We are excited to announce we were recently gifted a very important set of microfilm:
Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War
What is it? The Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War is a broad collection of documents which deals with everyday life on plantations in the antebellum South. The series is on 35mm microfilm. Each series in this collection are from different libraries or institutions. We also expect this series to house a wealth of African American genealogical information.
When was it made, by whom, and why? The general editor of the series is Kenneth M. Stampp. The first series in this collection was published in 1985 and it is a continuing work. Stampp compiled this collection, as he explains in his "Introduction," in response to the overwhelming amount of controversies and wealth of materials that had been previously published and released about slavery. Thus, the imputes for the creation of this collection was to bring together all of the scattered documents of plantation life into a broad collection that may help to shed light on many of the controversies and historical research regarding slavery.
How is it organized? Each series in this collection is from a different library and/or institution. Depending on the specific series there are several sub-parts.
How do you use it and are there any finding aids or supplemental material? This collection which is on microfilm is very large; Each of these collections on microfilm are accompanied by a printed guide. The guides were compiled by Martin Schipper. The guides accompany the specific series and contain its' table of contents. The guides also give a brief explanation of each specific collection, any relevant history regarding it, and which reel the documents are on; following that, the guide gives the source, often the name of the author of the document, of each frame in the specific reels. Thus, one is able to find specific documents that may deal with a certain individual. Use of the guides is imperative because the collection is extremely large and can be complicating.
In addition to the accompanying guides to the microfilm collection, we have included links to finding aids related to the documents contained on each reel where available.
How do you get access to it? The reels of microfilm are located in the microfilm cabinet. The guides are located on the top of the microfilm cabinet.
Which items from this series are available at the West Feliciana Parish Library? The West Feliciana Parish Library has the following items from this series:
SERIES I, Selections from Louisiana State University, PART 1: Louisiana Sugar Plantations [Microfilm]
This series contains 15 reels of microfilm:
REEL 1: Palfrey family papers - correspondence, 1806- 1865
REEL 2: Palfrey family papers - land documents, marriage certificates, journals, and ledgers, 1776-1868
REEL 3: Palfrey family papers - ledgers, journals, 1837-1904
REEL 4: Palfrey family papers - ledgers, journal, plantation diaries, register of slave births, church journal, 1841-1904 Miss Sidney Harding diary and personal accounts, 1863-1865
REEL 5: Kenner family papers - papers, plantation diaries, memorandum books, 1846-1892 Samuel McCutchon papers - plantation document, newspapers, papers, etc., 1849-1873
REEL 6: Samuel McCutchon papers - estate and plantation diaries, 1838-1874 Alexander Franklin Pugh - memorandum book, plantation diaries, 1850-1861
REEL 7: Alexander Franklin Pugh - plantation diaries, papers, 1850-1865
REEL 8: Boucry family record books and papers, 1814- 1884, 1910 George Mather account books, 1782-1866 Severin Landry papers, 1838-1865 Landry family papers - pocket volumes, inventory, cash book, correspondence, bills, receipts, 1831-1865
REEL 9: A. Ledoux & Co. plantation journal, 1856-1857 Joseph Kleinpeter papers - family record, legal documents, slave lists, military documents, record book, 1803-1894 Bruce, Seddon, and Wilkins plantation records, 1808-1865
REEL 10: Bruce, Seddon and Wilkins plantation records - papers, cash and day books, plantation diary and record, slave lists, 1741-1864 William Webb Wilkins papers, 1848-1852 Ashton plantation auction broadside, 1859
REEL 11: George Lanaux papers - personal and business correspondence, legal documents, 1836-1864
REEL 12: George Lanaux papers - legal and financial documents, 1831-1865
REEL 13: George Lanaux papers - financial documents, cash books, checkbook, journals, ledgers, and notebook, 1843-1882 H.M. Seale diary, 1853-1857 Ashland plantation record, 1852 Louis Bringier and family papers, journal of Houmas plantation, 1826-1847
REEL 14: John H. Randolph papers - financial and legal papers, correspondence, 1837-1865
REEL 15: John H. Randolph papers - correspondence, cotton record books, financial and legal papers, 1834-1871
SERIES I, Selections from Louisiana State University, PART 3: The Natchez Area [Microfilm]
This series contains 18 reels of microfilm:
REEL 1: William N. Mercer papers - correspondence and financial records, 1827-1866;
REEL 2: William N. Mercer papers - financial records, slave records, land records, 1789-1869;
REEL 3: William N. Mercer papers - diaries, 1816-1866 Henry D. Mandeville and family papers - correspondence, 1816-1839
REEL 4: Henry D. Mandeville and family papers - correspondence, 1840-1863
REEL 5: Henry D. Mandeville and family papers - correspondence, diaries, business papers, 1830-1866
REEL 6: Henry D. Mandeville and family papers - land, financial, court and other miscellaneous records, 1815-1874 Alexander K. Farrar papers - business records, correspondence, 1833-1854
REEL 7: Alexander K. Farrar papers - correspondence, profession and business records, 1804-1865
