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This collection consists of diaries, scrapbooks, and research papers of Bentley.

Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of letters to Paul DeClouet, son of Alexander DeClouet, Sr. (1812-1890) of St. Martinville, Louisiana. Paul was a student in Virginia, a volunteer in the Confederate army, and a farmer in St. Martinville after the war. For a time in 1862 he and his brother, Alexander, Jr. were prisoners-of-war. The letters usually deal with domestic and personal matters. Some touch upon national politics including the Confederate Congress (to which Alexander DeClouet, Sr. was a...

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The Warmoth papers have been filmed in two series: the correspondence and the volumes. Each series is independently arranged in chronological order. This collection consists of correspondence, journals, diaries, daybooks, ledgers, cashbook and other miscellaneous records.

Note: See control file for "Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Henry Clay Warmoth Papers.

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...

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This collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, writings and speeches, lecture notes, clippings, and other materials. Several of these works reference African Americans, the South, Reconstruction, and American, European, and Latin American history.