Manuscripts
Benjamin Franklin Scribner papers, (bulk 1861-1865)
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Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers
Manuscripts
A collection of 277 items which contains correspondence, a letterbook, documents, and manuscripts. The material is related to Oregon politics and government, transportation, including some material on pack trains, mail routes and railroads; there is also material on the Indian Wars including the Rogue River Indian War.
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Civil War collection, (bulk 1861-1865)
Manuscripts
A collection of 546 items containing chiefly letters written by prominent military figures during the American Civil War (1781-1915, bulk 1861-1865); also included are some documents, a diary, manuscript maps, and battle plans. The collection focus is upon the land forces with a few pieces related to the Union navy. Significant persons represented in the collection, among others: Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Benjamin F. Butler, Jefferson Davis, David G. Farragut, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Halleck, Edward Hatch, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Francis W. Pickens, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and George H. Thomas.
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William D. Kendall papers, (bulk 1861-1865)
Manuscripts
The correspondence of William Devereaux and John Peter Kendall deals with their education at Bethel College and Philadelphia University, Kendall family history, and their American Civil War experience including military actions, relations with civilians, hospitals, and everyday activities of a fighting regiment. This portion of the collection also contains William Devereux Kendall's speech that is based on his reminiscences of the life of a Confederate soldier and describes trade between Confederate and Union soldiers. The letters also mention Hiram Kendall, an enslaved person who was taken to war by his enslavers, the Kendall family. The documents include indentures and deeds by Peter and Devereux Jarrett Kendall, records documenting William Devereux Kendall's military career, and a voter's registration issued to Devereux Jarrett Kendall in 1869. The collection also contains letters to and from Devereux Jarrett, William Devereaux, John Peter, and Courts Kendall; documents, photographs, newspaper clippings; as well as typewritten copies of late 17th and 18th century land and business records of the Courts family of Maryland, and family photographs.
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Lewis N.T. Allen papers addenda, (bulk 1861-1865)
Manuscripts
This small group of material consists of one furlough certificate, special order no. 46 by James Oakes, five tintypes, a book catalog, and a printed booklet entitled Diary of a Union Soldier transcribed by Ralph Arthur Allen. There are two small diaries kept by Lewis N.T. Allen, written in pencil. The first diary spans from August 1, 1861 through September 8. The second diary spans from August 1, 1863 through August 13, 1864.
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Walter Scribner Schuyler papers
Manuscripts
A collection of 152 items from 1811 to 1932, it consists of letters written by Walter Scribner Schuyler to his parents about his army service in the West, especially in Arizona Territory between 1872 and 1874; letters from George Crook about Indian affairs in the 1870s; an account of a survey party Schuyler conducted to Yellowstone National Park in 1883; and his 1904 report as a military observer during the Russo-Japanese War. Of note are 46 journals written by Schuyler between 1898 and 1932, detailing his later military career and his business affairs. There is also correspondence from Philip Henry Sheridan to George Crook in the collection, as well as a typescript of a sketch by Azor Howitt Nickerson titled: Major General George Crook and the Indians [after 1890].
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Scribner's for February
Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for Scribner's magazine February 1904 issue featuring a woman seated on a train wearing a muff, gloves, and hat; her travel bag and the February 1904 Scribner's issue sit on the seat next to her.
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