A Guide to the Bruce Edward Engster Collection , 1857-1900 #7786-u

A Guide to the Bruce Edward Engster Collection 1857-1900 Engster, Bruce Edward, Collection 7786-u

A Guide to the Bruce Edward Engster Collection 1857-1900

A Collection in
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 7786-u

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7786-u

Title

Bruce Edward Engstler Collection 1857-1900

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of seventeen items, 1857-1900 and n.d.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Bruce Edward Engstler Collection, Accession # 7786-u, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The collection was given to the Library by Mr. Bruce Engstler of Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 22, 1982.

Scope and Content Information

This collection includes seven letters, chiefly concerning new and personal matters of a Maine family during the Civil War. One letter describes a domestic Christmas scene. Another is from a Virginia soldier to his sister describing Confederate camp life.

In addition, there are ten miscellaneous items, most bearing no date, comprising an anonymous sermon, a ballad, Young Charlotte, a recipe, an invoice, a receipt, and various notes. There is also an 1865 August 16 printed memorandum re the return of real estate to ex-Confederates, dispatched from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned lands, with questions re loyalty to the United States on the verso.

Arrangement

These items are arranged chronologically by topic.