Scope and content Correspondence, diaries, accounts, guardianship documents, and estate settlement papers of William D. Fairley (d. 1871) and his wife Catherine (later Mrs. Melvin James Stevens). Included are letters from James Stalker, describing hospital conditions during the Civil War; Mrs. Fairley's sister, Mrs. Hugh Moore, Nashua, Iowa; her son Charles Fairley, Nebraska; the Copeland family, other relatives, and friends; and letters to Charles from his mother and stepfather. Also, documents relating...

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Items collected by Dr. Post deriving from his medical volunteership in the Civil War, include a diary kept for 1862 describing cases, soldiers, and events; also a medical surgeon's instrument kit, pieces of shrapnel, a piece of hard tack, photographs of Post and his parents, the Soldier's Pocket Book of inspirational writing, mess kit cutlery, and correspondence; some items include annotated notes; also, ephemeral items such as an awl and twine, a bar of soap in a tin box, and two cigars.