Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Lewis Wallace Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1862, 1904-1905
Collection Number: Wyles SC 285
Extent:
.02 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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
Lewis Wallace Collection. Wyles SC 285. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.