Palmer, William Pendleton, 1861-1927,
Biographical notes:
William Pendleton Palmer was President of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (1913-1927).
From the description of Regimental papers of the Civil War, 1849-1882, bulk 1861-1865 / [collected by] William Pendleton Palmer. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19898789
William Pendleton Palmer was President of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.
From the description of Medical department and hospital papers collection : Union and Confederate Armies, 1846-1866 / [collected by] William Pendleton Palmer. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19898778
Steel company executive and collector of Civil War materials. He served as president of the Western Reserve Historical Society (1913-1927).
From the description of Civil War miscellany, 1832-1910, bulk 1860-1866. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18376207
President of American Steel and Wire Co., a director of U.S. Steel Corp., and President of the Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, Ohio) from 1913-1927. Palmer had an intense interest in the Civil War and acquired an extensive collection of material relating not only to the war, but to ante-bellum life, slavery, and the life of Abraham Lincoln as well. This collection is one of several Palmer collections relating to the Civil War owned by the Western Reserve Historical Society.
From the description of William P. Palmer collection of Civil War manuscripts, [ca. 1761-ca. 1910]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 23232087
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Charities
- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863
- Generals
- Hospitals
- Missionary Ridge, Battle of, Tenn., 1863
- Plantations
- Reconstruction
- Slave trade
- Soldiers
- Soldiers
- Veterans
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- Collector
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- Southern States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Confederate States of America (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Florida (as recorded)
- Confederate States of America (as recorded)
- Missouri (as recorded)
- Louisiana (as recorded)
