| Scope and content |
This collection includes a diary, correspondence, essay, and miscellaneous materials of Virginia resident. Correspondence (1863-1897) in the collection consists mostly of letters from Archer Vaughan and his father Z. C. Vaughan to their sister and daughter Jennie Vaughan. The main item in the collection is the diary of Archer Woodson Vaughan, which was kept sporadically from November 1860 until May 1871. Major topics in this collection are the Civil War and Reconstruction. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Archer Woodson Vaughan Papers (#569), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Frank M. Wooten, Jr. |
| Biographical note | Archer Woodson Vaughan (1848-1873) lived with his father Z. C. Vaughan in Francisco Township, Buckingham County, Virginia. In early 1873, at the start of a promising career, Archer Vaughan developed pneumonia and died at the age of twenty-five. |
