Inventory of the Stephen R. Mallory Diary and Reminiscences, 1861-1867

Collection Number 2229


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Related Material
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell), 1813-1873.
Title
Stephen R. Mallory Diary and Reminiscences, 1861-1867.
Call Number
2229
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
2 volumes
Abstract
United States senator and Confederate secretary of the Navy, from Florida. Diaries, 1861-1862 and 1865-1867, of Stephen R. Mallory. The second volume was written while Mallory was in a federal prison at Fort Lafayette in New York harbor and includes his recollections of the collapes of the Confederate government during April 1865 and his autobiography. There are also copies of letters relating to Mallory's application for parole and some general business and financial information; and advice to his son, Stephen R. Mallory Junior, on government, religion, etc., and commenting on Jefferson Davis.


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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
Copying and citation use are restricted.
Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcript and microfilm copies available.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1940
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 Stephen R. Mallory Diary and Reminiscences, #2229, 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--Biography.
Confederate States of America--Officials and employees.
Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Fathers and sons--Southern States--History--19th century.
Fort Lafayette (N.Y.)
Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell), 1813-1873.
Mallory, Stephen Russell, 1848-1907.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
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Related Material

Stephen Russell Mallory Papers (#1186), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

United States senator and Confederate secretary of the Navy, from Florida.

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Collection Overview

Diaries, 1861-1862 and 1865-1867, of Stephen R. Mallory. The second volume was written while Mallory was in a federal prison at Fort Lafayette in New York harbor and includes his recollections of the collapes of the Confederate government during April 1865 and his autobiography. There are also copies of letters relating to Mallory's application for parole and some general business and financial information; and advice to his son, Stephen R. Mallory Junior, on government, religion, etc., and commenting on Jefferson Davis.