Inventory of the Joseph Nicholson Barney Log and Diary, 1839-1852

Collection Number 2246-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Barney, Joseph Nicholson, fl. 1839-1852.
Title
Joseph Nicholson Barney Log and Diary, 1839-1852.
Call Number
2246-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (210 pages).
Abstract
United States (and later Confederate) naval officer; native of Maryland. Personal diary kept by Barney, including ship's log entries while he was in Singapore and the East Indies, 1839, on the United States frigate Columbia, and diary and log entries while he was sailing up and down the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America, 1849-1852, on the U.S.S. Vincennes, with frequent and sometime lengthy stays in port. Diary entries describe in detail his impressions in 1850 of Rio de Janeiro, Guayaquil, Ecuador, various California ports, and other locations, and note social and other daily events and Barney's reflections on self and surroundings.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Joseph Nicholson Barney Log and Diary, #2246-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Barney, Joseph Nicholson, fl. 1839-1852.
California--Description and travel.
Columbia (Frigate)
Diaries.
East Indies--Description and travel.
Guayaquil (Ecuador)--Description and travel.
Logbooks--History--19th century.
Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel.
United States. Navy--Officers--Diaries.
United States. Navy--Sea life--History--19th century.
Vincennes (Ship)
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Biographical Note

United States (and later Confederate) naval officer; native of Maryland.

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Collection Overview

Personal diary kept by Barney, including ship's log entries while he was in Singapore and the East Indies, 1839, on the United States frigate Columbia, and diary and log entries while he was sailing up and down the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America, 1849-1852, on the U.S.S. Vincennes, with frequent and sometime lengthy stays in port. Diary entries describe in detail his impressions in 1850 of Rio de Janeiro, Guayaquil, Ecuador, various California ports, and other locations, and note social and other daily events and Barney's reflections on self and surroundings.