Billings, Elden E., Collection Elden E. Billings Collection, 1862

Billings, Elden E., Collection Elden E. Billings Collection, 1862 - 1991 Ms.1991.036

Elden E. Billings Collection, 1862 - 1991 Ms.1991.036

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu
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Special Collections Staff

Repository

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Identification

Ms.1991.036

Title

Elden E. Billings Collection 1862-1991

Quantity

25.5 Cubic Feet, 22 boxes

Creator

Billings, Elden E.

Language

The materials in the collection are in English.

Abstract

This collection contains subject files, clippings, memorabilia, and artifacts related to the American Civil War. There are seven series, five of which predominately contain Civil War materials. The other two series in the collection also contains files on other subjects of Billings' historical interests, including aspects of military and United States history.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Elden E. Billings Collection, 1862-1991, Ms1991-036, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Elden E. Billings Collection was donated to Special Collections in 1991, 2001, and 2004.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement and description of the Elden E. Billings Collection commenced and was completed in August 2008. Earlier processing of the collection had been done in 1992. Additional description was completed in 2010.

Scope and Content

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into seven series. Files in each series are arranged alphabetically by folder or item title.

Series I: Civil War Files and Prints contains subject files on various American Civil War topics including specific battles, locations, regiments, and historic figures, as well as works of art, maps, and images. Other files include information on railroads, prisons, ethnic or social groups, and branches of the military.

Series II: Other Subject Files contains files on various topics, some tangentially related to the Civil War. Topics include, but are not limited to, figures from US military history, World Wars I and II, the Mexican War, railroads,

Series III: Lincoln Materials contains historical information about aspects of Abraham Lincoln's life and presidency. The series also includes cartoons, newsletters, portraits, and memorabilia.

Series IV: Elden E. Billings - Personal Files contains biographical information and photographs, correspondence to and from Billings, book catalogs, and notes relating to speaking events and writings.

Series V: Publications contains newsletters and journals, mostly from the Civil War period or about the Civil War. Other publications relate to Civil War Roundtables, historical societies, and military history.

Series VI: Primary Documents contains two subseries. Subseries A: Scrapbooks includes several related to Civil War regiments or individuals. Subseries B: Manuscripts includes originals and typed copies of diaries, correspondence, and ephemera from the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Series VII: Artifacts contains several portraits, daguerrotypes, and photographs of Civil War figures, including Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. This series also contains medals, coins, calling cards, stamps, and other memorabilia. There are two non-Civil War related items: a print of an elephant fight from India, and a notebook that belonged to Ulysses S. Grant III.

Related Material

A portion of the American Civil War books in the Special Collections and University Archives's Rare Book Collection were donated by Elden E. Billings. The department also houses a portrait of Elden E. "Josh" Billings, Art-120 . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Civil War
Folk, historical, and patent medicine
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Medicine
Medicine, Military -- History
Presidents -- United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Elden E. Billings Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Billings, Elden E.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Container List

Series I: Civil War Files and Prints

English.

