Civil War Scrapbook

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Civil War Scrapbook, Ms1993-019, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
Scrapbook memorializing the American Civil War, largely with clippings from unidentified newspapers, collected between 1870 and 1916, relating to the war's battles and personalities, particularly Robert E. Lee.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Civil War Scrapbook, Ms1993-019, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a scrapbook, likely compiled in Virginia, memorializing the American Civil War. The scrapbook is composed largely of clippings from unidentified newspapers, nearly all from the post-war years, and most from the 1870s and 1880s. Items in the scrapbook chronicle the war's battles and its personalities, with a signficant portion devoted to the death and memorialization of Robert E. Lee. Several clippings contain war-related poetry. The scrapbook also includes a handwritten sheet entitled "A War-Time Menu which greeted Turner Ashby's camp at Winchester, Va.;" images of several Confederate memorials, clipped from an unidentified source; and an advertisement for a 1916 showing of D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation.

Acquisition information:
The Civil War Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1993.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Civil War Scrapbook commenced and was completed in October, 2023.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard