Ralph Edmond Wager collection, 1839-1974.

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Ralph Edmond Wager collection, 1839-1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863270

The collection consists of items from 1836-1974 collected by Ralph Edmond Wager. The collection contains serveral letters to and from Alexander H. Stephens (1834-1845) and some Civil War letters including a letter from Robert E. Lee to General James Longstreet (October 26, 1862) reporting the destruction resulting from skirmishes at Manassas (Va.); documents including land grants, slave bills, bonds; and financial records (1839-1865). The collection also includes Wager's own photographs of flowers, manuscripts of his writings, and materials pertaining to clergyman and socialist Bouck White, who lived in New York from 1924-1951. Among the White materials are Wager's correspondence (1962-1967) concerning a biography of White, articles by and about White, photographs, and Wager's typescript of White's biograpy which was never published.

3 linear ft. (6 boxes and 3 oversized papers (OP))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

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White, Bouck, 1874-1951

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Emory university

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The Baccalaureate service is an inter-religious ceremony for all graduating Emory University students receiving bachelor's degrees and consists of prayers, music, and an address by the Emory University President. The Commencement ceremony includes all Emory University graduates and consists of an address by the commencement speaker, the conferral of honorary degrees and awards, and the conferral of degrees en masse. From the description of Emory University Baccalaureate and Commencem...