Harris Collection on the Civil War and Slavery, Ephemera Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 007-04-01

Staff Only

Dates

1820-1881, bulk 1861-1865

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

PPL believes this collection is in the public domain. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.

Extent

14 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 11 oversized folders)

Language of Materials

English

German

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Original material purchased from the estate of C. Fiske Harris in 1884; Grand Army of the Potomac lithograph was a gift of Miss Alicia Appleton; Photostat copy of R.I. Camp near Washington, DC from the collection of Greg Shepley; Fort Pulaski flag originally loaned by Professor C. W. Brown 29 August, 1921; Confederate money donated by U.S. Treasury Department in 1913 and the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1924.

Collecting Areas

- 007. Harris Collection on the Civil War & Slavery

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Harris Collection on the Civil War and Slavery, Ephemera Collection
Author: The collection was processed by Robin Alario in 2011. The finding aid was revised by Kate Wells in 2018.
Date: 2018
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin