Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Jedediah Hotchkiss papers, 1835-1908
Personal name
Main title
- Jedediah Hotchkiss papers, 1835-1908 (bulk 1875-1898).
Links
Links
- Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers at the Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000034
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006031
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006031.3
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Description
- 20,000 items.
- 74 containers.
- 61 microfilm reels.
- 29.6 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006031
Local shelving no.
- 0405S
- Microfilm 17,917-61N-61P
Related titles
- Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers at the Library of Congress
Related names
Biography/History note
- Confederate Army officer, topographical and mining engineer, and historian.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in seven series. Series 1: Diaries, 1845-1899; Series 2: Notebooks, 1866-1893; Series 3: Family Correspondence, 1853-1903; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1846-1899; Series 5: Subject File, 1835-1899; Series 6: Writings File, 1846-1899; and Series 7: Miscellany, 1846-1908.
Summary
- Correspondence, diaries, writings, notebooks, subject files, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating principally to Hotchkiss's service with the Confederate Army as a topographical engineer in Virginia and to his involvement with various land and mining schemes in West Virginia, especially the Gauley Coal Company, Guyandot Coal Land Association, and North Flat-Top Land Association. Civil War diaries, notebooks, and journals describe troop movements and battles. Includes genealogical papers relating to the Hotchkiss and Beecher families, copies of William Barton Rogers's notebooks (1835-1841) for his geological survey of Virginia, and papers of Hotchkiss's wife, Sara Anne Comfort Hotchkiss.
- Correspondents include William Allan, James Gillespie Blaine, William E. Chandler, Robert Lewis Dabney, John W. Daniel, Jubal Anderson Early, Stephen B. Elkins, John Brown Gordon, Nelson Hotchkiss, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph LeConte, Fitzhugh Lee, Robert E. Lee, William Mahone, S.S. McClure, Hunter McGuire, Dwight Lyman Moody, John Pelham, Jeb Stuart, Henry St. George Tucker, and Henry A. Wise.
LC Subjects
- Allan, William, 1837-1889--Correspondence.
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893--Correspondence.
- Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917--Correspondence.
- Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898--Correspondence.
- Daniel, John W. (John Warwick), 1842-1910--Correspondence.
- Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894--Correspondence.
- Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911--Correspondence.
- Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904--Correspondence.
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863--Correspondence.
- LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901--Correspondence.
- Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905--Correspondence.
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Correspondence.
- Mahone, William, 1826-1895--Correspondence.
- McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949--Correspondence.
- McGuire, Hunter, 1835-1900--Correspondence.
- Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899--Correspondence.
- Pelham, John, 1838-1863--Correspondence.
- Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864--Correspondence.
- Tucker, Henry St. George, 1853-1932--Correspondence.
- Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876--Correspondence.
- Beecher family.
- Hotchkiss family.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Gauley Coal Company.
- Guyandot Coal Land Association.
- North Flat-Top Land Association.
- Coal mines and mining--West Virginia.
- Geology--Virginia.
- Land companies--West Virginia.
- Land use, Rural--West Virginia.
- Military topography--Virginia.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
- Army officers, Confederate.
- Civil engineers.
- Historians.
Notes
- Artifacts transferred to Smithsonian Institution.
- Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- Photographs and other pictorial material transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Purchase, 1948-1958.
Constituent unit
Additional formats
- Jedediah Hotchkiss papers also available through the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000034
- Microfilm edition available, no. 17,917.
- Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
LCCN
- mm 78026526
Other standard no.
- MSS26526
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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