REEL 8: Alexander K. Farrar papers - professional and business records, plantation records, 1838- 1863
REEL 9: Alexander K. Farrar papers - plantation records, 18580-1861
REEL 10: Alexander K. Farrar papers - plantation records, miscellaneous papers, 1854-1865 Ellis-Farar family papers - estate papers, correspondence, 1768-1871 Andrew Macrery papers - estate papers, correspondence, genealogy, 1804-1853
REEL 11: Andrew Macrery papers - estate book, notebook, plantation record book, 1795-1855 Joseph Vidal and family papers - business and legal papers, 1797-1841
REEL 12: Joseph Vidal and family papers - business and legal papers, journals, 1837-1869 William Kenner papers - business and personal correspondence, 1802-1818
REEL 13: William Kenner papers - business and personal correspondence, 1819-1832 James A. Gillespie and family papers - papers, plantation diary, 1776-1865
REEL 14: James A. Gillespie and family papers - plantation diaries, record book, 1843-1879 Alexander Blanche plantation journal, 1851-1856 Lemuel P. Conner and family papers - correspondence, 1828-1851
REEL 15: Lemuel P. Conner and family papers - correspondence, 1851-1863
REEL 16: Lemuel P. Conner and family papers - correspondence, miscellaneous papers, 1840- 1865
REEL 17: Lemuel P. Conner and family papers - miscellaneous papers, pamphlets, journal, accounts, diary, plantation record book, receipt books, 1813-1868;
REEL 18: Lemuel P. Conner and family papers - church records of baptisms, marriages, members; plantation book, accounts, 1816-1905 W.A. Britton record book, 1847 George A. Fleming account book, 1838-1870 John T. McMurran family papers, 1836-1875
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Selections from Louisiana State University, Parts 1, 2, and 3. (Note, the WFP Library does not own the microfilm reels for Series I, Part 2: Louisiana and Other Cotton Plantations)
SERIES I, PARTS 1 and 3 - ADDITIONAL FINDING AIDS
In addition to the above guide the following finding aids, for the original collections at the Louisiana State University Libraries, may be useful for planning your research in SERIES I, PARTS 1 and 3:
SERIES I, PART 1, REELS 1-4 contain documents from: Palfrey Family Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0333.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REEL 5 contains documents from: Kenner Family Papers and Diaries Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0775.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REELS 5-6 contain documents from: McCutchon (Samuel) Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/1049m.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REELS 6-7 contains documents from: Pugh (Alexander F.) Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0354.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REEL 8 contains documents from: Boucry Family Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0790.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REEL 8 contains documents from: Mather (George) Account Books Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0283.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REEL 8 contains documents from: Landry Family Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0731.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REEL 9 contains documents from: A. Ledoux and Co. Record Book Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0964.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REEL 9 contains documents from: Kleinpeter (Joseph and Family) Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/1241.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REELS 9-10 contain documents from: Bruce, Seddon and Wilkins Plantation Records Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/2668.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REELS 11-13 contain documents from: Lanaux (George) and Family Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/1318lanaux.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REEL 13 contains documents from: Bringier (Louis A. and Family) Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0043.pdf
SERIES I, PART 1, REELS 14-15 contains documents from: Randolph (John H.) Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0355m.pdf
SERIES I, Selections from Louisiana State University, PART 4: Barrow, Bisland, Bowman, and other Collections [Microfilm]
This series contains 18 reels of microfilm:
REELS 1-5: William T. Johnson and Family Papers - correspondence, baptismal records, legal and financial papers, daybooks, diaries, cash books, 1793-1937;
REEL 6: William T. Johnson and Family Papers continued; Robert Barrow Manuscript; W. M. Barrow Family Papers - correspondence, genealogy, diary; John Bisland and Family Papers - contacts, correspondence, estate book, journal, manuscripts, 1762-1884
REEL 7: John Bisland and Family Papers 1762-1884 continued
REEL 8: John Bisland and Family Papers 1762-1884 continued; James P. Bowman and Family Papers - time books, plantation record books, payroll books, diaries, daybooks, ledgers, 1806-1937
REELS 9-18: James P. Bowman and Family Papers 1806-1937 continued
REEL 19: James P. Bowman and Family Papers 1806-1937 continued; Turnbull-Allain Family Papers - correspondence, financial papers, legal documents, plantation management, photographs, 1784-1941
REELS 20-33: Turnbull-Allain Family Papers 1784-1941 continued; REEL 34: Turnbull-Allain Family Papers 1784-1941 continued; Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons Family Papers - correspondence, financial papers, legal documents, plantation records, printed and graphic materials, 1797-1955
REELS 35-38: Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons Family Papers 1797-1955 continued.
