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Collection Information

Title:
Southern Homefront, 1861-1865
Collection Home:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/index.html External Link
Items:
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Description:
"The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865," documents Southern life during the Civil War, especially the unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state as evidenced in both private and public life. "Homefront" includes over four hundred digitized and encoded contemporary printed works and manuscripts, accompanied by ca. 1,000 images of currency, manuscript letters, maps, broadsides, title pages, illustrations, and photographs.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Foreign trade regulation -- Confederate States of America
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Confederate States of America -- Economic conditions
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Education -- Confederate States of America
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation.
Confederate States of America -- Commerce
History - United States - 19th Century
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
American poetry -- 19th century
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction
Southern States -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Confederate States of America -- Justification.
Legislation -- Confederate States of America.
Civil rights -- Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America. Army -- Medical supplies.
Draft -- Confederate States of America.
GEM Subjects:
Health
Death and dying
Language Arts
Alphabet
Grammar
Literature
Reading
Religion
Informal education in religion
Instructional issues in religion
Social Studies
Economics
Geography
State history
United States government
United States history
Geographic Coverage:
United States (nation)
Southern U.S. (general region)
South Carolina (state)
Mississippi (state)
Florida (state)
Alabama (state)
Georgia (state)
Louisiana (state)
Texas (state)
Virginia (state)
Arkansas (state)
Tennessee (state)
North Carolina (state)
Time Period:
1850-1899
1861-1865
Objects Represented:
Books and pamphlets
Photographs / slides / negatives
Posters and broadsides
Currency
Manuscripts
Letters
Format:
image/gif
image/jpeg
image/tiff
text/html
text/xml
Language:
eng
Audience:
General public
Genealogists/History Enthusiasts
K-12 students
Undergraduate Students
Staff at peer/partner organizations
K-12 teachers and administrators
Scholars/Researchers/Graduate Students
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Size:
400 encoded documents; 1000 images
Frequency of additions:
No longer adding
Alternative Access:
OAI data provider: http://www.lib.unc.edu/cgi-bin/oai/das/das/das/oai.pl?verb=-Identify External Link ; set=4
Supplementary Materials:
Contextual information
Essay(s)
Teacher and student resources
Biographical information
Hosting Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Libraries.

Associated Collections

Associated Physical Collections:

Title:
Rare Book Collection; North Carolina Collection
Hosting Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Libraries.

Complementary Digital Collections:

Title:
North Carolina Experience, Beginnings to 1940
Collection Home:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/ External Link
Items:
Browse 418 Items in Collection
Description:
"The North Carolina Experience, Beginnings to 1940" is a collection that tells the story of the Tar Heel State as seen through representative histories, descriptive accounts, institutional reports, fiction, and other writing. It comprises digitized and encoded printed works, images, and oral history interviews and workplace songs.
Hosting Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Libraries.
Title:
Documenting the American South
Collection Home:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html External Link
Hosting Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Libraries.

Associated Projects

Title of Project:
Southern Homefront: 1861-1865
IMLS Grant Type:
NLG
IMLS Grant Number:
LL-80202
Project URL:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/about.html External Link