Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Edward W. Washburn family papers, 1817-1934 |
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Span Dates | 1817-1934 |
ID No. | MSS49528 |
Creator | Washburn, Edward W. (Edward Wight), 1881-1934 |
Extent | 1,000 items |
Extent | 9 containers plus 3 oversize |
Extent | 4.4 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.ms015009 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82049528 |
Summary | Chemist, civil servant, and educator. Diaries, correspondence, school material, notebooks, photographs, financial and military papers, genealogical records, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous documents pertaining to the family of Edward W. Washburn, mainly in Maine and Nebraska, including Edward’s parents, William Gilmor and Flora Ella Wight Washburn, and grandparents, George A. and Elizabeth Gilmor Washburn. Contains Civil War correspondence and military records of George A. Washburn as captain in the 12th Maine Infantry Regiment. |