Manuscripts

Richmond: Appomattox Court House research material and notes

Description: The papers contain approximately 3,000 items and include the research notes about George Henry Thomas for the book Rock of Chickamauga (1948), notes about George Gordon Meade for Meade of Gettysburg (1960), and notes about the Lowell family of Massachusetts. Also included are notes about Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England family" and the related notes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1940-1960.
Call number: mssCleaves
Creator: Cleaves, Freeman (1904-1988)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Freeman Cleaves, 1960.

Freeman Cleaves research papers

Manuscripts

The papers contain approximately 3,000 items and includes the research notes about George Henry Thomas for the book Rock of Chickamauga (1948), notes about George Gordon Meade for Meade of Gettysburg (1960), and notes about the Lowell family of Massachusetts. Also included are notes about Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England family" and the related notes.

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Civil War research material and notes

Manuscripts

The box contains research material related to Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, George Henry Thomas, Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, Atlanta Campaign, Battles of Nashville, Franklin, Post War Years, and Daniel Webster.

mssCleaves

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Civil War and Mexican War research material and notes

Manuscripts

George Gordon Meade, Mexican War, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

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Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes

Manuscripts

The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters V-IX); Genealogy and charts, and Abbott Lawrence.

mssCleaves

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Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes

Manuscripts

The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters I-IV)

mssCleaves

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Research Material

Manuscripts

This collection consists of Winston's four volumes of Theatrical Records & Memoranda (1803-1816, 1820-1830), research material for his work on the lives of various performers in the form of autograph notes, clippings and printed material. The remainder of the collection consists of manuscripts, letters by various British performers and theatre people, and documents related to the daily running of theatres, such as receipts, invoices, statements of accounts and cheques. Among the subjects of the research material and correspondents are: Tony Aston, John Braham, William Dunn, Mary King, Elizabeth Leak, Henry Lee, Louis Leoni Lee, George William Reeve, Frederick Reynolds, Sarah Butcher Ward, Thomas Achurch Ward, James Prescott Warde, Mary Anne Welsh and Thomas Welsh.

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Richmond: Appomattox Court House research material and notes

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