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Nicholson (John Page) Papers and Civil War Collection
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: John Page Nicholson papers and Civil War collection
Creator:
Nicholson, John P. (John Page), 1842-
Identifier/Call Number: mssNI
Physical Description:
8.5 Linear Feet
(4 boxes and 64 bound volumes, 1 envelope, 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1861-1921
Abstract: Papers and collection of American Civil War veteran and collector John Page Nicholson.
Language of Material: Materials are in English with some in French.
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[Identification of item]. John Page Nicholson papers and Civil War collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Gertrude M. Nicholson, through the agency of Robert O. Schad, September 1922.
John Page Nicholson (1842-1921) was a Civil War veteran and collector. From 1861 to 1865, he served as regimental quartermaster
with the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry regiment. After the war, he returned to Philadelphia and started collecting books and
manuscripts on the Civil War. He also translated and edited two volumes of Comte de Paris' History of the Civil War in America.
From 1885 to 1922, he served as recorder in chief of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and was Secretary of the Board
of Commissioners of Gettysburg Monument.
John P. Nicholson's collection of Civil War manuscripts. Included are items created during the war - official reports, dispatches,
communications, soldiers' letters, diaries, maps, etc., and manuscripts written after the war, such as veterans' memoirs,
regimental histories, poems, copies of war diaries, etc. Included are Nicholson's own Civil War letters and a typescript copy
of the diary that he kept during his military service. Also included are correspondence and papers accumulated by Nicholson
during his work on the translation of Comte de Paris' book, his service with the Legion of Honor and his work for the Board
of Commissioners on Gettysburg Monument.
Processed by Huntington Library staff in June 1951. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Organized in the following series: 1. Correspondence and documents; 2. Oversize maps.
The Huntington Library has several other collections related to John Page Nicholson.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssNI 1-990.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts, American -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Sources
Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Archives
Diaries -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Memoirs -- United States -- 19th century
Military records -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Personal papers -- Pennsylvania
Professional papers -- Pennsylvania
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Paris, Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans, comte de, 1838-1894
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Gettysburg Battlefield Commission
Gettysburg National Military Park Commission
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Pennsylvania Commandery
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1865)