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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

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Fisher, Horace Newton, 1836-1916. Horace N. Fisher papers, 1775-1958; bulk: 1860-1958.

Title: Horace N. Fisher papers, 1775-1958; bulk: 1860-1958.

Correspondence, military papers, maps, notes and writings of Horace Newton Fisher of Brookline, Mass. pertaining to his experiences during the Civil War, 1862-65. Fisher served as an aide de camp to Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook in the 2nd (later the 4th) Division of the Army of the Ohio, and Inspector General in the 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland in Kentucky and Tennessee. The collection includes letters written to his family describing travel from Boston to Tennessee, the Battle of Shiloh, Pennsylvania, April 1862, skirmishes in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Jan. 1862, and the Chickamauga campaign. Also, official papers relating to troop inspections and an inspector general's report for Sept. 1863. Collection also includes manuscript copies of letters sent by George Washington, Horatio Gates, and Robert H. Harrison to Artemas Ward, 1775-76, copied by Horace N. Fisher; and letters and manuscript copies of documents related to Fisher's research and documentation of his Civil War experiences, 1870-1907. Also, chapters prepared by his son, Horace Cecil Fisher, 1907-58, for a book about his father entitled, "A Staff Officer's Story: The Personal Experiences of Horace Newton Fisher in the Civil War," published in 1960.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52473876 View

Class Book, 1857.

Title: Class Book, 1857.

The volume forms part of the Records of the Harvard College Class of 1857. It contains biographical information on class members and minutes of class meetings.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua26004/catalog View

Fisher, Horace Cecil. Horace Cecil Fisher papers, 1859-1962.

Title: Horace Cecil Fisher papers, 1859-1962.

Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, maps, personal items. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: 1848-1860; Civil War -- Western Theater; 1950s; 1960s. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: volunteer aide-de-camp, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio; volunteer aide-de-camp and topographical engineering officer, XX Corps; inspector general, XX Corps; acting inspector general, Army of the Cumberland. General description of the collection: The Horace Cecil Fisher papers include officer's excerpts of letters and memoirs of Horace Newton Fisher, 1862-1863 compiled with narrative and maps by his son. Memoirs detail daily life, officers, U.S. Grant, Rosecrans, William Nelson, Alexander McCook, and Don C. Buell; battles and campaigns in Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Chickamauga and Chattanooga.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48758323 View

Fisher family. Genealogy, ca. 1860-ca. 1890.

Title: Genealogy, ca. 1860-ca. 1890.

Early genealogy of the Fisher family compiled between 1860 and 1890 by Horace N. Fisher, including descendants of Anthony Fisher, Joshua Fisher, and Thomas Fisher.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder and 1 folder of photocopies.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17736467 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

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Fisher, Horace N. (Horace Newton), 1836-1916. Horace N. Fisher papers, 1878-1898.

Title: Horace N. Fisher papers, 1878-1898.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79453591 View

Autograph File, F, 1447-1994.

Title: Autograph File, F, 1447-1994.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01429/catalog View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View