Civil War, 1861-1865

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 in the DePauw Digital Archives. The diary has now been transcribed, edited and published as the book, James Riley Weaver's...

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Oversize photographs and manuscripts that are too large for file folders or flat boxes are stored in cabinets with flat drawers. These items are either DePauw University or Indiana United Cethodist Church related.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two series. The first contains three folders of original letters to Matthew Simpson. There are also miscellaneous letters in chronological order, along with addresses, articles, clippings and a handwritten diploma written by Simpson in 1843. The second series contains letters and copies of letters collected by the donor William Dugan (DePauw, class of 1960). It also contains transcripts made by William Dugan's wife, Ann (DePauw, class of 1960) and an appendix...

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Historical news article.

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This collection includes a Civil War diary, journals, clippings, hymnal, map, poem, letter and lists once belonging to Thomas V. Lyon.

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This collection contains college speeches, folders on the Civil War, miscellaneous folders, and pictures. Also included in the back of the document case is a copy of a diary from June 24, 1863 and a brief history of the part played by Col. William D. Ward in the Civil War as written by himself.

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This collection consists of Philological Society Orations and Essays, Rostrum Essays, class work, Anti-Slave Orations, letters by William as a student, miscellaneous letters, civil war letters, and a bound letter of the WILLIAM S. STEWART LETTERS from 1861-1862.