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Lemmon, J. G. (John Gill), 1832-1908. Civil War memoirs of John G. Lemmon, 1866.

Title: Civil War memoirs of John G. Lemmon, 1866.

Memoirs of the Civil War service that John G. Lemmon wrote in 1866. The memoirs incorporate Lemmon's field diary that covered the period from his enlistment in August 1862 and his improsonment in August 1864, his letters home, and some of his official documents. The manuscript includes a survey of "Hospitals at Nashville (ff. 17 v-- 18) and two hand-drawn maps: "Sketch of Nashville and its Defences as it appeared in the winter of 1863 & 4. Draws at Store-Room Hospital No. 1 January 1864," (ff. 20-21 v.) and an untitled map of the vicinity of Rome and Kingston, Ga., The manuscript opens with a "Register of Neighbors at the time of the sale of the Lemmon Estate to Charles Hall. March 21, 1866" (v. 1). Also included is a hand-drawn street plan of Lakeside, Mich., on the front flyleaf.

ArchivalResource: 58 leaves, bound volume,

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Luther Burbank Papers, 1830-1989, (bulk 1880-1926)

Title: Luther Burbank Papers 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926)

Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist. Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, sketches, nursery plans and notes, business records, scrapbooks, family papers and genealogies, and printed material concerning Burbank's career as a botanist and his family and personal life.

ArchivalResource: 12,500 items; 41 containers; 16 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

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Carr, Jeanne C. Smith. Papers of Jeanne C. Smith Carr, 1842->1903.

Title: Papers of Jeanne C. Smith Carr, 1842->1903.

The collection consists of letters and manuscripts related to Jeanne C.S. Carr and Ezra S. Carr and their interests, including botany, agriculture, and education. There are materials related to the history and description of California (especially early Pasadena). Of note is one letter in the collection from John Muir and Jeanne C.S. Carr's recollections of Helen Hunt Jackson.

ArchivalResource: 192 pieces.5 boxes.3 volumes.1 ephemera envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383247 View