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Francis MacDonnell Research Materials Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0291
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of research materials gathered by Francis MacDonnell in preparation of his article 'Reconstruction in the wake of Vietnam: the pardoning of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis,' which was published in Civil War History, Vol. XL, no.2, 1994. Included are materials from the Gerald Ford Library, government documents, and miscellaneous sources on the pardoning of Robert E. Lee, Vietnam draft evaders, Iva 'Tokyo Rose' Toguri and others...
Dates:
Inclusive 1990-1994
Jefferson Davis Centennial Program
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0533
Scope and Contents
Program for the Jefferson Davis Centennial Service at St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Virginia on June 3, 1908.
Dates:
1908-06-03
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0011
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four telegrams and one letter, 1862-1865, from Davis to C.S.A. Generals Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Johnston, and Robert E. Lee and Col. William Preston Johnston concerning conduct of the war; nine letters, 1867-1882, from Davis to General William Nelson Pendleton, the majority discussing the preparation of Davis' book, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government; one letter dated Feb. 4, 1887 from Davis to Mrs. Mary Meredith refusing assistance from Texas friends;...
Dates:
Inclusive 1861-1887
Lithograph and a photograph of Jefferson Davis
Collection
Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0153
Scope and Contents
An original lithograph by Blelock and Company and a modern photograph of an earlier post-Civil War photograph of Jefferson Davis.
Dates:
1865 - 1868
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- Names: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 X
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