True and candid compositions
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Students; History; Faculty; Alumni and alumnae; Anecdotes; Education; College students; Universities and colleges; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
Other titles: Documenting the American South :; Documenting the American South.
Description: Collection of 121 edited documents that were written by students between 1795 and 1868, including articles, diaries, speeches, compositions, letters and poems.  This material was transcribed, edited and annotated by Professor Erika Lindemann.  The site also includes images of the primary sources and related published material mentioned by the students in their writings.  The site is organized by decades with each supported by essays written by Professor Lindemann and the primary sources that are related to that section.
Notes: Title from project home page (viewed August 19, 2005)

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection True and candid compositions: the lives and writings of Antebellum students in North Carolina.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and images (JPEG)

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

Mode of access: Internet World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Overview; Value of documentary histories; Issues this collection raises; Little narratives of literacy; Further research; title: Chapter 1 1795-1818: The establishment of the university; The early faculty; The early curriculum, Early student rebellions; title: Chapter 2 1820-1829: Overview 1820-29; Purposes of a university education; title: Chapter 3 1830-1839: Overview 1830-39; The school day and the school year; Slaves and servants; title: Chapter 4 1840-1849: Overview 1840-49; Writing in the academy; title: Chapter 5 1850-1859: Overview 1850-59; The debating societies; title: Chapter 6 1860-1869: Civil war; Aftermath of the Civil War; title: Editorial practices; title: All primary resources; title: Related published sources; title: Bibliography; title: Browse by personal names, topics, events, organizations, places, genres, authors; title: Acknowledgements.