Librarian and UI alumna Esther Walls was elected director of the United States Secretariat for the International Book Year 1972. In this capacity, she coordinated the activities of the U.S. Secretariat, an agency established to promote the United...
Correspondence details the 1864 wartime experiences of James Mead, who joined the army in 1862 and served in both the Iowa Infantry Volunteers and the U.S. Colored Volunteer Infantry.
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.
Papers and documents of James Miller, a Scottish immigrant who served in the Civil War as an engineer and later was an engineer at the Joliet State Prison.
Sewell Van Alstine describes his experiences as a soldier in the 95th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. Diary contains entries from September 1863 to October 1864. Van Alstine is also featured in the Iowa Authors Collection.
John W. Pratt was a soldier in Company A of the 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He enlisted on August 22, 1862, and was mustered out on August 7, 1865. This diary includes short comments about encounters with the rebel...