Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use

Volumes 1-2 may not be photocopied due to fragility.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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.

Alternate Form of Material

Typed transcription of one volume and microfilm copy of the other available.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• 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.

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

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. The collection also includes a typed transcription of one volume that contains a table of contents listing its headings, and some additional descriptive information related to the volumes.

• Transcription Volumes (TV-898/1-8)