Lee-Jackson Foundation collection

Location of collection:

Virginia Military Institute Archives

Preston Library

Virginia Military Institute

345 Letcher Ave.

Lexington, VA 24450-0304

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak

Email: archives@vmi.edu

Phone: (540) 464-7516

Phone: (540) 464-7566

Fax: (540) 464-7089

Web: www.vmi.edu/archives

Restrictions:

There are no restrictions

Terms of access:

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Summary

Extent:

0.5 Linear Feet approximately 50 items in one box and oversized case

Creator:

Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852, Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916, Noyes, Edward F. (Edward Follansbee), 1832-1890, White, William S. (William Spottswood), 1800-1873, Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898, Johnson, Bradley T. (Bradley Tyler), 1829-1903, Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891, Douglas, Henry Kyd, 1838-1903, Slidell, John, 1793-1871, Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895, Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886, Forrer, Samuel, Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894, Cabell, Mayo, Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887, Bayly, Thomas M., 1775-1834, Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879, Pope, John, 1822-1892, and Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of approximately 50 unrelated manuscripts (1744-1908). The items, primarily autograph letters, were purchased at various times by the Lee-Jackson Foundation. Many items date from the Civil War and bear the signatures of Civil War era notables.

Physical location:

Manuscripts stacks and oversized case 2

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Autographs
Autographs (manuscripts)

Names:

Hotchkiss family