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Waddell-Setze-McClatchey family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS842
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal correspondence and memorabilia of two families of two different time periods. The Waddells are the contributors of the Civil War period correspondence which demonstrate in great detail the conditions of the lives of those left at home and of the needs of the soldiers. These letters also demonstrate the role of an officer and the ability to have his wife follow his movements. The later correspondence and personal records were contributed by the Setze...
Dates:
1855-1966, undated
Wallace family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS690
Scope and Content
This collection primarily contains materials pertaining to Alexander McGhee Wallace’s involvement in the Civil War and Anne Wallace Howland’s contributions to the Carnegie Library of Atlanta. The materials include correspondence, datebooks, diaries, genealogical records, periodicals, programs, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains a scrapbook assembled in memory of Alexander McGhee Wallace, a scrapbook pertaining to Anne Wallace Howland, several certificates and diplomas...
Dates:
1836-1987, undated
Walraven family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS820
Scope and Content
This collection contains various papers including tax receipts and bills for Cobb County, Fulton County, City of Austell, and City of Atlanta. Also included are correspondence, graduation, invitations, and programs documenting the activities of the Walraven family.
Dates:
1850-1954, undated
Walter S. Burns civil war correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS603f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains 11 letters from Walter S. Burns to his parents living in Findlay, Ohio. He writes about living conditions in the army camps, the needs of a soldier, his business matters at home, and news such as deaths of friends and family. Burns’ letters begin in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862 and continue through 1864 from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Ringgold and Atlanta, Georgia. He records fighting outside of Atlanta and the shelling of the city in his letter written on August 20,...
Dates:
1862 – 1864
Webb Family letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS452f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains 18 letters and 5 of the envelopes in which the letters were sent. Some are photocopies and some are original letters. Nine of the letters are from Robert R. Webb to his wife Elisabeth A. Webb dating from September 15, 1861 to May 15, 1862. Written first from Camp McDonald then later from his station at Portsmouth, Virginia and a General Hospital in Petersburg, Virginia, the letters deal mostly with matters of money. Robert R. Webb directs his wife in paying debts and...
Dates:
1861 – 1888, 1908
Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS130
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. The bulk of the personal papers pertain to the Kurtz and Fuller families and Wilbur's early adult life in Greencastle, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. The personal papers also contain a series of diaries written by Wilbur and correspondence between Kurtz and Fuller family members.The professional papers and research papers consist primarily of the research materials and notes compiled by Wilbur...
Dates:
1814-1993, undated
William B. Stanley Civil War letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS336f
Scope and Content
This collection contains typed transcriptions of letters written by W. B. Stanley of the 22nd Georgia Regiment (Henry Volunteers) who lived in Henry County south of Atlanta.
Dates:
1862-1863
William Burke papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS724f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of three letters; two envelopes; one certificate declaring intent to become a United States citizen; and an abstract of a marriage record pertaining to William Burke. All materials except the envelopes have transcriptions. Two of the letters were written to Burke during the Civil War, one from Georgia by John Bailey and the other from Petersburg, Virginia, by John Welsh. The letters describe camp conditions; casualties; weather; lack of pay; and concerns about the...
Dates:
1849-1864, undated
William H. Parkins manuscript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS167
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a handwritten autobiographical narrative of William H. Parkins titled Hiding Out or the Adventures of a Confederate Conscript: A Thrilling Narrative of the War Between the States. A revision of his diary, commencing with the secession debates in South Carolina in 1860, continuing until Parkins crossed the picket lines in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864. The narrative is 430 pages and ends with Parkins catching a train to New Albany,...
Dates:
1885
William Jack papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS925
Scope and Content
This collection contains forty-six letters regarding the Civil War. Each accompanied by a typed transcription. Included are a sixteen page letter describing the Battle of Chancellorsville, a hand drawn pencil sketch of camp, and letters regarding the Atlanta Campaign, particularly the Battle of Peachtree Creek.
Dates:
1862-1865, undated
William M. Standard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1031
Scope and Content
This collection consists of diaries; correspondence; military records and certificates; newspaper clippings; land deeds; and ephemera pertaining to William M. Standard. The collection also contains a school essay written by Standard's great-great-grandson, Ron Currens, and a 1961 map of Civil War battlefields on which Currens marked the route his ancestor followed during the war. Of particular interest are over 200 letters exchanged between Standard and his wife, Jane, as well...
Dates:
1846-1970, undated
William N. Mattison Civil War correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS680f
Scope and Content
The collection consists of letters from William N. Mattison to his wife. The letters describe the hard living conditions of the soldiers, the battle locations of their regiment, and his task of recovering soldiers from hospitals and returning them to the regiments. His regiment moved often. His letters indicate that he was stationed at Camp Hampton Rickean; Camp Wappoo, South Carolina; Marietta, Georgia; Corinth, Mississippi; West Point, Mississippi; Sattillo, Mississippi; near Harrison,...
Dates:
1861-1864
William P. Harden papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS137f
Scope and Content
This collection contains military orders, a newspaper clipping, as well as business letters that Dr. Harden received. Included are a summons before an unidentified medical board for his appointment as a surgeon, a letter countermanding transfer orders, a letter about legal issues with Lew Stewart, and a letter to "Jessie" about her education.
Dates:
1862-1885
Wimberly-Peters Family Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS3
Scope and Content
These are the personal and business papers of the Wimberly and Peters families, 1818-1951.
Dates:
1818-1951
Zachariah A. Rice correspondence and military commission
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS604
Scope and Content
This collection contains 63 letters and Zachariah A. Rice’s military commission to the rank of Major. The letters were written mostly from Zachariah to his wife living in Atlanta, Georgia; however some of her replies are included. Rice primarily wrote from Camp Marion in Virginia, but other locations include Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia and Camp Randolph, North Carolina. He describes the life of an officer in the Confederate army, including living conditions and duties. He warns his...
Dates:
1861-1862
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