Billings, Elden E., Collection A Guide to the Elden E. Billings Collection Ms.1991.036

A Guide to the Elden E. Billings Collection Ms.1991.036

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

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Repository

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Identification

Ms.1991.036

Title

Elden E. Billings Collection, 1862-1991

Quantity

25.5 Cubic Feet, 22 boxes

Creator

Billings, Elden E.

Language

The materials in the collection are in English.

Administrative Information

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Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

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Scope and Contents

The Elden E. Billings Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1991 with additional materials added.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement and description of the Elden E. Billings Collection commenced and was completed in August 2008. Earlier processing of the collection had been done in 1992. Additional description was completed in 2010.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains subject files, clippings, memorabilia and artifacts related to the American Civil War. There are seven series, five of which predominately contain Civil War materials. The other two series in the collection also contains files on other subjects of Billings' historical interests, including aspects of military and United States history.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in seven series: Series I: Civil War Files and Prints; Series II: Other Subject Files; Series III: Lincoln Materials; Series IV: Elden E. Billings - Personel Files; Series V: Publications; Series VI: Primary Documents; and Series VII: Artifacts. Files in each series are arranged alphabetically by folder or item title.

Series I: Civil War Files and Prints contains subject files on various Civil War topics including specific battles, locations, regiments, and historic figures, as well as works of art, maps, and images. Other files include information on railroads, prisons, ethnic or social groups, and branches of the military.

Series II: Other Subject Files contains files on various topics, some tangentially related to the Civil War. Topics include, but are not limited to, figures from US military history, World Wars I and II, the Mexican War, railroads,

Series III: Lincoln Materials contains historical information about aspects of Lincoln's life and presidency. The series also includes cartoons, newsletters, portraits, and memorabilia.

Series IV: Elden E. Billings - Personal Files contains biographical information and photographs, correspondence to and from Billings, book catalogs, and notes relating to speaking events and writings.

Series V: Publications contains newsletters and journals, mostly from the Civil War period or about the Civil War. Other publications relate to Civil War Roundtables, historical societies, and military history.

Series VI: Primary Documents contains two subseries, Subseries I: Scrapbooks and Subseries II: Manuscripts. Subseries I: Scrapbooks includes several related to Civil War regiments or individuals. Subseries II: Manuscripts includes originals and typed copies of diaries, correspondence, and ephemera from the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Series VII: Artifacts contains several portraits, daguerrotypes, and photographs of Civil War figures, including Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. This series also contains medals, coins, calling cards, stamps, and other memorabilia. There are two non-Civil War related items: a print of an elephant fight from India, and a notebook that belonged to Ulysses S. Grant III.

Related Material

A portion of the Civil War books in the Special Collections Rare Book Collection were donated by Elden E. Billings. The department also houses a portrait of Elden E. "Josh" Billings.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Civil War
Folk, historical, and patent medicine
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Medicine
Medicine, Military -- History
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Elden E. Billings Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Billings, Elden E.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Container List

Series I: Civil War Files and Prints

English.

