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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Joseph Benson Cottrell Papers, #184-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy available.

Acquisitions Information

1939

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Alabama--Religious life and customs.
• Clergy--Southern States--Social life and customs.
• Cottrell, Joseph Benson, 1829-1895.
• Diaries.
• Enon (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
• Eufaula (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
• Families--Southern States--Social life and customs.
• Florida--Religious life and customs.
• Greenville (S.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Kentucky--Religious life and customs.
• Methodist Church--Clergy--History--19th century.
• Owensboro (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
• Pensacola (Fla.)--Social life and customs.
• Russellville (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
• South Carolina--Religious life and customs.
• Union Springs (Ala.)--Social life and customs.

Joseph Benson Cottrell (1829-1895) was a Methodist minister in Eufaula, Enon, and Union Springs, Alabama; Greenville, S.C.; Russellville and Owensboro, Ky.; and Pensacola, Fla.

The collection includes a diary, 1854-1892, of Cottrell in Eufaula, Enon, and Union Springs, Alabama; Greenville, S.C.; Russellville and Owensboro, Ky.; and Pensacola, Fla. Entries, which are largely accounts of family life, pastoral activities, and personal meditations, are irregular and not in order. Also included are clippings of articles by Cottrell on church news, political questions, inspirational topics, and life in Alabama and Florida in the 1880s.