Inventory of the Emma Lydia Rankin Papers, 1906-1908

Collection Number 621-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
Related Material
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
Rankin, Emma Lydia, 1838-1908.
Title
Emma Lydia Rankin Papers, 1906-1908.
Call Number
621-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
5 items.
Abstract
The collection includes a diary, 1906-1908, with brief entries noting the weather and the daily activities of Emma L. Rankin, school teacher of Lenoir, N.C.; her undated reminiscences of Stoneman's federal cavalry raid in western North Carolina in 1865; and a memorial booklet about her.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy and typed transcription of the diary 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 Emma Lydia Rankin Papers, #621-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.

Diaries.
Lenoir (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Rankin, Emma Lydia, 1838-1908.
Stoneman's Raid, 1865.
Teachers--North Carolina--Diaries.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Women--North Carolina--Diaries.
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Related Material

Ernest Haywood Papers (#1290), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Emma Lydia Rankin (1838-1908) was a school teacher of Lenoir, N.C.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes a diary, 1906-1908, with brief entries noting the weather and the daily activities of Emma L. Rankin, school teacher of Lenoir, N.C.; her undated reminiscences of Stoneman's federal cavalry raid in western North Carolina in 1865; and a memorial booklet about her.