James H. Langston Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC 1319

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Scope and Content Note

Collection contains 90 pages of manuscript diary entries, commonplace notes, and penmanship exercises; two letters dated 1857; manuscript poems, and genealogical notes.

Dates

1855-1857

Creator

Langston, James H. (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

RESTRICTIONS APPLY. Diary book has been restricted due to its fragile condition. The entire contents have been photocopied and made available for the research.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

James H. Langston, of Linsey's Prairie, Benton County, Arkansas, was born in 1834. He started keeping his diary while still attending school. Langston describes his school and family activities, temperance meetings, Sunday school, and other daily encounters. He showed an interest in medicine and talks about borrowing and reading books from local doctors. Langston eventually obtained a job as a clerk in a general store. No other details about the later years in his life are revealed in these papers.