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[Identification of item], in the William Blackledge Whitfield Letter and Diary #4433-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Betty B. Ross of St. Petersburg, Fla., in November 1985.

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• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Diaries.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Admission.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--19th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.
• Whitfield, William Blackledge, 1842-1862.

William Blackledge Whitfield was a student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., in the mid-19th century.

The collection includes a letter and a photocopy of a diary. The letter, dated 23 June 1859, is from William Blackledge Whitfield in North Carolina to his teacher, E. S. Stickney, in Marion, Ala., asking for the certificate that Whitfield needs to enter the sophomore class at the University of North Carolina and thanking Stickney for his interest in him. The diary (101 pp.) was written by Whitfield, 24 March-10 June 1860, while a student at UNC. It consists of daily entries that focus largely on campus activities, faculty members, fellow students, and other details of Whitfield's life in Chapel Hill, N.C.