Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from Secession/Early Civil War Scrapbook must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Secession/Early Civil War Scrapbook, Ms2013-064, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Secession/Early Civil War Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections prior to 2009.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Secession/Early Civil War Scrapbook was completed in September 2013.

Scope and Content

This is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning secession and the early days of the Civil War dating to 1860-1861. The creator is unknown. The clippings in the notebook span a range of subjects from speeches concerning secession, poems, gubernatorial and presidential proclamations, to accounts of early military engagements. The scrapbook appears to be created from bound, blank copies of court papers from Mason County, Virginia. It also appears that the scrapbook was burnt at one time. Part of its edges are charred slightly.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865