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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Original heading: American Civil War, 1861-1865

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Franklin Culver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0373
Abstract

Civil War soldier, lawyer, and banker. Letters about his military service with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, and his life after the war as a lawyer and banker in Illinois and Kansas. Letters Written During the Civil War (Friends of the University of Iowa Library, 1978). These letters were published as Leslie W. Dunlap, editor, Your Affectionate Husband, J.F. Culver: Letters Written During the Civil War (Friends of the University of Iowa Library, 1978).

Dates: 1860-1900; Majority of material found within 1860-1864

Josie Thurston papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0514
Abstract

Journalist who worked for the Des Moines Register between 1947 and 1957 and was later a freelance writer.

Dates: 1893-1990

Keyes Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0039
Abstract

Mount Vernon, Iowa, family whose papers include photographs, account books, correspondence and civil war diaries.

Dates: 1832-1992

Lot Abraham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0073
Abstract

Correspondence, Civil War diaries, military records, business papers, family papers.

Dates: 1843-1921

Mann Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0161
Abstract

Civil War letters and military records of Asahel Mann, Jr., John Mann, and William Mann, all of whom were members of Co. A, 4th regiment, Iowa Cavalry.

Dates: 1861-1913; Majority of material found within 1851-1866

Marcellus Warner Darling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0236
Abstract

Civil War soldier, Congregational minister, and father of Jay Norwood Darling. Consists primarily of letters, a diary, and memoirs of his service in Company K, 154th New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862-1911; Majority of material found within 1862 -1865

Margaret Strang Corothers papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0324
Abstract

Family History of the McDowall-Wilson, Strang-McDowall, and Corothers-Strang Families, 1934.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1934

Martin Mericle Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0106
Abstract

Personal letters describing Martin Mericle's Civil War experiences while serving with the 114th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Also includes and account book, 1863-1875.

Dates: 1862-1877

Mary Jane Parsons papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0517
Abstract

Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1935

Mary Sears McHenry papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0423
Abstract

Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1865-1998

Mead Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0372
Abstract

Civil War correspondence and pension records of an Iowa County family. Some of the topics of correspondence include the Battle of Corinth, Copperheads in Iowa, Black troops, and farm life in Iowa.

Dates: 1861-1929; Majority of material found within 1862-1866

Miles Beaty Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0003
Abstract

Letters written to Beaty's father, John Beaty, telling of experiences in the 149th Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry.

Dates: 1862-1873; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1863

Myron Underwood Civil War Letters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0027
Abstract

Letters to his wife telling of his experiences as assistant surgeon of the 12th Iowa infantry regiment.

Dates: 1862-1865

Nicholas Meyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0425
Abstract

Screenwriter and director. Typescripts, screenplays, correspondence, clippings, proofs, photographs, etc.

Dates: 1945-2015; Majority of material found within 1980-1999

Otto Eisenschiml Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0256
Abstract

Chemist and Lincoln scholar. Manuscripts, notes, proofs, reviews of books on Lincoln's death and the Civil War, and the manuscript of Eisenschiml's autobiography.

Dates: 1936-1963

Paisley Family Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0450
Abstract

Diaries of John and Chloe Paisley. John served in the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, and later lived in Burlington, Iowa. Also includes diaries kept by Mabel Paisley and Susan Swan Lippitt. Contains Civil War diaries.

Dates: 1864-1918

Palmer/Calkins/Corbin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0528
Abstract

Letters, diaries, genealogies, papers, and videocassette dealing with the Civil War, the Mormon move west, and World War II.

Dates: 1859-2000; Majority of material found within 1864-1865

Rosebelle Pierce Luick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0828
Abstract

Corresponence about daily life in the late 19th century from friends and family to Luick, a resident of Belmond, Iowa.

Dates: 1854-1902

Ruth Fatherson Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0489
Abstract

Reminiscences and essays by Taylor and the transcript of a 1915 memoir written by Editha Phillips Fatherson.

Dates: 1915-2002

Second Iowa Cavalry Association Biennial Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0544
Abstract

Scrapbook containing handwritten minutes and published programs from the biennial meetings of the Second Iowa Cavalry Association.

Dates: 1899-1905