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A Guide to the Richmond Civil War Round Table Archives M 186

A Guide to the Richmond Civil War Round Table Archives M 186


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VCU James Branch Cabell Library

Special Collections and Archives 901 Park Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23284
Business Number: (804) 828-1108
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Repository
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Identification
M 186
Title
Richmond Civil War Round Table records 1958-1975
Quantity
5.5 Linear Feet
Creator
Richmond Civil War Round Table ( Va.)
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

No restrictions on use.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Preferred Citation

Box/folder, Richmond Civil War Round Table Archives, M 186, Special Collection and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Acquisition Information

On deposit from the Richmond Civil War Round Table since December 1983.

Biographical / Historical

The origin of the Richmond Civil War Round Table was detailed in the first issue of the Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1958): "As might be supposed, the interest of many Richmonders in serious study of the Civil War long antedated the date as of which the round Table was formally organized". Dr. Douglas S. Freeman's work and his affiliation with groups that promoted the erection of historical markers in the Richmond area and acquired historic properties along the line of the Richmond National Battlefield Park gave added impetus to the reviving of Civil War study." Early in 1951 a cadre of buffs in the Sandston area (the site of the Battle of Seven Pines and of part of the Seven Days Battle) more formally identified themselves under the title of the Richmond Civil War Round Table. First meetings were held at the Park Service Headquarters at Fort Harrison. Nip Warriner, who beyond doubt possesses the greatest collection of battlefield items, personally extracted from the Richmond area battlefields, was a prime mover in the Round Table endeavor. "The Round Table has sponsored undertakings of Civil War interest. In 1953 it joined the Chicago Round Table in sponsoring the first nationwide tour of Richmond Battlefields. In 1955, it joined the Manuscript Society in putting on its annual convention in Richmond, and in 1958 had U.S. Grant, III as guest speaker for the American Heritage dinner. The Round Table sponsors field trips and monthly programs.

Scope and Contents

For the most part, the Archives and Historical Collections of the Richmond Civil War Round Table are materials gathered together about the Civil War. Including papers presented to the Round Table and a number of magazines and reprints along with two artifacts. There are newsletters and attendance records for both the Round Table and the Prison Round Table at the State Penitentiary. Particularly significant is the scrapbook of Col. William M. Meyers, Captain of the Richmond Howitzers in the early part of the twentieth century.

Arrangement

There are five containers of records, two oversize containers, one boxed artillery shell, nine containers of periodicals, and two containers of audiotapes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Prison Civil War Round Table (U.S.)
  • Richmond (Va.) -- Archives -- Societies, etc.
  • Richmond Civil War Round Table ( Va.)
  • United States -- Archives -- History -- Societies, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States -- Sources -- History -- Societies, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Virginia -- Archives -- History -- Societies, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Richmond (Va.) -- Archives -- Societies, etc.
  • United States -- Archives -- History -- Societies, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States -- Sources -- History -- Societies, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Virginia -- Archives -- History -- Societies, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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Container List

Correspondence and other materials relating to the Richmond Civil War Round Table
1958-1975
Scope and Contents

