Inventory of the Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes Reminiscence, 1874

Collection Number 1672-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information


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
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Keyes, Julia Louisa Hentz, 1828-1877.
Title
Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes Reminiscence, 1874
Call Number
1672-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 1 (144 p.)
Abstract
Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes (1828-1877) was the daughter of novelist Caroline Lee Hentz and wife of Dr. John W. Keyes of Montgomery, Ala.
The collection is a typescript of "Our Life in Brazil," a combination of diary, reminiscences, and letter copies, compiled in 1874 by Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes about her experiences in Brazil, 1867-1870. Keyes and her husband emigrated to Brazil after the Civil War.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Reel 1: Folder 1
Acquisitions Information
Processing Information
Processed by: Linda Sellars, September 1998
Encoded by: Linda Sellars, September 1998
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes Reminiscence #1672-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

American Confederate voluntary exiles--Brazil.
Autobiographies--Brazil.
Brazil--Description and travel.
Brazil--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
Diaries.
Keyes, John W.
Keyes, Julia Louisa Hentz, 1828-1877.
Women--Brazil--Diaries.
Women--Brazil--History--19th century.
Women--Diaries--History--19th century.
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Biographical/Historical Note

Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes (1828-1877) was the daughter of novelist Caroline Lee Hentz and wife of Dr. John W. Keyes of Montgomery, Ala.

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Collection Overview

Typescript of "Our Life in Brazil," a combination of diary, reminiscences, and letter copies, compiled in 1874 by Julia Louisa Hentz Keyes about her experiences in Brazil, 1867-1870. Keyes and her husband, John W. Keyes, emigrated to Brazil after the Civil War.


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Detailed Description of the Collection

Reminiscence, 1874.
1 item.
Folder 1
"Our Life in Brazil" typescript

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