box-folder 1 folder: 1
Aeronautics, Civil War
box-folder 1 folder: 2
Alabama, Civil War
box-folder 1 folder: 3
Alton Union Riflers
box-folder 1 folder: 4
Animals
box-folder 1 folder: 5
Appomattox
box-folder 1 folder: 6
Arkansas, Civil War
box-folder 1 folder: 7
Arms, Artillery, Civil War
box-folder 1 folder: 8
Army of the Potomac
box-folder 1 folder: 9
'Battles & Leaders' Project
English.
Battles
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
  Antietam, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
  Balls Bluff, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 12
  Big Bethel, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 13
  Brandy Station, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 14
  Brice Cross Roads, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 15
  Cedar Creek, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 16
  Cedar Mtn., Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
  Chantilly, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 18
  Chattanooga, Battle of
  English.
- box-folder 13 folder: 4
  Chickamauga, Battle of (sketch on)
  English.
- box-folder 1 folder: 19
  Clustee, Battle of
  English.
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
  Cold Harbor, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 21
  Crater, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 22
  Fort Stedman, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 23
  Fort Stevens, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
  Galveston, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 25
  Gettysburg, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 26
  Manassas, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 27
  Pea Ridge, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 28
  Peninsula, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 29
  Pilot Knob, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
  Saltville, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 31
  Santa Rosa Island, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 32
  Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 33
  Vicksburg, Battle of
- box-folder 1 folder: 34
  Wilderness, Battle of
- box-folder 13 folder: 27
  Wilderness, Battle of
box-folder 1 folder: 35
Bermuda, Civil War
box-folder 1 folder: 36
Bibliographies, Civil War
box-folder 1 folder: 37
Bierce, Gen. Lucius V.
box-folder 1 folder: 38
Bios, Various
box-folder 1 folder: 39
Black Troops
box 17
The Blue and the Gray, Curtis Paper Company, 4 black/white prints
box-folder 13 folder: 2
Bragg, Brig. Gen. Braxton
box-folder 1 folder: 40
Brazil
box-folder 1 folder: 41
Brochures, Civil War parks/monuments/battlefields
box-folder 1 folder: 42
Brown, John
box-folder 1 folder: 43
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose
box-folder 1 folder: 44
Butler, Gen. Benjamin
box-folder 1 folder: 45
Campaigning with Lee Seminar
box-folder 1 folder: 46
Catton, Bruce
box-folder 1 folder: 47
Cavalry
box-folder 1 folder: 48
Cemeteries
box-folder 1 folder: 49
Census Information
box-folder 1 folder: 50
Centennial
1958
box-folder 1 folder: 51
Chamberlain, Gen. Joshua L.
box-folder 13 folder: 3
Chaplains of the U. S. Army
English.
box-folder 1 folder: 52
Christmas, Civil War
box-folder 1 folder: 53
Civil War, General Info
box 17
Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, Currier & Ives print
box-folder 1 folder: 54
Confederate Powder Works
box-folder 1 folder: 55
Conscription
box-folder 1 folder: 56
Correspondents
box 17
Currier & Ives prints – Genl. Beagher at the Battle of Fair Oaks, The storming of Fort Donelson, TN
box-folder 1 folder: 57
Curtis, Josiah
box-folder 2 folder: 1
Davis, Jefferson
box-folder 2 folder: 2
Delaware, Civil War
box-folder 2 folder: 3
Derrickson, David V.
box-folder 2 folder: 4
Douglas, Stephen
box-folder 2 folder: 5
Drummer Boys
box 17
1899 picture of U.S. Grant
box-folder 2 folder: 6
Ewing, Charles Brig. Gen.
box-folder 2 folder: 7
Fashion, Civil War-era
box-folder 2 folder: 8
Finance
box-folder 2 folder: 9
Flags
box-folder 2 folder: 10
Florida
box-folder 13 folder: 6
Foreign Affairs and the Civil War by Howard Westwood
box-folder 2 folder: 11
Forrest, Nathan Bedford
box-folder 2 folder: 12
Forts
box-folder 2 folder: 13
Georgia
box-folder 2 folder: 14
Generals
box-folder 2 folder: 15
Gettysburg Address
box-folder 2 folder: 16
Gettysburg Advance and Retreat
box-folder 2 folder: 17
Gettysburg Advance and Retreat
box-folder 2 folder: 18
Gettysburg, Commercial Tower Controversy
box-folder 2 folder: 19
Gettysburg, Tourist Information
box-folder 2 folder: 20
Gibbons, Major General John
box-folder 2 folder: 21
Gill, Delancey W.
box-folder 2 folder: 22
Grant, Gen. U.S.
box-folder 5 folder: 23
Grout, Josuah, Publ.
1925
box-folder 2 folder: 24
"A Soldier's Tribute to His Chief"
box-folder 2 folder: 25
"Guide of the Confederate Government, An Official"
box-folder 2 folder: 26
Gulager, Charles
box-folder 2 folder: 27
Hancock, Winfield Scott
box-folder 2 folder: 28
Harper's Ferry
box-folder 2 folder: 29
Hayes, Pres. Rutherford B.
box-folder 2 folder: 30
Henderson, Gen. Thomas J.
box-folder 2 folder: 31
Hill, Gen. A. P.
box-folder 2 folder: 32
Hitchcock, Henry
box-folder 2 folder: 33
Hooker, Gen. Joseph
box-folder 2 folder: 34
Hospitals
box-folder 2 folder: 35
Hunt, H. J.
box-folder 2 folder: 36
Hunter's Raid
box-folder 2 folder: 37
Illinois
box-folder 2 folder: 38
Indiana
box-folder 2 folder: 39
Intrenchment
box-folder 2 folder: 40
Iowa
box-folder 2 folder: 41
Irish
box-folder 2 folder: 42
Ironclads
box-folder 2 folder: 43
Jackson, Gen. T. J. "Stonewall"
box-folder 2 folder: 44
Jewish Servicemen
box-folder 2 folder: 45
"Johnny Reb and Billy Yank"
box-folder 2 folder: 46
Kane, Brig. Gen.
box-folder 2 folder: 47
Keene, Laura