box-folder 1 folder: 1
Aeronautics, Civil War.
box-folder 1 folder: 2
Alabama, Civil War.
box-folder 1 folder: 3
Alton Union Riflers.
box-folder 1 folder: 4
Animals.
box-folder 1 folder: 5
Appomattox.
box-folder 1 folder: 6
Arkansas, Civil War.
box-folder 1 folder: 7
Arms, Artillery, Civil War.
box-folder 1 folder: 8
Army of the Potomac.
box-folder 1 folder: 9
'Battles & Leaders' Project
English.
Subseries A: Battles
English.
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
  Antietam, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
  Balls Bluff, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 12
  Big Bethel, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 13
  Brandy Station, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 14
  Brice Cross Roads, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 15
  Cedar Creek, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 16
  Cedar Mtn., Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
  Chantilly, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 18
  Chattanooga, Battle of.
  English.
- box-folder 13 folder: 4
  Chickamauga, Battle of (sketch on).
  English.
- box-folder 1 folder: 19
  Clustee, Battle of.
  English.
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
  Cold Harbor, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 21
  Crater, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 22
  Fort Stedman, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 23
  Fort Stevens, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
  Galveston, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 25
  Gettysburg, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 26
  Manassas, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 27
  Pea Ridge, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 28
  Peninsula, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 29
  Pilot Knob, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
  Saltville, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 31
  Santa Rosa Island, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 32
  Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 33
  Vicksburg, Battle of.
- box-folder 1 folder: 34
  Wilderness, Battle of.
- box-folder 13 folder: 27
  Wilderness, Battle of.
box-folder 1 folder: 35
Bermuda, Civil War.
box-folder 1 folder: 36
Bibliographies, Civil War.
box-folder 1 folder: 37
Bierce, Gen. Lucius V.
box-folder 1 folder: 38
Bios, Various.
box-folder 1 folder: 39
Black Troops.
box 17
The Blue and the Gray, Curtis Paper Company, 4 black/white prints.
box-folder 13 folder: 2
Bragg, Brig. Gen. Braxton.
box-folder 1 folder: 40
Brazil.
box-folder 1 folder: 41
Brochures, Civil War parks/monuments/battlefields.
box-folder 1 folder: 42
Brown, John.
box-folder 1 folder: 43
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose.
box-folder 1 folder: 44
Butler, Gen. Benjamin.
box-folder 1 folder: 45
Campaigning with Lee Seminar.
box-folder 1 folder: 46
Catton, Bruce.
box-folder 1 folder: 47
Cavalry.
box-folder 1 folder: 48
Cemeteries.
box-folder 1 folder: 49
Census Information,
box-folder 1 folder: 50
Centennial,
1958
box-folder 1 folder: 51
Chamberlain, Gen. Joshua L.
box-folder 13 folder: 3
Chaplains of the U. S. Army.
English.
box-folder 1 folder: 52
Christmas, Civil War.
box-folder 1 folder: 53
Civil War, General Info.
box 17
Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, Currier & Ives print.
box-folder 1 folder: 54
Confederate Powder Works.
box-folder 1 folder: 55
Conscription.
box-folder 1 folder: 56
Correspondents.
box 17
Currier & Ives prints – Genl. Beagher at the Battle of Fair Oaks, The storming of Fort Donelson, TN.
box-folder 1 folder: 57
Curtis, Josiah.
box-folder 2 folder: 1
Davis, Jefferson.
box-folder 2 folder: 2
Delaware, Civil War.
box-folder 2 folder: 3
Derrickson, David V.
box-folder 2 folder: 4
Douglas, Stephen.
box-folder 2 folder: 5
Drummer Boys.
