Jacob Elder Civil War Letters

Collection

Identifier: MC 1409

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Scope and Content Note

The collection includes letters to Margaret Watson Elder from her husband Capt. Jacob Elder, USA, written from camp while he was serving with the 2nd Arkansas Colored Infantry, and a letter from the nurse who attended Capt. Elder at his death in a military hospital in Memphis. Added is a fragment of a biographical note by the Elders' daughter Jane Elizabeth. Genealogical documents were placed in the accession file for the collection, along with a ruined page of Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1863, containing a woodcut illustration by Thomas Nast, "Christmas Eve, 1862," inscribed in Elder's hand, which family tradition has it he carried in his pocket at the time of his death.

Dates

1863
undated

Creator

Elder, Jacob (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Restrictions apply. Documents are very fragile and must not be removed from their transparent enclosures. No Interlibrary Loan. Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Extent

0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

6 letters arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Papers pertaining to Jacob Elder were donated to the University of Arkansas Libraries by Corinne H. Orr on October 4, 1999, on her own behalf and that of her cousins: Virginia Cruze, June Cross, Esther Horner, Helen Freeborn, Carol Abma, Ellie Lombard, and Russ Connell.

Processing Information

Processed by Ethel C. Simpson, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 1999. Updated by Melanie Griffin to add arrangement note.