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1	Title:	Austin Johnson Letters
	Creator:	Johnson, Austin
	Dates:	1842-1864
	Abstract:	Austin Johnson was a resident of Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont. the collection consists of letters received by Johnson, chiefly from his brother Horace Johnson, of Sandusky, Ohio, and containing his views on contemporary events, including the American Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 2028
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Johnson, Austin. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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2	Title:	Jones Family Papers
	Creator:	Jones Family
	Dates:	1857-1878
	Abstract:	Andrew B. and Charles M. Jones (probably brothers) resided in North Washington, Hardin County, Ohio. The collection consists primarily of letters received by Andrew B. and Charles M. Jones from various relatives, including some which touch upon the American Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 3191
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jones family. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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3	Title:	Royce Family Papers
	Creator:	Royce Family
	Dates:	1852-1924
	Abstract:	Abner Royce served in Company H, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was stationed at Camp Chase, Ohio, and at camps in Virginia during the Civil War. His parents resided in Bloomville, Ohio. William D. Royce was an inspector for the Cleveland Division of the American Protective League, which in 1919 became the Loyal American League. The collection consists of descriptive rolls and letters from Abner Royce to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Royce; sketchbook of Henrietta L. Royce; papers of the Cleveland Division of the American Protective League, including a plan of organization, inspector reports, form letters and other correspondence, and handbills; miscellaneous letters, stock certificates, and other family papers.
	Call #:	MS 1675
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1865). Company H. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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4	Title:	Kellys Island Literary Society Records ("The Islander")
	Creator:	Kellys Island Literary Society
	Dates:	1860-1878
	Abstract:	Datus Kelley (1788-1866) and his family were some of the first permanent settlers of what later became Rocky River, Ohio. In 1833 Datus, with brother Irad, began to purchase land near Sandusky, Ohio, on Cunninghma's Island. The island was later renamed Kelly's Island. The Kelley Island Literary Society was established pursuant to the building of Kelley Hall, a hall Datus Kelley built. On December 22, 1860 the Literary Society published its first edition of the Islander. Anyone who wished to join the literary society was welcome, including women. The collection consists of issues of a manuscript newspaper published on Kelleys Island, in Sandusky Bay, Erie County, Ohio, by the Kellys Island Literary Society. The journal was "devoted to the discussion of questions in the Arts and Sciences, Agriculture and Manufactures, Politics and Morality." Prepared and written during the winter months, issues were read before weekly gatherings of inhabitants of the isolated island. Includes reports on current events, editorials, letters to the editor, articles on history, humor, philosophy, religion, science, and travel, letters of soldiers participating in the American Civil War, and advertisements.
	Call #:	MS 2116
	Extent:	2.0 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Kelleys Island (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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5	Title:	Marcus F. Roberts Papers
	Creator:	Roberts, Marcus F.
	Dates:	1859-1898
	Abstract:	Marcus F. Roberts was a resident of Wayne County, Indiana, who served (probably in the Indiana Volunteer Infantry) during the American Civil War. He was mustered out as a 1st Lieutenant on June 16, 1865. He spent most of 1864 in Alabama. The collection consists of diaries, apparently kept by Roberts, before and during the Civil War, and a certificate.
	Call #:	MS 3005
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Roberts, Marcus F. \| Soldiers -- Indiana -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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6	Title:	George D. Lockwood Family Papers
	Creator:	Lockwood, George D. Family
	Dates:	1819-1960
	Abstract:	Stanley G. Lockwood (1789-1860) moved from Connecticut to Painesville, Ohio, where he opened a general store, in 1835. His sons, George D. Lockwood (1830-1874) and John S. Lockwood (born 1834), continued the firm. In 1856 George moved to Davenport, Iowa and opened another store, Livingston and Lockwood. During the American Civil War he was an officer in Companies D and I of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His brother, Stanley B. Lockwood (1840-1884), served in Company G. of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and in Company K of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The collection consists of correspondence, military records, financial records, diaries, and newspaper clippings. A major topic of the correspondence is the American Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 3576
	Extent:	3.10 linear feet (7 containers and 2 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Lockwood family. \| United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Company G. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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7	Title:	Chauncey W. Mead Papers
	Creator:	Mead, Chauncey W.
