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Guide to The Herbert C Kay Collection Wyles Mss 218
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Accruals
  • Preferred Citation
  • Content Description
  • Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Title: Herbert C Kay collection
    Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 218
    Physical Description: 12 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1861-1886
    Date (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.
    Language of Material: English and French
    Physical Location: UCSB Library, Special Research Collections

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Conditions Governing Use

    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.

    Accruals

    Acquired by Special Research Collections in 2017 from the Kay Family Trust.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Herbert C Kay Collection, Wyles Mss 218. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.

    Content Description

    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

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