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J.B. Harris notes on Green’s Texas Brigade

Collection

Identifier: MS 0318

Overview J.B. Harris recounts the capture of his battalion of confederate cavalry outside of New Iberia, Louisiana in 1863. The format switches from verse to letter with many colloquialisms and an overall assumption that the reader is familiar with the subject and persons involved.

Dates: 1863

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Jefferson D. (Jeff) Hong scrapbook of the American-Chinese Post No. 596 American Legion

Collection

Identifier: MS 0880

Overview The collection consists of the scans of Mr. Hong's scrapbook, which includes 109 photos of community events. There are photos of Explorer Scouts at their air base, meetings of the American Legion, American-Chinese post no. 596, Houston Tx, VA dinners, American Legion trip to Washington, DC., Veteran's Day parade, City of Houston Proclamation Day, and the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration.

Dates: 2004 - 2006

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Jefferson Davis letters and related materials collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0005

Overview Original handwritten letters between U.S. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his government and military colleagues, and his wife, Varina. Colleagues include General William H. Emory, Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Sidney W. Burbank, Secretary of War John B. Floyd, General Joseph E. Johnston, Col. Abraham Myers, General James Chesnut, and William H. Sanders. The bulk of the letters date from the 1850s and 1860s. Additional materials are letters to and from other persons, U.S. and...

Dates: 1838 - 1964

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Jerry C. Debes World War II papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0579

Overview The collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, military reports and documents and original photographs, certificates, a small group of callings cards, and memorabilia. The collection focuses on the military career and death of a first generation American pilot, Jerry C. Debes, of Syrian heritage, in the European Theater of World War II and the subsequent efforts of his family to honor his memory.

Dates: 1942-1996

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

John A. Dix Civil War Pass and Letter

Collection

Identifier: MS 0110

Abstract: John A. Dix (soldier, attorney, and politician) was commissioned Major General by President Lincoln in 1861 and served in administrative positions during the Civil War, issuing the military pass in this collection during that time; after the war he became minister to France (1866-69), then returned to New York State to resume his professional and business activities. In his letter of December 1, 1869, written to “My dear Colonel,” he discusses a recent land purchase and investment opportunity,...

Dates: 1862; 1869

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

John C. Crosby U.S. Civil War diary

Collection

Identifier: MS 0287

Abstract: A leather-bound hand-written diary kept by John C. Crosby, first from 1861 to 1862 during the United States Civil War while Crosby served in the Seventh Maine Regiment of the Union army (probably as a hospital orderly), recording daily activities in tending the sick while moving about on campaign; then, from 1865 to 1868 after Crosby’s return to civilian life, recording his activities and personal finances as a hired farm worker.

Dates: 1861 - 1868

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

John Galsworthy letters to Professor William Sadler

Collection

Identifier: MS 0317

Abstract: This collection consists of 11 letters written between the years 1911 and 1914 by John Galsworthy to Professor William Sadler. Most of the letters contain travel plans and arrangements for meeting each other; however, several of the letters comment on current events, including Galsworthy’s response to Sadler on the outbreak of World War I.

Dates: 1911 - 1914

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

John H. Wright U.S. Civil War and related ephemera collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0061

Abstract: U.S. Civil war imprints and currency, various 19th century broadsides, brief histories of Army Generals including U.S. Grant, W.T. Sherman, A.E.Burnside, and others, as well as other ephemera such as Mussolini's shaving kit. This material was collected over a period of years by John H. Wright.

Dates: 1838-1936

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

John R. Dunban U.S. Civil War correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MS 0150

Abstract: This collection consists of letters to family written by Private John R. Dunban from 1864 to 1865 while serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

John Singleton Mosby U.S. Civil War scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MS 0153

Overview The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings by and about J.S. Mosby, a Confederate soldier, that detail his adventures in the Confederate cavalry. Also included are unfavorable clippings from local newspapers on the occasion of his visit to New England in 1886.

Dates: 1886 - 1887

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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J.B. Harris notes on Green’s Texas Brigade

Jefferson D. (Jeff) Hong scrapbook of the American-Chinese Post No. 596 American Legion

Jefferson Davis letters and related materials collection

Jerry C. Debes World War II papers

John A. Dix Civil War Pass and Letter

John C. Crosby U.S. Civil War diary

John Galsworthy letters to Professor William Sadler

John H. Wright U.S. Civil War and related ephemera collection

John R. Dunban U.S. Civil War correspondence

John Singleton Mosby U.S. Civil War scrapbook

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