Inventory of the Excerpts From the Autobiography of Maria Florilla (Flint) Hamblen, 1860-1861

Collection Number 3897-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
Hamblen, Maria Florilla Flint, fl. 1860-1861.
Title
Excerpts From the Autobiography of Maria Florilla (Flint) Hamblen, 1860-1861
Call Number
3897-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 item (7 pages).
Abstract
Photocopy of a typed transcription. Excerpts from the recollections of Maria Flint, a young New York women, covering the period September 1860-June 1861, when she was a teacher at the Warrenton Female Academy, Warrenton, N.C. She described the school's administration, her social interaction with the Williams family and the family of Thomas Jefferson Green of Warrenton, and her journey back north via Richmond, Lynchburg, and Nashville after the declaration of war.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Original item privately owned as of 1969.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1969
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 Excerpts From the Autobiography of Maria Florilla (Flint) Hamblen, #3897-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.

Confederate States of America--Description and travel.
Green family.
Hamblen, Maria Florilla Flint, fl. 1860-1861.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Schools--North Carolina--Warrenton--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Virginia--Description and travel.
Warrenton (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Warrenton Female Academy (Warrenton, N.C.)
Williams family.
Women teachers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Women--Education--North Carolina--History--19th century.
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Collection Overview

Photocopy of a typed transcription. Excerpts from the recollections of Maria Flint, a young New York women, covering the period September 1860-June 1861, when she was a teacher at the Warrenton Female Academy, Warrenton, N.C. She described the school's administration, her social interaction with the Williams family and the family of Thomas Jefferson Green of Warrenton, and her journey back north via Richmond, Lynchburg, and Nashville after the declaration of war.