Inventory of the James Pleasant Mason Diary, 1876-1893
Collection Number 495
Manuscripts Department, University 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
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Mason, James Pleasant, 1827-1893.
- Title
- James Pleasant Mason Diary, 1876-1893.
- Call Number
- 495
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 15 volumes (1.0 linear foot).
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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 James Pleasant Mason Diary, #495, 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.
- Agriculture--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Baptist State Convention of North Carolina--Clergy--History--19th century.
- Clergy--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Farm life--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Farmers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Mason, James Pleasant, 1827-1893.
- Orange County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Biographical Note
James Pleasant Mason (1827-1893) was a Baptist minister and farmer of Orange County, N.C.
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The collection is his diary, dealing mainly with activities on Mason's farm, which was later bequeathed to the University of North Carolina. The diary contains a very detailed account of Mason's daily life, including his routines of eating and sleeping, his preaching, and the daily tasks of farming.