Herbert C Kay collection, 1861-1886, bulk 1805-1979

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Title:: Herbert C Kay collection
Subtitle:: Kay (Herbert C) Collection
Dates:: 1861-1886, bulk 1805-1979
Abstract:: Collection of American Civil War Union and Confederate correspondence concerning military strategy and life during the period. A portion of the collection includes an assorted group of correspondence relating to important nineteenth and twentieth century figures in American and global history.
Extent:: 12 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language:: English and French
Preferred citation:: [Identification of Item], Herbert C Kay Collection, Wyles Mss 218. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.

Scope and content:: The collection contains letters from various authors, ephemera, and currency during the American Civil War. The majority of the letters relating to the Civil War are addressed to or from high ranking military officers from both the Union and Confederate State between 1861 to 1869. Many of the letters detail military strategy and specifics. Of particular note, a portion of the collection consists of various correspondence relating to important national and international figures like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Queen Victoria, Stephen King, Jay Gould, and John F. Kennedy.
Arrangement:: The collection is arranged into two series. Series I. Civil War Correspondence is grouped by the subjects affiliation to either the Union and Confederacy chronologically.Series II. Assorted Correspondence is arranged in chronological order.
Accruals:: Acquired by Special Research Collections in 2017 from the Kay Family Trust.
Physical location:: UCSB Library, Special Research Collections
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Politics and war
Generals -- United States -- Correspondence
Generals -- Confederate States of America
Correspondence
Places:: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union

Collection Guide Author:: Finding Aid by: Beaudry Allen
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-05-04 14:01:32 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research 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:: [Identification of Item], Herbert C Kay Collection, Wyles Mss 218. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US