box 17
1899 picture of U.S. Grant.
box-folder 2 folder: 6
Ewing, Charles Brig. Gen.
box-folder 2 folder: 7
Fashion, Civil War-era.
box-folder 2 folder: 8
Finance.
box-folder 2 folder: 9
Flags.
box-folder 2 folder: 10
Florida.
box-folder 13 folder: 6
Foreign Affairs and the Civil War by Howard Westwood.
box-folder 2 folder: 11
Forrest, Nathan Bedford.
box-folder 2 folder: 12
Forts.
box-folder 2 folder: 13
Georgia.
box-folder 2 folder: 14
Generals.
box-folder 2 folder: 15
Gettysburg Address.
box-folder 2 folder: 16
Gettysburg Advance and Retreat.
box-folder 2 folder: 17
Gettysburg Advance and Retreat.
box-folder 2 folder: 18
Gettysburg, Commercial Tower Controversy.
box-folder 2 folder: 19
Gettysburg, Tourist Information.
box-folder 2 folder: 20
Gibbons, Major General John.
box-folder 2 folder: 21
Gill, Delancey W.
box-folder 2 folder: 22
Grant, Gen. U.S.
box-folder 5 folder: 23
Grout, Josuah, Publ.,
1925
box-folder 2 folder: 24
"A Soldier's Tribute to His Chief."
box-folder 2 folder: 25
"Guide of the Confederate Government, An Official."
box-folder 2 folder: 26
Gulager, Charles.
box-folder 2 folder: 27
Hancock, Winfield Scott.
box-folder 2 folder: 28
Harper's Ferry.
box-folder 2 folder: 29
Hayes, Pres. Rutherford B.
box-folder 2 folder: 30
Henderson, Gen. Thomas J.
box-folder 2 folder: 31
Hill, Gen. A. P.
box-folder 2 folder: 32
Hitchcock, Henry.
box-folder 2 folder: 33
Hooker, Gen. Joseph.
box-folder 2 folder: 34
Hospitals.
box-folder 2 folder: 35
Hunt, H. J.
box-folder 2 folder: 36
Hunter's Raid.
box-folder 2 folder: 37
Illinois.
box-folder 2 folder: 38
Indiana.
box-folder 2 folder: 39
Intrenchment.
box-folder 2 folder: 40
Iowa.
box-folder 2 folder: 41
Irish.
box-folder 2 folder: 42
Ironclads.
box-folder 2 folder: 43
Jackson, Gen. T. J. "Stonewall."
box-folder 2 folder: 44
Jewish Servicemen.
box-folder 2 folder: 45
"Johnny Reb and Billy Yank."
box-folder 2 folder: 46
Kane, Brig. Gen.
box-folder 2 folder: 47
Keene, Laura.
box-folder 2 folder: 48
Keller, Cassius.
English.
box-folder 2 folder: 49
Kentucky.
English.
box-folder 2 folder: 50
Lee, Gen. R. E.
box-folder 2 folder: 51
Lees of Virginia Tech.
box-folder 2 folder: 52
Lee Jackson Foundation.
box 17
Lee's General Order Number Nine, a likeness as a keepsake for the members of The Civil War Round Table.
box-folder 2 folder: 53
Longstreet, Lt. Gen James.
box 14
Loose pages from the Photographic History of the Civil War, 1910 by Brady.
box-folder 2 folder: 54
Louisiana.
box-folder 3 folder: 1
Magruder, Gen. John B.
box-folder 3 folder: 2
Maine.
box-folder 3 folder: 3
Manassas, Mall Controversy.
box-folder 3 folder: 4
Map, Lee Retreat/Appomattox Advance of.
box-folder 3 folder: 5
Maps.
box 17
Maps (10) Second Battle of Manassas Troop Movements.
box-folder 3 folder: 6
Marine Corps.
box-folder 3 folder: 7
Maryland.
box-folder 3 folder: 8
Massachusetts.
box-folder 3 folder: 9
Maury, Matthew Fontaine.
box-folder 3 folder: 10
McClellan, Gen. George B.
box-folder 3 folder: 11
McCook, Daniel.
box-folder 3 folder: 12
Meade, Gen. George.
box-folder 3 folder: 13
Medicine.
box-folder 3 folder: 14
Michigan,
box-folder 3 folder: 15
Military Balls.
box-folder 3 folder: 16
Military Order of the Loyal Legion – Memoriums.
box-folder 3 folder: 17
Mississippi.
box-folder 3 folder: 18
Missouri.
box-folder 3 folder: 19
Monitor, U.S.S.
box-folder 13 folder: 17
Monuments, Civil War
box-folder 3 folder: 19a?
Music, Civil War Era.
box-folder 3 folder: 20
Navy.
box-folder 3 folder: 21
New Hampshire.
box-folder 3 folder: 22
New York.
box-folder 3 folder: 23
North Carolina.
box-folder 3 folder: 24
Northern Lake Frontier during the Civil War",
1897
box-folder 13 folder: 20
Notes on Civil War, handwritten by Billings.
box-folder 3 folder: 25
Ohio.
box-folder 3 folder: 26
Oklahoma.
box-folder 3 folder: 27
Ord,
box-folder 3 folder: 28
Gen. E. O. C., Career of – Thesis –
1951
box-folder 3 folder: 29
Pennsylvania.
box-folder 3 folder: 30
People, Misc.
box-folder 3 folder: 31
Personnel Problems.
box-folder 3 folder: 32
Petersburg, VA – Siege of.
box-folder 3 folder: 33
Phillips, David, Confederate Hero – copies.
box-folder 3 folder: 34
Phoebus, Harrison.
box 14
Photographs, Civil War calendar.
box-folder 3 folder: 35
Photographs – Civil War related.
box-folder 3 folder: 36
Photographs & Negatives – Civil War related.
box-folder 3 folder: 37
Pickett, LaSalle Corbin (Gen. Pickett's widow).
box-folder 3 folder: 38
Porter, Benjamin.
box-folder 3 folder: 39
Porter, Gen. Fitz John.
box-folder 3 folder: 40
Portraits, Civil War leaders.
box-folder 3 folder: 41
Postcards.
box-folder 3 folder: 42
Prisons.
box-folder 13 folder: 21
Prison Camps, Confederate.
box-folder 3 folder: 43
Railroads.
box-folder 3 folder: 44
Randall, James G.
box-folder 3 folder: 45
Reconstruction.
box-folder 3 folder: 46
Reenactments.
box-folder 3 folder: 47
Relic Hunters.
box-folder 3 folder: 48
Reno, Major Marcus.
box-folder 3 folder: 49
Rhode Island.
box-folder 3 folder: 50
Richards, Almarin Nehemiah Cooley.
box-folder 3 folder: 51
Robinson, George Foster (Sgt.).
box-folder 3 folder: 52
Russell, Irwin, 'Private Notes' – copy,
1888
box-folder 4 folder: 1
Sanitary Commission.
box-folder 4 folder: 2
Scrapbooks on Civil War.
box-folder 4 folder: 3
Sedgewick, General John.
box-folder 4 folder: 4
Seminars,"Campaigning with Lee."
box-folder 4 folder: 5
Sharpshooters.
box-folder 4 folder: 6
Shaw, Henry Wheeler.
box-folder 4 folder: 7
Sheldon, Bert.
box-folder 4 folder: 8
Shepherd, Alexander.
box-folder 4 folder: 9
Sheridan, Philip Henry (Lt. Gen.).
box-folder 4 folder: 10
Sherman, William T. (Gen.).
box-folder 4 folder: 11
Shields, Gen. James.
box-folder 4 folder: 12
Signals, Civil.
box 17
Soldiers of the Civil War, 4 prints, Princeton Printing Co.,
1962
box-folder 4 folder: 13
South Carolina, Civil War.
English.
box-folder 4 folder: 14
Statistics, Civil War.
box-folder 4 folder: 15
Stone, General Charles P.
box-folder 4 folder: 16
Stonewall Brigade.
box-folder 4 folder: 17
Strange, Col. John B.
box-folder 4 folder: 18
Stratton Case.
box-folder 4 folder: 19
Stuarts Cavalry.
box-folder 4 folder: 20
Stuart, J.E.B.
box-folder 4 folder: 21
Tennessee.
box 17
Texas and Pacific Railway, Rates to Dallas and return for Confederate Veterans Reunion.
box-folder 13 folder: 22
Theatre, Civil War era.
box-folder 4 folder: 22
31st Virginia Confederates.
box-folder 4 folder: 23
Thomas, Benjamin P.
box-folder 4 folder: 24
Thomas, Gen. George H., paper on.
box-folder 4 folder: 25
Tobacco.
box-folder 4 folder: 26
Tournier, Charles, Diary (N.Y. Lgt. Artillery) –typed.
box-folder 13 folder: 23
Tyrell, H. H. – RR pass, receipt, voucher and reunion ribbon.
box-folder 4 folder: 27
Underground Railroad.
box-folder 4 folder: 28
Union Army.
box 17
Union and Confederate Commander, Prints, 2.
box-folder 4 folder: 29
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
box-folder 4 folder: 30
Ursuline Convent, the Burning of.
box-folder 4 folder: 31
Valley Campaign.
box-folder 4 folder: 32
Veterans.
box-folder 4 folder: 33
Vicksburg, paper by H. C. Westwood.
box-folder 4 folder: 34
Virginia.
box-folder 13 folder: 25
Virginia, Civil War.
box-folder 4 folder: 35
Virginia, Historic Sites.
box-folder 4 folder: 36
Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
box-folder 4 folder: 37
Voorhees, Hon. D. W., 1863 Speech.
box-folder 4 folder: 38
Washington, D. C., Civil War era.
box-folder 13 folder: 26
Washington Light Guard,
1871
box-folder 4 folder: 39
Weapons.
box-folder 4 folder: 40
West, Civil War era.
box-folder 4 folder: 41
West Point, Civil War.
box-folder 4 folder: 42
West Virginia Tech.
box-folder 4 folder: 43
Whitaker, Gen. Walter.
box-folder 4 folder: 44
Whitman, Walt.
box-folder 4 folder: 45
Wilson Creek Nat'l Battlefield Park.
box-folder 13 folder: 28
Winthrop, Theodore, n.d., n.a.
box-folder 4 folder: 46
Women and the Civil War.
English.
box-folder 4 folder: 47
Zoaves.

