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Philip H. Broun Family U.S. Civil War papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0177
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The Broun Family U.S. Civil War papers provide genealogical and historical information on the Broun and Thruston families and also describe the Broun family's experiences during the U.S. Civil War. The collection includes a volume titled Family Events, as well as two volumes detailing the Broun and Thruston Family Trees.

The greater portion of Catherine Broun's diary, Family Events, covers the period of the Civil War. As the Broun home was in Middleburg, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Family Events records many of her observations of Confederate and Union activities. Mrs. Broun dined with officers of both the Union and Confederate forces, and many of the conversations at these dinners are recorded or alluded to. She also sheltered Southern soldiers and officers during the periodic Union occupations of Middleburg and Sunnyside. The most important of these officers sheltered was the ranger leader, John Singleton Mosby. Also covered in some detail are the problems which Union occupation generated in Southern society, especially involving control of servants and of property.

Dates

  • 1854 - 1888

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Broun Family U.S. Civil War papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

The Broun family represented in this material was located in Virginia, during the U.S. Civil War.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (3 linear inches)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The Broun Family U.S. Civil War papers provide genealogical and historical information on the Broun and Thruston families and also describe the Broun family's experiences during the U.S. Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Some items are photocopies of originals still in possession of the Broun family.

Acquisition Information

The three volumes of the Broun Collection were contributed by Philip Broun. The original manuscript of Family Events is still in the possession of the Philip Broun Family. They Library's copy is a bound, printed transcription of this original, made under the supervision of Philip Broun. Bound into the same volume are Civil War letters from Thomas L. Broun.

General

Portions of this collection are available online at: https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/21705

General

The index for "Family Events" is topical. Individuals are indexed if they are identifiable by one of the following criteria: a. Military rank above major, b. Full name given, c. Clearly connected with well known families. All women and children are indexed under family name only. the names of battles, places, persons, and military units are those applied by Mrs. Broun in all but a few (obvious) cases. Listings are by year/month/day.

Originally processed, 1965.

Updated by Adam Nugent, March 2003.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to Philip H. Broun Family U.S. Civil War Papers, 1854-1889
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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