box-folder 2 folder: 48
Keller, Cassius
English.
box-folder 2 folder: 49
Kentucky
English.
box-folder 2 folder: 50
Lee, Gen. R. E.
box-folder 2 folder: 51
Lees of Virginia Tech
box-folder 2 folder: 52
Lee Jackson Foundation
box 17
Lee's General Order Number Nine, a likeness as a keepsake for the members of The Civil War Round Table
box-folder 2 folder: 53
Longstreet, Lt. Gen James
box 14
Loose pages from the Photographic History of the Civil War, 1910 by Brady
box-folder 2 folder: 54
Louisiana
box-folder 3 folder: 1
Magruder, Gen. John B.
box-folder 3 folder: 2
Maine
box-folder 3 folder: 3
Manassas, Mall Controversy
box-folder 3 folder: 4
Map, Lee Retreat/Appomattox Advance of
box-folder 3 folder: 5
Maps
box 17
Maps (10) Second Battle of Manassas Troop Movements
box-folder 3 folder: 6
Marine Corps
box-folder 3 folder: 7
Maryland
box-folder 3 folder: 8
Massachusetts
box-folder 3 folder: 9
Maury, Matthew Fontaine
box-folder 3 folder: 10
McClellan, Gen. George B.
box-folder 3 folder: 11
McCook, Daniel
box-folder 3 folder: 12
Meade, Gen. George
box-folder 3 folder: 13
Medicine
box-folder 3 folder: 14
Michigan
box-folder 3 folder: 15
Military Balls
box-folder 3 folder: 16
Military Order of the Loyal Legion – Memoriums
box-folder 3 folder: 17
Mississippi
box-folder 3 folder: 18
Missouri
box-folder 3 folder: 19
Monitor, U.S.S.
box-folder 13 folder: 17
Monuments, Civil War
box-folder 3 folder: 19a?
Music, Civil War Era
box-folder 3 folder: 20
Navy
box-folder 3 folder: 21
New Hampshire
box-folder 3 folder: 22
New York
box-folder 3 folder: 23
North Carolina
box-folder 3 folder: 24
Northern Lake Frontier during the Civil War"
1897
box-folder 13 folder: 20
Notes on Civil War, handwritten by Billings
box-folder 3 folder: 25
Ohio
box-folder 3 folder: 26
Oklahoma
box-folder 3 folder: 27
Ord
box-folder 3 folder: 28
Gen. E. O. C., Career of – Thesis –
1951
box-folder 3 folder: 29
Pennsylvania
box-folder 3 folder: 30
People, Misc.
box-folder 3 folder: 31
Personnel Problems
box-folder 3 folder: 32
Petersburg, VA – Siege of
box-folder 3 folder: 33
Phillips, David, Confederate Hero – copies
box-folder 3 folder: 34
Phoebus, Harrison
box 14
Photographs, Civil War calendar
box-folder 3 folder: 35
Photographs – Civil War related
box-folder 3 folder: 36
Photographs & Negatives – Civil War related
box-folder 3 folder: 37
Pickett, LaSalle Corbin (Gen. Pickett's widow)
box-folder 3 folder: 38
Porter, Benjamin
box-folder 3 folder: 39
Porter, Gen. Fitz John
box-folder 3 folder: 40
Portraits, Civil War leaders
box-folder 3 folder: 41
Postcards
box-folder 3 folder: 42
Prisons
box-folder 13 folder: 21
Prison Camps, Confederate
box-folder 3 folder: 43
Railroads
box-folder 3 folder: 44
Randall, James G.
box-folder 3 folder: 45
Reconstruction
box-folder 3 folder: 46
Reenactments
box-folder 3 folder: 47
Relic Hunters
box-folder 3 folder: 48
Reno, Major Marcus
box-folder 3 folder: 49
Rhode Island
box-folder 3 folder: 50
Richards, Almarin Nehemiah Cooley
box-folder 3 folder: 51
Robinson, George Foster (Sgt.)
box-folder 3 folder: 52
Russell, Irwin, 'Private Notes' – copy
1888
box-folder 4 folder: 1
Sanitary Commission
box-folder 4 folder: 2
Scrapbooks on Civil War
box-folder 4 folder: 3
Sedgewick, General John
box-folder 4 folder: 4
Seminars,"Campaigning with Lee"
box-folder 4 folder: 5
Sharpshooters
box-folder 4 folder: 6
Shaw, Henry Wheeler
box-folder 4 folder: 7
Sheldon, Bert
box-folder 4 folder: 8
Shepherd, Alexander
box-folder 4 folder: 9
Sheridan, Philip Henry (Lt. Gen.)
box-folder 4 folder: 10
Sherman, William T. (Gen.)
box-folder 4 folder: 11
Shields, Gen. James
box-folder 4 folder: 12
Signals, Civil
box 17
Soldiers of the Civil War, 4 prints, Princeton Printing Co.
1962
box-folder 4 folder: 13
South Carolina, Civil War
English.
box-folder 4 folder: 14
Statistics, Civil War
box-folder 4 folder: 15
Stone, General Charles P.
box-folder 4 folder: 16
Stonewall Brigade
box-folder 4 folder: 17
Strange, Col. John B.
box-folder 4 folder: 18
Stratton Case
box-folder 4 folder: 19
Stuarts Cavalry
box-folder 4 folder: 20
Stuart, J.E.B.
box-folder 4 folder: 21
Tennessee
box 17
Texas and Pacific Railway, Rates to Dallas and return for Confederate Veterans Reunion
box-folder 13 folder: 22
Theatre, Civil War era
box-folder 4 folder: 22
31st Virginia Confederates
box-folder 4 folder: 23
Thomas, Benjamin P.
box-folder 4 folder: 24
Thomas, Gen. George H., paper on
box-folder 4 folder: 25
Tobacco
box-folder 4 folder: 26
Tournier, Charles, Diary (N.Y. Lgt. Artillery) –typed
box-folder 13 folder: 23
Tyrell, H. H. – RR pass, receipt, voucher and reunion ribbon
box-folder 4 folder: 27
Underground Railroad
box-folder 4 folder: 28
Union Army
box 17
Union and Confederate Commander, Prints, 2
box-folder 4 folder: 29
United Daughters of the Confederacy
box-folder 4 folder: 30
Ursuline Convent, the Burning of
box-folder 4 folder: 31
Valley Campaign
box-folder 4 folder: 32
Veterans
box-folder 4 folder: 33
Vicksburg, paper by H. C. Westwood
box-folder 4 folder: 34
Virginia
box-folder 13 folder: 25
Virginia, Civil War
box-folder 4 folder: 35
Virginia, Historic Sites
box-folder 4 folder: 36
Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
box-folder 4 folder: 37
Voorhees, Hon. D. W., 1863 Speech
box-folder 4 folder: 38
Washington, D. C., Civil War era
box-folder 13 folder: 26
Washington Light Guard
1871
box-folder 4 folder: 39
Weapons
box-folder 4 folder: 40
West, Civil War era
box-folder 4 folder: 41
West Point, Civil War
box-folder 4 folder: 42
West Virginia Tech
box-folder 4 folder: 43
Whitaker, Gen. Walter
box-folder 4 folder: 44
Whitman, Walt
box-folder 4 folder: 45
Wilson Creek Nat'l Battlefield Park
box-folder 13 folder: 28
Winthrop, Theodore, n.d., n.a.
box-folder 4 folder: 46
Women and the Civil War
English.
box-folder 4 folder: 47
Zoaves