Series II: Other Subject Files

English.

box-folder 5 folder: 1
American Revolution.
box-folder 5 folder: 2 oversize folder: 1
Army, United States.
box-folder 5 folder: 3
Assassinations.
box-folder 5 folder: 4
Atomic Energy Commission.
box-folder 5 folder: 5
Black Family – Geneology.
English.
box-folder 5 folder: 6
Bookmarks.
box-folder 5 folder: 7
Cemeteries.
box-folder 5 folder: 8
Chattanooga Choo Choo.
box-folder 5 folder: 9
Chessie.
box-folder 5 folder: 10
Conscription.
box-folder 5 folder: 11
Custer, General George.
box-folder 5 folder: 12
Economics and Warfare.
English.
box 21
Files on City planning and Urban Development in Washington, D.C.
box 14
Forbes, Cecil (artist) Houses of Parliament.
box-folder 5 folder: 13
Frontier Military Posts, Southwest.
box-folder 5 folder: 14
Grant, III, Lt. Col. U.S.S. Official Speeches, Articles.
box-folder 5 folder: 15
Grant, III, Lt. Col. U. S. S.,
1925-1928
box-folder 5 folder: 16
Harmon Memorial Lecture.
box-folder 5 folder: 17
Hump Pilots.
box-folder 5 folder: 18
Institute for Learning and Retirement.
box-folder 5 folder: 19
Iroquois Club,
1941
box-folder 5 folder: 20
Kennedy, Pres. John F.
box-folder 5 folder: 21
Ku Klux Klan.
box-folder 5 folder: 22
Loch Ness Monster.
box-folder 13 folder: 16
Maps.
box-folder 5 folder: 23
Mexican War.
box-folder 5 folder: 24
Montpelier, A Brief History.
box-folder 13 folder: 18
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
box-folder 13 folder: 19
Newspapers,
1880s-1890s.
box-folder 5 folder: 25
Oldest Inhabitants of D. C., Assn. of.
box-folder 5 folder: 26
Order of the Indian Wars.
box-folder 5 folder: 27
Pledge of Allegiance.
box-folder 5 folder: 28
Sandburg, Carl.
box-folder 5 folder: 29
"TAPS."
box-folder 5 folder: 30
Tennessee, History of.
box-folder 5 folder: 31
Texas.
box-folder 5 folder: 32
Treasury Bond- Bon du Tresor,
1943
box-folder 5 folder: 33
United Kingdom.
box-folder 5 folder: 34
Vietnam.
box-folder 5 folder: 35
Virginia, Fairfax County.
box-folder 5 folder: 36
Washington Housing Assoc.
box-folder 5 folder: 37
White, Harry Decker.
box-folder 5 folder: 38
White House Photos.
box-folder 5 folder: 40
World War I.
box-folder 5 folder: 41
World War II.

Series III: Lincoln Materials

English.

box-folder 6 folder: 1
Anderson Cottage.
box-folder 6 folder: 2
Anecdotes.
box-folder 6 folder: 3
Assassination.
box-folder 6 folder: 4
Azerodt, George A.
box-folder 6 folder: 5
Bibliographies, Lincoln.
box-folder 6 folder: 6
Biographical Sketches.
box-folder 6 folder: 7
Birth, Lincoln.
box-folder 6 folder: 8
Booth, John Wilkes.
box-folder 6 folder: 9
Cartoons on Lincoln.
box-folder 6 folder: 10
Clark, Allen C.
box-folder 6 folder: 11
Colleges.
box-folder 6 folder: 12
Commemorative Ceremonies.
box-folder 6 folder: 13
"Commentaries."
box-folder 6 folder: 14
Conspirators.
box-folder 6 folder: 15
Corbett, Boston.
box-folder 6 folder: 16
Dinner Brochures.
box-folder 6 folder: 17
Dog, Lincoln's.
box-folder 6 folder: 18
Education, Lincoln's.
box-folder 6 folder: 19
Elections.
box-folder 6 folder: 20
Emancipation Proclamation Centenary.
box-folder 6 folder: 21
Evans, George W. – friend of Lincoln.
box-folder 6 folder: 22
Finances, Lincoln's.
box-folder 6 folder: 23
Food, Lincoln and.
box-folder 6 folder: 24
Forbes, Charles.
box-folder 6 folder: 25
Ford Theatre.
box-folder 6 folder: 26
Ford Theatre, Newspaper Clippings.
box-folder 6 folder: 27
Funeral Train.
box-folder 6 folder: 28
Gettysburg, Lincoln's Address.
box 17
Gettysburg Address print.
box-folder 6 folder: 29
Ghosts, Lincoln's.
box-folder 6 folder: 30
Hat, Lincoln's.
box-folder 6 folder: 31
Health, Lincoln's.
box-folder 6 folder: 32
Inaugurations.
box-folder 6 folder: 33
International Lincoln.
box-folder 6 folder: 34
Isham, Lincoln.
box-folder 6 folder: 35
Kennedy/Lincoln – Comparisons of.
box 17
Lee and Lincoln prints, Civil War Times,
1963
box-folder 6 folder: 36
Legal Career.
box-folder 6 folder: 37
Library of Congress Papers on Lincoln.
box-folder 13 folder: 8
Lincoln Bibliography.
box-folder 13 folder: 9
Lincoln Bibliography.
box-folder 6 folder: 38
"Lincoln Chronicle."
box 18
Lincoln collectibles.
box-folder 6 folder: 39
"Lincoln Commission."
box 17
Lincoln Commission Flag specifications and Lincoln Silhouttes.
box-folder 6 folder: 40
Lincoln Fellowship of Canada.
box-folder 6 folder: 41
Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin.
box-folder 6 folder: 42
Lincoln Group.
box-folder 6 folder: 43
Lincoln Home, National Historic Site.
box-folder 6 folder: 44
"Lincoln Legacy."
box-folder 6 folder: 45
Lincoln Legal Papers.
box-folder 6 folder: 46
Lincoln, Abraham – letters.
box-folder 6 folder: 47
Lincoln Log.
box-folder 6 folder: 48
"Lincoln Lore."
box 15
Lincoln Lore, 1 – 1702.
box 16
Lincoln Lore, 1703-1840.
box-folder 7 folder: 1
Lincoln Memorial.
box-folder 13 folder: 10
Lincoln and Music of the Civil War.
box-folder 13 folder: 11
"Lincoln and Negroes" – notes by E. Billings.
box-folder 13 folder: 12
Lincoln, news clippings,
1927-1960
box-folder 7 folder: 2
Lincoln Newsletter.
box-folder 13 folder: 13
Lincoln, notes and handwritten speeches by Billings.
box-folder 7 folder: 3
Lincoln Pew.
box-folder 13 folder: 14
Lincoln, pictures.
box-folder 13 folder: 15
Lincoln Speech on Sectionalism, copy of original.
box-folder 7 folder: 4
Lincoln, Various articles about.
box-folder 7 folder: 5
"Lincolnian,"
1957-1984
box-folder 7 folder: 6
"Lincolnian,"
1985-1990
box-folder 7 folder: 7
"Lincolnian,"
1991-1994
box 17
Mary Todd Lincoln Opera Committee – Opera 'Wing of Expectation.'
box-folder 7 folder: 8
Mudd, Dr. Samuel A.
box-folder 7 folder: 9
Murder Conspiracy.
box-folder 7 folder: 10
Music on Lincoln.
box 17
New York Herald Planographic print, April 15, 1865 Lincoln Assassination.
box-folder 7 folder: 11
Paintings, Lincoln.
box-folder 7 folder: 12
Pamphlets.
box-folder 7 folder: 13
Patents.
box-folder 7 folder: 14
Payne, Lewis.
box-folder 7 folder: 15
Peterson House.
box-folder 7 folder: 16
Photographs on Lincoln.
box-folder 7 folder: 17
Portraits of Lincoln.
box-folder 7 folder: 18
Postcards.
box-folder 7 folder: 19
Quotations.
box-folder 7 folder: 20
Religion.
box-folder 7 folder: 21
Scrapbook on Lincoln,
1896
box-folder 7 folder: 22
Sculptures.
box 17
Sesquicentennial Abraham Lincoln Dinner Brochure,
1959
box-folder 7 folder: 23
"Sesquicentennial Intelligencer."
box-folder 7 folder: 24
Seward, William H.
box-folder 7 folder: 25
Skits, Radio.
box-folder 7 folder: 26
Speeches on Lincoln.
box-folder 7 folder: 27
Stamps, Postage.
box-folder 7 folder: 28
Surratt, Mary.
box 14
Swatches reputedly taken from the lining of Lincoln's coffin.
English.
box-folder 7 folder: 29
Theatre and Lincoln.
box-folder 7 folder: 30
Tomb, Lincoln's.
box-folder 7 folder: 31
Tourist Information.
box-folder 7 folder: 32
Washington National Cathedral.
box-folder 7 folder: 33
Youth, Lincoln's.

