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    Quilt Alliance, Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories interviews collection,
    Alliance for American Quilts interview collection | Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories Catalog Record Only
    This collection consists of sound recordings, transcripts and photographic images documenting interviews conducted as a part of Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories (QSOS) project. QSOS is one of several projects and partnerships created by the Quilt Alliance in an effort to preserve, document, and share the lives and stories of quilters and quiltmaking. The project began in 1999 and continued through 2016. QSOS...
    • Contributor: Quilt Alliance - Pritchard, Gayle A. - Musgrave, Karen S. - International Quilt Festival/Houston - University of Delaware. Center for Material Culture Studies - Herman, Bernard L.
    • Date: 1999
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    Benjamin F. Whitten papers,
    Benjamin Franklin Whitten papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, family papers, military records, financial and legal records, and other papers relating primarily to Whitten's Civil War service with the 9th Maine Infantry Regiment. Documents his participation in the Battle of Morris Island, S.C., 1863; other actions and encampments along the southeast Atlantic coast in 1862 and 1863; the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., 1864; and engagements in Bermuda Hundred, Va., where he...
    • Contributor: Whitten, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin)
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    Robert H. Reaves correspondence,
    Robert H. Reaves papers Catalog Record Only
    AlsS (1862 December 10-1864 December 26) from Reaves while serving with the 21st South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America Army, in South Carolina and Virginia. The letters are addressed to his father and sister and discuss provisions, camp life of the regiment, and military affairs. Topics include the battles of Fredericksburg, Va. (1862), Goldsboro, N.C. (1862), and Murfreesboro, Tenn. (1862-1863). Includes typewritten...
    • Contributor: Reaves, Robert H.
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    Charles W. Cowan papers,
    Charles Wesley Cowan papers Catalog Record Only
    Chiefly correspondence between Cowan while serving with 14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate Army, and his wife, Margaret Susannah Foster Cowan, and other family members. Letters pertain to conditions and life in camps in South Carolina and Virginia as well as to management of the Cowan farm in Abbeville County, S.C. Also includes transcripts of a portion of the letters, financial records, a will,...
    • Contributor: Cowan, Charles W. (Charles Wesley)
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    Charles Kline papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence including originals and transcripts of letters, envelopes, newspaper clippings, pension documents, a copy of a photograph, and a drawing relating mainly to Kline's Civil War service with the 115th New York Infantry Regiment, Company D. Subjects include Kline's capture at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and time in a prison camp in Chicago, Ill.; daily camp life; his service near Alexandria, Va., and Hilton...
    • Contributor: Kline, Charles
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    Halsey Bartlett correspondence,
    Halsey Bartlett papers Catalog Record Only
    ALsS written primarily by Bartlett while serving with Company A, 6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, to his mother, Christina S. Fisher Bartlett, and sister, Christina Fisher Bartlett, of Killingly, Conn. Written primarily while Bartlett was stationed at Beaufort and Port Royal, S.C., but also from Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia. Subjects include camp life, food, illness and death of comrades, and family affairs....
    • Contributor: Bartlett, Halsey
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    A.D. Bache papers,
    Alexander Dallas Bache papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, a journal, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, a partial index, and miscellaneous material reflecting Bache's service as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey (1843-1867), member of the U.S. Light-House Board, and U.S. superintendent of weights and measures, his work at the Dudley Observatory in Albany, N.Y., and his European trip as president of the proposed Girard College to study educational methods. Topics include...
    • Contributor: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
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    Thomas Tudor Tucker papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence (1791-1808) between Tucker and John Page (1744-1808), U.S. representative and governor of Virginia, relating to such topics as federal office-seeking and patronage, congressional and Virginia politics, problems of coinage and the Mint of the United States, national finance, the presidential election of 1800, and the trial of Aaron Burr. Persons mentioned in the correspondence include Albert Gallatin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Napoleon...
    • Contributor: Tucker, Thomas Tudor
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    G.T. Beauregard papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, scrapbooks, and military papers, including a diary, letterbooks, headquarters records, telegrams and dispatches, orders, endorsements, and rosters. The bulk of the papers, 1861-1865, relate primarily to Beauregard's career as a general in the Confederate Army, especially at the sieges of Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., Corinth, Miss., and Petersburg, Va., and the battles of Atlanta, Ga., First Manassas, Va., and Shiloh, Tenn. Other...
    • Contributor: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant)
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    Joseph R. Hawley papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, notebooks, business records, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Hawley's service as U.S. senator from Connecticut, Union army officer, and chairman of the United States Centennial Commission; work as a newspaper editor in Hartford, Conn.; and personal and family life. Documents his Civil War service with the 1st and 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army, in North Carolina, South Carolina,...
    • Contributor: Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell)
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    Edmund Ruffin diaries,
    Edmund Ruffin papers Catalog Record Only
    Diaries detailing Ruffin's activities and opinions as an agricultural reformer, anti-unionist, and slavery advocate. Subjects include life on his Virginia estates, Marlbourne Plantation, Hanover County, Va., and Beechwood Plantation, Prince George County, Va.; Virginia state and county agricultural societies; travels and social affairs in the area between Amelia County, Va., and Richmond, Va.; theatrical and other entertainments in Richmond, Va.; religion including Calvinism and...
    • Contributor: Ruffin, Edmund
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    William Coffee correspondence,
    William Coffee papers Catalog Record Only
    Letters (1864 April 16-November 24) from Coffee during his service with the 3rd New Hampshire Volunteers concerning General Thomas W. Sherman's Port Royal expedition, the capture of Fort Wagner, South Carolina, and the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia. Addressed to his brother George Coffee who was serving in the 2nd California Volunteers.
