Preliminary Guide to the E. C. Powell Daybook

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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Preliminary Guide to the E. C. Powell Daybook, 1856-1905

Collection number: Wyles Mss 29

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:
    Special Collections staff; latest revision, D. Tambo
    Date Completed:
    15 November 2002
    Encoded by:
    David C. Gartrell
© 2002 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: E. C. Powell Daybook,
Date (inclusive): 1856-1905
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 29
Creator: Powell, E. C.
Extent: .2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
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

E. C. Powell Daybook. Wyles Mss 29. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1987.

Scope and Content of Collection

Bound volume, with inscription "E. C. Powell Daybook" on the cover, mainly containing lists of general store accounts, from Tennessee and Georgia, some from the latter 1860s Reconstruction period. Includes prices for supplies such as tobacco, coffee, molasses, calico, and linen. One section also includes a teacher's diary from Georgia, ca. 1867.

Box 1

Bound volume, with inscription "E. C. Powell Daybook" on the cover, 1856 - 1905