Inventory of the Edmund DeBerry Covington Diary, 1841-1843

Collection Number 1506-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
block Descriptive Summary
block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
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
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Covington, Edmund DeBerry, 1823-1845.
Title
Edmund DeBerry Covington Diary, 1841-1843
Call Number
1506-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 1
Abstract
Edmund DeBerry Covington was the son of Benjamin Hamilton and Jane Wall Covington, born 25 September 1823 in Rockingham, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and graduated in 1844. He died of pneumonia on 25 December 1845.
The diary kept by Covington during his student days at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1843, contains scattered diary and other entries, including original compositions, extracts, a list of books read, and a prophecy concerning his classmates.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. MacLean B. Leath.
Processing Information
Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff, October 1948
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, October 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Edmund DeBerry Covington Diary #1506-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Covington, Edmund DeBerry, 1823-1845.
Diaries.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

Edmund DeBerry Covington was the son of Benjamin Hamilton and Jane Wall Covington, born 25 September 1823 in Rockingham, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and graduated in 1844. He died of pneumonia on 25 December 1845.

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Collection Overview

The diary kept by Edmund DeBerry Covington during his student days at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1843, contains scattered diary and other entries, including original compositions, extracts, a list of books read, and a prophecy concerning his classmates.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Edmund DeBerry Covington Diary, 1841-1843.
1 item.
Folder 1
Diary

Digital version: Excerpts from the Diary of Edmund D. Covington, 25 September and 3 October 1843

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