Harold S. Wilson Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Harold S. Wilson Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.20 Linear Feet and One half Hollinger document case boxes
Creator:
Wilson, Harris S.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Harold S. Wilson Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes material related to personal experiences and tributes of Confederate soldiers in Virginia Companies collected by Harold S. Wilson, a professor in the Department of History. Topics include primary accounts of Virginia battles, daily soldier life, military morale, and southern ideologies,

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Harold S. Wilson received his doctorate at Emory University in 1966 and is currently a professor of History at Old Dominion University. He has written several publications including an article about Matthew Fontaine Maury, a relative of William L. Fontaine. Other publications consist of books, editorials and book and manuscript reviews on topics such as Civil War, southern culture and the Progressive Era.

Note written by Sonia Yaco

Acquisition information:

Harold S. Wilson

Gift. Accession #A77-20

Processing information:

The collection was processed and finding aid created by Sonia Yaco, Special Collections Librarian, in 2009.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard