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Folder 137
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Transcription Volume TV-2826/1-6
TV-2826/1
TV-2826/2
TV-2826/3
TV-2826/4
TV-2826/5
TV-2826/6
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Reel M-2826/1
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- Microfilm (M-2826/1)
- Transcription Volumes (TV-2826/1-6)
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