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, SERIES I, Selections from Louisiana State University, PART 4: Barrow, Bisland, Bowman, and other Collections
SERIES I, PART 4 - ADDITIONAL FINDING AIDS
In addition to the above guide the following finding aids, for the original collections at the Louisiana State University Libraries, may be useful for planning your research in SERIES I, PART 4
SERIES I, PART 4, REELS 1-6 contain documents from: Johnson (William T. and Family) Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0529.pdf
SERIES I, PART 4, REELS 6-8 contain documents from: Bisland (John and Family) Papers Finding Aid - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/0029.pdf
SERIES I, PART 4, REELS 8-19 contain documents from: Bowman (James P. and Family) Papers - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/1372m.pdf
SERIES I, PART 4, REELS 19-33 contain documents from: Turnbull-Allain Family Papers - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/4261.pdf
SERIES I, PART 4, REELS 33-38 contain documents from: Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons Family Papers - https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/4026.pdf
SERIES J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PART 5: Louisiana [Microfilm]
This series contains 19 reels of microfilm:
REEL 1: Maunsell White papers, 1802-1912
REEL 2: Robert Ruffin Barrow papers, 1857-1858 William A. Shaffer papers - financial and legal papers, 1818-1895
REEL 3: William A. Shaffer papers - plantation records, 1825-1921 Andrew McCollam papers - correspondence, 1792- 1858, financial and legal papers, 1795-1846
REEL 4: Andrew McCollam papers - financial and legal papers, 1847-1860
REEL 5: Andrew McCollam papers - financial and legal papers, 1860-1873
REEL 6: Trist Wood papers, 1800-1856 Martin L. Haynie letter, 1810 Joseph W. Lyman letter, 1831 Bayside plantation records, 1846-1866
REEL 7: Frank Liddell Richardson papers, 1851-1869 Caffery family papers, 1838-1859 Simpson and Brumby family papers, 1847-1865 Brashear and Lawrence family papers - correspondence, 1802-1830
REEL 8: Brashear and Lawrence family papers - correspondence, 1802-1850
REEL 9: Brashear and Lawrence family papers - correspondence, 1851-1897, financial and legal papers, 1803-1874
REEL 10: Brashear and Lawrence family papers - diary, miscellaneous material, 1856-1982 Avery family papers, 1796-1850
REEL 11: Avery family papers, 1829-1924
REEL 12: Eliza Anne (Marsh) Robertson papers, 1849-1872 Franklin A. Hudson diaries, 1852-1859
REEL 13: Franklin A. Hudson diaries, 1859 Slack family papers - correspondence, 1825-1917
REEL 14: Slack family papers - financial and legal materials, miscellaneous, 1805-1944 William Page Saunders papers, 1854,1856 John Boyd diary, 1850-1871 John G. Devereux papers, 1791-1890
REEL 15: William Polk papers, 1840-1867 Phanor Prudhomme papers - correspondence, financial and legal materials, 1804-1856
REEL 16: Phanor Prudhomme papers - correspondence, financial and legal materials, 1857-1940
REEL 17: Phanor Prudhomme papers - plantation records, pocket notebooks, 1836-1878;
REEL 18: John Perkins papers, 1822-1885
REEL 19: Jackson, Riddle and Company papers, 1835-1839
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, SERIES J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PART 5: Louisiana
SERIES J, PART 5 - ADDITIONAL FINDING AIDS
In addition to the above print guide the following finding aids, for the original collections at the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may be useful for planning your research in SERIES J, PART 5
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 1 contains documents from: Maunsel White Papers, 1802-1912 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02234/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 2 contains documents from: Robert Ruffin Barrow Papers, 1811-1858 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02407/
SERIES J, PART 5, REELS 2-3 contain documents from: William A. Shaffer Papers, 1818-1921 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00657/
SERIES J, PART 5, REELS 3-5 contain documents from: Andrew McCollam Papers, 1792-1935 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00449/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 6 contains documents from: Trist Wood papers, 1808-1952 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00800/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 6 contains documents from: Martin Luther Haynie letter, 1810 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03141/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 6 contains documents from: Joseph W. Lyman Letter, 1831 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00441/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 6 contains documents from: Bayside Plantation records, 1846-1866 - https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb2358501
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 7 contains documents from: Frank Liddell Richardson Papers, 1851-1869 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00631/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 7 contains documents from: Caffery Family Papers, 1838-1925 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02227/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 7 contains documents from: Simpson and Brumby Family Papers, 1847-1945 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01408/
