Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Peter Wellignton Alexander Papers,
1855-1863; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Library.
COinS Metadata
available (e.g., for Zotero).
Summary Information
At a Glance
Call No.: | MS#0016 |
Bib ID: | 4079103 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | Alexander, Peter Wellington, 1825-1886. |
Title: | Peter Wellington Alexander Papers,
1855-1863,
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Physical description: | 10 linear feet (18 document boxes and 12 flat boxes).
16 reels of microfilm (8 positive reels-2 copies of reels 1-3 &
5-7); 8 master negative reels).
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Language(s): | In English
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Access: |
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into 5 series:
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Description
Scope and Content
The collection consists of over four hundred letters to Alexander, as well as miscellaneous letters and telegrams; business and military documents; and copybooks and letter books; and complete and partial newspapers and clippings from the various Southern newspapers with which he was affiliated, in particular
The Savannah Republican
and the
Advertiser and Register
of Mobile, which carried Alexander's dispatches.
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Using the Collection
RBML
Access Restrictions
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Peter Wellignton Alexander Papers,
1855-1863; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Library.
Guide to the materials on microfilm, 1 volume, in repository.
Selected Related Material
Community & Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks
This online exhibition includes a large amount of dogitized material from the Columbia University Collection
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Collection, processed by MAry Boone Bowling, December, 1974
Microfilm Entered 05/14/1992 HR
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT
conversion March 25, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2009-05-04
xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Subjects
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History / Biographical Note
History
Colonel Peter Wellington Alexander, Confederate States of
America, Georgia-born editor and Civil War correspondent.
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