Contains correspondence, property and legal records, writings, and genealogical materials and accounts of the Boyd family of Indiana. Chiefly correspondence and papers of Dr. Samuel S. Boyd, including his Civil War scrapbook with 3 photographs, documents, and newspaper articles written for the True Republican by Boyd, who volunteered as a surgeon after his wife's death in 1862; also contains the Civil War diary of his brother, William A. Boyd, both officers in the 84th Indiana Volunteers. Includes correspondence of S.S. Boyd's first wife, Monimia Bunnell, with whose father Boyd studied medicine, and a few letters from Boyd's second wife, the poet, Louise Vickroy. Letters from various other members of the Boyd family of Indiana are also included, along with genealogical notes and charts, and clippings. A detailed manuscript map of Franklin, Tenn., drawn in pencil by Samuel S. Boyd and presented to his son, Lawson A. Boyd, depicts the settlement and position of various regiments, equipment, and supplies on April 10, 1863. Photographs include a group portrait of Co. C 84th Indiana Volunteers with a list of names of those pictured (including Major Boyd). Dublin, Indiana photographs include the academy with two portraits inset, the "Double Inn" with men seated in front, and a large group portrait taken at a Boyd family picnic.
