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Collection Number: 02526-z

Collection Title: Joseph Mason Kern Papers, 1860-1865

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Size 25 items
Abstract A Civil War scrapbook compiled by Kern, a member of the 13th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A, including descriptions and a few carefully executed drawings (one colored) by him of scenes from prison life at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Camp Chase, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Md., playbills for a play produced by Confederate prisoners, a colored drawing of his home in Romney, Va., and diary entries (transcribed?) by him describing his Civil War experiences; and letters from Kern, 1860-1864, discussing family and military matters.
Creator Kern, Joseph Mason, b. 1842.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Joseph Mason Kern Papers, #2526-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
A typed transcription of the parts of the scrapbook consisting of original text and microfilm of the transcription are available. Microfilm of the letters also is available.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, October 2009

Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2021

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A Civil War scrapbook compiled by Kern, a member of the 13th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A, including descriptions and a few carefully executed drawings (one colored) by him of scenes from prison life at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Camp Chase, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Md., playbills for a play produced by Confederate prisoners, a colored drawing of his home in Romney, Va., and diary entries (transcribed?) by him describing his Civil War experiences; and letters from Kern, 1860-1864, discussing family and military matters.

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