J. Ambler Johnston, C. Hobson Goddin, and Roland Galvin 1958-1975. The Material came from Galvin's files.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Certificate Distinguished Service Award to Richmond Civil War Round Table from the Civil War Round Table
    1975
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Correspondence
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Correspondence
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Correspondence
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Newspaper clippings (photocopied)
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Correspondence
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Correspondence
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Newspaper clippings (photocopied)
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Gettysburg Campaign Trip
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Material relative to RFNP in the Civil War
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Photocopied articles on Cape Hatteras and Confederate Secret Service
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Miscellaneous material related to Cleveland Civil War Round Table
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Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
1959-1988
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
    1959-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
    1973-1974
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
    1975-1976
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
    1977-1980
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
    1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
    1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records
    1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Newsletters, Membership and Attendance Records (incomplete)
    1985-1988
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Articles and Papers presented to Round Table
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Elizabeth Van Lew Bibliography
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Spies--Belle Boyd of Virginia
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Eli Metcalf Bruce
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Elizabeth Van Lew-- "Mankind "V. 3 No. 3 Oct.
    1971
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Portrait of a Neglected Hero--George Henry Thomas
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Course: The Civil War lecture notes
    November-December 1971
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Battle of Gettysburg
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Army of the Cumberland's Attack on Missionary Ridge
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    The End of Old-Time Grace and Hospitality: Richmond
    1864
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Sherman
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Jefferson Davis--The Man, Address at 4th Annual Massing of the Flags Ceremony by William Stauffer
    1970
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Newsmen in the Civil War by William Stauffer
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Newsmen in the Civil War by William Stauffer
    1955
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    McClellan
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Mississippi Units at the Battle of Gettysburg
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Confederate Chaplain--Rev. James V. Seeran
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Major General Patrick R. Cleburne
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Lt. General Richard Taylor
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Henry Hotze Rebel Propagandist (sic)
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    The Birth of a Nation
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Food for the Civil War Military Forces by James J. Keeker
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    The Irish Brigade
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    General Turner Ashby
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Commissary General Lucius B Northrop
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Colonel Willie Pegram C.S.A.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Lt. Charles W. "Savez "Read, CSN
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    An Account of the Stay of the C.S.S. Shenandoah in Melbourne Australia
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    When Some Women of Richmond Demanded Bread on Blood: The Story of the Bread Riot by Douglas O. Tice, Jr.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Goochland Light Dragoons
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    1865 in 1973 the current condition of Lee's retreat route Petersburg to Appomattox Court House by John E. Damerel
    1973
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Was Jefferson Davis Disguised as a Woman when captured?
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    The Signal Corps. Communications during the Civil War by G. F. Kauffman
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Balloons in the Civil War by G.F. Kauffman
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Railroads in the Civil War by G.F. Kauffman
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Material relative to Col. William Myers and the Richmond Howitzers
  • Mixed Materials box: 5
    The Richmond Howitzers and Their Historic Home
    1905
  • Mixed Materials box: 5
    The Richmond Howitzers and Their Historic Home
    1913
  • Mixed Materials box: 5
    Scrapbook of daughter of Col. Wm. M. Myers
    Scope and Contents

    Col. Wm. Myers was Captain of the Richmond Howitzers and Long time Director of Public Safety and Chairman of the Richmond Safety Council ca 1901-1941

  • Mixed Materials box: 5
    Scrapbook belonged to Margaret M. Ferry, 504 Honaker Ave. (Loaned to William R. Galvin)
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Scrapbook Area
Scope and Contents

Packet of photocopied maps of Jackson's Valley Campaign and the Peninsular Campaign

  • Mixed Materials box: 6
    3 phono records and 1 artifact
    Scope and Contents

    phono record: Columbia Records. You Are There: The Battle of Gettysburg; The Confederacy; The Union

  • Mixed Materials box: 6
    Troop Movements at the Battle of Cold Harbor Maps. Official Pub. #21 Richmond Civil War Commission
    1864
  • Mixed Materials box: 6
    Washington Sunday Star. Sunday Magazine-The Trail of John Wilkes Booth
    Nov. 21, 1971
  • Mixed Materials box: 6
    San Diego Union. Civil War 1861- Centennial magazine
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: 6
    West Virginia Hillbilly Sect. 1 Vol. 3, No. 51
    Dec. 22, 1962
  • Mixed Materials box: 6
    Louisville Courier-Journal The Civil War in Kentucky Centennial 1861-1961 magazine
    Nov. 20, 1960
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Artifacts
  • Mixed Materials box: 6a
    Sword hilt and broken blade (
    blade is badly rusted
    Scope and Contents

