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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | William Blackledge Whitfield was a student at the University of North Carolina, 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 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. |
Creator | Whitfield, William Blackledge, 1842-1862. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Connie Cartledge, December 1985
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, September 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
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William Blackledge Whitfield was a student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., in the mid-19th century.
Back to TopThe 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.
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Letter, 23 June 1859 |
Folder 2 |
Photocopy of diary, 24 March-10 June 1860
Digital version: Excerpts from the Diary of William B. Whitfield, 3 April and 7 June
1860
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