MSS. Manuscript Collections

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This collection contains an August 31, 1911 letter authored by Henry M. Lazelle (1832-1917), a Union officer during the American Civil War and Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, about several things that he learned while he oversaw the publication of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion, about the American Civil War.

Abstract This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an...

Abstract This collection contains a letter dated October 28, 1862 by Mary Hughes (1832-1909) from Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), to her husband Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, during the American Civil War. The letter details the measures being taken to secure Alfred's release, to get a prison pass, and general updates on family members. The envelope for the letter...

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This collection contains a battle account from the 1863 Battle of the Cumberland Gap.

Abstract This collection contains the 1864 diary kept by Confederate soldier Lilburn O. Byers (1825-1889) during the American Civil War. Byers writes about battles, troop movements, and events happening in camp. Byers' diary also covers the death of Confederate General William E. Jones. A page at the end contains a letter from Byers to his wife in February 1865 to give the diary to her. The front of the diary contains an almanac for 1864, and there are lists of names and money from people at the...

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This collection contains a letter authored by Edward Charles Parker, a Union Officer during the American Civil War.

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This collection contains manuscripts donated by Devota Pack that include letters, newpaper clippings, and publications.

Abstract The Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Ellen Archer Letters contain one [ca. mid-1800s] letter by Gaskell to a friend declining an invitation to spend the evening together and four letters from Archer to F. Redway about the history and sale of Charlotte Brontë's Bible, which Archer acquired through her and Brontë's friend William Green. Gaskell was also a friend and biographer of Charlotte Brontë. The collection was acquired along with the Bronte Bible (as it is now called), which is cataloged...

Abstract The Russell Family Correspondence Collections consists of postcards and letters from 1927-1943 written by Edgar V. "Buck" Russell and Alice Elizabeth Russell Duke. Most letters were written to their mother and father. Throughout the letters, Edgar and Alice discuss their lives and time in college. The letters provide many details into their daily lives and can be viewed as letters and diary entries. Their letters also demonstrate how the family struggled with two children in...

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This collection contains the scrapbook of William R. "Billy" Hite, Jr., when he was a senior at Varina High School in Richmond, Virginia. Hite played football at Varina and Virginia Tech, from which he earned a bachelor's and PhD in education in 1985 and 1998, respectively. He later became a principal and superintedent throughout the Mid-Atlantic United States.