Harwell collection of Confederate Imprints, ca. 1861-1865.

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Harwell collection of Confederate Imprints, ca. 1861-1865.

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Richard Barksdale Harwell (1915-1988) was a prolific bibliographer, author and editor of literature relating to the American Civil War. The collection bearing his name comprises some 1200 Confederate imprints, including sheet music, and 900 other Civil War publications.

ca. 2100 items.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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SNAC Resource ID: 7622586

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Harwell, Richard Barksdale

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Richard Barksdale Harwell, librarian, bibliographer, and author, was born June 6, 1915, in Washington, Georgia, and died March 9, 1988, in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University (English, 1937; Library Science, 1938) and received an honorary doctorate from New England College (1966). Harwell worked in libraries at Duke University (1938-1940), Emory University (assistant director, 1940-1943; Special Collections Department head, 1946-1948; assistant librarian, 1948-1955), Virginia St...