[Papers], 1861-1919.

ArchivalResource

[Papers], 1861-1919.

Collection includes papers of G. William Harrison Kemper, who was an M.D. in Muncie, Ind., 1865-1915, a veteran of Company B, 17th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and author of "Medical History of Indiana." Papers include an 1861 Civil War diary, a letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes (July 31, 1887), news clippings, etc.

2 folders.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7136535

Indiana State Library - ISL

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g8fhd (corporateBody)

The 7th Indiana Volunteer Regiment was mustered in at Indianapolis in September, 1861. When its enlistment time ran out, it consolidated first with the 19th Indiana, then with the 20th. From the description of Records, 1861-1915. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 28164644 ...

Kemper, G. W. H. (General William Harrison), 1839-1927

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb4g8h (person)

Physician of Muncie, Indiana enlisted in the 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and in the 17th Indiana Volunteers, serving as hospital steward and as assistant surgeon. From the description of William H. Kemper papers, 1861-1925. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 10470388 A distinguished physician and citizen of Muncie, Dr. Kemper was an avid local historian who published a comprehensive two volume work on the history of Delaware County in 1908. He was also an earn...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q1p0q (person)

Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...