Z 0953.002 McWillie Family Papers

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Z 0953.002
MCWILLIE FAMILY PAPERS
1860 - 1861; 1864; 1900 - 1901; 1904 - 1906; 1908; 1915 - 1916; 1922 - 1928; 1930 - 1933; 1935 - 1938

Scope and Content

The largest share of this collection is composed of correspondence. Civil War letters written by William McWillie in 1861 provide information from one Confederate soldier's view of the early days of the war, including a commentary on the first battle at Manassas, Virginia.

Twentieth century correspondence is present in personal letters between Helion Dickson and Lucy McWillie Dickson, his wife.

A brief series of newspaper clippings is available but contains little information.

Two volumes of William McWillie's diary/notebook from 1864 provide further information on his service during the Civil War. McWillie writes on camp life, personal matters, and military action. Fighting in the Wilderness area in Virginia receives noted coverage.

The final item in this collection is a scrapbook compiled by William McWillie for his grandson, Charles W. McWillie. Magazine items and drawings by William McWillie have been glued into a 1914 edition of Done in the Open, a compilation of prints of Frederick Remington's Western drawings and paintings. The scrapbook material is interspersed with that of the original book.

Series Identification

Correspondence 1861, 1900–01, 1904–06, 1908. 1915–16, 1922–25, 1927–28, 1930–33, 1935–38, n.d. (5 folders)
Newsclippings. 1860, 1901, 1906, 1926, n.d. (1 folder)
Diary/Notebook. 1864. (2 volumes)
Scrapbook. (1 volume) ca. 1890–1910.