Keifer, Joseph Warren, 1836-1932.

U.S. Army officer (U.S. Civil War, Spanish-American War) and legislator (U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, 1877-1885, 1905-1911). Collection contains correspondence, primarily from 1881-1883, when Keifer was Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two items of miscellany. Incoming letters, mostly from military and political figures, of Susan B. Anthony, James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Carrie Chapman Catt, James A. Garfield, Marcus A. Hanna, Warren G. Harding, Rutherford B. Hayes, Nicholas Longworth, Whitelaw Reid, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, William Howard Taft, Leonard Wood, and others.

Barnes, James, -1865.

Papers of the Civil War soldier of the 146th Regiment, New York State Volunteers. Chiefly correspondence to his wife, Catherine Barnes (1862-1865). Other correspondents to Mrs. Barnes are William T. Tull, chaplain at the Washington Street Hospital and Arthur B. Johnson.

Husted, James.

Diary of a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Van Buren, James Lyman.

American Civil War general. Collection contains correspondence and memorabilia.

Bogert, John A., 1836-

Papers of the Union soldier. Bogert was an officer in the 127th New York Volunteer Infantry, and a lieutenant colonel in the 103rd Colored Infantry. Letters, mostly to his parents in New York City concerning family matters, camp life, the progress of Civil War.

Wainwright, John D., b. 1839.

Rear Admiral, United States Navy. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, clippings relating to Wainwright and to his father, Civil War Colonel John Wainwright, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Fort Fisher (North Carolina).

Foster, John Edward.

Union soldier (1834?-1864), served with Vermont Volunteers. Collection includes correspondence with family in Vermont during Civil War service; some letters from brother, Julian, to family members; miscellaneous material including two diary pages, a list of debts, and a pencil drawing of encampment of Company E, 2nd Regiment, Vermont Volunteers.

Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869.

Letter from the American army officer to A.G. Moore, Esq. Accompanied by sales slip and letter documenting its purchase by Charles Devens Osborne in 1950.

Foster, Joseph C., fl. 1863.

Diary of a Civil War soldier in the Union army. Also includes one photograph of a young woman.