Primary Resources in History
A Guide to the Microform Collections of the University of Missouri Libraries
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ABOLITION & EMANCIPATION. PART 1: PAPERS OF THOMAS CLARKSON, WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, ZACHARY MACAULAY, HARRIET MARTINEAU, HARRIET BEECHER STOWE & WILLIAM WILBERFORCE FROM THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY
Wiltshire, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 1996.
10 reel(s)
Correspondence, reports, printed materials, manuscript essays, journals, diaries of leading abolitionists in the United States and Britain, dating from 1773 to 1899. Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), along with William Wilberforce (1759-1833), founded the British Anti-Slavery Society in 1787 and witnessed the passage of British Anti-Slavery laws in 1807 and the abolition of slavery in British Colonies in 1833. Correspondence from both men are reproduced as well as Clarkson's manuscript essays. Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838) was especially active in the Sierra Leone colony founded by Wilberforce. An extensive collection of letters by Macaulay are included. Political economist Harret Martineau (1802-1876) was a leading abolitionist in Britain; letters and manuscript essays written by Martineau are included. William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) founded the influential newspaper The Liberator in 1831 and the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1834. Letters from Garrison, including some to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Pease, are reproduced here. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), best known as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a prolific writer in the second half of the nineteenth century. Correspondence and manuscripts of a full range of her writings are included.
Guide includes detailed listing of contents with brief extracts and brief biographies. The digital version of the guide is available online at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/abolition_emancipation_part_1.
Guides:
Abolition & emancipation : a listing and guide to part ... of the microfilm collection..
ABSTRACTS OF JAMAICA WILLS, 1625-1792, IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng: E.P. Microform, 1972.
1 reel(s)
This collection of 312 abstracts of wills of English colonists or landholders in Jamaica during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was abstracted by Verona I.C. Smith (Mrs. Sidney Smith). Her collection spans the rise and maturation of the Jamaica sugar industry and constitutes a prime source for the social historian. Most of the testators were big planters or merchants. The wills record the names of the testator, beneficiaries, executors, and witnesses, the date of the will, the residence and occupation of the testator, and the disposition of the estate. The wills throw light on the social composition of the Jamaican planter class, its wealth and familial ties as well as on race relations in colonial Jamaica.
A description of contents and arrangement is at the beginning of the reel. An index is at the end of the reel
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Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971. OFFICIAL CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS OF DEAN ACHESON, 1949-1953.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1980.
5 reel(s)
Dean Acheson was secretary of state from 1949 to 1953 under the Truman administration and exerted enormous influence on the direction of United States foreign policy during the period of the cold war. This collection is composed of transcripts and minutes of Acheson's conversations and meetings with numerous notable individuals such as President Truman, General George C. Marshall, Winston Churchill, and George F. Kennan. The issues covered reflect the major preoccupations of the postwar era: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Korean War, foreign aid, the China question, the status of Israel, the formation of a European Defense Community, and the peace treaty with Japan.
The records are in chronological order. The guide provides dates, the names of the participants and very brief details of the conversations and meetings.
Guides:
'Kesaris, Paul (ed.). A Guide to the Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson (1949-1953)..
Adams Family. MICROFILMS OF THE ADAMS PAPERS OWNED BY THE ADAMS MANUSCRIPT TRUST AND DEPOSITED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1954.
608 reel(s)
This family archive, estimated at more than 300,000 pages, covers the lives and contributions of President John Adams (1735-1826), Abigail Adams (1744-1818), President John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Charles Francis Adams (1807-1866), and their wives and children. Included are diaries, letter books, autobiographical writings, legal papers, political essays and speeches, legislative papers, family letters, and other items. The set is a rich vein of source material for early American history from the time of the Revolution until after the Civil War. The earliest paper is dated 1639, the latest 1889.
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Guides:
Microfilms of the Adams papers.
The guide contains a table of contents for the collection.
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935. COPIES OF LETTERS FROM JANE ADDAMS (OF HULL HOUSE FAME), 1884-1885, TO HER SISTER S. ALICE HALDEMAN AND OTHERS DURING MISS ADDAMS' EUROPEAN TOUR
Lawrence, Kans.: University of Kansas Library, 1958.
2 reel(s)
Believed to be long hand transcriptions of the originals, the letters describe Jane Addam's experiences and observations during her European travels. The third volume contains copies of letters written during her second European tour, 1887-1888. While in Europe, she studied the traditions and lives of the people, seeking a way of life in which she could put her ideas about social welfare into action. After visiting Toynbee Hall in East London, she decided to establish such a settlement in Chicago, later known as Hull House.
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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935. CORRESPONDENCE IN THE JANE ADDAMS PAPERS, 1872-1935. SWARTHMORE COLLEGE PEACE COLLECTION
Philadelphia: Microsurance, 1961.
19 reel(s)
Correspondence among Jane Addams and her associates concerns their activities in social work, various reform movements, and world peace efforts. Miss Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, a social settlement and the home of prominent social reformers. During this period, she campaigned for revolutionary welfare laws, supported women's suffrage and participated in international peace efforts. Letters are arranged chronologically. The separate microfilm index is arranged alphabetically by author and addressee.
A separate four-reel microfilm index is shelved with the collection.
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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935. JANE ADDAMS CORRESPONDENCE [1911-1922] IN THE ADA JAMES PAPERS
Madison, Wisc: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1966.
1 reel(s)
Correspondence between Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, and Ada James centers on the campaign for women's suffrage and the arrangement of speakers for the Wisconsin area. The collection also includes correspondence between Addams and Louis P. Lochner from 1915 to 1917 concerning the activities of an international committee for peace, the Emergency Peace Federation. Also included is correspondence between Jane Addams, Ellen Gates Starr, Julia Lathrop, Florence Kelley, Alice Hamilton, Alzina P. Stevens, Henry D. Lloyd, Raymond Robins, Algie Simons, and Julia G. Wales.
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ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORIES OF WORLD WAR II CIVILIAN AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
New Haven, Conn.: Research Publications, 1976.
56 reel(s)
These histories detail the United States' first comprehensive mobilization for war. Civilian agencies during World War II managed war production, price stabilization, transportation and shipping, manpower, federal housing, rationing, and the allocation of raw materials. Agencies were developed to regulate alien property, war assets, censorship, civilian defense, scientific research, and public health. The 423 histories were produced by the Second World War History Program of the Bureau of the Budget, which by March 1942 had evolved into the Committee on Records of War Administration. Histories are arranged by agency in alphabetical order.
Guides:
'Administrative Histories of World War II Civilian Agencies of the Federal Government provides access by agency, author, title of report, and subject, with a full bibliographic citation for each report.
AFRICA: SPECIAL STUDIES, 1962-1980
Frederick, MD.: University Publications of America, 1961.
7 reel(s)
The forty-five studies presented in this collection deal with the political, military, and economic problems of post-World War II Africa. The topics covered include the formation and functioning of the local elites, land reform and mineral resources, insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare in Algeria, Kenya, Namibia, and Rhodesia, the African policy of the United States, the involvement of Soviet and Cuban forces in Angola, Eritrea, and on the Horn of Africa, the African policy of China, and the arms procurement of African states. The studies concern the following African countries: Algeria, Angola, Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).
Guides:
'Kesaris, Paul (ed.). Africa: Special Studies, 1962-1980.
The guide provides a list of all the studies together with short descriptions of their contents. The guide also includes a subject index.
Allied Commission for Austria. MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF THE ALLIED COUNCIL (ALCO/M)
Washington, D.C.: Research and Microfilm Publications,
8 reel(s)
The meetings of the four Commanders in Chief of the Allied Forces in Austria from 1945 to 1956 are chronicled in this collection. The Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France were represented at the meetings. These meetings initially were concerned with food supplies in the city of Vienna, the establishment of the Allied Commission, and the extension of the jurisdiction of the provisional government to all of Austria. The Commanders in Chief confronted problems created by activities of the Socialist Party, the People's Party, and the Communist Party, as well as the unification of the monetary system, the compilation of lists of Nazis, the evaluation of available resources, the reconstruction of transportation systems, the promotion of industry, and the safety of the frontiers.
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Guides:
'Index to the Microfilmed Minutes of the Allied Commission for Austria, September 1945 - July 1955..
The guide provides subject access.
Allied Commission for Austria. MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Washington, D.C.: Research and Microfilm Publications,
15 reel(s)
This collection chronicles the meetings from 1945 to 1955 of the deputies to the Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces of Occupation in Austria. The Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France were represented at the meetings. The minutes discuss administrative and economic problems in Austria, such as food rationing, political activities of democratic parties, freedom of the press, trade unions, transportation, confiscation of Nazi property, and the encouragement of light industry. Other items discussed are the regulation of Austrian aviation, plans for food production and supplies, communications, denazification, fuel supplies, electrical power, price, wage, and production controls, and the extradition of war criminals.
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Guides:
'Index to the Microfilmed Minutes of the Allied Commission for Austria, September 1945 - July 1955..
The guide provides subject access.
Alvord, John Watson. LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH, RELATING TO THE CONDITION OF FREEDMEN, ADDRESSED TO MAJOR GENERAL O.O. HOWARD.
Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1870.
1 reel(s)
Alvord was the General Superintendent of Education of the Freedmen's Bureau. This short pamphlet of letters was written about the education, industrial interests, and the state of society of Freedmen of the South.
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American Baptist Convention. YEARBOOK, 1907/12-1969/70.
Dallas, TX: Microfilm Center, 1972.
American Church Records. Series 2
21 reel(s)
Filmed in this collection are yearbooks of the Northern Baptist Convention for the years 1907-1970. The yearbooks contain the proceedings of the yearly meetings of the Convention. The material includes a list of officers, minutes, addresses, speeches, reports, and financial statements delivered at the meetings.
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American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. ANNUAL REPORT, 1815-66, 1875-82, 1905-08.
Dallas, TX: Microfilm Center, 1972.
American church records. Series 2.
4 reel(s)
This collection contains reports from the annual meetings of the Baptist Convention for Missionary Purposes for 1815-1866, 1875-1882, and 1905-1908. The report from the 1814 founding convention is also included. The reports list delegates attending and officers. They also give tables of affiliate congregations, financial reports listing all contributions to the Convention, minutes from the sessions, addresses, resolutions, sermons, reports from the missions (including the missions to the American Indians), and letters from missionaries.
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American Baptist Home Mission Society. ANNUAL REPORT, 1832-1913.
Dallas, TX: Microfilm Center, 1972.
American Church Records. Series 2.
5 reel(s)
The proceedings of the annual meetings of the Baptist Convention for Home Missions for the years 1832 to 1913 are reproduced in this series. The proceedings include minutes of the sessions, reports of the executive committee, financial reports listing contributions and expenses, the lists of those actively engaged in missionary work, and the resolutions of the Convention. The title of the report varies: for the years 1832/33 to 1839 (1st-7th) the title is Report of the Executive Committee of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, for the years 1840 to 1863 (8th-31st) the title is Report of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.
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American Committee for South Asian Art. AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH ASIAN ART ARCHIVE (PART 2). GANDHARA.
Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Company, 1977.
75 fiche
The collection contains photographs of the art of ancient Gandhara and Bactria, from the territories of Afghanistan (sites: Bamiyan, Begram, Fauladi, Fondukistan, Hadda, Kakrak, Khair-Khaneh, Paitava, Shotorak, and Surkh-Kotal), Pakistan (sites: Jamalghari, Loriyan Tangai, Mardan, Muhammad Nuri, Peshawar, Sari Bahlol, Sikri, Swat, Takht-i-Bahi, Taxila, Dharmarajika, Jandial, Jaulian, Mohra Moradu, and Sirkap), and India. The collection includes views of the sites, architecture, sculpture, and painting.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by geographic area or the name of the site.
AMERICAN LETTERS IN THE WEDGWOOD MUSEUM, BARLASTON, STAFFORDSHIRE.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: Micro Methods, 1970.
British records relating to America in microform
1 reel(s)
The letters and papers of Josiah Wedgwood I, II, and III from 1765 to 1906 are included in this collection. It also includes Thomas Griffith's journal of his trip to Ayoree, South Carolina, to search for clay. The papers record family activities, sales promotion, export trade, experiments with American clay, pottery design, American trade, and the setting up of the firm's American agency. An index of correspondents and a chronological list of letters is at the beginning of the reel.
A description of the collection and its arrangement is at the beginning of the reel.
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AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT MAPS IN BRITISH REPOSITORIES, PHASE I, 1763-1783, THE PEACE OF PARIS TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
East Ardsley, England: E. P. Microform, 1978.
British Records Relating to America in Microform
4 reel(s)
This collection consists of maps used by British officials on both sides of the Atlantic to conduct colonial affairs. The material includes general maps of North America as well as regional maps of areas such as British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and the St. Lawrence River, Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont. It also includes maps of West Indian islands including Bermuda, Antigua, the Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Martenique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, and Tobago.
http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/record=b1092788~S1
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Guides:
Manuscript maps relating to North America and the West Indies : part 1, the Revolutionary era.
The guide gives information on the provenance of the maps, background on cartography of the period, a general description of film contents, an index of cartographers, a select bibliography of related works, and finding lists for the maps with a brief description for each map.
AMERICAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE GAGE PAPERS, 1731-1874, SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, LEWES.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: Micro Methods, 1972.
British records relating to America in microform
3 reel(s)
The Gage papers relate mainly to the affairs of Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703-1752) and his heirs. Peter Warren was born in Ireland and had a distinguished British naval career. In July 1731 he married Susannah DeLancey in New York, where he subsequently invested in land and money lending. Through cash books, account books, and letters, the collection records the administration of their properties and other American investments. It also includes candid accounts of the economic and political situation in the nineteenth century. The papers are arranged geographically, according to the location of the family estates in America, Hampshire, Ireland, Essex, and elsewhere.
A description of the collection and its arrangement is on reel one.
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AMERICAN MATERIAL FROM THE HOLT-GREGSON PAPERS IN THE LIVERPOOL CENTRAL LIBRARY.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: EP Microform, 1972.
British records relating to America in microfilm
1 reel(s)
Printed and manuscript materials collected by John Holt (1743-1801) and Mathew Gregson (1749-1824) cover the history of Liverpool and the English slave trade. By 1790 Liverpool had become the major English slave-trade port, exporting slaves from Africa to the West Indies. It also quickly became the leading port in the rapidly expanding trade with America. In 1788 a local branch of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was formed by Quakers and Unitarians. Arguments from both sides of the issue are included. Also included are materials relating to privateering during the American Revolutionary War (1776-83).
A description is on reel one.
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AMERICAN MATERIAL FROM THE TARLETON PAPERS IN THE LIVERPOOL RECORD OFFICE.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: EP Microform, 1974.
British records relating to America in microform
1 reel(s)
These papers cover several generations of the Tarleton family and deal with the history of Liverpool in the eighteenth century, particularly the history of trade. A prominent Liverpool family, the Tarletons were involved in the African and West Indian slave trade. The Tarletons' business records during the eighteenth century are included. In the second half of that century, John Tarleton IV owned several slaving ships and traded with Jamaica, the Leeward Islands (Antigua), and Grenada in the West Indies. His son Banastre made a reputation as a British cavalry officer during the Revolutionary War.
A description of the collection is on the first reel.
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AMERICAN PAPERS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS RECORD OFFICE.
Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng.: Microforms Limited, 1984.
British records relating to America in microform
39 reel(s)
This collection covers the period of British-American relations from 1621 to 1917. The material from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries reflects Parliament's commercial and strategic interest in the colonies, the controversy over Parliament's right to tax the colonies, the American War for Independence, and various questions on slavery and the slave trade. This latter topic tends to dominate the papers after 1800.
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Guides:
Minchinton, Walter E. American papers in the House of Lords Record Office : a guide.
The guide contains an introduction describing the background of the collection, the subjects covered in the American papers and the editorial method used to select those papers. There is also an appendix with a list of contents on each reel. Finally, there is a calendar of each item and an index of the material.
AMERICAN PERIODICALS, 1800-1850.
Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1966.
American periodical series II
The spirit of nationalism and of westward expansion runs throughout the periodical publications of this prolific period, which marked the beginning of a distinctly American literature. Religious periodicals and magazines for women and children were numerous during this period. Godey's Lady's Book, the Juvenile Port-Folio, the Saturday Evening Post, and the New-York Mirror are representative of the most significant periodicals of the time. Because the arrangement is not alphabetical, the title index in the guide must be used to locate specific periodicals. Periodicals are one of the main sources that reflect American public opinion of the period.
Reels 1-1966
Guides:
This guide contains a title, general subject, editor, and reel index. The title index provides full bibliographic information and notes on character and content. Titles with holdings information are entered in the online catalog, MERLIN. Many of the titles are indexed in Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Also, additional author, title, and subject access is provided by the Early American Periodicals Index to 1850 (MICPT 016.05).
AMERICAN PERIODICALS, 18TH CENTURY.
Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1946.
American periodical series I
33 reel(s)
The eighty-eight titles in this collection trace the early evolution of the American periodical. It begins with two short-lived periodicals published in 1741 by Andrew Bradford and Benjamin Franklin, and extends through the increasing magazine activity after the Revolution. Four of the era's most important and longest-lived periodicals are included: the Columbian Magazine and the American Museum, both of Philadelphia, the Massachusetts Magazine of Boston, and the New-York Magazine. Subjects covered include politics and government, slavery, religion, books, and European news. Sentimental fiction, much of which was serialized, and Revolutionary pamphlets are also included. Titles are arranged alphabetically on the film.
Guides:
This guide contains a title, general subject, editor, and reel index. The title index provides full bibliographic information and notes on character and content. Titles with holdings information are entered in the online catalog, MERLIN. Many of the titles are indexed in Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Also, additional author, title, and subject access is provided by the Early American Periodicals Index to 1850 (MICPT 016.05).
AMERICAN PRIMERS.
Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1990.
844 fiche
From Webster's Spellers and McGuffey Readers to Dick and Jane, this collection consists of primers, readers, spelling books, alphabet books, teaching manuals, and non-instructional juvenile literature published primarily in America from 1711 to 1943. Only book or book-like items are included, thus hornbooks, broadsides, charts, reading cards, and battledores are excluded. The collection includes some British imprints that were heavily imported to the colonies in the eighteenth century as well as non-English readers, especially German textbooks from Pennsylvania; readers and spellers in Native American languages; Confederate textbooks; and textbooks of simplified orthography, including Edwin Leigh's pronouncing orthographies published circa 1870. Material in the collection documents reading instruction in the U.S., illustrating pedagogical methods and tools. The collection highlights as well issues in the history of book design and illustration, publishing, and book selling in America.
Guides:
American primers : guide to the microfiche collection.
The guide provides a background essay and secondary bibliography by Richard L. Venezky, bibliography of microfiche, and title, author, and chronological index. Individual titles are catalogued in MERLIN.
AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION DATA.
Louisville, Kentucky: Opinion Research Service, 1982.
21 fiche
American Public Opinion Data contains public opinion polls by numerous opinion research organizations for the year 1982. Each survey describes its methodology and sampling techniques at the beginning. The subjects covered include economic and political issues, with frequent references to approval ratings for the President and administration policies. There are also surveys about attitudes on many other subjects from various constituencies within the country.
The material is arranged alphabetically by the name of the research organization conducting the particular survey and then by date.
LOCATED IN ELLIS REFERENCE (FIRST FLOOR).
AMERICAN WOMEN'S DIARIES. SOUTHERN WOMEN.
New Cannaan, CT: Readex Film Products, 1988.
34 reel(s)
This collection contains the manuscript diaries of 32 American women who lived in the South during the 19th century. The diaries provide eyewitness accounts of women's experiences and perspectives on subjects such as the Civil War; Reconstruction; journeys to other states and countries; and their everyday lives on plantations and in cities and smaller towns. Some of the manuscripts are accompanied by transcripts. Diarists: Ada W. Bacot, Zillah (Haynie) Brandon, Mary Davis Brown, Dolly Sumner (Lunt) Burge, Louisiana D. Burge, Kate S. Carney, Carolyn Elizabeth (Burgwin) Clitherall, Louisa (Maxwell) Holmes Cocke, Martha E. (Foster) Crawford, Sarah Anne (Gayle) Crawford, Kate Cumming, Sarah Ida Fowler (Morgan) Dawson, Harriet Eaton, Sarah (Haynesworth) Gayle, Sarah (Burge) Gray, Cloe Tyler (Whittle) Greene, Mary Hort, Mary Davis (Hook) Howell, Sarah Huff, Eveline Harden Jackson, Emma Florence LeConte, Jane Amelia (Akehurst) Lines, Millie J. McCreary, Priscilla (Beall) McKaig, Harriet (Tatem) McLellan, Cornelia (Jackson) Moore, Emma Mordecai, Elizabeth Waties (Allston) Pringle, Alice Ready, Frances Jane (Bestor) Robertson, Molly Elliot Seawell, Grace Latimer Whittle.
Guides:
Begos, Jane DuPree. Southern women's diaries : a guide.
The guide provides a summary of each diary and a preface gives additional background information.