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A People at War: Civil War Manuscripts
A People at War reproduces on microfilm the personal papers of more than 350 people from both North and South -
civilians, professionals, camp followers and ordinary soldiers, participants and observers, male and female, black and
white. A written record of the silent majority of the Civil War, the collection incorporates a remarkable range of
voices and viewpoints from a Union private describing camp life during the Shenandoah campaign or a lieutenant
recounting troop reaction to the Appomattox surrender to a prisoner of war telling of suffering at Andersonville and
an ex-slavewoman writing about conditions in the North. These papers are the raw materials of history opening up
to researchers such elusive issues as the attitudes and actions of non-combatants in the war, the condition and
contribution of blacks, the role of women both in and behind the lines of battle, the treatment of convalescents and
prisoners of war, weapons development and tactical innovations and the place of religion in the lives of ordinary
soldiers. A highly significant research resource, organized to be easily accessible, A People at War revolutionizes our
understanding of the event that shook the foundations of the United States.
With cumulative printed guide and index; Edited by John R. Sellers
Washington D.C., USA; In English
150 reels 35mm
The Quaker Manuscript Collection: Part A *
Manuscript journal of George Fox, The Caton Manuscript, The Swarthmore Manuscripts and many others.
England
14 reels 35mm
Wharncliffe Manuscripts Relating to the American Civil War *
1864 - 1872
These family papers of the ancient Yorkshire family, the Wortley‘s of Wharncliffe Chase, near Sheffield, consist in the
main of correspondence to the 3 rd Lord Wharncliffe concerning the affairs of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
From Sheffield City Library; Introduction by B.A. Holderness, University of East Anglia; Part of the British Records Relating to America series;
Includes printed guide
Sheffield, England
1 reel 35mm
Asian
Buddhist. Rare Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts
862 AD - 1952 AD
Between February 1873 and May 1876, Dr. Daniel Wright, surgeon to the British Residency at Kathmandu, Nepal,
collected a large number of Buddhist manuscripts. They are recognized as a unique group of priceless cultural and
historical artifacts. Now held at Cambridge University Library, parts I and II of the microfilm collection are
comprised 267 manuscripts containing approximately 23,000 leaves, and includes the oldest Buddhist Sanskrit and
Nepalese manuscripts ever found, including two extraordinary documents from the 9 th century A.D. The main
historical importance of the present collection consists in the names of kings given, in so many cases, along with the
carefully and minutely expressed dates of writing..., states the guide to the collection, authored by Cecil Bendall,
Cambridge University Press, 1883. Bendall explains that keeping in view the double local origin of our collection, the
subject of History, like that of Palaeography, falls into two main divisions, relating respectively to Bengal and Nepal.
As Bendall states, the collection allows the user to gain fresh and valuable pieces of contemporary testimony about
events happening at the time of writing.
Printed guide included: Catalogue of Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge, by Cecil Bendall, Cambridge
University Press, 1883
Cambridge, England
91 reels 35mm
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