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United States. Navy. Wisconsin related documents and photographs, 1864, 1909, 1946-1957.

Title: Wisconsin related documents and photographs, 1864, 1909, 1946-1957.

Miscellaneous papers relating to naval events in which Wisconsin men participated including: letters, 1864, reporting the destruction of the rebel ram "Albemarle," under the command of Lieut. William B. Cushing; report, 1909, of the cruise of the U.S.S. Wisconsin; action report, 1952, of the U.S.S. Wisconsin; and brief biographical sketches of Wisconsin naval men.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and21 photographs (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173702054 View

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Cushing and Van Buren family papers, 1864-1889.

Title: Cushing and Van Buren family papers, 1864-1889.

Recommendation of William B. Cushing by Abraham Lincoln, 1864; photograph, card and obituary of William B. Cushing; genealogies of Milton B. Cushing and James Henry Van Buren; and two letters, 1887 and 1889, to Katie from Grandma Cushing.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33937712 View

Cushing, William, fl. 1843-1870. William Cushing journal of a voyage to the Columbia River and related papers, 1843-[1870].

Title: William Cushing journal of a voyage to the Columbia River and related papers, 1843-[1870].

Fair copy of Cushing's journal kept during his voyage aboard the brig Chenamus and subsequent travels in Oregon. Cushing describes Honolulu, and in detail his 16 months in Oregon: trading at Fort George (Astoria), Fort Clatsop, the settlement of Portland, visiting Dr. John McLoughlin of the Hudson's Bay Company, traveling up and down the Columbia River. At the end of his journal, Cushing summarizes his impressions of Oregon. The journal is accompanied by a photocopy of a later typed transcript. Also accompanied by two watercolors of the Chenamus, drawn by Cushing, an albumen photograph of the Cushing mansion in Newburyport with William and his family standing around it, taken ca. 1870, and a seamen's certificate for a voyage to the Columbia River on the Brig Smith Tuttle, captained by Avery Sylvester, a friend of Cushing, and captain of the Chenamus on the return trip to Hawaii and New England from the Columbia River.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box + 2 broadsides)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702147188 View

Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874. William B. Cushing Papers, 1894.

Title: William B. Cushing Papers, 1894.

United States Navy commander. Collection consists of letters of reminiscences about him, written by Katharine Abell Cushing and Nelly A. Hassam.

ArchivalResource: 1 envelope ( .25 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654124549 View

Ruffin, Roulhac, and Hamilton Family, 1784-1951

Title: Ruffin, Roulhac, and Hamilton Family, 1784-1951

Ruffin, Roulac, and Hamilton family members resided chiefly in eastern and central North Carolina, but also in Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama. Prominent among them were Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870), Anne M. Kirkland Ruffin (b. 1794), Joseph Blount Gregoire Roulhac (1795-1856), Catherine Ruffin Roulhac (b. 1810), and Daniel Heyward Hamilton, Jr. (b. 1838). The collection includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, account books, photographs, and other items, chiefly 1823-1890, relating to members of the Ruffin, Roulhac, and Hamilton families and their friends and associates. The papers relate to routine family matters and everyday life, and, to a lesser extent, to business matters, including the Ruffin plantations in North Carolina and Joseph Blount Gregoire Roulhac's career as a merchant in Raleigh, to the Civil War and Reconstruction, and to various public concerns. There are few items relating to Thomas Ruffin's legal and judicial career. The collection also contains photographs, carte-de-visite photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes, and sketches of members of the Ruffin and Roulhac families, friends, unidentified people, buildings, and Civil War naval engagements. There is also a mid-1850s daguerreotype of the sophomore class at the University of North Carolina, the earliest known image of a group of students at UNC.

ArchivalResource: 3,300; 7.5

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/r/Ruffin,Roulhac,and_Hamilton_Family.html View

Cushing family. Papers and photographs, 1915-1936.

Title: Papers and photographs, 1915-1936.

A paper, probably written by Hosea Rood, about the Civil War service of the William, Alonzo, Howard, and Milton Cushing who were residents of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The story includes the highlights of the Navy career of William Cushing and Alonzo's actions at the battle of Gettysburg. Howard's service as a private and later service in the Indian wars is mentioned as is Milton's service as a postmaster with the Union Army. Also found is an article originally appearing in the New York Times Magazine about William Cushing's role in the sinking of the Albermarle. A carte de visite of William B. Cushing in an officers frock is also included.

ArchivalResource: Papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) and.Photographs : (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60812852 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874. Autograph album, 1854-1936.

Title: Autograph album, 1854-1936.

Contains signatures of Rutherford B. Hayes, Jefferson Davis, Franklin Pierce, Theodore Roosevelt, and others connected with the U.S. government and armed forces. Indcludes announcement of William B. Cushing's wedding to Kate Forbes, and photograph of the house of Cushing's father-in-law, D.T. Forbes.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33428663 View

Trimby, T. R. The destruction of the Albemarl / T.R. Trimby.

Title: The destruction of the Albemarl / T.R. Trimby. n.d.

ArchivalResource: [6] p. ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37775871 View

Photographic Portrait File

Title: Photographic Portrait File

ArchivalResource:

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf7j49n8zt View

Anketell, Margaret. Papers, 1851-1930.

Title: Papers, 1851-1930.

Material collected and prepared by Margaret Anketell concerning the establishment and history of St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church in Delafield, Wisconsin. The collection consists of correspondence, excerpts from diaries, and copies of county and parish records, 1851-1908. Also included are letters to Anketell from George H. Noyes and others, 1911-1930, concerning the erection and dedication of the Cushing monument at Delafield, Wis.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box); plusadditions of 44 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173702003 View

Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874. Letters, 1859-1863.

Title: Letters, 1859-1863.

Letters written by William B. Cushing to his cousin, Mrs. Mary Buell Edwards Smith, East Troy, Wisconsin, while attending the Naval Academy and later while serving in the Navy during the Civil War; also includes biographical information about Alonzo Cushing and photocopies of newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145785545 View