Inventory of the William Harris Garland Papers, 1819-1877

Collection Number 2982


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
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
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Garland, William Harris, b. ca. 1811.
Title
William Harris Garland Papers, 1819-1877.
Call Number
2982
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 500 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Personal correspondence, from 1836, of Garland, an itinerant mechanic for railroad shops, sawmills, and steamboats in towns from North Carolina to Florida. Letters are to and from members of his family and friends, written in Beaufort, S.C., Savannah, Ga., Laurinburg and Wilmington, N.C., Fernandina, Fla., and many other towns, and are largely concerned with the uncertainties of earning a livelihood without capital. Also included is correspondence before and after 1836 of the Garland family at Beaufort with their relatives in England.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1953
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 William Harris Garland Papers, #2982, 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.

Beaufort (S.C.)--Economic conditions.
British Americans--South Carolina--History--19th century.
Family--Southern States--Social life and customs.
Fernandina (Fla.)--Economic conditions.
Garland family.
Garland, William Harris, b. ca. 1811.
Laurinburg (N.C.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Mechanics (Persons)--Southern States--History--19th century.
Migrant labor--Southern States--History--19th century.
Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
Railroads--Southern States--History--19th century.
Savannah (Ga.)--Economic conditions.
Sawmill workers--Southern States.
Southern States--Economic conditions.
Steamboat lines--Southern States--History--19th century.
Wilmington (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
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Collection Overview

Personal correspondence, from 1836, of Garland, an itinerant mechanic for railroad shops, sawmills, and steamboats in towns from North Carolina to Florida. Letters are to and from members of his family and friends, written in Beaufort, S.C., Savannah, Ga., Laurinburg and Wilmington, N.C., Fernandina, Fla., and many other towns, and are largely concerned with the uncertainties of earning a livelihood without capital. Also included is correspondence before and after 1836 of the Garland family at Beaufort with their relatives in England.