Correspondence detailing the experiences of Joseph Franklin Culver, who served with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, Company A, from 1862-1865, first as a lieutenant and later as captain.
Soldiers; War casualties; Sick persons; Military camps; Military hospitals; Prisoners of war; Military officers; Guards; Courtship; Campaigns & battles; Writing; Reading; Christianity; Slaves; Freedmen; Orphanages; Mental institutions; Teachers;...
Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of...
Originally from New Orleans, Sheryl St. Germain taught at Iowa State University for seven years and now directs the MFA program in creative writing at Chatham College. Her latest book, Let It Be a Dark Roux: New and Selected Poems, is forthcoming...
Letters from Kinnick, a student leader, scholar, athlete, and naval officer from Iowa to family and friends while he was serving in the U.S. as a Navy pilot, awaiting orders to be sent into combat.
Western Paper Company, Omaha, Nebraska -- brochure warning printers of scarcity of paper in next few months (1900) -- Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., Philadelphia -- ad folder for commencement stationery (1899) -- The Champion Coated Paper Co.,...
Warning to voters to beware of bogus tickets of candidates for office -- lists legal political tickets for coming election (n.d.) -- Democratic State Convention, Council Bluffs (1892), 2 tickets. -- Gov. Horace Boies (1892), ticket to second...
The Aldus Book Co., Ltd., New York -- catalog of used books (n.d.) -- Cheshire House, Inc., New York City -- announcement of 12 new titles to be published (1931) -- Field & Tuer, London, England -- folder of loose pages advertising new publications...