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    <unittitle>James Huffman Papers</unittitle>
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      <persname role="crp" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Huffman, James</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname role="crp" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Huffman, Oscar Caperton</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.6 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1935/1941" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1935-1941</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], James Huffman Papers, WLU Coll. 0089, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA<p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Oscar Beale Huffman in 1964.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection includes the manuscript of 'Ups and downs of a Confederate soldier' by James Huffman, a member of the Confederate States of America, 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company I, and correspondence concerning its publication; approximately 270 items, including letters to and from his son Oscar C. Huffman, a member of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Class of 1898, as well as genealogical correspondence and charts.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">Genealogy</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/996779" source="fast">Correspondence</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Manuscripts</subject>
    <genreform source="fast">Personal narratives -- Confederate</genreform>
    <subject source="fast">Logging</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Manners and customs</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia</geogname>
    <geogname source="fast">United States -- Confederate States of America</geogname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 10th</corpname>
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