Preliminary Guide to the Young Family Papers

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Preliminary Guide to the Young Family Papers, ca. 1839-1911

Collection number: Wyles Mss 19

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Contact Information:

  • Department of Special Collections
  • Davidson Library
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Santa Barbara, CA 93106
  • Phone: (805) 893-3062
  • Fax: (805) 893-5749
  • Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
  • URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
    Processed by:
    Special Collections staff; latest revision, D. Tambo
    Date Completed:
    09 November 2002
    Encoded by:
    David C. Gartrell
© 2002 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Young Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1839-1911
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 19
Creator: Young family
Extent: .4 linear feet (1 document box)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Young Family Papers. Wyles Mss 19. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Undetermined.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains correspondence and business-related materials concerning the Young family of Paw Paw, Michigan, as well as correspondence relating to a number of other Michigan families including Butler, Carpenter, Comstock, Goodrich, Henry, Hibner, Maloney, Moyer, Nellie, Poucher, Richards, Shallenberger, Shekell, Toll, Tucker, Welch, and Wood. Interspersed throughout the collection are Civil War letters from members of the various families.

 

Series 1.  Young Family

Box 1: 1 - 2

Young, George

Box 1: 1

Business - advertisements, correspondence, documents, ca. 1860s-1875, n.d.

Box 1: 2

Correspondence - mainly from sister Eliza, other family members, and friends, 1862-1867, n.d.

Box 1: 3

Young, Mary - Correspondence, 1862-1866, n.d.

Box 1: 4 - 5

Young, Wesley [C.W.] -- Correspondence, mainly from family and friends, along with some business correspondence, 1863-1869, n.d.

 

Series 2.  Other Families

Scope and Content Note

Includes Civil War correspondence from members of the following families, in some cases to members of the Young family.
Box 1: 6

Butler, Chauncey, 1862

Box 1: 7

Carpenter, 1859-1864, n.d.

Box 1: 8

Comstock (related to Wood family), 1853-1877, n.d.

Box 1: 9

[Cranck?], Joseph, 1861

Box 1: 10

Goodrich, Charles W., 1865

Box 1: 11

Henry, B. W., 1846-1850

Box 1: 12

Hibner, Henry, 1860-1863

Box 1: 13

Maloney, 1849, 1859, n.d.

Box 1: 14

Moyer, William H., 1862

Box 1: 15

Nellie, Sam, 1864

Box 1: 16

Poucher, Charles, 1863

Box 1: 17

Richards, George H., 1839-1840

Box 1: 18

Shallenberger, Mary E., 1860

Box 1: 19

Shekell, John M., 1862

Box 1: 20 - 21

Toll, Charles - includes correspondence and essays/speeches, 1847-1875, n.d.

Box 1: 22

Tucker, Luther, 1846

Box 1: 23

Welch, 1864, 1865

Box 1: 24

Wood (related to Comstock family), 1851-1911, n.d.

Box 1: 25

Unknown, 1867, 1876, 1879

 

Series 3.  Broadsides

Box 1: 26

Advertisement by Nettleton, Gilbert & Camp, Counsellors at Law, New York City, to collect bounties, pay, and prize money for Civil War pensioners and deceased soldiers, 1863