Collection Summary
Title | William A. Gladstone Afro-American military collection, 1773-1987 |
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Span Dates | 1773-1987 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1861-1865) |
ID No. | MSS83434 |
Collector | Gladstone, William A., collector |
Extent | 500 items |
Extent | 5 containers plus 4 oversize |
Extent | 3.6 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm96083434 |
Summary | Correspondence, pay vouchers, orders, muster rolls, enlistment and discharge papers, receipts, contracts, affidavits, tax records, miscellaneous military documents, and printed material documenting African Americans in military service, with the bulk concerning the Civil War service of the United States Corps d'Afrique (organized in 1863 and renamed United States Colored Troops in 1864). |
Online Content | The William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection is available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000062. |