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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 25 items) |
Abstract | Stephen Berry Culver (1841-1902) of Sandy Hill, N.Y., was a graduate of Union College, carpenter, teacher, bookkeeper, active member of the Methodist Church, mining and chemical engineer, and clerk in the Naval Office, New York, N.Y., 1884-1902. The collection contains the diaries of Culver, along with the related enclosures which include clippings, genealogical notes, writings and letters. The diaries, begun when Culver was a teenager, relate chiefly to his involvement with the Methodist Church; family illnesses and deaths; national news; and local social, cultural, and political affairs, primarily related to the Sandy Hill, Schenectady, Mt. Vernon, and New York City areas of New York. Gaps in the diary are frequently followed by retrospective entries, including one which summarized his life for the period 1864-1876. |
Creator | Culver, Stephen Berry, 1841-1902. |
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: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2011
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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Stephen B. Culver (1841-1902) of Sandy Hill, N.Y., was a graduate of Union College, carpenter, teacher, bookkeeper, active member of the Methodist Church, mining and chemical engineer, and clerk in the Naval Office, New York, N.Y., 1884-1902.
Back to TopThe collection contains the diaries of Stephen B. Culver (1841-1902), along with the related enclosures which included clippings, genealogical notes, writings, and letters. The diaries, begun when Culver was a teenager, relate chiefly to his involvement with the Methodist Church; family illnesses and deaths; national news; and local social, cultural, and political affairs, primarily related to the Sandy Hill, Schenectady, Mt. Vernon, and New York City areas of New York. Gaps in the diary are frequently followed by retrospective entries, including one which summarized his life for the period 1864-1876.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Volume 1: 8 September 1855-1 January 1859Diary written at Sandy Hill, N.Y., and includes descriptions of attending Mr. McLaren's school, local news, jobs, and church matters. |
Folder 2 |
Volume 2: 1 January 1859-1 August 1862Diary written at Sandy Hill and Schenectady, N.Y., and contains descriptions of Culver's studies at Union College, which included medicine; church services and activities; family and friends; special events; travel, and national events, including the inauguration of President Lincoln. |
Folder 3 |
Volume 3: 1 August 1862-December 1880The diary for 1862-1864 contains descriptions of local news from Sandy Hill, N.Y., including army news, church matters, and Culver's employment. In 1876 there is a retrospective entry describing the events of his life after 1864 which include employment in Sandy Hill, N.Y., family illnesses and deaths, including that of his father in April 1872. The entries for 1876-1880 are brief and sporadic, and include descriptions of Culver's engineering and bookkeeping courses, employment, and recovery from malaria. |
Folder 4 |
Volumes 4-5: 1 February 1881-31 December 1886; January 1887-December 1896Volume 4 is written from Sandy Hill, New York City, and Lake George, N.Y., and includes descriptions of church matters, social events, conversations, and death and funerals, including the deaths of Culver's brother, Charles, and his mother. Volume 5 is written from New York City and Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and contains descriptions of Culver's marriage on 20 September 1887, family events, and social activities. |
Folder 5 |
Volumes 6-7: January 1897-23 July 1901; 4 August 1901-19 January 1902Volume 6 is written from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and contains descriptions of family and social activities and family illnesses and deaths, including that of Culver's wife, Georgianna, on 16 March 1901. Volume 7 is written from New York, N.Y., and the majority of entries regard his late wife and his children. |
Folder 6 |
Diary enclosuresIncludes genealogical notes, clippings, writings, outlines of sermons, and letters from Culver's brother, Lt. George B. Culver, 29 May 1862, and his daughter, Mary, 3 October 1901. |