Civil War Covers -- Scrapbook

Processed by D. Tambo

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Phone: (805) 893-3062

Fax: (805) 893-5749

Email: special@library.ucsb.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html

Civil War Covers -- Scrapbook, ca. early 1860s

Collection number: Wyles SC 585

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Contact Information:

Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone: (805) 893-3062
Fax: (805) 893-5749
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html

Processed by:

D. Tambo

Date Completed:

05 May 2003

Encoded by:

David C. Gartrell

Descriptive Summary

Title: Civil War Covers -- Scrapbook,

Date (inclusive): ca. early 1860s

Collection Number: Wyles SC 585

Extent: .1 linear feet (1 folder)

Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections

Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010

Physical Location: Vault

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

Civil War Covers -- Scrapbook. Wyles SC 585. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Undetermined.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains a scrapbook with approximately 136 unused Civil War Union covers (envelopes), ca. early 1860s. All covers are illustrated, many printed in one or more colors, usually blue or red. Many are patriotic in nature, portraying figures such as Washington and Lincoln. Others are printed with caricatures or political cartoons, accompanied by slogans, often derogatory towards the South, secessionist states, and Jefferson Davis. Examples include an image of a hangman's noose, with the caption "Good 'Noose' for Traitors"; a drawing of a skull and snake, with the caption "Vanity, Treachery & Death. Secession Emblems"; and an illustration of a zebra, with the caption "Why, here's Jeff Davis. How is this? He's taken off his skin. Ah, yes, I see, he only was a Jackass who stepped in".

Printers represented in the collection include Brown & Ryan (New York), Gay & Hollingshead (New York),T. Lynch (New York), Magee (Philadelphia), D. Murphy's Son (New York), Alfred S. Robinson (Hartford), Reagles & Co. (New York), William Ridenburgh, John Ross (Baltimore), S. C. Upham (Philadelphia), Union Envelope Depot (New York), J. G. Wells (New York), Young, Lockwood & Co. (Buffalo), and S. H. Zahm & Co. (Lancaster, Pa)

UCSB Special Collections has other two other collections containing Civil War covers, namely:

Civil War Covers. Wyles SC 922.
Confederate Collection. Union and Confederate covers. Wyles Mss 50.
Grant [Campbell] Collection, 1864-1865. More than 300 mainly unused Union covers. Wyles, Mss 49.

Civil War covers were produced in large numbers and many survive. Other institutions with collections of covers include the Connecticut Historical Society and Western Reserve Historical Society, both of which have descriptions on their websites.

Box

Scrapbook with approximately 136 unused Civil War Union covers (envelopes), ca. early 1860s