Series II: Other Subject Files

English.

box-folder 5 folder: 1
American Revolution
box-folder 5 folder: 2 oversize folder: 1
Army, United States
box-folder 5 folder: 3
Assassinations
box-folder 5 folder: 4
Atomic Energy Commission
box-folder 5 folder: 5
Black Family – Geneology
English.
box-folder 5 folder: 6
Bookmarks
box-folder 5 folder: 7
Cemeteries
box-folder 5 folder: 8
Chattanooga Choo Choo
box-folder 5 folder: 9
Chessie
box-folder 5 folder: 10
Conscription
box-folder 5 folder: 11
Custer, General George
box-folder 5 folder: 12
Economics and Warfare
English.
box 21
Files on City planning and Urban Development in Washington, D.C.
box 14
Forbes, Cecil (artist) Houses of Parliament
box-folder 5 folder: 13
Frontier Military Posts, Southwest
box-folder 5 folder: 14
Grant, III, Lt. Col. U.S.S. Official Speeches, Articles
box-folder 5 folder: 15
Grant, III, Lt. Col. U. S. S.
1925-1928
box-folder 5 folder: 16
Harmon Memorial Lecture
box-folder 5 folder: 17
Hump Pilots
box-folder 5 folder: 18
Institute for Learning and Retirement
box-folder 5 folder: 19
Iroquois Club
1941
box-folder 5 folder: 20
Kennedy, Pres. John F.
box-folder 5 folder: 21
Ku Klux Klan
box-folder 5 folder: 22
Loch Ness Monster
box-folder 13 folder: 16
Maps
box-folder 5 folder: 23
Mexican War
box-folder 5 folder: 24
Montpelier, A Brief History
box-folder 13 folder: 18
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
box-folder 13 folder: 19
Newspapers
1880s-1890s
box-folder 5 folder: 25
Oldest Inhabitants of D. C., Assn. of
box-folder 5 folder: 26
Order of the Indian Wars
box-folder 5 folder: 27
Pledge of Allegiance
box-folder 5 folder: 28
Sandburg, Carl
box-folder 5 folder: 29
"TAPS"
box-folder 5 folder: 30
Tennessee, History of
box-folder 5 folder: 31
Texas
box-folder 5 folder: 32
Treasury Bond- Bon du Tresor
1943
box-folder 5 folder: 33
United Kingdom
box-folder 5 folder: 34
Vietnam
box-folder 5 folder: 35
Virginia, Fairfax County
box-folder 5 folder: 36
Washington Housing Assoc.
box-folder 5 folder: 37
White, Harry Decker
box-folder 5 folder: 38
White House Photos
box-folder 5 folder: 40
World War I
box-folder 5 folder: 41
World War II

