Inventory of the Herndon Haralson Papers, 1837-1847
Collection Number 1928-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 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
- Haralson, Herndon, 1757-1847.
- Title
- Herndon Haralson Papers, 1837-1847.
- Call Number
- 1928-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 3 items.
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Administrative Information
- 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 Herndon Haralson Papers, #1928-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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Autobiographies--Tennessee.
- Banks and banking--Tennessee--History--19th century.
- Family--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
- Haralson, Herndon, 1757-1847.
- Haralson, John, fl. 1843.
- Haywood County (Tenn.)--Social life and customs.
- Plantations--Tennessee.
- Political campaigns--Tennessee--History--19th century.
Biographical Note
Native of North Carolina, Revolutionary War soldier, North Carolina legislator, merchant at Petersburg, Va., and settler in Tennessee.
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Diary (122 pages) kept by Haralson, 1837-1847, while he was a planter in Haywood County, Tenn., and Tennessee state bank agent; a four- page autobiography; and a letter, August 1843, from son John to Haralson, discussing local news in Jackson [Tenn.?] and family affairs. The diary deals with weather, health, church and community events, elections, political rallies, and other matters, and is accompanied by a name index.