Inventory of the Elizabeth Reeves and Andrew J. Reeves Papers, 1857-1892

Collection Number 4089-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Reeves, Elizabeth.
Title
Elizabeth Reeves and Andrew J. Reeves Papers, 1857-1892.
Call Number
4089-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
28 items.
Abstract
Letters to Elizabeth Reeves and Andrew J. Reeves of Carroll County, Ga., from friends and relatives in Fayette and Gwinett counties, Ga., Louisiana, and Alabama. Included are letters, 1888-1892, from J. M. Pearson, a tenant farmer in Gwinett County, one of which details difficulties that forced him to become a hired laborer. Other letters deal with personal and family news, health, crops, local social events, and religion, with one letter, 19 March 1862, from John M. Reeves to his parents describing his army experiences outside Atlanta, Ga.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Also available on microfilm.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1976
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 Elizabeth Reeves and Andrew J. Reeves Papers, #4089-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.

Agricultural laborers--Georgia--History--19th century.
Alabama--Social life and customs.
Family--Southern States--Social life and customs.
Farm tenancy--Georgia.
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia--Social life and customs.
Louisiana--Social life and customs.
Pearson, J. M.
Reeves, Andrew J.
Reeves, Elizabeth.
Reeves, John M.
Tenant farmers--Georgia--Economic conditions.
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Collection Overview

Letters to Elizabeth Reeves and Andrew J. Reeves of Carroll County, Ga., from friends and relatives in Fayette and Gwinett counties, Ga., Louisiana, and Alabama. Included are letters, 1888-1892, from J. M. Pearson, a tenant farmer in Gwinett County, one of which details difficulties that forced him to become a hired laborer. Other letters deal with personal and family news, health, crops, local social events, and religion, with one letter, 19 March 1862, from John M. Reeves to his parents describing his army experiences outside Atlanta, Ga.