Civil War diary, 1863 - 1865

Series — Box: DC3502

Staff Only

Collection Statement

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

1863 - 1865

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.9 Cubic Feet (4 document cases, 1 volume)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Provenance

James Riley Weaver's second wife, Emma Matern Weaver, had an older sister, Louise Matern, who married Charles Ferguson. Their daughter, Mary Louise Ferguson, married David J. Howard. Their children are David F. Howard and Joanne Howard Kouris-Bell. All Matern items, including the Weaver Civil War diary, went to Mary Louise Ferguson, the only child born to the seven children including Emma and Louise. It became the property of David F. Howard who donated it to the DePauw University Archives.

Digital copies

The diary has been scanned and a digital facsimile is available in its entirety on Flickr and in the DePauw Digital Library. Some pages have been transcribed on Flickr and the public is invited to transcribe additional pages.