SERIES J, PART 5, REELS 7-10 contain documents from: Brashear and Lawrence Family Papers, 1802-1897 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03355/
SERIES J, PART 5, REELS 10-11 contain documents from: Avery Family of Louisiana, 1796-1951 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03289/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 12 contains documents from: Eliza Ann Marsh Robertson papers, 1843-1872 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01181/
SERIES J, PART 5, REELS 12-13 contain documents from: Franklin A. Hudson Diary, 1852-1859 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02290/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 14 contains documents from: Slack Family Papers, 1805-1891 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03598/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 14 contains documents from: William Page Saunders Papers, 1854-1856 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01204/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 14 contains documents from: John Boyd Diary and Account Book, 1850-1871 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01096/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 14 contains documents from: John G. Devereux Papers, 1791-1890 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02149/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 15 contains documents from: William Polk Papers, 1840-1867 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00604/
SERIES J, PART 5, REELS 15-17 contain documents from: Prudhomme Family Papers 1765-1997 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00613/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 18 contains documents from: John Perkins Papers, 1822-1885 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00924/
SERIES J, PART 5, REEL 18 contains documents from: Jackson, Riddle and Company Records, 1835-1839, 1855 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00368/
SERIES J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PART 6: Mississippi and Arkansas [Microfilm]
This series contains 29 reels of microfilm:
REEL 1: William Dunbar account book, 1776-1847 Guion family papers, 1789-1927 James Wistar Metcalfe papers - letters, diary, 1841-1852 Minor family papers, 1763-1815
REEL 2: Minor family papers, 1816-1900
REEL 3: John Nevitt diary, 1826-1854 Norton, Chilton and Dameron family papers - correspondence, 1773-1839
REEL 4: Norton, Chilton, and Dameron family papers - correspondence, financial and legal papers, genealogical materials, notebooks, etc., 1760-1926
REEL 5: Norton, Chilton and Dameron family papers - notebooks, pictures, 1856-1915 Quitman family papers - correspondence and financial and legal items, 1784-1838
REEL 6: Quitman family papers - correspondence and financial and legal items, 1839-1844 (MISSING FROM SET WHEN COLLECTION WAS DONATED – Some content is digitized on the UNC University Libraries website)
REEL 7: Quitman family papers - correspondence and financial and legal items, 1844-1847
REEL 8: Quitman family papers - correspondence and financial and legal items, 1848-1852
REEL 9: Quitman family papers - correspondence and financial and legal items, 1852-1856
REEL 10: Quitman family papers - correspondence and financial and legal items, 1857-1859
REEL 11: Quitman family papers - correspondence and financial and legal items, journals, memorandum books, miscellaneous, 1804-1862
REEL 12: Quitman family papers - account book, journals, pictures, 1851-1875 Richardson and Farrar family papers - family correspondence, Henry B. Richardson papers, 1860-1935 George W. Sargent books - letter books, account book, 1840-1846;
REEL 13: George W. Sargent books - letter books, 1843- 1853
REEL 14: George W. Sargent books - letter books, 1853- 1860
REEL 15: George W. Sargent books - letter books, account book, scrapbook, 1860-1900 Frederick Seip papers, 1808-1908 François Mignon papers (B.L.C. Walles volumes) 1826-1854
REEL 16: Everard Green Baker diaries, 1833-1876
REEL 17: Mary Bateman Diary, 1856 Elizabeth Amis Cameron (Hooper) Blanchard papers, 1836-1858 William Ethelbert Ervin diaries, 1839-1856
REEL 18: Pinckney Cotesworth Harrington papers, 1829- 1893 James Thomas Harrison papers, 1770-1896 Gustavus A. Henry papers, 1804-1832
REEL 19: Gustavus A. Henry papers, 1833-1852
REEL 20: Gustavus A. Henry papers, 1853-1895 Chiliab Smith Howe papers - loose papers, 1814- 1832
REEL 21: Chiliab Smith Howe papers - loose papers, 1833- 1850
REEL 22: Chiliab Smith Howe papers - loose papers, 1851- 1860
REEL 23: Chiliab Smith Howe papers - letters, writings Hughes family papers, 1790-1857
REEL 24: Hughes family papers - loose papers, personal notebooks, 1808-1860 Francis Terry Leak papers, 1841-1860
REEL 25: Francis Terry Leak papers, 1839-1862
REEL 26: Francis Terry Leak papers, 1852-1858
REEL 27: Francis Terry Leak papers, 1859-1862 James Fontaine Maury diary, 1861 Randolph and Yates family papers, 1815-1864
