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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the C. Alice Ready Diary, #1197-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy available.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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 (blank-books)
• Murfreesboro (Tenn.)--History.
• New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
• Ready, C. Alice.
• Schools--Maryland--History--19th century.
• Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• Women--Education--Maryland--History--19th century.
• Women--Southern States--Diaries.

• John Hunt Morgan Papers (#2842-z), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alice Ready was a Tennessee girl who attended school in Maryland, and lived in Murfreesboro, Tenn., during the Civil War. Ready's sister married Confederate General John Hunt Morgan in December 1862.

The collection is Ready's diary, which contains an occasional record, April 1860-April 1862, of her thoughts and experiences while attending school, visiting New York, and at home in Murfreesboro.