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Barnabas Dorr Palmer personal papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P111
Overview
The papers include (1) a testimony to his recent left-handness sworn before Douglas County Clerk in 1867, (2) a manuscript titled "A sketch of my military history" which he entered in a penmanship contest, sponsored by William Oland Bourne, editor of the "Soldier's Friend", (3) a letter from General U.S. Grant awarding Palmer first prize in the contest, and (4) letter awarding Palmer a $50 prize.
Dates:
1867 - 1868
Civil War letters (1861-1865) of James Kerr Proudfit, together with Proudfit and Howard Family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 312
Overview
A collection of seventy-six bound Civil War letters written from 1861 to 1865 between James Kerr Proudfit of the Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and his family members, together with related papers and published documents by and about Proudfit, the Proudfit family, and the Howard family.
Dates:
1801 - 1965
Collection of George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry materials
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P132
Overview
Biography of George Ellis written in 1953 by Howard C. Raynesford titled George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry. Ellis served as Lieutenant in the Kansas Infantry during the Civil War and was killed in battle. Ellis County and the town of Ellis in Kansas was named in his honor. Also included is a genealogy of the Ellis family, a photograph, and a photocopy of his military commission. Raynesford also gives a brief account of the...
Dates:
1862, 1953
Joseph Rahskopf collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS B9
Overview
This collection includes Joseph Rahskopf's day book and preacher's license, reflecting his career as an evangelical preacher. The collection also includes a letter presumably from a family member, George Rahskopf, who was serving in a Wisconsin regiment during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1859 - 1866
Rees, Wustefeld, and Wildgen family collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1309
Overview
This collection includes papers and photographs from the Rees, Wustefeld, and Wildgen families of Kansas.
Dates:
1806 - 1971
Samuel Newitt Wood papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P182
Overview
Correspondence, statements concerning his murder, and clippings.
Dates:
1862 - 1892
William P. Harrison letters and a letter from Henry Bigge
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P61
Scope and Contents
Five of the letters-, dated 1861-62, are from Harrison to his sisters, one of whom was Anna Louisa Harrison, later Mrs. M. M. Green. The sixth letter, dated 1890, is from Henry Bigge to Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Green, his wife's parents. Envelope addressed to Mrs. M. M. Green used as container for Harrison's letters is included.
Dates:
1861-1862, 1890
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- Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt) 2
- Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897 1
- Bigge, Henry 1
- Black Kettle, -1868 (Cheyenne chief) 1
- Bourne, Wm. Oland (William Oland), 1819-1901 1
- Branson, Jacob 1
- Brown, John, 1800-1859 1
- Connelley , William Elsey, 1855-1930 1
- Ellis, George, 1832-1864 1
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
- Green, Anna Louisa 1
- Green, M. M. 1
- Harrison, William P. 1
- Howard family 1
- Lacy, H. D. 1
- Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866 1
- Lowe, Joseph, active 1901 1
- Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911 1
- Palmer, Barnabas Dorr, 1842- 1
- Proudfit family. 1
- Proudfit, James Kerr, 1831-1917 1
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 1
- Rahskopf, Joseph 1
- Raynesford, Howard C. 1
- Realf, Richard, 1834-1878 1
- Rees, Jacob Griffin, 1825- 1
- Rees, Lloyd O. 1
- Reese family 1
- Robinson, R. F. 1
- Spillman, Thomas J. 1
- Stoffel, John 1
- Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), -1913 1
- United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865) 1
- Wildgen family 1
- Wildgen, Mike 1
- Wustefeld family 1
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