Ulysses S. Grant 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
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ulysses S. Grant Scrapbook, Ms2019-044, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Starr, Henry Etter, 1893-1935
Abstract:
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relate to Ulysses S. Grant, likely compiled by Henry Etter Starr.
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ulysses S. Grant Scrapbook, Ms2019-044, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single scrapbook, containing newspaper clippings about U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Most of the clippings are laudatory in nature and relate to Grant's younger years, his military career, and his burial. Included is a clipping from the Harrisburg Independent of July 23, 1885, announcing Grant's death. Also included are two memorial flyers printed after the death of President William McKinley. Most of the clippings appear to be from Pennsylvania newspapers. The name of the scrapbook's likely compiler, Henry Etter Starr, appears on the volume's first leaf.

Biographical / historical:

A native of Ohio, Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1843. He joined the Union Army in 1861. After leading Union forces during the Vicksburg Campaign (1863), he was appointed commanding general of the United States Army in March, 1864 and commanded the army through victory a year later. In 1868, Grant was elected the 18th president of the United States and was re-elected in 1872. Following his presidency, Grant travelled abroad, campaigned unsuccessfully for a third presidential term, and wrote his memoirs. He died in Wilton, New York.

The scrapbook contains no biographical information on its presumed compiler, Henry Etter Starr. A Henry Etter Starr was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania in 1893. In 1921, he married Anna Spiesman, and the couple would have two children. Starr obtained a BS in science from Gettysburg College and earned a Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania in 1922 while teaching courses there in physiological chemistry, toxicology, and psychology. In 1928, he became director of the Rutgers Psychological and Mental Hygiene Clinic. Henry Etter Starr died in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1935.

Acquisition information:
The Ulysses S. Grant Scrapbook was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2010.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Ulysses S. Grant Scrapbook commenced and was completed in December 2019.