A Guide to the Jeremiah White Graves Diary, 1820-1878
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms1990-033
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Administrative Information
Access
This collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Jeremiah White Graves Diary must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Graves, Jeremiah White Diary, 1820-1878, Ms1990-033, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Biographical/Historical Information
Jeremiah White Graves was a farmer in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Graves' extensive diary, and a typescript manuscript of selected transcribed passages from that diary. In his diary, Graves refers to working his farm, the sale of Negroes in the area, and his children's schooling. During the Civil War years Graves mentions the fighting and the war's end. After the war he comments that Negroes could vote while he could not.
Index Terms
- Civil War
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries
Subjects:
Contents List
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1: Microfilm copy of complete diary, which was originally three volumes totaling 1000 pages.
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2: "Excerpts from the Diary of Jeremiah White Graves."
Unpublished partial transcription of Graves' diary by Anna Kenney and Katie Elliott.