Research Guides: Microform Research Sets: Travels in the Confederate States

About this Collection

About: Offers published works by on-the-scene observers such as "soldiers, journalists, foreigners, visitors, and innocent victims caught in the grip of war." First-hand accounts include diaries, memoirs, and travelogues and are not limited to descriptions of the Civil war but also include material on agriculture, transportation, household economy, and family life. A sister set, "Travels in the Old South," covers primary sources from the colonial period until 1861. The Libraries do not own cards from the third set in the series, "Travel in the New South."
Location: Library Annex Cabinets (various call numbers)
Format: Microcard - opaque
Arrangement: Cards are classified by Dewey Decimal call number, then by author.
Items: Almost 6500 cards representing 450 printed volumes
Publication: Lost Cause Press ; Primary Source Media distributor; 198-?

Travels in the Confederate States: A Bibliography by Coulter, E. Merton
Call Number: Library Annex Z1251.S7 C68
Publication Date: 1948
Lists the works by author, providing full publication information as well as abstracts describing the volume contents. Includes indexes for title, subject / place, and authors.
Call numbers for items owned by the Libraries have been penciled in.
Travels in the Old South : a bibliography by Clark, Thomas Dionysius
Call Number: Library Annex ; Z1251.S7 C4 (3 volumes)
Publication Date: 1956-?
Travels in the new South : a bibliography by Clark, Thomas Dionysius
Call Number: Library Annex ; Z1251.S7 C38
Publication Date: 1962

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