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The Ulysses S. Grant Scrapbook was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2010.
The processing and description of the Ulysses S. Grant Scrapbook commenced and was completed in December 2019.
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.
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
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