Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Union Army officer, educator, and governor of Maine, were given to the Library of Congress by Rosamond Allen and Eleanor W. Allen, 1938-1956.
Processing History
The Chamberlain Papers were processed prior to 1950 and revised and expanded, 1968-1973. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
Other Repositories
A collection of Alice Rains Trulock's research materials for her book, In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992), is located at the Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick, Maine. These research materials include photocopies of documents from several repositories, including the Manuscript Division.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.