Overview of the Lewis S. Wisner collection

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Overview of the Lewis S. Wisner collection

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2009
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: Lewis S. Wisner collection

Dates: 1864-1919

Collection Number: 78044

Collector: Wisner, Lewis S., 1893-1973, collector

Collection Size: 1 album box, 2 envelopes (0.6 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Clippings, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia, relating to World War I. Includes a dagger made from shells and casings by German hospital prisoners, and a photograph of a Civil War drawing by L. S. Wisner's grandfather of Spottsylvania, Virginia, 1864.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: In English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.

Publication Rights

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lewis S. Wisner collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1978.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Scope and Content of Collection

Clippings, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia, relating to World War I. Includes a dagger made from shells and casings by German hospital prisoners, and a photograph of a Civil War drawing by L. S. Wisner's grandfather of Spottsylvania, Virginia, 1864.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

World War, 1914-1918.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.

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