Bourne, Wm. Oland (William Oland) 1819-1901 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,500 6 2 2.4 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. Open to research. 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. 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 Journalists mm 81013375 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009056 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009056.3 http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms009056.appx.pdf http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009056 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009056.3 http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms009056.appx.pdf Open to research. DLC 810423 20260227111707.0 mm 81013375