2019-09-09 Guide to the Lucius Clark Smith Diaries, 1859-1862 SPEC.RARE.0061 Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Hubbard Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2019 June This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-09-09T15:22-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Lucius Clark Smith Diaries SPEC.RARE.0061 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1 0.2 Cubic feet 1859-1862 Lucius Clark Smith was a New Albany, Ohio resident during the 1860s, who worked as a schoolteacher and farmer. The Lucius Clark Smith Diaries contains two diaries kept by Smith during 1859, and November 17, 1861, to December 21, 1862. A schoolteacher and farmer, Smith’s diaries detail his daily farming routines and work in his family's cane mill, and trips to Etna, Columbus, Westerville, and Worthington to make sales. Smith also writes about the young men in the nearby Ohio Civil War regiment camps, discussing their illnesses and funerals he attends. General comments about major offensives and retreats in the war’s progress, news of friends serving in the Union Army, debates over slavery, and treasonable language arrests are also noted. (1) flat box English Smith, Lucius Clark Acquisitions Information

Purchased, 2011 October

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Biographical Note

Lucius Clark Smith was a resident of New Albany, Ohio during the 1860s. He worked as a schoolteacher and farmer.

Scope and Contents

The Lucius Clark Smith Diaries contain two diaries kept by Smith during 1859, and November 17, 1861, to December 21, 1862. A schoolteacher and farmer, Smith’s diaries detail his daily farming routines and work in his family's cane mill, and trips to Etna, Columbus, Westerville, and Worthington to make sales. Smith also writes about the young men in the nearby Ohio Civil War regiment camps, discussing their illnesses and funerals he attends. General comments about major offensives and retreats in the war’s progress, news of friends serving in the Union Army, debates over slavery, and treasonable language arrests are also noted.

Smith, Lucius Clark -- Diaries Diaries Family farms--Management--19th century Family farms--Ohio--New Albany--19th century Farmers--Ohio--New Albany--19th century Teachers--Ohio--New Albany--19th century United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives