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040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _edacs
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100	1		_aPoe, O. M. _q(Orlando Metcalfe), _d1832-1895.
245	1	0	_aO.M. Poe papers, _f1852-1922 _g(bulk 1863-1885).
300			_a8,500 _fitems.
300			_a19 _fcontainers plus _a1 _foversize plus _a1 _fvault container.
300			_a7.6 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged in 8 series. Series 1: Diaries and Notebooks, circa 1859-1879; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1852-1897; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1861-1896; Series 4: Special Correspondence, 1864-1891; Series 5: Letterbooks, 1863-1885; Series 6: Miscellany, 1852-1922; Series 7: Addition, 1895; and Series 8: Oversize, 1875-1896.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, diaries, writings, speeches, reports, orders, notebooks, family papers, biographical material, newspaper clippings, maps, drawings, memorabilia, and other papers relating primarily to Poe's military service as an engineer during the Civil War and Reconstruction and his friendship with Gen. William T. Sherman whom he served as aide-de-camp from 1873 to 1884. Includes material on his stint as chief engineer with the Army of the Ohio, campaigns with Sherman in Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and other engagements in the western theater of the war. Postwar engineering projects documented include the Spectacle Reef lighthouse on Lake Huron, the Hennepin Canal (the portion known then as the Illinois-Mississippi Canal), and the canal at Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich. Includes over one hundred letters between Poe and Sherman. Other correspondents include Hartman Bache, Zachariah Chandler, Jacob Merritt Howard, W.F. Raynolds, Charles N. Turnbull, and R.S. Williamson.
544			_3Some maps _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
544			_3Some photographs, drawings, and steel engraving plate _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
544			_3Some printed matter _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division.
544			_3Some printed matter _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress General Collections.
545	0		_aU.S Army officer and engineer.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555			_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037
600	1	0	_aBache, Hartman, _d1797-1872 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aChandler, Zachariah, _d1813-1879 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHoward, Jacob Merritt, _d1805-1871 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRaynolds, W. F. _q(William Franklin), _d1820-1894 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSherman, William T. _q(William Tecumseh), _d1820-1891.
600	1	0	_aSherman, William T. _q(William Tecumseh), _d1820-1891 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aTurnbull, Charles N., _d1832-1874 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aWilliamson, R. S. _q(Robert Stockton), _d1824-1882 _vCorrespondence.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xOfficers.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy of the Ohio.
650		0	_aCanals _zGreat Lakes (North America)
650		0	_aCanals _zIllinois.
650		0	_aCanals _zMichigan.
650		0	_aLighthouses _zGreat Lakes (North America)
650		0	_aMilitary engineering.
650		0	_aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
651		0	_aGeorgia _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aHuron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)
651		0	_aHennepin Canal (Ill.)
651		0	_aSault Sainte Marie Canal (Mich.)
651		0	_aSouth Carolina _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aSpectacle Reef (Mich.)
651		0	_aTennessee _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xCampaigns.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xEngineering and construction.
656		7	_aArmy officers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aEngineers. _2itoamc
774	0		_tVisual materials from the O.M. Poe papers _w(DLC) 00651883
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037.3
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