03085cpcaa2200517 a 4500 mm 81013375 DLC 20260227111707.0 cr ||||||||||| 810423|||||||||||| eng mm 81013375 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Bourne, Wm. Oland (William Oland), 1819-1901. Wm. Oland Bourne papers, 1841-1885 (bulk 1856-1867). 1,500 items. 6 containers plus 2 oversize. 2.4 linear feet. Open to research. Entries submitted in two contests sponsored by Bourne in which Union soldiers and sailors who lost their right arms by disability or amputation during the Civil War were invited to submit samples of their penmanship using their left hands, correspondence and broadsides concerning the contests, and photographs of the participants. Also includes Civil War reminiscences recorded by patients at the Central Park Hospital, a military hospital in New York City, and correspondence pertaining to slavery, economic conditions of the working man, operation of The Soldier's Friend, and the Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association. Clergyman and journalist; chaplain at Central Park Hospital, New York City, during the Civil War, and editor of The Soldier's Friend. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009056 Alphabetical listing of contest entrants and a list of photographs in the collectionavailable in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms009056.appx.pdf United States. Army History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States. Navy History Civil War, 1861-1865. Central Park Hospital. Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association. The soldier's friend. Amputees. Penmanship. People with disabilities. Slavery United States. United States Economic conditions. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care. United States History Civil war, 1861-1865 Periodicals. United States Politics and government 19th century. Clergy. itoamc Journalists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009056 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009056.3 Alphabetical listing of contest entrants and a list of photographs in the collection (PDF) http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms009056.appx.pdf 43051 43051