Series IV: Elden E. Billings - Personal Files

English.

box-folder 13 folder: 1
American Way of Life, notes by Elden Billings.
box-folder 8 folder: 1
Billings, Mrs. Margaret.
box-folder 8 folder: 2
Biographical, Billings.
box-folder 8 folder: 3
Book Catalogs.
box-folder 8 folder: 4
Book Catalogs, Old and Rare.
box-folder 8 folder: 5
Book Purchases and Receipts.
box-folder 8 folder: 6
Book Reviews.
box-folder 8 folder: 7
Calendar, Personal.
box-folder 8 folder: 8
Cards, Greeting.
box-folder 8 folder: 9
Catalog of Books in Billings Collection.
box-folder 8 folder: 10
Certificates.
box 14
Certificate – Elden E. Billings for Meritorius Public Service Gov. of the District of Columbia,
1965
box-folder 8 folder: 11
College.
box-folder 8 folder: 12
Correspondence, Civil War from Billings.
box-folder 8 folder: 13
Correspondence, Civil War-related.
box-folder 8 folder: 14
Correspondence, D. C. Centennial Commission.
box-folder 8 folder: 15
Correspondence, Personal.
box 14
Dinner with Ike Program,
1960
box-folder 8 folder: 16
Geneology, Billings.
box-folder 8 folder: 17
Gregor, Year Book of the Clan.
box-folder 8 folder: 18
High School, Billings.
box-folder 8 folder: 19
Hohlweck, Phil J, Correspondence.
box-folder 8 folder: 20
Library of Congress Papers by Billings.
box-folder 8 folder: 21
Military Career, Billings.
box-folder 8 folder: 22
Photographs.
box 14
Photograph, Mr. and Mrs. Elden Billings.
English.
box 14
Photograph, Group.
box 14
Photograph, Margaret Billings.
box 21
"Planning": Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts, Etc.
box-folder 8 folder: 23
Post Cards.
box-folder 8 folder: 24
Programs, Events.
box-folder 13 folder: 24
Vest, Senator George Graham, Billings notes.

