James A. Vaughan Papers
1869-1870, 1873-1878, 1893
Manuscript Collection #365
- Creator(s)
- Vaughan, James A.
- Physical description
- 0.22 Cubic Feet, 10 volumes, 1 flat box, consisting of diaries.
- Preferred Citation
- James A. Vaughan Papers (#365), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Papers (1869-1870, 1873-1878, 1893) consisting of diaries containing weather information, financial statements, description of tunnel being constructed, planting, etc.
Biographical/historical information
James A. Vaughan worked on a farm and nursery near Carver, Massachusetts.
Scope and arrangement
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).
Administrative information
Custodial History
July 25, 1978, 10 volumes; Diaries (1869-1870, 1873-1878, 1893) of a Carver, Massachusetts, resident. Gift of William E. Elmore, Greenville, NC.
Source of acquisition
Gift of William E. Elmore
Processing information
Processed by D. Lawson, February 1979; Updated by N. Hardison, April 2025
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Key terms
Personal Names
Vaughan, James A.
Topical
Farm life--Massachusetts--Carver
Gardening--Massachusetts--Carver
Railroad tunnels--Massachusetts
Places
Brier Island (N.S.)--Description and travel
Container list
Box 1 Folder a
Diaries for the years 1869, 1870, 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876, 1869-1876
Box 1 Folder b
Diaries for the years 1877, 1878, 1880, and 1893, 1877-1893