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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the D.C. Cameron Diary #5451-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Caren Cross in January 2009 (Acc. 101239).

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• Agriculture--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Cameron, D. C.
• Diaries.
• Farmers--North Carolina--Diaries.
• Farms--North Carolina--Moore County.
• Moore County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Moore County (N.C.)--History.
• North Carolina--Description and travel.

D.C. Cameron was a farmer in Moore County, N.C., probably near Southern Pines.

The collection consists of a small diary belonging to D.C. Cameron. The diary contains brief notes of daily events from 1 January 1944 to 15 January 1945. These include descriptions of the weather, notes on quantities and prices of milk and other items sold or bought, activities undertaken on the farm and at the home of Mrs. J. Reid Healy, possibly a neighbor. Also included are occasional references of travel to Carthage, N.C., Aberdeen, N.C., and Clinton, N.C.