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Civil War History - Microforms

Civil War History - Microforms: Personal Narratives and Correspondence

Title	Holdings	Call No.
American Women's Diaries: Southern Women 32 diaries. Slave owning and Civil War life well covered.	34 reels & guide	Micfilm 2246
American Women's Diaries: New England. Eight diaries, some cover Civil War era.	21 reels & guide	Micfilm 1741
Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries. Large set, arrangement by region/state. UVA has Series A-G. See online guides.
Records of Ante Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Large set, in series (A-N), arranged by region. Call Number Micfilm 1705 See online guides. *See also* an important finding aid to the guides themselves: A Genealogical index to the guides of the microfilm edition of Records of ante-bellum Southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Indexes this set by state and by city and county, by plantation name and by surname of plantation owner.
Letters Received by the Confederate Secretary of War, 1861-1865 (National Archives U.S.)	151 reels	Micfilm 1756 Ivy Annex
Collected Correspondence of Lydia Maria Child, 1817-1880 Letters of prominent abolitionist and social activist.	97 fiche & guide	Micfich 751
History of Women Large microfilm set containing monographs, periodicals, manuscripts and photographs	See print guide, p.424 entries under "Civil War"	Micfilm 2159
Slave Narratives 20th century interviews with former slaves. Library of Congress/WPA, (Micfilm 145) Ohio Historical Society, (Micfilm 1218)	Guides available for both Micfilm 145 and Micfilm 1218	Micfilm 145 (Shannon) Micfilm 1218 (IVY Stacks)
Slavery and Anti-Slavery Pamphlets from the Libraries of Salmon P. Chase & John P. Hale. Polemical essays, speeches & editorials (1839-mid 1860's) for and against slavery.	5 reels & guide	Micfilm 857
Travels in the Confederate States Includes many personal accounts of camp, battle and prison experience from Confederate and Union soldiers. Based on Travels in the Confederate States, a bibliography. Z1251.S7 C68 1948, Shannon Reference	Guide available	Miccard 3
Pamphlets In American History Primary and secondary sources include eye witness accounts of battles and campaigns; biographies of Civil War military and political leaders; documents relating to Confederacy after War.	743 fiche & guide (see Index v.5, section on Civil War)	Micfich 557