MS COLL 2011.01
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Collection Summary | |
| 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 920 North First Avenue Tucson, AZ 85719 520-623-6652 library@phftucson.org |
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.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
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Charles Whipple Collection.
Maynard Civil War Correspondence Collection.
Meloy Civil War Correspondence Collection.
Gary Greenberg Collection of Abraham Lincoln Philatelic Material.
Civil War Collection. Postal History Foundation. Tucson, Arizona.
Processed in May 2011
| Series 1: Philately | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Administrative papers and background, undated | ||||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| Confederate stamps, circa 1862 | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 18 | Confederate stamps (replicas), undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | Lincoln envelopes , undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Civil War commemorative postage stamps, 1962-1965 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Civil War commemorative postage stamps, 2010-2012 | |||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| "The Civil War Collection" postage stamps and replica medal in plexiglass, undated | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Civil War and Postal History covers, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | The Girl I Left Behind Me CoverC, undated | |||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| Thomas Hale Collection of Civil War envelopes, 1861-1866 | |||||||||||
| Series 2: General William Tecumseh Sherman | |||||||||||
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| 8 | Union military hat (original owner not confirmed), undated | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 4 | Button with blue cloth from the coat of Gen. W.T. Sherman, undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Gen. Sherman's calling card, undated | |||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 21 | Photo album containing portraits of General Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, President Lincoln, undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Gen. Sherman and Horse in trenches before Atlanta, GA stereograph, 1864 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Gen. Sherman and staff in trenches stereograph, 1864 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Autographed photograph of Gen. Sherman, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Photograph of Gen. Sherman, undated | |||||||||
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| 6 | General Sherman's photo album, undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Photos of W.T. Sherman and family gravestones, undated | |||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 2 | Gen. W.T. Sherman daguerreotype in hinged case, undated | ||||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| Gen. W.T. Sherman framed photograph, undated | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Gen. W.T. Sherman letter regarding W. Roach, recommending admission to the National Home dated 8/18/1880, 1880 | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Gen. W.T. Sherman handwritten letter with Headquarters of the United States, Washington, DC letterhead dated 5/20/1870, 1870 | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Gen. W.T. Sherman handwritten letter regarding his niece's wedding dated 12/30/1890, 1890 | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Gen. W.T. Sherman handwritten letter dated 3/4/1887 (photocopy), 1887 | |||||||||
| 11 | 5 | Gen. W.T. Sherman handwritten letter to Patterson (a lawyer) with envelope dated 8/9/1881, 1881 | |||||||||
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| 16 | Personal copy of Sherman and His Campaigns: a military biography; inscribed by the author Col. S.M. Bowman to General Sherman | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Gen. W.T. Sherman autograph presented to the French Fair, Boston, 1871 | |||||||||
| Series 3: Battlefield | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 19 | Flat leather pouch, circa 1865 | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 20 | Spanish American War - Navy Cartridge Box. 1889 pattern. Leather with U.S.N. (US Navy) embossed flap with interior woodblock, circa 1889 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Small leather cap pouch, undated | ||||||||||
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| 22 | Confederate Pike, undated | ||||||||||
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| 14 | Civil War bullets, musket balls and Minie Balls, undated | ||||||||||
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| 15 | Uniform button, undated | ||||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| Sword, undated | |||||||||||
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| 3 | Playing cards, undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 24 | Songs for Soliders, GAR Posts, 1884 | |||||||||
| 11 | 6a | Military Orders, Charles Lyman, 1863 | |||||||||
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| 3 | CSA Prayer book, 1865 | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 7 | Glory Hymn, undated | |||||||||
