Inventory of the William James Samford and Thomas Drake Samford Diaries, 1884-1946

Collection Number 3007


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
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
Samford, William James, 1844-1901.
Title
William James Samford and Thomas Drake Samford Diaries, 1884-1946.
Call Number
3007
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
6 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Diary, 1884-1899, of William James Samford, planter, lawyer, United States representative, and governor of Alabama, of Opelika, Ala., chiefly relating to family life, planting, and law and politics; biography of Samford by John W. DuBose; and diary, 1901-1946, of Samford's son, Thomas Drake Samford (1868-1946), also of Alabama, who was a planter, lawyer, banker with interests in trading and manufacturing companies, real estate investor, United States attorney, Democratic Party leader, Methodist layman, and active alumnus of Auburn University. Thomas Drake Samford's diary describes his personal, business, and public life.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals returned to private owner in 1954.
Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcriptions of four volumes are also on the microfilm.
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 William James Samford and Thomas Drake Samford Diaries, #3007, 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.

Agriculture--Alabama--History--19th century.
Alabama--Biography.
Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Auburn University--Alumni and alumnae--History--20th century.
Democratic Party (Ala.)--History--20th century.
Diaries.
DuBose, John Witherspoon, 1836-1918.
Family--Alabama--Social life and customs.
Lawyers--Alabama--History.
Methodists--Alabama--Biography.
Plantation owners--Alabama.
Plantations--Alabama.
Politicians--Alabama--Biography.
Real estate business--Alabama--History--20th century.
Samford, Thomas D., 1868-1947.
Samford, William James, 1844-1901.
United States. Congress. House--History--19th century.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Diary, 1884-1899, of William James Samford, planter, lawyer, United States representative, and governor of Alabama, of Opelika, Ala., chiefly relating to family life, planting, and law and politics; biography of Samford by John W. DuBose; and diary, 1901-1946, of Samford's son, Thomas Drake Samford (1868-1946), also of Alabama, who was a planter, lawyer, banker with interests in trading and manufacturing companies, real estate investor, United States attorney, Democratic Party leader, Methodist layman, and active alumnus of Auburn University. Thomas Drake Samford's diary describes his personal, business, and public life.