Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Sanders, George Dana, 1851-1918 and Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller ABAA
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet 2 MSB and 1 flat box
- Language:
- English and Primarily in English with some material in Spanish.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], George Dana Sanders papers (M2163). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The materials consist primarily of incoming and outgoing personal correspondence in the form of manuscript letters (approximately 200), but also includes typed correspondence, printed orders, telegrams, receipts, and the book Twelve Months with the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry in the service of the United States, by Harry E. Webber (Salem, Mass, 1908). The subject matter primarily focuses on the period of George Sanders' service with the 8th Massachusetts, from 1898-1899, with a few letters from later years. Commissioned as Regimental Chaplain in April of 1898, Sanders was first stationed with the Regiment at Chickamauga, Georgia, then Lexington, Kentucky. He resigned his commission in October 1898, but on January 6, 1899, he was re-appointed Chaplain. He then set out to re-join the 8th Massachusetts now stationed in Matanzas, Cuba. He served in Cuba as both chaplain and on special duty until he was mustered out in April 1899.
- Biographical / historical:
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George Dana Sanders (occasionally misspelled George Dana Saunders) was born in Patten, Maine, in 1851. He became a pastor in Gloucerster, Massachusetts, served in the 8th Massachusetts Infantry as Regimental Chaplain during the Spanish-American War, and died in 1918 at the age of 67.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased by Stanford Libraries in 2016.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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Public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], George Dana Sanders papers (M2163). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022