| Series 4: Realia | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 8 | Four ribbons, undated | |||||||||
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| 10 | Brass padlock with key, undated | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 7 | "Photos" box, undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 9 | CSA (Confederate States of America) watermarked paper 6 1/2" x 8", undated | |||||||||
| Series 5: Photographs | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1: Photograph Albums | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 6 | Album with photos of: Sherman, Mother and Minnie; Lincoln, Hamlin; Mrs Treat; RT Treat; Gen MacDowell; Sheridan; Brook; Burnside; Thomas; Scott; Culligan; Brook; Paddock; Mr. and Mrs. Grimmons; and more, undated | ||||||||||
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| 6a | Cover to Sherman photo album, undated | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 4 | Confederate Photo album, undated | ||||||||||
| 4 | Union photo album - images (mostly not photographic) of Union persons, undated | ||||||||||
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| 21 | Union photo album - photos of Union Generals, undated | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 25 | Album with photos by Brady; photos of Grant; Breckenridge; Cheatham; Mrs Jefferson Davis; Thompson; Geo Thomas; Hovey; Todd; Mead; Sheridan; Kit Carson; John Freeman; Eva, undated | ||||||||||
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| 26 | Photo album with 6 photos, many photos missing in album, captions don't match photos, undated | ||||||||||
| Subseries 2: Framed Photographs | |||||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| Ulysses S. Grant 7"x5", undated | |||||||||||
| Young soldier or musician in gold colored oval frame, undated | |||||||||||
| Abraham Lincoln in frame 4"x5", frame 8"x10", undated | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 24 | Unidentified Daguerrotype in half case, undated | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 2 | Squier Mathews, in hinged case, undated | ||||||||||
| 2 | Hand-tinted photo of unknown man, in hinged case, undated | ||||||||||
| 2 | Five soldiers, seated in hinged case, undated | ||||||||||
| 2 | Daguerrotype of unknown man in hinged case, undated | ||||||||||
| Subseries 3: Photographs | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 8 Stereographs, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | J.E.B. Stuart 4 1/4" x 6 1/2", undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | George Armstrong Custer - 9 photos, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | John A. Logan by A.S. Morse, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Ulysses S. Grant, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | General G.B. McClellan, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Civil War landscapes, undated | |||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 12 | Lincoln by Matthew Brady, undated | ||||||||||
| 12 | General Sherman and Staff of Union Generals: Standing: Oliver Howard, William Hazen, J. C. Davis, Joseph Mower. Seated: John Logan, William T. Sherman, Henry Slocum [see alternate of this photo in Union Photo Album], undated | ||||||||||
| 12 | The United States Capitol - offset lithograph of Daguerrotype, circa 1846 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 12 modern 11"x14" reprints of Mathew Brady photographs, undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Miscellaneous portraits, undated | |||||||||
| Series 6: Political Campaigns | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 15 | Abraham Lincoln medallion 3" diameter, [19--] | ||||||||||
| 15 | Abraham Lincoln medallion 2" diameter, [19--] | ||||||||||
| 15 | Abraham Lincoln medallion 1 1/4" diameter, undated | ||||||||||
| 15 | Abraham Lincoln campaign medallion 1" diameter, undated | ||||||||||
| 15 | Abraham Lincoln medallion 3/4" diameter, 1860 | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 10 | Confederate election flyer, 1861 | |||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 12 | Poll-Book, undated | ||||||||||
| Series 7: Currency and Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 15 | Confederate one cent coin 1/2" diameter, 1861 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Large commemorative Lincoln penny, [19--] | ||||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| CSA Georgia one thousand dollar 7% bond issued May 1, 1862 maturing May 1, 1881 with (36 of 40) $35 coupons attached, 1862 | |||||||||||
| Display | |||||||||||
| Spitzer Stacks | CSA give hundred dollar 8% bond issued Dec 10, 1862 maturing July 1, 1878 with (27 of 30) $20 coupons attached, 1862 | ||||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| CSA one hundred dollar 7% bond issued February 20, 1863 maturing in 30 years with nine $3.50 coupons attached, 1862 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | Scrip from Bank of Newbury, 1860s | |||||||||