    Sword hilt and blade are from Mr. and Mrs. W. Mallory

  • Mixed Materials box: 6a
    Artillery Shell
  • Mixed Materials Box 6b
    Portrait of Mr. E. Kirby Smith
  • Mixed Materials box: 6c
    Confederate Battle Flag
    Scope and Contents

    This item was found in an exhibit supply case in Special Collections and Archives and was transferred to this collection in August of 2000

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Audio Tapes
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    4th Civil War Congress
    Scope and Contents

    five tapes containing ten speakers

  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Harold Howard, "Ex-Confederate Cavalry Soldier ", Chicago CWRT Richmond-Petersburg Battlefield Tour
    1975
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Mike Kaufmann, "The Conspirators ",
    11-14-77
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Dr. Henry D. Holland, "A Psychiatrist's View of the Personality of Lee "
    1-13-78
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Jim Dement and Bill Mallory, "Cold Harbor to Petersburg ", "Grant ", "Lee "
    3-9-78
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Harold Howard, "A Confederate Soldier at Appomattox "
    9-30-78
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Sam Moore, "Lee After the War "
    11-9-78
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Jim Dement, "Shiloh "
    1-12-79
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Robert K. Krick, "The Unique Civil War Experiences of General E.P. Alexander "
    2-8-79
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    William A. Frassanito, "Civil War Photography at Antietam, Gettysburg, and Grant's Campaign 1864-1865 "
    3-8-79
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Dr. Ludwell H. Johnson III, "The Plundering Generation "
    4-5-79
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    William Wheeler Jones, Jr., The Confederate Army of Tennessee and its Generals
    5-10-79
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    John Turnbull, Gettysburg, narrative poem
    6-14-79
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Dr. H. Douglas Pitts, "Beechenbrook by Margaret Junkin Preston, 1865 "
    9-13-79
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    C. Hobson Goddin, "The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond "and Dr. Henry D. Holland, "The Stonewall Personality "
    1-10-80
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    John Davis, "City Point--Appomattox Manor "and Michael Thomas, "Roberdeau Wheat and the Louisiana Tigers "
    4-10-80, 5-6-80
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Betty Ownsbey, "Lewis Paine--the Mystery Man "and John R. Breeden, "The Other Prisons in Richmond During the Civil War "
    6-12-80, 3-13-80
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    George M. Craig, Civil War Railroads, Second Annual Civil War Institute
    6-12-80
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Ed Bearss, "Cross Keys and Port Republic "
    9-11-80
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Jim Dement, Jr., "Phil Sheridan-his Career and Personality "
    11-13-80
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    James I. Robertson, Jr., "J. Ambler Johnston and the SHSP "
    12-4-80
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Christopher M. Calkins, "The Battles of Sayler's Creek "
    1-8-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Francis W. Wilshin, "First Manassas (Bull Run) in Light of New Discoveries "and John D. Broadwater, "The Yorktown Archaeological Project "
    2-12-81, 5-14-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Capt. Oscar C.B. Wev, "Cruise of the Alabama "and Rev. William H. Dunaway, "History of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and Richmond's First and Oldest Radio Station "
    4-9-81, 4-23-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Col. James L. Morrison, Jr., "West Point and the Confederacy "
    6-11-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    E.B. Ned Potter, "Yorktown--the Campaign that Won our Independence "
    9-10-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    William F. Mallory, "General Longstreet After the War "
    10-8-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Dr. Richard D. Mudd, "Dr. Samuel and the Lincoln Assassination "
    11-19-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Dr. Emory M. Thomas, "The Confederate State of Richmond Revisited "
    12-3-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Dr. Richard M. McMurry, "General John Bell Hood, CSA "
    3-10-83
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Andrew Nelson Lytle, "On Being a Southerner "
    11-10-83
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    John E. Divine, "Cavalry Actions Prior to Gettysburg "
    1-12-84
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    William F. Mallory, "Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg "
    2-9-84
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    John P. Ackerly, III, "Jackson's McDowell Campaign, April 30-May 18, 1862, "RCWRT
    3-12-81
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Bud Robertson, "Talk "
    1978
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Newsletter, Membership and Attendance Records II
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Bulletin, Attendance List, Membership Roster
    1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Bulletin, Attendance List, Membership Roster, Miscellaneous
    1986
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Bulletin, Attendance List, Miscellaneous, Membership Roster
    1987
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Bulletin, Attendance List, Miscellaneous, Membership Roster
    1988
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Bulletin, Meeting Agendas, Attendance Lists, Membership Lists, Financial Info
    1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Membership Applications A-F
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Membership Applications G-O
  • Mixed Materials box: 9
    Membership Applications P-Z
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Newsletters
    1954-1970
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Newsletters
    1972-1975
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Newsletters
    1975
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Newsletters
    1977-1980
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Prison Civil War Round Table Correspondence
    1986
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Confederate Museum Newsletter
    1969-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Virginia Cavalcade
    1957, 1961-1962
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Commonwealth
    1960-1961
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Virginia Journal of Education (Centennial Issue) Sept.
    1963
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Context (from Virginia Tech)
    1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Illinois History
    10-15-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Navy History and Tradition 1782-1817, 1817-1865
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Army Digest (Civil War Issue) "The Lesson and the Legacy "Aug.
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    New York State and the Civil War Nov.-March
    1962-1963
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Hardtack (Indianapolis Civil War Round Table) Jan-Feb
    1974
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Civil War Round Table of Arkansas
    1973-1974
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Canister: Cincinnati Civil War Round Table Feb.
    1974
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    Louisville Civil War Round Table , "The Adjutant's Call "
    1973-1974
  • Mixed Materials box: 10
    "Confederate States Marine Corps "from Leatherneck magazine Dec.
    1970
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Periodicals
  • Lincoln Herald
    Scope and Contents

