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John Edwin Bakeless papers, 1913-1977

Title: John Edwin Bakeless papers 1913-1977

John Edwin Bakeless (1894-1978) was an American author, historian, journalist, soldier, teacher, and amateur horticulturist. Collection contains manuscript and typescript drafts of Bakeless's writings; research notes and papers on military intelligence; general and family correspondence; and personal papers including diaries, scrapbooks and other miscellany.

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http://archives.nypl.org/mss/182 View

J. G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall Papers, 1779-1970, (bulk 1916-1970)

Title: J. G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall Papers 1779-1970 (bulk 1916-1970)

Author, historian, and educator (J. G. Randall). Biographer (Ruth Painter Randall). Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journal, writings, speeches, research material, printed matter, financial papers, and other papers primarily concerning J. G. Randall's works on Abraham Lincoln and on the Civil War. Also includes material relating to Randall's tenure as professor of history at the University of Illinois and to Ruth Painter Randall's research and writings, especially relating to Mary Todd Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 35,000 items; 113 containers; 49.4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011002 View

Inventory of the Everette B. Long Papers 1949-1981

Title: Inventory of the Everette B. Long Papers 1949-1981

Everette Beach Long, one of America's foremost experts on the Civil War, was born on 24 October 1919, in Whitehall, Wisconsin to Cecil Everettee and Florence (Beach) Long. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1937 to 1939 and Northwestern University from 1939 to 1941. In 1942, E. B. Long married Barbara Conzelman. Devoting himself to historical research and teaching, and a prolific writer of historical works focusing on the American Civil War, Long was the director of research for Doubleday's multi-volume , written by Bruce Catton from 1955 to 1965. He was a member of the advisory council of the National Civil War Centennial Commission. Long was a member of the Chicago Civil War Round Table and served as its president from 1955 to 1956. He was a member of the Friends of the Chicago Public Library and was its president in 1960. Long died on 31 March 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, the day after the publication of his last work, . The E. B. Long Papers (1949-1981) consist of thirty-four boxes (40 linear ft), including: personal correspondence, manuscripts by Long and others, articles, booklets, essays, clippings, photocopies, research notes, maps, brochures, and photographs. While most of the materials in this collection are dated in the twentieth century, there are several original Civil War documents of the nineteenth century. Of further interest are the drafts of Allan Nevins's , which were edited by E. B. Long, and the nine long index boxes of Long's research notes on the Civil War. The papers have been divided into the following categories: personal correspondence, manuscripts by Long, manuscripts by others, general files covering a wide range of subjects, drafts of Allan Nevins' , research notes on the Civil War, index card files of articles, and miscellaneous volumes of clippings. The correspondence is arranged both chronologically for general correspondence and alphabetically for correspondence with specific individuals, resulting in some overlapping of dates. Correspondents include Bruce Catton, the Civil War Round Table, Doubleday and Company, Allan Nevins, Lowell Reedinbaugh, and John Y. Simon. Centennial History of the Civil War The Saints and the Union: The Utah Territory in the Civil War Ordeal of the Union Ordeal of the Union

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Cleveland, Mather. Civil War correspondence. 1945-1971.

Title: Civil War correspondence. 1945-1971.

Correspondence with various scholars and friends, mostly relating to his essays and book on New Hampshire in the Civil War; several letters from Bell I. Wiley; includes some research notes.

ArchivalResource: ca. 165 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/238797234 View

Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980. Typescript of Southern Negroes, 1861-1865, 1933.

Title: Typescript of Southern Negroes, 1861-1865, 1933.

Probably a photocopy of Wiley's 1933 Yale University dissertation Southern Negroes, 1861-1865, published in book form in 1938.

ArchivalResource: .25 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37778986 View

Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-. Miscellaneous papers.

Title: Miscellaneous papers.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/726768327 View

Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980. Bell Irvin Wiley papers, 1928-1980.

Title: Bell Irvin Wiley papers, 1928-1980.

The collection consists of papers of Bell Irvin Wiley from 1928 - 1981. The papers include personal papers; general correspondence; writings, including books, articles, reviews and speeches; and research files primarily consisting of materials pertaining to the Civil War. The research materials include copies of letters, diaries, and other primary source material, most of it printed and some on microfilm. The collection also includes professional activity files pertaining to Wiley's involvement in historical associations and editorial boards; and teaching and administrative files relating to his service on the history faculty of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

ArchivalResource: 138.5 linear ft. (211 boxes and 10 oversized papers (OP))

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863223 View

Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980. An oral history with Dr. Bell Irvin Wiley / interviewer: Orley B. Caudill.