| 11 | 11a | State of Louisiana, five dollar bond, 1880 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | Confederate money - 4 bills, $1, $2, $20, $1,000; 2 replica bills, undated | |||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| Lincoln home insurance policy (copy), undated | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 11 | Leather postage currency wallet, 1860s | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 12 | Reconstruction, state of South Carolina sheet of dollar notes in "Get Well" card for Peggy Slusser, undated | ||||||||||
| Series 8: Correspondence | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 13 | Letters to Bettie Miller from Sergeant Thomas Miller, Boonesville, Mississippi, 1864-1865 | |||||||||
| 11 | 14 | Letter from William Holmes to Davis and A. Holmes, 1864 | |||||||||
| 11 | 15 | Love note, 1864 | |||||||||
| 11 | 23 | Joseph Tucker's letters, 1862-1863 | |||||||||
| 11 | 16 | Letter from Union soldier Rogers to his brother, undated | |||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 9 | Valentine, undated | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Commemorative postcards, undated | |||||||||
| Series 9: Newspapers | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 13 | L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans. Lead article announces the arrest of deserters from Virginia 15 March 1865, 1865 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Daily Citizen, Vicksburg, Mississippi - Wallpaper newspaper 2 July 1863, 1863 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Daily Citizen, Vicksburg, Mississippi - Wallpaper newspaper 2 July 1863, 1863 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Daily Sentinel, Raleigh, NC 21 Dec 1865, 1865 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Sentinel, 20 Nov 1863, 1863 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Daily Richmond Examiner 10 Mar 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Daily Richmond Examiner 20 Jun 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Times 19 Apr 1865, 1865 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Times / The Obsequies 25 Apr 1865, 1865 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune 16 July 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune 26 July 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune 28 July 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune / Capture of Atlanta 3 Sept 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune / Capture of Atlanta 5 Sept 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune / Capture of Atlanta 8 Sept 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune / Capture of Atlanta 12 Sept 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Tribune / Sherman "He is Near the Coast" 10 Dec 1864, 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Cincinnati Times 8 Oct 1863 , 1863 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Houston Daily Telegraph 12 Mar 1864 , 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Daily Chronicle and Sentinel 28 Jun 1864 , 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Daily Chronicle and Sentinel 1 July 1864 , 1864 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization May 6, 1865 (reissue), 1865 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Indianapolis Journal 4 Jan 1891, 1891 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 4 Apr 1874, 1874 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 31 Jan 1874, 1874 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Herald 24 Apr 1865, 1865 | ||||||||||
| 13 | The New York Herald 25 Apr 1865, 1865 | ||||||||||
| Display | |||||||||||
| Reading Room | The New York Herald / Lincoln Assasination 15 Apr 1865, 1865 | ||||||||||
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| 13 | This Week Magazine, The Los Angeles Times / Which Gettysburg Stamp Do You Like? 10 Feb 1963, 1963 | ||||||||||
| Series 10: Other Documents | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 17 | Funeral notice, M. George Custis / Frank, Tennessee, 1861 | |||||||||
| 11 | 18 | Wanted Poster: Surrat, Booth, Harold, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 19 | Mourning card, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 20 | Civil War design, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 21 | Slusser collection of postcards and polaroids, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 22 | Receipt for Gettysburg gravestone, 1857 | |||||||||
| 11 | 6b | Discharge papers for Michael Mara, 1863 | |||||||||
| Cabinets | |||||||||||
| "Our Southern Flag" framed copy, undated | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 12 | "Our Generals Quick Step" sheet music , undated | ||||||||||
| 12 | "Our Generals" sheet music , undated | ||||||||||
| Series 11: Illustrations | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Assassination of Col. Ellsworth, undated | |||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 12 | "Our Generals Grand March", 1861 | ||||||||||
| 12 | "Charles Island Capture" newspaper broadsheet, 1870 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Advertisement for the Western Bank Note Company, Chicago and the American House hotel, Denver, 1883 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 67 book plates, many from the "United States Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys, 1855-1861", undated | ||||||||||
| RareBooksCloset | |||||||||||
| "Emmancipation of the Negroes" / Harper's Weekly broadsheet, 1863 | |||||||||||
| "After Counting the Colors", undated | |||||||||||