Richard Howell Purdue Research Files

Collection

Identifier: MS P972r

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Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, familial, legal, and military records; biographical sketches; literary manuscripts; diary excerpts; notes; maps; and other published and unpublished material, principally in photocopy or transcript, received or collected by historian Richard Howell Purdue and his wife and co-author, Elizabeth Scales Purdue, in course of research for their Pat Cleburne, Confederate General: A Definitive Biography (Hillsboro, Tex., Hill Jr. College Press, 1973).

Dates

1823-1973
Majority of material found within 1861-1970

Creator

Purdue, Richard Howell, 1901-1982 (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

Richard Howell Purdue (1901-1982) was a historian; his works include Pat Cleburne, Confederate General: A Definitive Biography (Hillsboro, Tex., Hill Jr. College Press, 1973), co-authored with his wife, Elizabeth Scales Purdue.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Arranged in seven series, preserving original order imposed by collector.

1, Book Review, 1973
2, Personal and Official Correspondence, Familial Records, Patrick Ronayne Cleburne's Military Reports and Communications, 1849-1870
3, Biographical Sketches, 1863-1915
4, Other Military Records, 1861-1864
5, Other Secondary Source Materials, 1857-1958
6, Miscellaneous Materials, 1823-1967
7, Authors' Correspondence, 1960-1972

Acquisition Information

The Richard Howell Purdue Research Files were donated to Special Collections by R. Howell and Elizabeth S. Purdue of Arlington, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee in February 1974, and by Mrs. James Sherlock Jordan of Minneapolis, Minnesota in August 1973.