Title: An oral history with Dr. Bell Irvin Wiley / interviewer: Orley B. Caudill. c1989.

ArchivalResource: 73 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19567705 View

William Baskerville Hamilton Papers, 1700-1975

Title: William Baskerville Hamilton Papers, 1700-1975

ArchivalResource: 53,700 Items

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/hamilton/ View

Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980. Early life, H.L. Mitchell : co-founder Southern Tenant Farmer's Union : transcript, 1972.

Title: Early life, H.L. Mitchell : co-founder Southern Tenant Farmer's Union : transcript, 1972.

H.L. Mitchell talks about his life and his work as co-founder of the Southern Tenants Farmers Union.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (45 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35127058 View

Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980. Reminiscences of Bell Irvin Wiley : oral history, 1965.

Title: Reminiscences of Bell Irvin Wiley : oral history, 1965.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 44 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122513057 View

Lewis, Mort Reis. Papers of Mort Reis Lewis, 1953-1985.

Title: Papers of Mort Reis Lewis, 1953-1985.

The entire collection deals with Allan Nevins, his work and Mort Reis Lewis' efforts after Nevins' death to keep his legacy alive. The manuscripts include various drafts, most of which deal with Allan Nevins. These include copies of Ray Allen Billington's eulogy for Allan Nevins, his article "Allan Nevins - Historian: A Personal Reminiscences," and a copy of a speech by Billington regarding Nevins, which he gave at the Huntington Library. This series also includes drafts of manuscripts by Mort Reis Lewis such as "A Country Boy at the Huntington Library" and "A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will." There are also copies of the following scripts by Lewis: "A Pair of Boots" and "Stroke of Fate." Also included are transcripts of interviews, press releases and miscellaneous notes all dealing with Allan Nevins. The correspondence chiefly consists of letters by and to Mort Reis Lewis about Allan Nevins. The letters discuss Nevins' career as an American historian and the senior research associate at the Huntington Library. This series also deals with Lewis and other historians publishing about Nevins and Lewis' effort to get Nevins' image on a stamp. The correspondence also covers American society and politics during the 1960s and 1970s. Allan Nevins is the author of 36 letters, most of which are written to Lewis. There is also much correspondence between Lewis and Allan Nevins' wife, Mary, and his daughters, Anne Nevins Loftis and Meredith Nevins Mayer. The ephemera, which chiefly deals with Allan Nevins, includes newspaper clippings, obituaries, brochures, programs and audiocassettes. The ephemera also touches upon Mort Reis Lewis and Ray Billington and their work. There are four audiocassettes which contain interviews with James Thorpe, Ray Billington and E.B. Long and audio from the Allan Nevins Seminar at Claremont College, May 30, 1969. Notable participants include: American scholar, Ray Billington, Cass Canfield, Bruce Catton, Henry Steele Commager, Carl Haverlin, Alfred A. Knopf, Anne Lofits, Everette Beach Long, Los Angeles times, Allan Nevins, Claiborne Pell, Abraham Ribicoff, Andrew F. Rolle, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Louis Morris Starr, Irving Stone, James Thorpe, Justin G. Turner, Bell Wiley and Daniel Woodward. Subjects covered in the collection include: American heritage, Ray Bradbury, CBS, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Henry E. Huntington Library, Historical Times, Inc., Lyndon B. Johnson, KCET Television Station, Edward "Ted" Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, George S. McGovern, NBC, National Historical Society, New York Times Company, Richard M. Nixon and Watergate, Reader's digest, Ronald Reagan, and the Writer's Guild of America. The collection also includes items about the historians' research including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant.

ArchivalResource: 426 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317629510 View

Davidson, John Mitchell, 1829-1917. John Mitchell Davidson papers, 1851-1960 [microform].

Title: John Mitchell Davidson papers, 1851-1960 [microform].

The collection consists of a microfilm copy of the papers of John M. Davison from 1851-1960. Correspondence between Davidson and his wife, Julia, describes his business trips, enlistment, his cousin Zebulon Vance, and military campaigns in which he was involved in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia, and Julia's life in Atlanta (1862-1864) including difficult economic conditions and Sherman's capture of Atlanta; there is also correspondence between Bell I. Wiley and the donor of the material. The scrapbook of clippings was compiled by Davidson; genealogical material is on the Davidson family; the biography is of Isaac Dunn, Julia's father; miscellaneous papers are Davidson's and are service related.

ArchivalResource: .125 linear feet (1 partial box)1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123402135 View