(Manuscript Collection #365)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | James A. Vaughan Papers |
| Creator: | Vaughan, James A. |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Abstract: | Papers (1869-1870, 1873-1878, 1893) consisting of diaries, weather, financial statements, description of tunnel being constructed, planting, etc. |
| Extent: | 0.22 Cubic feet, 10 volumes , consisting of diaries. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
July 25, 1978, 10 volumes; Diaries (1869-1870, 1873-1878, 1893) of a Carver, Massachusetts, resident. Gift of William E. Elmore, Greenville, NC.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
James A. Vaughan Papers (#365), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
- Gift of William E. Elmore
Processing Information
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Processed by D. Lawson, February 1979
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Biographical / Historical Note
James A. Vaughan worked on a farm and nursery near Carver, Massachusetts.
Description
His diaries contain brief daily entries concerning weather and daily activities, which involved saw-milling, traveling to surrounding towns, taking orders for trees, planting garden crops, and picking of strawberries and cranberries.
Each diary contains monthly financial statements of Vaughan. Items of interest in individual diaries include a description of a fishing trip on a boat, description of Brier Island, NS (1869); and a description of a tunnel being constructed through the "Hooser" [Hoosac?] Mountains (1873).
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