Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
[Topographic field maps of the area around Chattanooga, Tenn., with parts of Alabama]
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, including three letter books, with documents, manuscripts, 38 Civil War maps, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera relating to Buckner's service in the Civil War, Reconstruction, Kentucky and national politics, and Buckner's business and personal affairs. The papers deal with various aspects of the Civil War: Buckner-Bragg controversy, Chickamauga campaign, battle of Perryville, siege of Fort Donelson, various Confederate armies, departments, and districts. Included are military maps, especially for Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Chickamauga Campaign. Also included are papers of Joseph Walker Taylor, nephew of Zachary Taylor, scout for Buckner and a major in Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers (10th Kentucky). The portion of the collection covering Reconstruction includes a group of letters by Buckner's sister Mary Buckner Tooke, written from Texas, and letters from various other people. Also included are materials related to Buckner's political affairs, including his gubernatorial campaign and various state governmental and political questions. Buckner's business affairs are represented by the materials of the litigation involving his Kentucky and Chicago property (Kingsbury suit), his insurance activities as regional manager of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co., and interest in railroads. The collection also contains poetry written by Buckner; letters of Buckner's sister, Mary Buckner Tooke; letters of his first wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner; and letters of his daughter, Lily Buckner Belknap.
SB 1152
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Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, including three letter books, with documents, manuscripts, 38 Civil War maps, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera relating to Buckner's service in the Civil War, Reconstruction, Kentucky and national politics, and Buckner's business and personal affairs. The papers deal with various aspects of the Civil War: Buckner-Bragg controversy, Chickamauga campaign, battle of Perryville, siege of Fort Donelson, various Confederate armies, departments, and districts. Included are military maps, especially for Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Chickamauga Campaign. Also included are papers of Joseph Walker Taylor, nephew of Zachary Taylor, scout for Buckner and a major in Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers (10th Kentucky). The portion of the collection covering Reconstruction includes a group of letters by Buckner's sister Mary Buckner Tooke, written from Texas, and letters from various other people. Also included are materials related to Buckner's political affairs, including his gubernatorial campaign and various state governmental and political questions. Buckner's business affairs are represented by the materials of the litigation involving his Kentucky and Chicago property (Kingsbury suit), his insurance activities as regional manager of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co., and interest in railroads. The collection also contains poetry written by Buckner; letters of Buckner's sister, Mary Buckner Tooke; letters of his first wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner; and letters of his daughter, Lily Buckner Belknap.
SB 1167
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Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, including three letter books, with documents, manuscripts, 38 Civil War maps, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera relating to Buckner's service in the Civil War, Reconstruction, Kentucky and national politics, and Buckner's business and personal affairs. The papers deal with various aspects of the Civil War: Buckner-Bragg controversy, Chickamauga campaign, battle of Perryville, siege of Fort Donelson, various Confederate armies, departments, and districts. Included are military maps, especially for Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Chickamauga Campaign. Also included are papers of Joseph Walker Taylor, nephew of Zachary Taylor, scout for Buckner and a major in Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers (10th Kentucky). The portion of the collection covering Reconstruction includes a group of letters by Buckner's sister Mary Buckner Tooke, written from Texas, and letters from various other people. Also included are materials related to Buckner's political affairs, including his gubernatorial campaign and various state governmental and political questions. Buckner's business affairs are represented by the materials of the litigation involving his Kentucky and Chicago property (Kingsbury suit), his insurance activities as regional manager of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co., and interest in railroads. The collection also contains poetry written by Buckner; letters of Buckner's sister, Mary Buckner Tooke; letters of his first wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner; and letters of his daughter, Lily Buckner Belknap.
SB 1172
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Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, including three letter books, with documents, manuscripts, 38 Civil War maps, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera relating to Buckner's service in the Civil War, Reconstruction, Kentucky and national politics, and Buckner's business and personal affairs. The papers deal with various aspects of the Civil War: Buckner-Bragg controversy, Chickamauga campaign, battle of Perryville, siege of Fort Donelson, various Confederate armies, departments, and districts. Included are military maps, especially for Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Chickamauga Campaign. Also included are papers of Joseph Walker Taylor, nephew of Zachary Taylor, scout for Buckner and a major in Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers (10th Kentucky). The portion of the collection covering Reconstruction includes a group of letters by Buckner's sister Mary Buckner Tooke, written from Texas, and letters from various other people. Also included are materials related to Buckner's political affairs, including his gubernatorial campaign and various state governmental and political questions. Buckner's business affairs are represented by the materials of the litigation involving his Kentucky and Chicago property (Kingsbury suit), his insurance activities as regional manager of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co., and interest in railroads. The collection also contains poetry written by Buckner; letters of Buckner's sister, Mary Buckner Tooke; letters of his first wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner; and letters of his daughter, Lily Buckner Belknap.
SB 1176
Rare Books
Numerous changes have been made since the earlier map, 128069. "Compiled from the Original Plats in the Surveyor Generals Office Santa Fe, New Mexico. J. S. Taylor U. S. Deputy Surveyor, 1881." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1882 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128313.
128313
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Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, including three letter books, with documents, manuscripts, 38 Civil War maps, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera relating to Buckner's service in the Civil War, Reconstruction, Kentucky and national politics, and Buckner's business and personal affairs. The papers deal with various aspects of the Civil War: Buckner-Bragg controversy, Chickamauga campaign, battle of Perryville, siege of Fort Donelson, various Confederate armies, departments, and districts. Included are military maps, especially for Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Chickamauga Campaign. Also included are papers of Joseph Walker Taylor, nephew of Zachary Taylor, scout for Buckner and a major in Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers (10th Kentucky). The portion of the collection covering Reconstruction includes a group of letters by Buckner's sister Mary Buckner Tooke, written from Texas, and letters from various other people. Also included are materials related to Buckner's political affairs, including his gubernatorial campaign and various state governmental and political questions. Buckner's business affairs are represented by the materials of the litigation involving his Kentucky and Chicago property (Kingsbury suit), his insurance activities as regional manager of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co., and interest in railroads. The collection also contains poetry written by Buckner; letters of Buckner's sister, Mary Buckner Tooke; letters of his first wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner; and letters of his daughter, Lily Buckner Belknap.
SB 1173