Inventory of the Henri Masson Papers, 1831-1860

Collection Number 898-z


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
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/
Back to Top

Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Masson, Henri, fl. 1831-1860.
Title
Henri Masson Papers, 1831-1860.
Call Number
898-z
Language of Materials
Materials in French and English
Extent
2 volumes
Abstract
The collection is manuscript notebooks, 1831-1855 and 1860, of Henri Masson, a Frenchman who taught at antebellum academies in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The books contain more than 100 sketches or essays (chiefly in French) about many aspects of American manners and institutions--religion, government, slavery, education, customs--especially in contrast with France, and about Masson's experiences, ideas, and intellectual interests. There are also diary entries, memoranda, business records of school teaching, descriptions of conversations with prominent people, and other notations.


Back to Top

Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcription of one volume and microfilm copy of the other 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 Henri Masson Papers, #898-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.
Back to Top

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Diaries.
Education--Southern States--History--19th century.
French--United States--History--19th century.
Masson, Henri, fl. 1831-1860.
Southern States--Civilization--1775-1865.
Southern States--Social life and customs--1775-1865.
Teachers--Southern States--Diaries.
Teachers--Southern States--History--19th century.
Back to Top

Biographical Note

Henri Masson (fl. 1831-1860) was a Frenchman who taught at antebellum academies in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi.

Back to Top

Collection Overview

The collection is manuscript notebooks, 1831-1855 and 1860, of Henri Masson, a Frenchman who taught at antebellum academies in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The books contain more than 100 sketches or essays (chiefly in French) about many aspects of American manners and institutions--religion, government, slavery, education, customs--especially in contrast with France, and about Masson's experiences, ideas, and intellectual interests. There are also diary entries, memoranda, business records of school teaching, descriptions of conversations with prominent people, and other notations.