Guide to the materials on microfilm, 1 volume, in repository.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and newspapers. These include over four hundred letters to Alexander, as well as miscellaneous letters and telegrams; some of his manuscripts and notes; business records of his law firm; military documents of the western divisions of the Confederate Army; copybooks and letter books; and complete and partial newspapers and clippings from the various Southern newspapers (in particular THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, the DAILY DISPATCH of Richmond, and the ADVERTISER AND REGISTER of Mobile) which carried Alexander's dispatches.
Arranged in 4 series.
Guide to the materials on microfilm, 1 volume, in repository.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Peter Wellington Alexander papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Community Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks
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Parts of this collectionm are on: microfilm. There are 8 reels of film. The finding aid is annotated with reel numbers.
Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Hamilton, 1974.
Source of acquisition--Hamilton, Mrs. Robert P. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/19/1974. Accession number--M-74-12-19.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Cataloged & arranged Christina Hilton Fenn 03/22/1989.
Collection processed by Mary Boone Bowling, December 1974
Microfilm Entered 05/14/1992 HR
2009-03-25 File created.
2009-05-04 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Colonel Peter Wellington Alexander, Confederate States of America, Georgia-born lawyer, editor and Civil War correspondent.
Box 1
[On microfilm reels 90-2021 and 91-2089]
Box 1
[On microfilm reels 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[On microfilm reels 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[On microfilm reels 90-1021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Page from copybook. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
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Box 1
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Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 94-2007-2.]
Box 1
[Encl. with above. Microfilm Reel 94-2007-2.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Encl, 14 a.p.: biographical sketch of Patrick Ronayne Cleburn.Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[On exchanging prisioners after the Battle of Prairie Grove. Microfilm 90-2021 and91-2089.]
Box 1
[Microfilm 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[Microfilm 11568.]
Box 1
[Microfilm 11568.]
Box 2
[Enclosed with Robias Gibson Richardson's letter of 8 Nov. 1864.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[Encl sketch of St. Charles on the White River (setting of the Battle of St Charles, whichis described in this letter). Microfilm Reel 90-2021 and 91-2089:]
Box 1
[With covering a.n.s. from Charles C. Green to Gen. J. P. Wilson. Microfilm Reel90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 1
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 1
[Introducing Peter Wellington Alexander. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 90-2021 and 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Envelope encl with postage stamp of the Confederate States of America. Not onMicrofilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Enclosed with above. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 94-2007-2.]
Box 2
[Forwarded to Gen. Holmes by S. Cooper. Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
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[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
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[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 2
[Variant copies of the same letter not in the author's hand. Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[A.n.s. by General Bragg on page 4. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 11568-2.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Encl. a printed notice on the conscript law. Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[With 2 Confererate stamps.Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 3
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 2
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 13
[Microfilm Reel 90-2021.]
Box 13
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 5 to 6
[Microfilm Reels 90-2022, 2023, 2024.]
Box 6
[Microfilm Reels 90-2022, 2023, 2024.]
Box 6
[Microfilm Reels 90-2022, 2023, 2024.]
Box 6
[Microfilm Reels 90-2022, 2023, 2024.]
Box 12
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 3
[The events of the previous year and how they have brought on the catastrophe which has overtaken the Confederate cause. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 3
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 3
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 3
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 12
[Newspaper clippings. The first page of the clippings that follows the pictures (mostly offamous people) has articles from the Montgomery Daily Advertiser of 1858 and [n.d.],signed by George H. Shorter as editor. The last, large proup of clippings is of the CivilWar. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 3
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 12
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 12
["Captured from the Yankees at the Battle of Sharpsburg Md. Sept. 17th 1862." in whichPrivate Ferrat has written. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 3
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 12
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 12
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 3
[Not on Microfilm.]
Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Hamilton.
Box 7
[Orders by Generals Beauregard; Bragg; Samuel Cooper; Albert Sidney Johnston; JonesMitchell Withers; et al. Microfilm Reel 94-2007-2.]
Box 7
[Copy of important public letters and orders of General Beauregard's command.Microfilm Reel 94-2007-2.]
Box 7
[Copy of important public telegrams of General Beauregard's command. Microfilm Reel94-2007-2.]
Box 7
[Copy of letters, Special and General Orders of General Beauregard's command.Microfilm Reel 94-2007-2.]
Box 8
[Abstract of military records in General Hindman's command. Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 8
[Abstract of papers received in the A. A. Gen's Office in General Hindman's command; withreference to endorsements in Register A. Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 8
[Copybook of General Orders from General Hindman's command. Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 8
[Copybook of Special Orders from General Hindman's command. Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Box 8
[Copybook of Special Orders from General Hindman's and Holmes's command. Printedorders inserted. Microfilm Reel 91-2089.]
Box 8
[Register of orders, letters, abstracts receipts of orders, and an outline of Organizationof the First Corps of the Trans-Mississippi Army in General Hindman's command.Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Box 8
[Register of endorsements sent from the A.A. General's Office, in General Hindman'scommand. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 8
[Register of endorsements sent from the A.A. General's Office, in General Hindman'scommand. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 9
[From General Hindman's command, et al. Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Box 9
[From General Hindman's command, et al. Microfilm Reel 90-2021.]
Box 9
[From General Hindman's command, et al. A 20 page description of the Cane Hill and PrairieGrove campaigns are at the end of the volume. Microfilm Reel 90-2021.]
Box 9
[Copybook of telegraphic dispatches Memphis and Little Rock Line, from General Hindman, etal. Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 4
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 4
[Editorial letters on Reconstruction. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 4
[Onionskin copybook. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 4
[Letterpress book of P. W. Alexander's law office. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 18
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 18
[Letterpress book of the law office of Jamse Milton Smith (1823-1890) and P. W. Alexander.Not on Microfilm.]
Box 18
[Letterpress book. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 12
["Captured from the Yankees at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD Sept. 17th 1862." Not on Microfilm.]
Box 12
[1, 5, 55 p. of newspapers clippings. "Captured from the Yankees at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD Sept. 17th 1862." Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Draft for the printer. Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 14
[Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 14
[Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 17
[From Generals Anderson, Brown, Clayton, Cooper, and Hallonquist. Not on Microfilm.]
Box 17
[Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 17
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 17
[Not on Microfilm.]
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[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 17
[Microfilm ]
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[Microfilm]
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[Microfilm.]
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[Microfilm.]
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[Microfilm.]
Box 17
[Microfilm Reel 91-1090.]
Box 17
[Microfilm Reel 91-1090.]
Box 17
[Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Box 17
[With accompanying report. Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Box 17
[With accompanying report. Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Box 17
[Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Box 17
[Microfilm Reel 11566.]
Flat Box 3
[Not on Microfilm Also known as Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register.]
Flat Box 4
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 5
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 6
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 7
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 8
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 9
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 10
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 11
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 12
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 13
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Flat Box 14
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 15
[Not on Microfilm.]
Box 11
[Shelved after newspapers.]
Box 10
[Microfilm Reel 91-2090.]
Box 10
[Not on Microfilm.]