Minos Miller Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS M58

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Scope and Content Note

Correspondence exchanged between Major Minos Miller and members of his family during the time he was on military duty in Arkansas and elsewhere with the 54th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, which was made up largely of Arkansas troops. All letters are from Minos Miller to his mother, Martha Hornaday of Eddyville, Iowa, unless otherwise noted.

Dates

1860-1866

Creator

Miller, Minos (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

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Minos Miller served as a major with the 54th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment during the U. S. Civil War.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Letters are arranged chronologically, with undated materials at the end.

Acquisition Information

The Minos Miller Letters were donated to the University of Arkansas Libraries by Lillian M. Cartwright of Indianapolis, Indiana, in March 1964.

Existence and Location of Copies

In March 2009, 49 letters from the collection were digitized as part of the Community & Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks digital project. Those digitized materials are available at https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mack/search/searchterm/Minos%20Miller%20Letters,%201860-1866/.

As part of the digital project, Springfield-Greene County Library District also generated transcripts of the digitized letters, and provided digital copies of those transcripts to Special Collections; these .doc and .txt files are stored on Special Collections' preservation server and are available to view in the Special Collections Reading Room, as well as within the digital collection.