Inventory of the Annie Jeter Carmouche Papers, 1853-1915

Collection Number 3022


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Carmouche, Annie Jeter, b. 1843.
Title
Annie Jeter Carmouche Papers, 1853-1915.
Call Number
3022
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
50 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Reminiscences and family correspondence of Carmouche, daughter of John Tinsley Jeter (1799-1862), Point Coupée Parish, La., sugar planter, and wife of Emile A. Carmouche (died 1885) of St. Landry and Shreveport, La. Reminiscences (266 pages), written 1913-1915, concern plantation, family, and social life before and after the Civil War, and life in New Orleans during the war. Most items are family letters, including letters, chiefly 1850s, from Carmouche's father, John Tinsley Jeter, to her mother, Ann Watkins McAshan (1814-1878), and letters, 1860s, from Emile A. Carmouche to Annie. These letters deal with activities in Point Coupée and New Orleans, Emile's imprisonment by Union forces in New Orleans, and other matters.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Original in private hands in 1969.
Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcriptions of the letters are included on the microfilm.
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 Annie Jeter Carmouche Papers, #3022, 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.

Carmouche, Annie Jeter, b. 1843.
Carmouche, Emile A., d. 1885.
Family--Louisiana--Social life and customs.
Jeter, Ann Watkins McAshan, 1814-1878.
Jeter, John Tinsley, 1799-1862.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions.
Plantation life--Louisiana.
Point Coupée Parish (La.)--Social life and customs.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
Women--Louisiana--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Reminiscences and family correspondence of Carmouche, daughter of John Tinsley Jeter (1799-1862), Point Coupée Parish, La., sugar planter, and wife of Emile A. Carmouche (died 1885) of St. Landry and Shreveport, La. Reminiscences (266 pages), written 1913-1915, concern plantation, family, and social life before and after the Civil War, and life in New Orleans during the war. Most items are family letters, including letters, chiefly 1850s, from Carmouche's father, John Tinsley Jeter, to her mother, Ann Watkins McAshan (1814-1878), and letters, 1860s, from Emile A. Carmouche to Annie. These letters deal with activities in Point Coupée and New Orleans, Emile's imprisonment by Union forces in New Orleans, and other matters.