Civil War Covers, ca. 1861-1865

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Summary

Title:
Civil War Covers,
Dates:
ca. 1861-1865
Extent:
.02 linear feet (1 folder)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Civil War Covers. Wyles SC 922. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Six printed envelopes, ca. 1861-1865. Five are used. One is Confederate and one is addressed to a Kingsley Wyles, Washington, D.C.

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

  • Civil War Covers - Scrapbook, ca. early 1860s. Approximately 136 unused Civil War Union covers. Wyles SC 585.
  • 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.

Acquisition information:
Physical location:
Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by D. Tambo
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: 05 May 2003 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

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. Wyles SC 922. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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