Wm. Oland Bourne papers, 1841-1885

Collection Summary

Title	Wm. Oland Bourne papers, 1841-1885
Inclusive Dates	1841-1885
Bulk Dates	1856-1867
ID No.	MSS13375
Creator	Bourne, Wm. Oland (William Oland), 1819-1901
Extent	1,500 items
Extent	6 containers plus 2 oversize
Extent	2.4 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.ms009056
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81013375
Summary	Clergyman and journalist. Letters, verse, and narratives submitted in a contest sponsored by Bourne, chaplain at Central Park Hospital, New York City, during the Civil War, and editor of the periodical The Soldier's Friend. Other correspondence pertains to slavery, economic conditions of the working man, and The Soldier's Friend, edited by Bourne.
Online Content	The Wm. Oland Bourne Papers are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000043. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available. Transcription datasets from the Wm. Oland Bourne Papers are available online at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2019667237.