William Bradley and Merle Davis Umstead papers (#4529)
Subtitle: My diary, a soldier's record, 16 August 1917-4 July 1918
Contributors: Umstead, William Bradley, 1895-1954; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Diaries; Soldiers; Officers; Military life; World War, 1914-1918; Religious life; Social life and customs; American Personal narratives; United States. Army; United States. Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 317th
Other titles: My diary, a soldier's record, 16 August 1917-4 July 1918; My diary : a soldier's record.; North Carolinians and the Great War.
Description: Diary covers Umstead's time at Camp Jackson, S.C. and Camp Hancock, Ga., as well as visits home to North Carolina.
Notes: Title from TEI Header (viewed June 10, 2002)

Includes images of the handwritten pages from the diary.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection North Carolinians and the Great War.

Diary transcribed by Amy Davis. Images scanned by Harris Henderson. Text encoded by Melissa Meeks and Natalia Smith.

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Transcribed from: William Bradley and Merle Davis Umstead papers, 1863-1978 Transcript of the manuscript. Call number SHC #4529 (Manuscripts Dept., Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Original is written in a blank diary issued to soldiers, printed: New York : Moffat, Yard & Company, 1917.

Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the electronic publication of this title.

Mode of access: Internet World Wide Web.

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William Bradley Umstead of Durham, N.C., served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina, 1932-1938; as a United States senator, 1946-1948; and as governor of North Carolina, 1952-1954.  Website includes a detailed chronology of Umstead's life.