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Anna Maria Hickman Otis Mead Chalmers family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 4966

Scope and Contents The papers of Anna Maria (Campbell Hickman) Otis Mead Chalmers (1809-1891) and her family offer a deep look into a 19th century American family with a sharp focus on enslaved and formerly enslaved persons. The collection documents the life of a young, widowed woman, Anna Maria Mead Chalmers, who was the granddaughter of General William Hull (1753-1825). She was a mother of four children and became a businesswoman in Richmond, Virginia. She was a writer, an editor of the Southern Churchmen, an...

Dates: 1821 - 1897

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John L. Nau III Civil War History collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 16459

Scope and Contents Note John L. Nau III Civil War History collection (1846-1881; 202 cubic feet) consists of letters and transcriptions, photographs, currency, diaries and transcriptions, autographs, newspapers, photo albums, military orders, and requisitions.

Dates: 1846 - 1904; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives X

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