Poster: The Life of James Riley Weaver, presented by Wesley W. Wilson, Author and Coordinator of Archives & Special Collections, DePauw University Archives, at the Sandusky Library, 2019-04-17

Item — map-case: Drawer 18, Item: 10

Identifier: Item 10

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists of four series. The first contains syllabuses by Colonel Weaver, biographical articles, letters, photographs, a register of books borrowed from Political Science Library with borrowers' names, and clippings. The second consists ony of his Civil War diary. The Civil War diary has been scanned and a digital facsimile is available in its entirety on Flickr and in the DePauw Digital Library. The diary has now been transcribed, edited and published as the book, James Riley Weaver's Civil War: the Diary of a Union Cavalry Officer, 1863-1865. The third series consists of the pieces used in the exhibit that ran in the Roy O. West Library's main floor exhibit cases from Sept. 7, 2018-July 22, 2019. The fourth series consists of research materials collected during preparation for the book. Much of this was not used in the final product, but could be useful to researchers.

Dates

Creation: 2019-04-17

Creator

From the Collection: Weaver, James Riley (1839-1920) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

James Riley Weaver was a cavalry officer from Pennsylvania during the Civil War who later in life married Sandusky native Emma Matern. During his time in the Union army and in a Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, James kept a diary of his life. Learn about the life of this soldier and the writing of the book about his life, James Riley Weaver's Civil War: The Diary of a Union Cavalry Officer and Prisoner of War, 1863-1865.