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John Carter Journals
A description of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: Michele Combs
Date: 17 Jan 2025
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Finding aid created by: Michele Combs
Date: 17 Jan 2025
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Carter, John, 1800-1877. |
| Title: | John Carter Journals |
| Dates: | 1862-1893 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Journals of John Carter, 19th century Quaker. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives |
According to the finding aid for the "John Carter family correspondence" (SFHL.SC.018, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College), John Carter was the son of John and Rebecca Carter of Deer Creek Monthly Meeting in Maryland. In 1834 he married Sarah Shoemaker, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Shoemaker of Philadelphia. They were members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District and had ten children.
The John Carter Journals consist of four diaries written by John Carter, a Pennsylvania Quaker and member of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. The diaries give extensive details on life and current events during the Civil War and Reconstruction period, with particular attention given to activities of the Quaker Community and social causes 1862-1877. Carter recorded the weather each day, often including barometer readings. There is also one volume of "incidents in my father's life" written down by John's daughter Sarah Carter, circa 1893.
Volumes are in chronological order.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College holds a small amount of material related to John and his family in its John Carter family correspondence (SC.018).
Persons
Carter, John.
Corporate Bodies
Quakers -- Pennsylvania.
Places
Philadelphia (Pa.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genres and Forms
Diaries.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John Carter Journals,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2025.
Diaries
| Diaries | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Vol. 1 Daily Memoranda 20 Nov 1862-23 Apr 1866 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Vol. 2 Daily Memoranda 24 Apr 1866-31 Dec 1868 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Vol. 3 Daily Memoranda 1 Jan 1869-30 Apr 1874 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Vol. 4 Daily Memoranda 1 May 1874-3 Jun 1877 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | [Untitled] 1893 - described on first page as "...incidents in my father's life..." | ||||||||||