Manuscripts Department
	Library of the University of North Carolina
			    at Chapel Hill

		SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

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MARGARET ANNE ULMER PAPERS

Abstract:Diary, 102 pp., 24 February-5 June 1858, of
Margaret Anne Ulmer of Grove Hill, Ala., kept while she
was attending Tuskegee Female Academy, and a typed
transcription of a detailed letter, 1857, written from
Jonesville, and Lamar and Harrison counties, Tex., from
"T.B.A." to his sister.  In her diary, Ulmer described
daily events at school, her lessons, the health of her
friends and teachers, and a revival at the Baptist
Church.  A typed transcription of the diary is also
included.  The letter describes a horseback journey in
northeast Texas and the adjacent Indian Territory.

Online   Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century.
Catalog  Baptists--Alabama--History--19th century.
Terms:   Diaries--Alabama.
Indian Territory--Description and travel.
Oklahoma--History.
Texas--Description and travel--19th century.
Tuskegee Female Academy (Ala.)--Students.
Women--Alabama--Diaries.
Women--Education--Alabama--History--19th century.

Size:    2 items.

Provenance:Received from Mrs. Hatton B. Rogers of Washington, D.C.

Access:  No restrictions.

Processing Note:This collection was rehoused under the
sponsorhship of a grant from the National Endowment for
the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C.,
1990-1992.

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