Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Lewis Wallace Collection,
- Dates:
- 1862, 1904-1905
- Extent:
- .02 linear feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
Lewis Wallace Collection. Wyles SC 285. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains one Civil War letter (ALS) from Union General Lewis Wallace to Governor Robinson of Kentucky, Aug. 22, 1862, re raising 4,000-5,000 mounted Home Guards, which he sees as the quickest way of getting a proper force into the field. [Lew] Wallace is better known as the author of Ben Hur and the collection also includes two clippings, 1904-1905, re the writing of that work.
- Acquisition information:
- Undetermined.
- Physical location:
- Del Sur
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 14 November 2003 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special 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:
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Lewis Wallace Collection. Wyles SC 285. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062