John Alexander Logan family papers, 1836-1925 (bulk 1860-1917).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 46,000 items; 145 containers plus 31 oversize and 1 vault container; 61.6 linear feetSubject(s): - Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 -- Correspondence
- Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 -- Correspondence
- Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940 -- Correspondence
- Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916 -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 -- Correspondence
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
- Sherman, John, 1823-1900 -- Correspondence
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 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 (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Elections -- United States -- 1884
- Exhibitions -- Illinois
- Impeachments
- Memorial Day
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Veterans -- United States -- Societies, etc
- Women -- Suffrage
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Belgium
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans
- Army officers
- Representatives, U.S. Congress -- Illinois
- Senators, U.S. Congress -- Illinois
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 transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
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.
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