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Wyles Mss 10
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Title: Noyes-Wallace Family Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1775-1919
Date (bulk): (bulk 1839-1919)
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 10
Creator:
Noyes, Henry Erastus
Extent:
1.9 linear feet
(1 document box and 1 oversize box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur and Del Sur Oversize
Abstract: ca. 1850s-early 1900s. Documents and correspondence concerning Henry Erastus Noyes, George W. Wallace, and George W. Wallace,
Jr., all soldiers in the U.S. Army. Also includes Noyes' 1861 photo album and other material relating to West Point, his 107
pp. typescript "The Story of My Life,' photographs and 2 holographic maps. Papers concern the Civil War, the Indian campaigns,
the Boxer Rebellion, and the Philippine Insurrection. Noyes was a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. Includes commissions
signed by Presidents Tyler, Fillmore, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft. 2 lin. ft (2 boxes). Gift of Lois
Scott.
Language:
English.
None.
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.
Noyes-Wallace Family Collection. Wyles Mss 10. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Gift of Lois Scott.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains documents and correspondence concerning , for the most part, Henry Erastus Noyes (b.1839), and George
W. Wallace, (b.1872), soldiers in the U.S. Army. Henry E. Noyes was the father-in-law of George W. Wallace. It includes Noyes'
1861 photo album and other material relating to West Point, and his role in the Civil War and various campaigns in the west,
much of this detailed in his 107 page typescript "The Story of My Life." There are a number of photographs relating to his
military career (including two of George A. Custer).
The Wallace material includes documents related to his and other family members' military service and appointments as well
as two holographic maps. Documents concern the Boxer Rebellion, and the Philippine Insurrection. George W. Wallace was a Congressional
Medal of Honor winner, for actions related to his service in the Philippines in 1900. The documents in the oversize material
include commissions signed by Presidents Tyler, Fillmore, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
There are also documents relating to a George W. Wallace who served in the Civil War. The relationship between the two is
undetermined.