REEL 28: William Ruffin Smith papers - correspondence and loose legal and financial papers, account books, 1772-1909
REEL 29: William Ruffin Smith papers - account books, 1865-1866 Frank F. Steel letters, 1859-1861 Whitaker and Snipes family papers, 1780, 1835- 1889 James Trooper Armstrong papers, 1832-1891 John L. Trone letter, 1851
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, SERIES J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PART 6: Mississippi and Arkansas
SERIES J, PART 6 - ADDITIONAL FINDING AIDS
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 1 contains documents from: William Dunbar Account Book, 1776-1793, 1845-1847 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00231/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 1 contains documents from: Guion Family Papers, 1789-1927 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00295/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 1 contains documents from: James Wistar Metcalfe Papers, 1841-1852 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02318/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 2 contains documents from: Minor Family Papers - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01564/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 3 contains documents from: John Nevitt Diary, 1826-1832 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00543/
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 3-5 contain documents from: Norton, Chilton, and Dameron Family Papers, 1760-1926, 1995 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03264/
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 6-12 contain documents from: Quitman Family Papers, 1784-1978 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00616/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 12 contains documents from: Richardson and Farrar Family Papers, 1860-1876; 1935 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02892/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 12 contains documents from: Henry Smith Richardson papers, 1811-1999 - https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb2697607
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 12-15 contain documents from: George Washington Sargent Papers, 1840-1900 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04025/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 15 may contain documents from: Francois Mignon Papers - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03889/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 15 contains documents from: Frederic Seip Papers, 1808-1908 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03413/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 17 contains documents from: Mary E. Bateman Diary, 1856-1856 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00047/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 17 contains documents from: Elizabeth Amis Cameron Blanchard papers, 1694-1954 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03367/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 17 contains documents from: William Ethelbert Ervin Journals, 1839-1856 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00247/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 18 contains documents from: Pinckney Cotesworth Harrington papers, 1829-1893 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01705/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 18 contains documents from: James T. Harrison Papers, 1770-1896 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02441/
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 18-20 contain documents from: Gustavus A. Henry Papers, 1804-1895 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01431/
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 20-23 contain documents from: Chiliab Smith Howe Papers, 1814-1899 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03092/
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 23-24 contain documents from: Hughes family papers, 1790-1910 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02779/
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 24-27 contain documents from: Francis Terry Leak Papers, 1839-1865 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01095/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 27 contains documents from James: Fontaine Maury diary - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01100/
SERIES J, PART 6, REELS 28-29 contain documents from: William Ruffin Smith Papers, 1772-1959 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00678/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 29 contains documents from: Frank F. Steel Letters, 1859-1861 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00688/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 29 contains documents from: Whitaker and Snipes Family Papers, 1780-1889 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00770/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 29 contains documents from: James Trooper Armstrong Papers, 1832-1891 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03942/
SERIES J, PART 6, REEL 29 contains documents from: John L. Trone Letter, 1851 - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00728/