Freeman Cleaves Research Papers mssCleaves
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
March 2020
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San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Freeman Cleaves research papers
Creator:
Cleaves, Freeman,
1904-1988
Identifier/Call Number: mssCleaves
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1940-1960
Abstract: An extensive collection of research
notes for the American historian Freeman Cleaves' s books Rock of Chickamauga (1948) and
Meade of Gettysburg (1960), also notes on Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeney and the
Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England
family" and the related notes.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.
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[Identification of item]. Freeman Cleaves research papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Freeman Cleaves, 1960.
Freeman Cleaves (1904-1988), a reporter on the staff of the Financial World, historian,
writer, and public lecturer on American history, particularly, the Civil War.
The papers contain approximately 3,000 items and includes the research notes about George
Henry Thomas for the book Rock of Chickamauga (1948), notes about George Gordon Meade for
Meade of Gettysburg (1960), and notes about the Lowell family of Massachusetts. Also
included are notes about Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, and Abbott
Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England family" and the
related notes.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1965. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from the legacy in-house summary report.
Organized in the following series: Civil War and Mexican War research material and notes
(boxes 1-2); Richmond: Appomattox Court House research material and notes (box 3); Lowell
Family of Massachusetts research material and notes (boxes 4-5).
Formerly call number: mssCleaves papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fenians
Historians -- United States -- 20th century
Canada -- History -- Fenian Invasions,
1866-1870
New England -- History
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
Biographies -- United States -- 20th century
Genealogies -- New England
Histories -- United States
Professional papers -- United States -- 20th century
Research (document genres) -- United States -- 20th
century
Lawrence, Abbott,
1792-1855
Sweeny, Thomas William,
1820-1892
Thomas, George H. (George
Henry), 1816-1870
Webster, Daniel,
1782-1852
Box 1, Folder 1-10
Box 2, Folder 11-20
Box 3, Folder 21-25
Richmond: Appomattox Court House research material and notes
Box 4, Folder 26-32