Civil War Collection1850s-2012
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Civil War Collection1850s-2012
MS COLL 2011.01 Creator:
Peggy Slusser and others Collection Name: Civil War Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1850s-2012 Physical Description: 20 linear feet Quantity:
(20 linear feet)
Abstract: This collection focuses on the American Civil War and the history and culture of the Civil War era. It contains battlefield artifacts, such as weapons and uniform elements; currency; presidential campaign medallions, and literature; photographs and albums; newspapers; correspondence; memorial postcards; military orders; illustrations; and postage stamps. Most of the items are from the collection of Peggy Slusser. Collection Number: MS COLL 2011.01 Language: Material in English
Repository:
Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library
Peggy Slusser acquired items in the collection through visits to Civil War battle sites and correspondence with other collectors. She was particularly interested in General William T. Sherman and collected items relating to him. Her Civil War collection of artifacts and books were donated to the Postal History Foundation shortly after her death, and the Slusser Library was built in part to house this material.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Postal History Foundation, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Charles Whipple Collection.
Maynard Civil War Correspondence Collection.
Meloy Civil War Correspondence Collection.
Gary Greenberg Collection of Abraham Lincoln Philatelic Material.
Subject(s) Confederate States of America.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Preferred Citation
Civil War Collection. Postal History Foundation. Tucson, Arizona.
Processing Information
Processed in May 2011
Container List Series 1: Philately box 1 Cabinets box 18 box folder 11 1 11 2 11 2 Cabinets box folder 11 2 11 2 Cabinets
Series 2: General William Tecumseh Sherman box 8 box 4 box folder 5 1 box 21 box folder 5 2 5 2 5 1 5 1 box 6 box folder 11 3 box 2 Cabinets box folder 11 4 11 4 11 4 11 4 11 5 box 16 box folder 11 4
Series 3: Battlefield box 19 box 20 20 box 22 box 14 box 15 Cabinets box 3 box folder 11 24 11 6a box 3 box folder 11 7
Series 4: Realia box folder 11 8 box 10 box 7 box folder 11 9
Series 5: Photographs Subseries 1: Photograph Albums box 6 box 6a box 4 4 box 21 box 25 box 26 Subseries 2: Framed Photographs Cabinets box 24 box 2 2 2 2 Subseries 3: Photographs box folder 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 box 12 12 12 12 box folder 5 5
Series 6: Political Campaigns box 15 15 15 15 15 box folder 11 10 box 12
Series 7: Currency and Financial Instruments box 15 15 Cabinets Display Spitzer Stacks Cabinets box folder 11 11 11 11a box folder 12 12 Cabinets box 11 box 12
Series 8: Correspondence box folder 11 13 11 14 11 15 11 23 11 16 box 9 box folder 5 6
Series 9: Newspapers box 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Display Reading Room box 13
Series 10: Other Documents box folder 11 17 11 18 11 19 11 20 11 21 11 22 11 6b Cabinets box 12 12
Series 11: Illustrations box folder 5 7 box 12 12 12 12 RareBooksCloset
