Mary Boykin Chesnut diaries collection, 1817-1979 (inclusive), 1860-1886 (bulk).

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Mary Boykin Chesnut diaries collection, 1817-1979 (inclusive), 1860-1886 (bulk).

The collection consists of photoduplicates of original Mary Chesnut manuscripts, from the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina and from private owners, collected by C. Vann Woodward for the preparation of his book, Mary Chesnut's Civil War.

11 linear ft. (15 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022451

Yale University Library

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Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller, 1823-1886

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Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999.

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of C. Vann Woodward : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419190 C. Vann Woodward was born in Vanndale, Arkansas, on November 13, 1908. He received his Ph.B. from Emory University in 1930; his M.A. from Columbia University in 1932; and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1937. He began his professional career as an assistant professor of history at the Univer...