Inventory of the William H. Haigh Papers, 1841-1846, 1865

Collection Number 2649-z


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
Haigh, William H.
Title
William H. Haigh Papers, 1841-1846, 1865.
Call Number
2649-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
4 items.
Abstract
Papers including the diary of William Hooper Haigh (1823-1870) of Fayetteville, N.C., while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1842, in Chapel Hill, and studying law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C., 1843-1844. Entries include comments on people and events in Haigh's life, including Raleigh and Chapel Hill social activities, the Methodist and Episcopal churches, and activities of the Badger family, and local, state, and national politics. Also included are two long letters, 1865, written by Haigh as a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., describing prison conditions and routine.


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Administrative Information

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 H. Haigh Papers, #2649-z, 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.

Badger family.
Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866.
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Diaries.
Episcopal Church--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Haigh, William H.
Law--Study and teaching--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Point Lookout (Md.)
Raleigh (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.
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Collection Overview

Papers including the diary of William Hooper Haigh (1823-1870) of Fayetteville, N.C., while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1842, in Chapel Hill, and studying law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C., 1843-1844. Entries include comments on people and events in Haigh's life, including Raleigh and Chapel Hill social activities, the Methodist and Episcopal churches, and activities of the Badger family, and local, state, and national politics. Also included are two long letters, 1865, written by Haigh as a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., describing prison conditions and routine.