Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: Personal Correspondence 1845-1905 undated

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1 1 Personal correspondence 1845 1860-1864 1869
1 2 Personal correspondence 1872 1875-1887
1 3 Personal correspondence 1888-1890 1892-1893 1895-1896 1901-1905 undated

Series II: Ohio First Light Artillery 1861-1894 undated

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1 4 Battery A 1888-1889 1892 undated
1 5 Battery B 1888 undated
1 6 Battery C 1889 undated
1 7 Battery D 1889 undated
1 8 Battery E 1880 1888-1889 1894 undated
1 9 Battery F 1888-1890 undated
1 10 Battery G 1864 1888-1890
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2 11 Battery H 1880 1883-1884 1888-1889
2 12 Battery I 1864 1880-1882 1888-1889 undated
2 13 Battery K 1861 1880 1888-1889 undated
2 14 Battery L 1888-1890 undated
2 15 Battery M ca. 1881 1888-1889 undated
2 16 Miscellaneous official documents relating to the Civil War undated
2 17 Diaries of Philander B. Gardner, of Berea, Ohio and Battery E 1862-1865
2 18-19 Diaries of Addison Stockham,of Hambden, Ohio, and Battery G 1862-1865
2 20 Diaries of Newton G. Strong, of Strongsville, Ohio, and Battery G 1862-1870
2 21 Bound volume belonging to James Barnett, variously employed as a record of stable reports, a muster roll, a list of recruits, an outline of the organization of the 1, and a brief listing of accounts 1862

Series III: Book Manuscript undated

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2 22 Draft for the introduction and miscellaneous notes undated
2 23 Chapter on Battery A undated
2 24 Chapter on Battery B undated
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3 25 Chapter on Battery C undated
3 26 Chapter on Battery F undated
3 27 Chapter on Battery G undated
3 28 Chapter on Battery H undated
3 29 Chapter on Battery I undated

Series IV: Charitable and Business Interests 1875-1905 undated

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3 30 Bethel Associated Charities correspondence, including committee listings, receipts for contributions made by General Barnett, copies of miscellaneous minutes, and documents relating to various projects 1875-1876 1878 1880-1882 1884-1889 1898-1899 undated
3 31 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company correspondence, including company correspondence to stockholders, correspondence in relation to official railroad matters, the letter informing General Barnett that he was elected as a director to serve from 1895-1898, and miscellaneous earnings reports 1889-1892 1895 1904-1905

Series V: Miscellaneous Material dates vary

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3 32 Copies of newspaper clippings dates vary
3 33 Handwritten copies of newspaper articles dated as noted and a copy of a eulogy for William V. Sked (1815-1888); also includes one clipping, possibly a page tron from a book undated