William F. Carne Papers (MS308)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[item identification], William F. Carne Papers, MS308, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.095 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Carne, William F., 1832-1909
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[item identification], William F. Carne Papers, MS308, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The 1853-1854 diary documents the intimate details of Carne's daily life, and includes scraps of paper dated 50 years later (1903-1904), which at times seem to comment upon those earlier events.

Biographical / historical:

William F. Carne was born in Alexandria in August 1832. He was the Alexandria correspondent for the Washington Evening Star from August 1853 to September 1856, when he went to another regional paper. Later in life, he would become known as a local historian of Alexandria. He was also involved in the Alexandria Library Company, but less so during the period of the diary.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Diaries.
Journalists.