Margaret Lavinia Campbell Kelley family papers, 1861-1864

Summary

Creator:

Kelley, Margaret Lavinia Campbell, 1806-1877

Date:

1861-1864

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Margaret Lavinia Campbell Kelley family papers, ms2885, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a diary of Margaret Lavinia Campbell Kelley and a few Kelley family papers. The diary describes the work of her husband John and son David Campbell both ministers, Union troop activities around her home in Tennessee during the Civil War, and farm activities.

Biographical / historical:

Margaret Lavinia Campbell Kelley (1806-1877), married Rev. John Kelley, a Methodist minister, in 1833, resided in Tennessee.

Related

Other descriptive data:

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online as part of America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Women -- Tennessee -- Diaries.
Spouses of clergy -- Tennessee.
Farm life -- Tennessee.
Clergy -- Tennessee.
Diaries.

Names:

Kelley, David Campbell
Kelley, John, 1802-

Places:

Tennessee -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Preferred citation:

Margaret Lavinia Campbell Kelley family papers, ms2885, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.