Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War

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Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War is written by Kenneth Milton Stampp and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0890937877 (ISBN 10) and 9780890937877 (ISBN 13).

Gathered from manuscript collections from across the South, the papers reproduced in this microfilm set include plantation business operations records (receipts, invoices, account books, etc.), personal and business correspondences, diaries, and many other types of information valuable for the study of the history of the pre-Civil war south, and for genealogical research for this era. Most Series are accompanied by guides (compiled by Martin Schipper and entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War) which outline in great detail the documents on each reel. Many of the Series also have indexing tools at the beginning of some reels. The series contents on this record represent the full current holdings of the Mid-Continent Public Library. As series are added, the contents will be updated. Also cataloguing can be found on-line for individual contents of the series, with a reference number directing users to the specific series and reel(s) on which the information can be found.