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Charles L. Mack papers

Record Group

Identifier: UA-10.3.75

Scope and Contents

This collection includes the transcribed letters of Civil War infantryman, Benjamin Franklin Marsh, compiled by Michigan State student Charles L. Mack. The original letters can be found in the Marsh family papers (c.00047). Also included is a paper written by Charles L. Mack on Benjamin F. Marsh and the Eighth Michigan Infantry.

Dates: 1862-1865, 1973

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Charles William Cathcart papers

Collection

Identifier: 00006

Scope and Contents This collection documents the political interests of various members of the Cathcart family during the years 1821-1889, and is divided as such into the affairs of two generations: that of James Leander Cathcart and that of his sons, James, Charles, John and Henry, with the greatest amount of material pertaining to Charles Cathcart.Letters of the senior Cathcart comprise the first part of the collection. There are several letters, which expound upon his grudge against the...

Dates: 1821 - 1889

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Chester P. Whitman papers

Collection

Identifier: c-00437

Scope and Content Two letters written by Chester P. Whitman while he served in the Union Army during the Civil War comprise this collection. Both letters are written from Camp Houghtaling, Illinois, where Whitman served with Company F, 10th Illinois Infantry. Whitman mustered in April 20, 1861 at Cairo, Illinois and mustered out July 29, 1861. These are typed transcriptions; the originals are not held by the MSU Archives & Historical Collections.The letters have been scanned and placed online...

Dates: 1861, circa 1861

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Civil War Period Newspapers collection

Collection

Identifier: c-00512

Scope and Contents

This collection includes single issues of American newspapers from the Civil War period which do not directly relate to other Historical Collections. The April 1865 issues of the New York Herald and the Weekly Journal of Commerce report the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Civil War relief efforts collection

Collection

Identifier: c-00148

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of materials from volunteer relief efforts for various counties in Michigan (1864-1867). Documents include a relief roll recording payments made to families of men serving in the army during the Civil War and later, as well as several letters applying for such aid.

Dates: 1864 - 1867

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Clark family papers

Collection

Identifier: c-00162

Scope and Contents

This collection contains various documents relating to the Clark Family, especially Josephus Clark, of Branch County, Michigan. It includes tax receipts, deeds, marriage certificates, Josephus Clark's Civil War discharge, and materials dealing with his military pension.

Dates: 1842 - 1894

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Clyde and Mary Henson collection

Collection

Identifier: c-00606

Scope and Contents

The Clyde and Mary Henson collection primarily contains portraits of Civil War veterans. Notable portraits include Ulysses S. Grant and George B. McClellan. Also, the collection contains a photograph of the Third Michigan Cavalry. These materials have been scanned and placed online at http://civilwar.archives.msu.edu/collection/7-1C-3/henson-collection/.

Dates: 1860 - 1880

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Crosby family papers

Collection

Identifier: c-00268

Scope and Contents The Crosby family papers consist primarily of diaries kept by family members in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Michigan. Hale E. and Mary Chamberlain Crosby, who lived in Concord, New Hampshire and later Ashby, Massachusetts, kept a journal recording their work, their religious and social activities. The Crosbys moved with Mary's parents, the Chamberlains, to New Buffalo, Michigan in 1844.Their son, J. Birney Crosby, was sent from Michigan to Massachusetts in 1860 to attend...

Dates: 1838 - 1900

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Davis family papers

Collection

Identifier: c-00050

Scope and Contents

The Davis family papers consist primarily of the collection of over 180 letters written by Thomas (T. J.) to his wife, Lucinda, during the Civil War. Also included are Lucinda Davis' reminiscences and an obituary prepared when she died.

The collection also includes transcriptions of the letters done by Thomas Nanzig.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Dillingham family papers

Collection

Identifier: c-00271

Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of Civil War letters from Loomis Dillingham to his family in Michigan. The letters describe Dillingham's experiences in the 26th Michigan Infantry, which spent a year on provost duty near Alexandria, Virginia, before being transferred to active service. Dillingham describes camp life and guard duty. He also discussed politics and the progress of the war, passing the latest rumors on to his family. Dillingham died in a Virginia hospital in June 1864. A...

Dates: 1862 - 1871

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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Charles L. Mack papers

Charles William Cathcart papers

Chester P. Whitman papers

Civil War Period Newspapers collection

Civil War relief efforts collection

Clark family papers

Clyde and Mary Henson collection

Crosby family papers

Davis family papers

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