Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- George Berry Davis Civil War Letters
- Dates:
- 1861-1863
- Extent:
- 1.0 Linear feet 2 Boxes
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Davis, George Berry. Civil War Letters. Special Collections, Walter W. Stiern Library, California State University, Bakersfield.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Twenty-three letters, one poem by George Berry (online at http://www.csub.edu/~casher/civilwarletters). One framed retouched photograph of George Berry Davis circa 1863. Other manuscripts unrelated to the Civil War. One self-published biography by Fred Gifford, recounting his life and particularly his experiences on a submarine in World War II.
Two boxes, one monograph, one photograph.
- Biographical / historical:
- Acquisition information:
- The George Berry Davis Civil War Letters Collection was donated to the Walter W. Stiern Library on August 16, 1996, by George Bertram Davis and Fred Gifford of Bakersfield, California.
- Accruals:
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No further acquisitions.
- Physical location:
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Walter Stiern Library 9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93311.
Online - Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2013-7-22
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-08-29T13:14-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Online access to letters is unrestricted.
- Preferred citation:
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Davis, George Berry. Civil War Letters. Special Collections, Walter W. Stiern Library, California State University, Bakersfield.
- Location of this collection:
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Walter W. Stiern Library60 LIB 9001 Stockdale HwyBakersfield, CA 93311-1022, US
- Contact:
- (661) 654-3253