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Leroy F. Jackson Papers

Title: Leroy F. Jackson Papers

The collection consists of the papers of Professor Leroy F. Jackson (1881-1958), an educator actively involved in the education of Native Americans in the early 20th century. The material focus on the the following subjects: early missions and missionaries to Native Americans in Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin; Indian schools in Alaska and New Mexico; the Navajo; the Hopi; the public school and university in America and American education; progressive education; probation and the juvenile court.

ArchivalResource: 1,457 items in 13 boxes

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Smith, George R., ca. 1831-1863. Letters, 1852-1863, bulk 1862-1863.

Title: Letters, 1852-1863, bulk 1862-1863.

The collection contains mostly Civil War letters from George R. Smith to his wife and family, written from Camp Morton, Indianapolis, and various locations in Tennessee and Mississippi. There are also letters to Smith from his wife, Margaret C. Smith, Wolcotts Mills, LaGrange County, Ind. The letters discuss camp life and living conditions, and news of home. Other letters, 1852-1858, are miscellaneous letters to parents and relatives.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21667741 View

English, James L. Letter : to Gen. George R. Smith / by James L. English 1850 Nov 8.

Title: Letter : to Gen. George R. Smith / by James L. English 1850 Nov 8.

Discusses the difficulty of bringing goods to California for profit and the unhappiness of men who do not bring their wives and children. Describes his trip to California, emphasizing the dangers of hostile Indians and of crossing the Sierra Nevada.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128337 View

[General Motors Corporation : historical materials]. Folder 87-4.19.5a

Title: [General Motors Corporation : historical materials]. Folder 87-4.19.5a

ArchivalResource: Box 20 of 21 boxes : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/781462335 View

Walters, Dortha,. [Dortha Walters Collection, 1852-1863].

Title: [Dortha Walters Collection, 1852-1863].

Photocopies of letters of George and Margaret Smith, Lagrange, Indiana, include Civil War letters from George Smith and James Vandewalker while serving with Indiana 12th Infantry, Company B, 1862-1863.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/285130495 View

Smith, George R., ca. 1831-1863. Papers, 1852-1863.

Title: Papers, 1852-1863.

Chiefly Civil War letters from Smith to his wife, Margaret Smith, and other family members in Noble and LaGrange counties, written while he was serving with the 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment in Tennessee and Mississippi, and letters from Margaret Smith to her husband describing home life during the war.

ArchivalResource: 76 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70928755 View

United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870

Title: United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives 1861-1870

The United States Sanitary Commission established the Army and Navy Claim Agency (ANCA) in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 1864 to serve as the USSC’s central office to assist Union soldiers, sailors, and their families in prosecuting claims on the federal government for pensions, back pay, bounty, commutation of rations, prize money, and other benefits, without cost. The Army and Navy Claim Agency Archives comprise the records of the Army and Navy Claim Agency; the records of the Pension Agency, its predecessor organization; the registers and cash books of its subsidiary local agencies; and the records of two quasi-independent USSC claim agencies whose origins predate the establishment of the Army and Navy Claim Agency: the Protective War Claim Association of the State of New York, located in New York City, and the Protective War Claim and Pension Agency, located in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 506.37 linear feet; 1190 boxes, 46 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18809 View