Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | James Harrison Wilson papers, circa 1862-1923 |
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Span Dates | 1861-1923 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1890-1915) |
ID No. | MSS45997 |
Creator | Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925 |
Extent | 25,000 items ; 55 containers ; 19 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Soldier, railroad builder, and author. Correspondence, journal, drafts of literary manuscripts, notes, typescripts, galley proofs of published works, speeches, articles, military orders, and memorabilia relating to Civil War campaigns, the postwar army, railway building in the Mississippi Valley, life in China in the 1880s and in 1900, and the interests of Wilson as a biographer. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011068 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79045997 |