Series III: Lincoln Materials

English.

box-folder 6 folder: 1
Anderson Cottage
box-folder 6 folder: 2
Anecdotes
box-folder 6 folder: 3
Assassination
box-folder 6 folder: 4
Azerodt, George A.
box-folder 6 folder: 5
Bibliographies, Lincoln
box-folder 6 folder: 6
Biographical Sketches
box-folder 6 folder: 7
Birth, Lincoln
box-folder 6 folder: 8
Booth, John Wilkes
box-folder 6 folder: 9
Cartoons on Lincoln
box-folder 6 folder: 10
Clark, Allen C.
box-folder 6 folder: 11
Colleges
box-folder 6 folder: 12
Commemorative Ceremonies
box-folder 6 folder: 13
"Commentaries"
box-folder 6 folder: 14
Conspirators
box-folder 6 folder: 15
Corbett, Boston
box-folder 6 folder: 16
Dinner Brochures
box-folder 6 folder: 17
Dog, Lincoln's
box-folder 6 folder: 18
Education, Lincoln's
box-folder 6 folder: 19
Elections
box-folder 6 folder: 20
Emancipation Proclamation Centenary
box-folder 6 folder: 21
Evans, George W. – friend of Lincoln
box-folder 6 folder: 22
Finances, Lincoln's
box-folder 6 folder: 23
Food, Lincoln and
box-folder 6 folder: 24
Forbes, Charles
box-folder 6 folder: 25
Ford Theatre
box-folder 6 folder: 26
Ford Theatre, Newspaper Clippings
box-folder 6 folder: 27
Funeral Train
box-folder 6 folder: 28
Gettysburg, Lincoln's Address
box 17
Gettysburg Address print
box-folder 6 folder: 29
Ghosts, Lincoln's
box-folder 6 folder: 30
Hat, Lincoln's
box-folder 6 folder: 31
Health, Lincoln's
box-folder 6 folder: 32
Inaugurations
box-folder 6 folder: 33
International Lincoln
box-folder 6 folder: 34
Isham, Lincoln
box-folder 6 folder: 35
Kennedy/Lincoln – Comparisons of
box 17
Lee and Lincoln prints, Civil War Times
1963
box-folder 6 folder: 36
Legal Career
box-folder 6 folder: 37
Library of Congress Papers on Lincoln
box-folder 13 folder: 8
Lincoln Bibliography
box-folder 13 folder: 9
Lincoln Bibliography
box-folder 6 folder: 38
"Lincoln Chronicle"
box 18
Lincoln collectibles
box-folder 6 folder: 39
"Lincoln Commission"
box 17
Lincoln Commission Flag specifications and Lincoln Silhouttes
box-folder 6 folder: 40
Lincoln Fellowship of Canada
box-folder 6 folder: 41
Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin
box-folder 6 folder: 42
Lincoln Group
box-folder 6 folder: 43
Lincoln Home, National Historic Site
box-folder 6 folder: 44
"Lincoln Legacy"
box-folder 6 folder: 45
Lincoln Legal Papers
box-folder 6 folder: 46
Lincoln, Abraham – letters
box-folder 6 folder: 47
Lincoln Log
box-folder 6 folder: 48
"Lincoln Lore"
box 15
Lincoln Lore, 1 – 1702
box 16
Lincoln Lore, 1703-1840
box-folder 7 folder: 1
Lincoln Memorial
box-folder 13 folder: 10
Lincoln and Music of the Civil War
box-folder 13 folder: 11
"Lincoln and Negroes" – notes by E. Billings
box-folder 13 folder: 12
Lincoln, news clippings
1927-1960
box-folder 7 folder: 2
Lincoln Newsletter
box-folder 13 folder: 13
Lincoln, notes and handwritten speeches by Billings
box-folder 7 folder: 3
Lincoln Pew
box-folder 13 folder: 14
Lincoln, pictures
box-folder 13 folder: 15
Lincoln Speech on Sectionalism, copy of original
box-folder 7 folder: 4
Lincoln, Various articles about
box-folder 7 folder: 5
"Lincolnian"
1957-1984
box-folder 7 folder: 6
"Lincolnian"
1985-1990
box-folder 7 folder: 7
"Lincolnian"
1991-1994
box 17
Mary Todd Lincoln Opera Committee – Opera 'Wing of Expectation'
box-folder 7 folder: 8
Mudd, Dr. Samuel A.
box-folder 7 folder: 9
Murder Conspiracy
box-folder 7 folder: 10
Music on Lincoln
box 17
New York Herald Planographic print, April 15, 1865 Lincoln Assassination
box-folder 7 folder: 11
Paintings, Lincoln
box-folder 7 folder: 12
Pamphlets
box-folder 7 folder: 13
Patents
box-folder 7 folder: 14
Payne, Lewis
box-folder 7 folder: 15
Peterson House
box-folder 7 folder: 16
Photographs on Lincoln
box-folder 7 folder: 17
Portraits of Lincoln
box-folder 7 folder: 18
Postcards
box-folder 7 folder: 19
Quotations
box-folder 7 folder: 20
Religion
box-folder 7 folder: 21
Scrapbook on Lincoln
1896
box-folder 7 folder: 22
Sculptures
box 17
Sesquicentennial Abraham Lincoln Dinner Brochure
1959
box-folder 7 folder: 23
"Sesquicentennial Intelligencer"
box-folder 7 folder: 24
Seward, William H.
box-folder 7 folder: 25
Skits, Radio
box-folder 7 folder: 26
Speeches on Lincoln
box-folder 7 folder: 27
Stamps, Postage
box-folder 7 folder: 28
Surratt, Mary
box 14
Swatches reputedly taken from the lining of Lincoln's coffin
English.
box-folder 7 folder: 29
Theatre and Lincoln
box-folder 7 folder: 30
Tomb, Lincoln's
box-folder 7 folder: 31
Tourist Information
box-folder 7 folder: 32
Washington National Cathedral
box-folder 7 folder: 33
Youth, Lincoln's

