Civil War Letters and Miscellanea Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 060

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection is divided in 3 main parts - Regimental Histories/Reunion booklets; Letters and correspondence; and Cartes De Visites. The focus is on Connecticut regiments but there are materials that relate to the 2nd US Sharpshooters and the 1st New York Light Artillery.

Many of the CDVs and letters have accompanying regimental information in the folder.

The point of view of some of the correspondence is racist and some contain offensive language.

Dates

Creation: 1860-1900

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Use restrictions

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
Ruth A. Haas Library
Archives and Special Collections
181 White Street
Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-837-8992
E-mail: stevensb@wcsu.edu

Biographical / Historical

This artificial collection was created by WCSU's archive staff to collocate together Civil War materials from various collections. Care has been taken to only add materials here for which the provenance has been deemed immaterial to the artefact. Please see the "immediate source of acquisition" notes in the inventory for information on previous collections that contained some of these items.

Alfred Geddes who was in college administration for many years had in his papers a photo album noted in the Scope Note. It is likely that this was a family artefact from his wife's family but that is nowhere stated in Geddes' papers.

Extent

1.75 Linear Feet (, 3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This artificial collection brings together original materials in the WCSU Archives that relates to the Civil War. Materials that are facsimile versions indicate that this repository once possessed an original copy of material. Collection includes: letters, publications and CDVs.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type: Regimental Histories and Reunion booklet; Letters and correspondence and Cartes De Visites

Custodial History

See components for detailed information.

Processing Information

This is an artificial collection of materials relating to the Civil War. This includes recent item acquisitions, collections that were previously established and constituent parts of other collections. For materials which were part of other collections, the materials were deemed to lack substantial contextual import to the collection to which they originally belonged, and it was determined to transfer those materials to this collection so that these materials can more easily collocate together for researchers and preservation. See the "immediate source of acquisition" notes within the inventory for information regarding items or groups of items.