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Finding Aid for the William Mathias Lamars Papers, ca. 1952-1971
2011
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Title: William Mathias Lamars Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1952-1971
Collection number: 2011
Creator: Lamars, William Mathias, 1900-
Extent: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Collection consists of materials relating to the manuscript of William Mathias Lamars' book,
The edge of glory (1961), a biography of Major General William Starke Rosecrans of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Collection
includes the preliminary manuscript, final manuscript, correspondence, research notes, reviews, other printed material, and
microfilm documents.
The collection consists of papers relating to Larmars's book,
The Edge of Glory (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961), a biography of Major General William Starke Rosecrans, commander for the North during the
American Civil War. The collection includes the preliminary manuscript, final transcript, correspondence, research notes,
reviews, and various printed material concerning the Civil War.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lamars, William Mathias, 1900- --Archives.
Lamars, William Mathias, 1900- --Edge of glory.
Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898--Sources.
Authors, American--20th century--Archives.
Manuscripts for publication.
William S. Rosecrans Papers (Collection 663)
. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.