Series IV: Elden E. Billings - Personal Files

English.

box-folder 13 folder: 1
American Way of Life, notes by Elden Billings
box-folder 8 folder: 1
Billings, Mrs. Margaret
box-folder 8 folder: 2
Biographical, Billings
box-folder 8 folder: 3
Book Catalogs
box-folder 8 folder: 4
Book Catalogs, Old and Rare
box-folder 8 folder: 5
Book Purchases and Receipts
box-folder 8 folder: 6
Book Reviews
box-folder 8 folder: 7
Calendar, Personal
box-folder 8 folder: 8
Cards, Greeting
box-folder 8 folder: 9
Catalog of Books in Billings Collection
box-folder 8 folder: 10
Certificates
box 14
Certificate – Elden E. Billings for Meritorius Public Service Gov. of the District of Columbia
1965
box-folder 8 folder: 11
College
box-folder 8 folder: 12
Correspondence, Civil War from Billings
box-folder 8 folder: 13
Correspondence, Civil War-related
box-folder 8 folder: 14
Correspondence, D. C. Centennial Commission
box-folder 8 folder: 15
Correspondence, Personal
box 14
Dinner with Ike Program
1960
box-folder 8 folder: 16
Geneology, Billings
box-folder 8 folder: 17
Gregor, Year Book of the Clan
box-folder 8 folder: 18
High School, Billings
box-folder 8 folder: 19
Hohlweck, Phil J, Correspondence
box-folder 8 folder: 20
Library of Congress Papers by Billings
box-folder 8 folder: 21
Military Career, Billings
box-folder 8 folder: 22
Photographs
box 14
Photograph, Mr. and Mrs. Elden Billings
English.
box 14
Photograph, Group
box 14
Photograph, Margaret Billings
box 21
"Planning": Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts, Etc.
box-folder 8 folder: 23
Post Cards
box-folder 8 folder: 24
Programs, Events
box-folder 13 folder: 24
Vest, Senator George Graham, Billings notes

Series V: Publications

English.

