Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Montgomery C. Meigs papers, 1799-1971 |
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Span Dates | 1799-1892 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1849-1892) |
ID No. | MSS32540 |
Creator | Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 |
Extent | 11,000 items ; 52 containers plus 10 oversize ; 27 linear feet ; 51 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Army officer, engineer, architect, and scientist. Correspondence, diaries and journals, notebooks, family papers, military papers, drawings and plans, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to Meigs's work in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, his service as quartermaster general during the Civil War, and family matters. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79032540 |