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Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 3623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 3623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3623. Photographs (27) and accompanying narrative of an “adventure in good eating” of Duncan Hines and his wife Clara, consisting of a June automobile trip to restaurants and inns in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. They were accompanied by a photographer and editor for Look Magazine.
Gardner, Henry P., 1838?-1863 (Sc 3608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gardner, Henry P., 1838?-1863 (Sc 3608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3608. Letter, 8 January 1863, of Henry P. Gardner, Atlanta, Illinois, to his father and sister in law. From camp at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he is serving with the 38th Illinois Infantry, he writes vividly of the horrors of the Battle of Stones River: the heavy shelling, the aggressive tactics of Union General William Rosecrans, and the carnage on the battlefield, especially as suffered by Confederate forces.
Sullivan, Jefferson M., 1836-1905 (Sc 3610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sullivan, Jefferson M., 1836-1905 (Sc 3610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3610. Letter, 17 August 1862, of Jefferson M. Sullivan, Atlanta, Illinois, written while serving with the 68th Illinois Infantry at Camp Stuart, Virginia. He speculates on his regiment’s future movements, recommends that his correspondent’s son stay out of the Army, remarks on his diet of green apples and peaches, and laments the failure of his wheat crop and the departure for war of the young men at home.
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Sc 3594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Sc 3594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3594. Letters of Robert E. Morningstar, Chicago, Illinois, to his daughter-in-law Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He remarks on the news clippings she sends and on family members, but much of the content relates to his anxiety over his finances and requests for her assistance. He also describes gaining some relief when he secures a job as a hotel night clerk.