box-folder 9 folder: 1
American Antiquarian Society
1906English.
box-folder 9 folder: 2
Americana Illustrated
box-folder 9 folder: 3
Atlantic Monthly
1866
box-folder 9 folder: 4
Banner
box-folder 9 folder: 5
Beauvoir
box-folder 9 folder: 6
Book Shopper
box-folder 9 folder: 7
Century Illustrated
1896
box-folder 9 folder: 8
Century Magazine
box-folder 9 folder: 9
Civil War Centennial Commission
box-folder 9 folder: 10
Civil War Centennial Commission
box-folder 9 folder: 11
Civil War Monitor
box-folder 9 folder: 12
Civil War Press Corps
box-folder 9 folder: 13
Civil War Round Table Digest
box-folder 9 folder: 14
Civil War Round Table , Alexandria, VA
box-folder 9 folder: 15
Civil War Round Table , Illinois
box-folder 9 folder: 16
Civil War Round Table , Mississippi
box-folder 9 folder: 17
Civil War Round Table , Mississippi
box-folder 9 folder: 18
Civil War Round Table , Mississippi
box-folder 9 folder: 19
Civil War Round Table Obituaries
box-folder 9 folder: 20
Civil War Round Table , D.C.
box-folder 9 folder: 21
Civil War Round Table , Others
box-folder 9 folder: 22
Civil War Society Newsletter
box-folder 9 folder: 23
Civil War Times
box-folder 9 folder: 24
Civil War Times Illustrated
box-folder 9 folder: 25
Color Bearer
box-folder 9 folder: 26
Columbia Historical Society
box-folder 9 folder: 27
Confederate Historical Institute "Dispatch"
box-folder 9 folder: 28
Foraging the Books
box-folder 9 folder: 29
Fort Ward Dispatch
box-folder 9 folder: 30
Franklin Co. Historical Society
box-folder 9 folder: 31
Franklin Flyer
1968-1976
box-folder 9 folder: 32
Franklin Flyer
box-folder 9 folder: 33
Friends of Virginia Civil War Parks
box-folder 9 folder: 34
Fury
box-folder 9 folder: 35
The Grand Review
1965
box-folder 9 folder: 36
Grant Cottage Chronicles
box-folder 10 folder: 1
Harper's New Monthly
1850-1855
box-folder 10 folder: 2
Harper's New Monthly
1856-1861
box-folder 10 folder: 3
Harper's New Monthly
1862-1865
box-folder 10 folder: 4
Harper's New Monthly
1866-1869
box-folder 10 folder: 5
Harper's New Monthly
1870-1875
box-folder 10 folder: 6
Harper's New Monthly
1876-1879English.
box-folder 10 folder: 7
Harper's New Monthly
1880-1885
box-folder 10 folder: 8
Harper's Weekly
1861
box-folder 10 folder: 9
Heliogram
box-folder 10 folder: 10
Historic Lexington Foundation
box-folder 10 folder: 11
Loyal Legion Historical Journal
box-folder 10 folder: 12
Journal of the Military Service Institute
1887-1894
box-folder 10 folder: 13
Journal of the Military Service Institute
1895-1899
box-folder 10 folder: 14
Journal of the Military Service Institute
1900-1902
box-folder 10 folder: 15
Journal of the U. S. Infantry Association
1909
box-folder 10 folder: 16
U. S. Army Military History Institute
box-folder 10 folder: 17
U. S. Service Magazine
1865
box-folder 10 folder: 18
The Maryland Line
box-folder 10 folder: 19
Museum Graphic
1965
box-folder 10 folder: 20
Newsletters, Various
box-folder 10 folder: 21
Pathways
box 17
Pictorial Review
June 1917
box-folder 10 folder: 22
Rebel Yell
box-folder 10 folder: 23
Society for Correct Civil War Information
box-folder 10 folder: 24
Society News and Views
box-folder 10 folder: 25
Surrant Courier and Society News
box-folder 10 folder: 26
Valley Echo News
box-folder 10 folder: 27
Virginia Canals and Navigation Society
box 17
Whitehead & Hoag Co., Catalog page

Series VI: Primary Documents

English.

