Abstract
Civil War items collected by James V. Scaife. Items include lithographed Civil War covers; letters to Scaife concerning Civil War research; photographs of battle fields; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings concerning the Civil War and other events in American history; roster of attendance of the Wilder's Brigade reunion at Chattanooga in 1913; obituaries and other clippings pertaining to Civil War veterans; and other printed items.
Dates
- 1861-1915,-1911-1915 (bulk).
Creator
- Scaife, James Verner (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Letters, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials concerning the Civil War and Civil War veterans.
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
Physical Description
Lithographed covers, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, an attendence roster, obituraries, and other printed items.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- B. Kopsco, K. Jacklin
- Date completed:
- May 1962
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, March 2004
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, June 2012
NOTE: The Scaife Civil War covers were removed from a scrapbook because of its poor condition; following is a copy of the table of contents:
- Colored
- 4
- Upham's U.S. sett
- 8
- House That Uncle Sam Built
- 20
- Magee's sett of U.S. en.
- 24
- New York sett
- 36
- Miscellaneous
- 40
- Washington
- 50
- McClellan
- 65
- Scott
- 75
- Lincoln
- 85
- Ellsworth
- 95
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by B. Kopsco, K. Jacklin
- Date
- March 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu