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Medical and business records from Natchez, Mississippi

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS D112

Overview

Four manuscript volumes providing medical and business accounting information and other documentation, mostly from the Natchez, Mississippi area of the early and mid-19th century. These volumes were given to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library by Helen Foresman Spencer and provide documentation regarding plantation life and the act of slavery in the antebellum Southern United States.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1821 - 1850s or 1860s

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

4 Volumes ; Sizes vary.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS D112

Physical Location

RH MS E79

Physical Location

RH MS E80

Physical Location

RH MS E81

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Helen Foresman Spencer, 1975, from a purchase from Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 1975.

Title
Guide to the Natchez, Mississippi Medical and Business Records Collection
Subtitle
Medical and business records from Natchez, Mississippi
Author
Finding aid compiled by lgg, May-June 1975. Finding aid encoded by mg, jep, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2018.
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid writtenin<language> English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4334471018
Preferred citation
Medical and business records from Natchez, Mississippi, Kansas Collection, RH MS D112, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

Contact:
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