Subseries A: Scrapbooks
1858-1931, n.d.English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 1
  Army War College, Study on Civil War
  1931English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 2
  Joe Hooker Post Minutes, N.J.
  1887-1889English.
- box 20
  Large scrapbook, 118th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 60 typewritten letters by or to - 2 Large Scrapbooks
  English.
- box 14
  Benton L. Thompson
  1862-1865English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 3
  Scrapbook – unknown owner
  1889-1910English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 4
  Scrapbook, newsclippings - unknown owner
  1890English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 5
  Scrapbook, news clippings
  1858-1904English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 6
  History of the 73rd Indiana Regiment by E. K. Barnhill
  English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 7
  Washington Light Infantry Scrapbook
Subseries B: Manuscripts
1861-1924, n.d.English.
- box-folder 12 folder: 1
  Allan, Joe M., Abbyville, Miss., Dec. 15, 1862 to his cousin Charlene Morgan, in Minn. Allan describes war, traitors, rebels deserting, burning bridges, describes his tent and "two black boys who do our cooking and take care of our horses." Also mentions Grand Junction and Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant
  English.
- box-folder 12 folder: 2
  Bevel, G. A. (?) to 'Tom,' writes of service in the Confederacy until Jan. '63 when he 'played quits, scouting four months in Tenn. And then went 'over Cumberland Mountain into the Federal line"
  1866English.
- box-folder 12 folder: 3
  Bierce, L. V., 3 letters, 2 written in 1870, 1 possibly earlier and possibly to Lincoln?
- box-folder 12 folder: 4
  Binion, James, 10th Ga Infantry, in Virginia, typed copies
  1861-1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 5
  Bryant, Corp., S.O., 20th Michigan Infantry, typed
  1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 6
  Burns, Calvin J., copies of letters
  1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 7
  Burr, 'no first name,' Washington, D.C., Lincoln's death
  April 28, 1865
- box-folder 12 folder: 8
  Butler, Calvin to his brother W. A. Wolcott, Mass. Original
  1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 9
  Carpenter, Lyman, writes from TN to his sister about battles in TN and getting smallpox and typhoid, typed
  1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 10
  Chancellorsville Letter, typed, from Camp Convalescent
  June 2, 1863
- box-folder 13 folder: 5
  Civil War Diary of G. W. Pennington
  1862-1865
- box-folder 12 folder: 11
  Clift, R. H. to his mother, typed, re: Battle of Murfreesboro
  January 10, 1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 12
  Cluseret, Gutave-Paul, handwritten transcription of letters by Billings
- box-folder 12 folder: 13
  Crawford, Samuel Wylie to George W. Reed original letter written from Huntsville Ala. Wylie reminisces about Sheridan's last campaign
  July 10, 1869
- box-folder 12 folder: 14
  Curtis, Lyman to Susan, original letter, writes about loss of son in battle
  August 28, 1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 15
  Curtis, Gen. Samuel Ryan, typed copy of letter to his nephew
  July 30, 1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 16
  Denver, Gen., letter on Sherman's March into Miss., original
  1875
- box-folder 12 folder: 27
  Diaries, Memories (Civil War era) – all reproduced, transcribed, typed
- box-folder 12 folder: 18
  Eliza – ltr from, to sister and aunt, writes about Christmas, original
  December 26, 1867
- box-folder 12 folder: 19
  Gillette, James (Capt. C.S.) writes to his mother about Battle of Chancelorsville
  May 9, 1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 20
  Grant, U.S. to Major Gen. W. Sherman, copy of original
  December 18, 1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 21
  Hyde, John E. (Private) of Mississippi, typed copies
  1865
- box-folder 12 folder: 22
  Ladies Association for Soldiers' Relief
  1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 23
  Letters, assorted Civil War, all copies
- box-folder 13 folder: 7
  Letter, Civil War, copy of – brother Phil to brother unknown
  1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 24
  Letter, partial to 'Bro' from 'unknown,' Lancaster, mentions 'Alexandria'
  September 10, 1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 25
  Letter from son to father, Gainesville, Ga. Letterhead designates 'Office of Commissioner of Railroads' and son writes of horse and cost of hay, peas, sugar
  September 19, 1899
- box-folder 12 folder: 26
  Letters, 4 original to Josie from Miranda – religious in subjects
  1865
- box-folder 12 folder: 27
  Letter to Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, n.d., subject hospitals and religion
- box-folder 12 folder: 28
  Manassas Junction, original letter from John 'undeciphered,' writes he had measles, the battle at Manassas, wounded, a 'Ball' in Fairfax and the ladies
  July 28, 1861
- box-folder 12 folder: 29
  Mansfield, Richard H. cartoonist, his cartoons from newspaper
- box-folder 12 folder: 30
  McCarthy, John B. (?) Rockford, Illinois original letter, Aug. 31 '?', to '?' Clark writes about Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln
- box-folder 12 folder: 31
  Merrick, C. Henry, 6 original letters
  1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1869
- box-folder 12 folder: 32
  Nine Mile Road, letter, brother to sister
  July 1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 33
  Pace, Thomas N., Indiana Volunteers, Certificate of Service
- box-folder 12 folder: 34
  Phelps, Walter (copies of letters)
  1861-1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 35
  Quartermaster Receipt, blank, Confederate States
- box-folder 12 folder: 36
  Reckmeyer, W., typed/translated, TN
  1861
- box-folder 12 folder: 37
  Sackey, John to his cousin Miss Mattie Turner, original letter from Camp Near Winchester Virginia, writes that he is weak from being sick
  August 3, 1861
- box-folder 12 folder: 38
  Sewells Point Battery letter from L. C. Jones, discusses artillery
  July 1, 1861
- box-folder 12 folder: 39
  Sherman, W. T. Gen., (copies of letters)
  1863, 1864, 1888
- box-folder 12 folder: 40
  Sherman, W. T., signed by Sherman but written by unknown
  1887
- box-folder 12 folder: 41
  Struthers, Jeannie Gourlay to Allen Clark, [Lincoln flag]
  1924
- box-folder 12 folder: 42
  Taliaferro, W. B. to General W. W. Loring, typed
  January 29, 1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 43
  Warner, Charles, 145th N.Y. Reg., letters typed and transcribed
  1862-1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 44
  Wiggenton, Thomas S.R. to Capt. J. Thomas Clark, original letter written at Racoonford, VA writes about death, wounds and captures
  August 20, 1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 45
  Wolcott, I. H. P., original letters, plus typed and transcribed copies
  1863

Series VII: Artifacts

English.

box 20
1 Jackson
box 20
1 Lee
box 19
Collectibles, various
box 22
Daguerrotypes (4), Calling Cards, Medallions
box 17
Elephant Fight, print from Chandni Chowk, Delhi
box 21
Notebook of U.S. Grant III
box 17
Stamps of the Civil War
artifact object: 1
Robert E. Lee bust