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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Civil War drawings of Julian Scott
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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
53 drawings made between February 1862 and August 1864 in a small sketch pad that Colby was carrying with him. The sketches depict Burnside's expedition to North Carolina (January - July 1862); St. Helena Island and Seabrook Island; the assault and siege of Fort Wagner (July 1863), St. Augustine, Fla. (September 1863 - February 1864), and two failed 1864 attempts to capture Richmond -- Benjamin F. Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign and Winfield Scott Hancock's Deep Bottom campaign.
mssHM 71063
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Manuscripts
In this letter to his brother, John A. Scott writes of his journey to California. He reports the roads through Wyoming are in poor condition, and rainy weather made crossing rivers dangerous and difficult. At Fort Laramie, he saw many teams planning their routes West. Sicknesses such as cholera are rampant, and he has seen many graves along the roads. Includes fragment of envelope.
mssHM 15244
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Visual Materials
A set of eight illustrations depicting varieties of camellias in bloom and an accompanying text card. Six of the eight illustrations include either pasted textual descriptions of the flowers on the verso or handwritten notes on the recto. Some of the illustrations are dated and include descriptions for "Camellia Japonica; Christine Lee; Candidissima; Fanny Bolis; and Mathotiana Rubra." The printed text card reads, "Original horticultural drawings made for J. Horace McFarland. 1930-1934. Well known as the 'Rose Doctor,' the great horticulturalist J. Horace McFarland was also responsible for the City Beautiful Movement in America. These drawings are lovely and unique artifacts of his grand enthusiasm for flowers and art." The illustrations are hand colored, done in crayon, pencil, and colored pencil in varying shades of red, white, and pink, with green leaves, yellow stamen, and brown stems. The dates on the individual illustrations range from 1933 to 1935, and do not all match the dates on the accompanying text card. The artist is unknown, but the drawings were likely created as reference or possible publication for J. Horace McFarland.
priPEF 107
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Manuscripts
A diary kept by John Coyle while serving as an agent of the United States Christian Commission from July to October, 1864. Daily entries give detailed accounts of Coyle's ministry in Alexandria, Virginia, including hospitals, churches, schools, and prisons and his encounters with the patients, physicians, nurses, preachers, congregants, students, and inmates; the accounts of his ministry to soldiers wounded in the battles of the Overland campaign include African-American troops. Coyle met with many African-American preachers, including Leland Warring, a former slave turned preacher, the founder of Alexandria's "contraband school." Waring autographed the front flyleaf of the diary commemorating their meeting. Coyle's descriptions of the city hospitals include accounts of the L'Ouverture Hospital for African-American troops. The entries also describe some sightseeing, including a day trip to Mount Vernon. Reverend Coyle found service in the field less satisfying, as he was mostly engaged in distributing goods and newspapers, with very few opportunities to preach, but he did take the time to visit neighboring communities.
mssHM 83835
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Visual Materials
Photographic portraits of the following individuals: Studio portrait of Jefferson Davis, seated (1880s); General Winfield Scott (1860?); engraving made from a photograph of Abraham Lincoln by Mathew Brady (1864); James Thomas Fields carte-de-visite; John Ericcson; E. J. Davison(?); stereograph of S. C. Willey (and family?) in front of residence, Campton Village, New Hampshire; "The Lecture Platform" - a composite of 45 portraits, identified on verso, published by the American Literary Bureau, agency for lecturers, readers and singers; and two people in front of the R. A. Brock home(?), Richmond, Virginia.
photPF 2150-2159
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Manuscripts
A collection of 15 manuscript maps and sketches drawn by William Hale Long which detail various areas and battles during the American Civil War; the maps and sketches focus on Northern Virginia and cover the years from 1862 to 1865. The material is a historical resource for the history of the campaigns and illustrate the progress of the war in this area as well as its conclusion. Long led various reconnaissances and these maps were used by him for this work. The material also serves as documentation for the reconstruction of the action for these battles and campaigns. The maps were originally folded and stored in a morocco case but are now flattened and placed in 15 individual folders.
mssHM 44668-44682