    • Contributor: Coffee, William
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    A.G. Magrath correspondence,
    A.G. Magrath papers | Andrew Gordon Magrath papers Catalog Record Only
    Letters written by Magrath while serving as governor of South Carolina including a letter of May 8, 1861, addressed to Edward Frost, Virginia state legislator, regarding the lack of public funds for supplies for South Carolina troops; letter of January 26, 1865, to Joseph E. Brown, Georgia state governor, regarding the cooperation of the Confederate state governors in implementing crucial reforms to the war...
    • Contributor: Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon)
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    C.G. Memminger correspondence,
    C.G. Memminger papers Catalog Record Only
    ALS (1860 January 28; Richmond, [Va.]) addressed to Robert Barnwell Rhett from Memminger written while serving as special commissioner to Virginia encouraging that state to secede from the United States.
    • Contributor: Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus)
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    Francis Nicholson,
    Francis Nicholson papers Catalog Record Only
    Purchase, 1913-1917. British army officer and colonial governor of Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Nova Scotia. Collection material in English. Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
    • Contributor: Nicholson, Francis
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    Secession conventions collection, Catalog Record Only Three copies of the South Carolina secession ordinance (1860 December 20), two copies of the Virginia ordinance (1861 April 17), and copies of the Florida (1861 January 10) and Louisiana (1861 January 26) ordinances. Persons represented include D. F. Jameson, John Janney, John C. McGehee, and Alexander Mouton.
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    John Whitten papers, Catalog Record Only Diary (110 pages; 1863 August 4-1865 May 17) kept by Whitten during his Civil War service with the 5th Iowa Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Subjects include the battles of Corinth and Jackson, Miss., the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., and Whitten's experience as prisoner of war in Belle Isle prison, Richmond, Va., in Columbia, S.C., and in Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Ga. Also includes genealogical material...
    • Contributor: Whitten, John
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    Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts,
    Lyman Copeland Draper papers Catalog Record Only
    Manuscripts including colonial papers in Paris and London relating to the history of Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Kings Mountain (N.C.), North Carolina, the Northwest, Pittsburgh (Pa.), South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; topics such as border forays, frontier wars, the Mecklenburg declaration, and pension statements; and individuals including George M. Bedinger, Daniel Boone, Samuel Brady, Joseph Brant, Daniel Brodhead, George Rogers Clark, Jonathan Clark, William...
    • Contributor: Draper, Lyman Copeland
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    Theodore Talbot papers, Catalog Record Only Diaries (1843-1852) relating chiefly to Oregon Trail exploration with John C. Frémont's second expedition, 1843-1844; a journey (1848-1849) from New York to Oregon Territory via Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, and Honolulu on board the steamer Massachusetts; and garrison duty at various western forts as an officer with the 1st Regiment, U.S. Artillery. Correspondence, chiefly from Talbot to his mother and sister, complements the diaries...
    • Contributor: Talbot, Theodore
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    Cornelius Chase family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, journal, speeches, writings, reports, genealogical material, financial records, printed matter, drawings, and other papers relating to Chase family members. Pertains chiefly to Cornelius Chase, and his son, Cornelius Thurston Chase, in their careers as clergymen, educators, and farmers. Documents the latter's career as superintendent of public instruction for the state of Florida. Also includes correspondence of Jonas King and a copy of his...
    • Contributor: Chase, Cornelius - Stokes, E. H. (Ellwood Haines) - Confederate States of America. Army - Chase, Cornelius Thurston
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    John Emerson Anderson memoir,
    John Emerson Anderson papers Catalog Record Only
    Memoir of Anderson recounting his Civil War service in Company D, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, compiled from his diary and letters to his family. Documents the regiment's service during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, the battles of Chancellorsville (Va.) and Gettysburg (Pa.), in operations against guerrillas and renegades in east Tennessee in the winter of 1863-1864, and under General William T....
    • Contributor: Anderson, John Emerson
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    Nathaniel Hayden family papers, Catalog Record Only Consists of letters of the Hayden family of Connecticut, relating principally to family matters, to the Gregg & Hayden Cotton Mill industry at Granitville, S.C., and to Civil War problems of federal troops, particularly in the area of Norfolk and Suffolk, Va. Additional letters, business papers, and a memorandum book (1820-1829) of Sidney Haskell, among which are business papers of Bissell & Hinsdale, Hayden...
    • Contributor: Hayden, Nathaniel
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    James Kennedy papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly letters received by Kennedy from merchants in Baltimore, Maryland; Charleston, South Carolina; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Richmond, Virginia. Correspondents include Robert Lenox, Charles McKenna, John Read Jr., Francis Wainwright, and John Wickham. Includes billbook.
    • Contributor: Kennedy, James
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    Edward Willis papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, ledger, memorandum books, requisition books, newspaper clippings, printed material, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Willis's service as chief quartermaster of G.T. Beauregard's division in the Confederate Army. Documents defensive operations along the South Carolina and Georgia coasts, the siege of Petersburg, and movement of troops in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi.
    • Contributor: Willis, Edward
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    Sophie S. Wilson papers, Catalog Record Only Volume (74 pages) consisting of an account of a journey from Charleston, S.C., through North Carolina and Tennessee, to the sulpher springs in Virginia. Includes descriptions of the various springs and the countryside.
    • Contributor: Wilson, Sophie S.