Scott-Palmer Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Scott-Palmer Family Papers, A&M 1423, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator:
Scott-Palmer family.
Abstract:
Papers of Jewett Palmer, a Union Army officer, Mayor of Marietta (Ohio), and Republican official of Washington County (Ohio). Includes correspondence, daily journals, clipping scrapbooks, military records, genealogical and autobiographical notes, and printed materials. The papers regard the activities of Company B of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company G of the 36th OVI. There are also papers of Palmer's wife, Saida Scott, who taught music. Addendum of 1996/09/23 contains a muster roll of Company G, 36th OVI, signed by Captain Jewett Palmer, for 10/31/1863 - 12/31/1863. See Scope and Content Note for more information.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Scott-Palmer Family Papers, A&M 1423, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Jewett Palmer, a Union Army officer, Mayor of Marietta (Ohio), and Republican official of Washington County (Ohio). Includes correspondence, daily journals, clipping scrapbooks, military records, genealogical and autobiographical notes, and printed materials.

The papers regard the activities of Company B of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company G of the 36th OVI in Western Virginia along the B & O Railroad, at Summersville, Lewisburg, Meadow Bluff, and the Kanawha Valley; at Second Bull Run and Antietam; in Tennessee (1861), at Nashville, Carthage, Middle Tennessee, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Missionary Ridge. In 1864, the 36th OVI returned to Camp Crook in Charleston, WV, moving along the Virginia Central Railroad up the Shenandoah to Martinsburg.

Collection also includes the journal of Wallace S. Stanley, Company G, 36th OVI (1861-1864); military records, and post-war records documenting veterans' activities, of the 18th and 36th OVI (ca. 1861-1865, 1880-1912); and correspondence and school papers of Saida Scott, who married Palmer in 1866 and taught music (1856-1863).

Addendum of 1996/09/23 is a muster roll of Company G, 36th OVI, signed by Captain Jewett Palmer, for 10/31/1863 - 12/31/1863.

See also A&M 1458.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard