Inventory of the Mary T. Lanier Papers, 1862-1888

Collection Number 1488-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
Lanier, Mary T., fl. 1862-1888.
Title
Mary T. Lanier Papers, 1862-1888.
Call Number
1488-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
6 items.
Abstract
Personal letters received by Mary T. Lanier of Alabama, including two from Jefferson Davis, 1874 and 1888, one discussing a woman who, disguised as a man, served in the Confederate Army; two from her nephew Sidney Lanier, 1877 and 1880, concerning family matters and personal news; and a thank-you letter from General John Hunt Morgan, 1862.


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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 Mary T. Lanier Papers, #1488-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.

Alabama--Social life and customs.
Confederate States of America. Army--Women.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Lanier family.
Lanier, Mary T., fl. 1862-1888.
Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
Poets, American--19th century--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female.
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Collection Overview

Personal letters received by Mary T. Lanier of Alabama, including two from Jefferson Davis, 1874 and 1888, one discussing a woman who, disguised as a man, served in the Confederate Army; two from her nephew Sidney Lanier, 1877 and 1880, concerning family matters and personal news; and a thank-you letter from General John Hunt Morgan, 1862.