Inventory of the Joseph Mason Kern Papers, 1860-1865

Collection Number 2526-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
Kern, Joseph Mason, b. 1842.
Title
Joseph Mason Kern Papers, 1860-1865
Call Number
2526-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 25 items.
Abstract
A Civil War scrapbook compiled by Kern, a member of the 13th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A, including descriptions and a few carefully executed drawings (one colored) by him of scenes from prison life at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Camp Chase, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Md., playbills for a play produced by Confederate prisoners, a colored drawing of his home in Romney, Va., and diary entries (transcribed?) by him describing his Civil War experiences; and letters from Kern, 1860-1864, discussing family and military matters.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
A typed transcription of the parts of the scrapbook consisting of original text and microfilm of the transcription are available. Microfilm of the letters also is available.
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 Joseph Mason Kern Papers, #2526-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.

Camp Chase (Ohio)
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 13th.
Diaries.
Drawing, American--Virginia--19th century.
Johnson Island Prison.
Kern, Joseph Mason, b. 1842.
Point Lookout (Md.)
Scrapbooks--Confederate States of America.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
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Collection Overview

A Civil War scrapbook compiled by Kern, a member of the 13th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A, including descriptions and a few carefully executed drawings (one colored) by him of scenes from prison life at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Camp Chase, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Md., playbills for a play produced by Confederate prisoners, a colored drawing of his home in Romney, Va., and diary entries (transcribed?) by him describing his Civil War experiences; and letters from Kern, 1860-1864, discussing family and military matters.