Boston Farm School Journal

Processed by D. Tambo
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone: (805) 893-3062
Fax: (805) 893-5749
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
© 2003
Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Boston Farm School Journal, ca. 1850s-1890s

Collection number: Wyles SC 945

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Contact Information:

  • Department of Special Collections
  • Davidson Library
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Santa Barbara, CA 93106
  • Phone: (805) 893-3062
  • Fax: (805) 893-5749
  • Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
  • URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
    Processed by:
    D. Tambo
    Date Completed:
    27 August 2003
    Encoded by:
    David C. Gartrell
© 2003 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Boston Farm School Journal,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1850s-1890s
Collection Number: Wyles SC 945
Extent: .05 linear feet (1 folder)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Boston Farm School Journal. Wyles SC 945. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2003.

Scope and Content of Collection

One bound ledger, with entries, ca. 1850s-1890s. Early pages are accounts of the Boston Farm School, 1853-1856, followed by a number of pages mainly listing charges for labor for various individuals. The last few pages include names of men who enlisted in Co. D., 15th New Hampshire Volunteers, during the Civil War, in 1862. 100 names are entered, with rank, status, and special positions such as drummer, wagoner, cook, hospital nurse, and blacksmith. A number are listed as having deserted.

Box

One bound ledger, with entries, 1850s-1890s