Elvira Sheridan Badger papers, 1859-ca. 1930, bulk 1859-1878.

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Elvira Sheridan Badger papers, 1859-ca. 1930, bulk 1859-1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182630205

Three volumes of Elvira C. Sheridan Badger's diaries spanning the years of 1859-1875, and one diary fragment, 1877-1878, together with two volumes of antebellum parlor music bound for Elvira C. Sheridan prior to her marriage, later diary transcriptions and narratives, and a 20th-century family photograph.

1.5 cubic ft. (2 oversize boxes)

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Badger, Alpheus C.

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