	Dates:	1862-1865
	Abstract:	Chauncey W. Mead (1841-1906) was a sergeant in the 103rd Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of letters to Kate Litzel of Cleveland, Ohio while Mead was in the service; also a descriptive note and a grave registration card.
	Call #:	MS 3602
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Mead, Chauncey W., 1841-1906. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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8	Title:	Herman Meyers Civil War Diary
	Creator:	Meyers, Herman
	Dates:	1864
	Abstract:	Herman Meyers was a soldier in Company A of the 155th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. He fought in the battles of Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsville Court House, Shady Grove Church, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. The collection consists of a diary dated 1864 and a photocopy of the same. The entries usually name the place of encampment and comment on the day's weather and events.
	Call #:	MS 3802
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Meyers, Herman. \| Soldiers -- Pennsylvania. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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9	Title:	Bickham Family Papers
	Creator:	Bickham Family
	Dates:	1831-1917
	Abstract:	The collection consists of an autograph album of Maria Bickham, personal correspondence, a "Book of Literary Memoranda" by Elizabeth A. Strickle at Hygiea [sic] Female Athenaeum (1846-1860), an account of the sojourn of William D. Bickham in California (1851); two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on the American Civil War, including articles by Bickham for the Cincinnati Daily Commercial; and a journal of the birth and childhood of William Strickle Bickham, kept by his parents (1856-1865).
	Call #:	MS 0133
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Bickham, William Strickle, 1856- \| Bickham family. \| California -- Description and travel. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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10	Title:	John Worrell Northrop Diary
	Creator:	Worrell, John
	Dates:	1864
	Abstract:	John Worrell Northrop was a Civil War soldier who served in the 76th New York Infantry. The collection consists of a detailed account of Northrop's battle experiences, capture, and confinement at Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Chronicles from the diary of a war prisoner in Andersonville and other military prisons of the South in 1864... by J. W. Northrop, Wichita, Kan., 1904.
	Call #:	MS 0450
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (2 volumes)
	Subjects:	Northrop, John Worrell. \| Andersonville Prison. \| Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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11	Title:	Grand Army of the Republic, Brough Post No. 359 Records
	Creator:	Grand Army of the Republic, Brough Post No. 359
	Dates:	ca. 1900
	Abstract:	The Grand Army of the Republic, Brough Post No. 359, was founded in Collinwood, Ohio, as a local chapter of a national association for veterans of the Civil War. Collinwood was annexed to Cleveland in 1910. The collection consists of personal war sketches of members of Brough Post No. 359, including Joseph B. Baldwin, R.L. Chittenden, Henry M. Frissell, J.F. Herrick, George C. Mapes, and Alonzo Waters.
	Call #:	MS 0469
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Grand Army of the Republic. Brough Post No. 359 (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
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12	Title:	George W. Landrum Letters
	Creator:	Landrum, George W.
	Dates:	1861-1863
	Abstract:	George W. Landrum (1830-1863) was a Kentucky native who moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. During the American Civil War he served first in the 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment (the "Guthrie Gray" Regiment) and later as a 1st Lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment. He died at Chickamauga in September 1863. The collection consists primarily of typewritten transcripts of letters sent to Landrum's sister, Amanda Wilson (Mrs. Obed J. Wilson), containing descriptions of camp life and various military encounters in which Landrum took part during the Civil War, such as Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Kentucky.) and Stone River (Murfreesboro, Tennessee).
	Call #:	MS 0543
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Landrum, George W., 1830-1863. \| United States. Army Ohio Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861) Company A. \| United States. Army Ohio Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864) Company D. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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13	Title:	Adoniram Judson Warner Papers
	Creator:	Warner, Adoniram Judson
	Dates:	1858-1903
	Abstract:	Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) was an educator and Union officer, of Pennsylvania, and United States Representative from Ohio (1879-1881 and 1883-1887). The collection consists of quarterly school rolls (1858-1859); Lewiston, Pennsylvania, farm accounts (1859); general and current accounts (1859-1863); and narratives of the Battle of Antietam, 1862, and of the Battle of South Mountain, 1862, written in 1903 by Warner, who participated in them.
