John Alexander Logan family papers,
Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886.
John Alexander Logan family papers, 1836-1925 (bulk 1860-1917). - 46,000 items. 145 31 1 containers plus oversize and vault container. 61.6 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, legal and military papers, drafts of speeches, articles, and books, scrapbooks, maps, memorabilia, and printed matter relating chiefly to the military, political, and social history of the Civil War and postwar period. Topics include Reconstruction, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, presidential campaigns of 1880 and 1884, Memorial Day, Grand Army of the Republic, Society of the Army of the Tennessee, World's Columbian Exposition, American Red Cross, Belgian relief work, and woman's suffrage. Principal correspondents include Clara Barton, William Jennings Bryan, George B. Cortelyou, Grenville M. Dodge, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert Todd Lincoln, John Sherman, and William T. Sherman.
Photographic material
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Some maps
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
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Chiefly papers of John Alexander Logan (1826-1886), Union Army officer and U.S. senator and representative from Illinois; and of his wife, Mary Simmerson (Cunningham) Logan (1838-1923), author. Other family members represented include John Alexander Logan, Jr., George E. Tucker, and Mary Logan Tucker.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001029
mm 79030445
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 --Correspondence.
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 --Correspondence.
Cortelyou, George B. 1862-1940 --Correspondence.
Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916 --Correspondence.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence.
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 --Correspondence.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
Sherman, John, 1823-1900 --Correspondence.
Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 --Correspondence.
Logan family.
United States. Army --History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
American Association of the Red Cross.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Society of the Army of the Tennessee.
World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, Ill.) (1893 :
Elections--United States--1884.
Exhibitions--Illinois.
Impeachments.
Memorial Day.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Veterans--Societies, etc.--United States
Women--Suffrage.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Belgium.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Veterans.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Army officers.
Representatives, U.S. Congress--Illinois.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Illinois.
John Alexander Logan family papers, 1836-1925 (bulk 1860-1917). - 46,000 items. 145 31 1 containers plus oversize and vault container. 61.6 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, legal and military papers, drafts of speeches, articles, and books, scrapbooks, maps, memorabilia, and printed matter relating chiefly to the military, political, and social history of the Civil War and postwar period. Topics include Reconstruction, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, presidential campaigns of 1880 and 1884, Memorial Day, Grand Army of the Republic, Society of the Army of the Tennessee, World's Columbian Exposition, American Red Cross, Belgian relief work, and woman's suffrage. Principal correspondents include Clara Barton, William Jennings Bryan, George B. Cortelyou, Grenville M. Dodge, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert Todd Lincoln, John Sherman, and William T. Sherman.
Photographic material
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Some maps
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
transferred to
Chiefly papers of John Alexander Logan (1826-1886), Union Army officer and U.S. senator and representative from Illinois; and of his wife, Mary Simmerson (Cunningham) Logan (1838-1923), author. Other family members represented include John Alexander Logan, Jr., George E. Tucker, and Mary Logan Tucker.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001029
mm 79030445
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 --Correspondence.
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 --Correspondence.
Cortelyou, George B. 1862-1940 --Correspondence.
Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916 --Correspondence.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence.
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 --Correspondence.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
Sherman, John, 1823-1900 --Correspondence.
Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 --Correspondence.
Logan family.
United States. Army --History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
American Association of the Red Cross.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Society of the Army of the Tennessee.
World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, Ill.) (1893 :
Elections--United States--1884.
Exhibitions--Illinois.
Impeachments.
Memorial Day.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Veterans--Societies, etc.--United States
Women--Suffrage.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Belgium.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Veterans.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Army officers.
Representatives, U.S. Congress--Illinois.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Illinois.