    Winter 1952 and Fall 1958

  • Lincoln Log
    Scope and Contents

    Volume 1, Nos. 5, 7-10 1976

  • Lincoln Lore
    Scope and Contents

    Nov. 1971; Jan. 1972-Nov. 1973; Jan. 1974-Oct. 1976; Dec. 1976; May 1977-Feb. 1978; May 1978-March 1980; May 1980-July1980; Sept. 1980-July1981

  • Ironworker
    Scope and Contents

    Spring 1960; Spring 1962; Spring 1964; Summer 1964; Autumn 1964; Winter 1964-1965; Spring 1965; Autumn 1965; Spring 1966; Autumn 1966; Winter 1966; Winter 1967; Spring 1968; Autumn 1968

  • Prison Civil War Round Table Newsletter
    Scope and Contents

    Nov. 1962-Sept. 1963; May-Dec. 1964; Jan., May-Dec. 1965; Jan.-Nov. 1966

  • Richmond Civil War Round Table Archives
    Scope and Contents

    March-June 1968; Oct. 1968; June-Oct., Dec 1969; Jan.-June 1970; Aug. 1970-Jan. 1971; April-May 1971; July-Sept. 1971; Jan., April-Sept. 1972; May 1973; Oct. 1973; Feb. 1974

  • Valley New Echo
    Scope and Contents

    Vol. 2 Nos. 2-6 1861, Vol. 3 Nos. 1-12, Vol. 4 Nos. 1-12, Vol. 5 Nos. 1-12-1864; Vol. 6 Nos. 1-4; 1865

  • Virginia Civil War Commission Centennial News Letter
    Scope and Contents

    April 1959-March 1963; May 1963-Nov. 1964; Jan. 1965-July 1965

  • U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission
    Scope and Contents

    100 Years After (Newsletter) May 1959-Nov. 1961; Dec. 1961-Feb. 1963; April 1963-June 1965

  • Cleveland Civil War Round Table
    Scope and Contents

    Jan., Oct. 1972; Jan., Feb., April-May, Oct.-Dec. 1973; Jan.-Feb., March, May 1974; Jan.-May 1975

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