	Call #:	MS 0548
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Warner, Adoniram Judson, 1834-1910. \| Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. \| South Mountain, Battle of, 1862. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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14	Title:	Kelley Family Papers
	Creator:	Kelley Family
	Dates:	1798-1884
	Abstract:	The Kelly Family owned and developed Kelley's Island, Ohio, in Lake Erie. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, land contracts, deeds and other previous hit papers of the Kelley family next hit. Includes diaries kept by Alfred S. Kelley while residing on Kelley's Island, concerning local events and the Civil War; diary kept by Hermon A. Kelley while attending school on the island; criminal-docket book of Addison Kelley, justice of the peace; and statements on the condition of Kelley's Island Wine Company. Other persons represented include Datus, Hannah and Sara Kelley.
	Call #:	MS 1723
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Kelly family. \| Court calendars -- Ohio -- Kelley's Island. \| Children's writings, American. \| Kelleys Island (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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15	Title:	Edward E. Kelsey Record Books
	Creator:	Kelsey, Edward E.
	Dates:	1857-1877
	Abstract:	Edward E. Kelsey (1840-1927) was a private in Company C, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The collection consists of pocket diaries (1857, 1862) containing brief accounts of the daily activities of Kelsey, of La Porte, Ohio, who served in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War; account book (1874-1877); and geometry notebook.
	Call #:	MS 2135
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Kelsey, Edward E., 1840-1927. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864). Company C. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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16	Title:	William W. Richardson Diaries
	Creator:	Richardson, William W.
	Dates:	1862-1865
	Abstract:	William W. Richardson (b. 1827 or 1828) was a musician in Company I, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of diaries kept by Richardson while serving in the 104th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. The diaries reflect the regiment's battle activities, as well as Richardson's duties, which included burying the dead, building fortifications, barbering and drawing maps.
	Call #:	MS 2136
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Richardson, William W., b. 1827 or 8. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 104th (1862-1865). Company I. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Infantry -- 104th.
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17	Title:	John McMeekin Papers
	Creator:	McMeekin, John
	Dates:	1862-1866
	Abstract:	John McMeekin was a soldier in the 144th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists primarily of letters from McMeekin to his mother, Hannah McMeekin, of Washington, Fayette County, Ohio, while he was stationed at Camp Marietta, Ohio, and in various camps in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi, during the Civil War.
	Call #:	MS 2297
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McMeekin, John. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 144th (1864). \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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18	Title:	James McMahon Papers
	Creator:	McMahon, James
	Dates:	1863-1888
	Abstract:	James McMahon (born 1835 or 1836) was an officer in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of letters, commissions, and a pocket diary for 1864 kept by McMahon, recording his activities and accounts of battles, including the Siege of Atlanta, in which he participated from April to September, 1864.
	Call #:	MS 2531
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McMahon, James, b. 1835 or 6. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 41st (1861-1865) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Atlanta Campaign, 1864. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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19	Title:	Rodney Seaver Diary
	Creator:	Seaver, Rodney
	Dates:	1863-1871
	Abstract:	Rodney Seaver was a soldier in Company K, 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of a pocket diary containing an account of Seaver's activities and descriptions of several battles in which he participated, primarily in 1864.
	Call #:	MS 2568
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Seaver, Rodney. \| United States. Army. Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865). Company K. \| Soldiers -- Wisconsin -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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20	Title:	James M. Nash Papers
	Creator:	Nash, James M.
	Dates:	1861-1866
	Abstract:	James M. Nash (1832 or 1833-1866) was an officer in Company B, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865. The collection consists of letters, muster-out rolls, notices of promotions, and part of a diary for the fall of 1863 kept by Nash.
	Call #:	MS 2571
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Nash, James M., 1832 or 3-1866. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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