MenuGuide to the Poor white trash [manuscript], circa 1870-1889
Abstract
Career military officer, noted for his service in the horse artillery in the Union Army cavalry during the Civil War.
Collection comprises Tidball's manuscript (5 pgs.) on poor whites in the South. He divided his study regionally, discussing working class whites on the Georgia coast versus those in the southern Alleghenies. He outlined the impact of slavery, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction period on this class of people. Includes a one-page transcription.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906.
- Title
- Poor white trash [manuscript], circa 1870-1889
- Language of Materials
- English
- Extent
- 2 items (0.2 lin. ft.)
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Collection comprises Tidball's manuscript (5 pgs.) on poor whites in the South. He divided his study regionally, discussing working class whites on the Georgia coast versus those in the southern Alleghenies. He outlined the impact of slavery, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction period on this class of people. Includes a one-page transcription.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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John Caldwell Tidball was a career military officer noted for his service in the horse artillery in the Union Army cavalry during the Civil War.
Subject Headings
- Poor--Southern States.
- Poor--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Working class whites--Southern States.
- Working class whites--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Social classes--Southern States.
- Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906.
- George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana.
- Southern States--Economic conditions.
- Southern States--History.
- Southern States--History--1775-1865.
- Southern States--History--1865-1877.
- Southern States--Social conditions.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Poor white trash [manuscript], circa 1870-1889, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Purchase, 2010
Processing Information
Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010
Encoded by: Alice Poffinberger, July 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2010-0193
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.