Inventory of the Gayle and Crawford Family Papers, 1826-1895

Collection Number 2777


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Related Material
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
Crawford family.
Gayle family.
Title
Gayle and Crawford Family Papers, 1826-1895.
Call Number
2777
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
30 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Travel diaries, 1839-1854, and about twenty family letters, 1826- 1895, of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford (1824-1895), daughter of Governor John B. Crawford (died 1854) of Alabama. Sarah Crawford's diaries describe traveling from Alabama to New York and attending school there, 1839-1840; visiting in South Carolina; attending Pres. Zachary Taylor's inaugural ball; traveling in Vermont and Canada, 1849; and travels in the South, New York, England, France, and Spain, and returning to Mobile, Ala., 1853-1854. Also included is William Crawford's diary, 1852, kept while he was traveling in Switzerland and Italy.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals returned to private owner in 1943.
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 Gayle and Crawford Family Papers, #2777, 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.

Canada--Description and travel.
Crawford family.
Crawford, Sarah Ann Gayle, 1824-1895.
Crawford, William B., d. 1854.
England--Description and travel.
Family--Alabama--Social life and customs.
France--Description and travel.
Gayle family.
Italy--Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
New York (State)--Description and travel.
Presidents--United States--Inauguration--History--19th century.
Schools--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
South Carolina--Social life and customs.
Southern States--Description and travel.
Spain--Description and travel.
Switzerland--Description and travel.
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850--Inauguration, 1849.
Travelers--Europe--Diaries.
Travelers--United States--Diaries.
Vermont--Description and travel.
Voyages and travels--History--19th century.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
Women--Education--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
Women--United States--Diaries.
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Related Material

Bayne and Gayle Family Papers (#1101), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford Papers, Manuscripts Department, Duke University Library, Durham, N.C.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Travel diaries, 1839-1854, and about twenty family letters, 1826- 1895, of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford (1824-1895), daughter of Governor John B. Crawford (died 1854) of Alabama. Sarah Crawford's diaries describe traveling from Alabama to New York and attending school there, 1839-1840; visiting in South Carolina; attending Pres. Zachary Taylor's inaugural ball; traveling in Vermont and Canada, 1849; and travels in the South, New York, England, France, and Spain, and returning to Mobile, Ala., 1853-1854. Also included is William Crawford's diary, 1852, kept while he was traveling in Switzerland and Italy.