Series V: Publications

English.

box-folder 9 folder: 1
American Antiquarian Society ,
1906English.
box-folder 9 folder: 2
Americana Illustrated .
box-folder 9 folder: 3
Atlantic Monthly ,
1866
box-folder 9 folder: 4
Banner .
box-folder 9 folder: 5
Beauvoir .
box-folder 9 folder: 6
Book Shopper .
box-folder 9 folder: 7
Century Illustrated ,
1896
box-folder 9 folder: 8
Century Magazine .
box-folder 9 folder: 9
Civil War Centennial Commission .
box-folder 9 folder: 10
Civil War Centennial Commission .
box-folder 9 folder: 11
Civil War Monitor .
box-folder 9 folder: 12
Civil War Press Corps .
box-folder 9 folder: 13
Civil War Round Table Diges t.
box-folder 9 folder: 14
Civil War Round Table , Alexandria, VA.
box-folder 9 folder: 15
Civil War Round Table , Illinois.
box-folder 9 folder: 16
Civil War Round Table , Mississippi.
box-folder 9 folder: 17
Civil War Round Table , Mississippi.
box-folder 9 folder: 18
Civil War Round Table , Mississippi.
box-folder 9 folder: 19
Civil War Round Table Obituaries.
box-folder 9 folder: 20
Civil War Round Table , D.C.
box-folder 9 folder: 21
Civil War Round Table , Others.
box-folder 9 folder: 22
Civil War Society Newsletter .
box-folder 9 folder: 23
Civil War Times .
box-folder 9 folder: 24
Civil War Times Illustrated .
box-folder 9 folder: 25
Color Bearer .
box-folder 9 folder: 26
Columbia Historical Society .
box-folder 9 folder: 27
Confederate Historical Institute "Dispatch."
box-folder 9 folder: 28
Foraging the Books .
box-folder 9 folder: 29
Fort Ward Dispatch .
box-folder 9 folder: 30
Franklin Co. Historical Society .
box-folder 9 folder: 31
Franklin Flyer ,
1968-1976
box-folder 9 folder: 32
Franklin Flyer .
box-folder 9 folder: 33
Friends of Virginia Civil War Parks .
box-folder 9 folder: 34
Fury .
box-folder 9 folder: 35
The Grand Review ,
1965
box-folder 9 folder: 36
Grant Cottage Chronicles .
box-folder 10 folder: 1
Harper's New Monthly ,
1850-1855
box-folder 10 folder: 2
Harper's New Monthly ,
1856-1861
box-folder 10 folder: 3
Harper's New Monthly ,
1862-1865
box-folder 10 folder: 4
Harper's New Monthly ,
1866-1869
box-folder 10 folder: 5
Harper's New Monthly ,
1870-1875
box-folder 10 folder: 6
Harper's New Monthly ,
1876-1879English.
box-folder 10 folder: 7
Harper's New Monthly ,
1880-1885
box-folder 10 folder: 8
Harper's Weekly ,
1861
box-folder 10 folder: 9
Heliogram .
box-folder 10 folder: 10
Historic Lexington Foundation .
box-folder 10 folder: 11
Loyal Legion Historical Journal .
box-folder 10 folder: 12
Journal of the Military Service Institute ,
1887-1894
box-folder 10 folder: 13
Journal of the Military Service Institute ,
1895-1899
box-folder 10 folder: 14
Journal of the Military Service Institute ,
1900-1902
box-folder 10 folder: 15
Journal of the U. S. Infantry Association ,
1909
box-folder 10 folder: 16
U. S. Army Military History Institute .
box-folder 10 folder: 17
U. S. Service Magazine ,
1865
box-folder 10 folder: 18
The Maryland Line .
box-folder 10 folder: 19
Museum Graphic ,
1965
box-folder 10 folder: 20
Newsletters, Various.
box-folder 10 folder: 21
Pathways .
box 17
Pictorial Review ,
June 1917.
box-folder 10 folder: 22
Rebel Yell .
box-folder 10 folder: 23
Society for Correct Civil War Information .
box-folder 10 folder: 24
Society News and Views .
box-folder 10 folder: 25
Surrant Courier and Society News .
box-folder 10 folder: 26
Valley Echo New s.
box-folder 10 folder: 27
Virginia Canals and Navigation Society .
box 17
Whitehead & Hoag Co., Catalog page.

Series VI: Primary Documents

English.

Subseries A: Scrapbooks,
1858-1931, n.d.English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 1
  Army War College, Study on Civil War,
  1931English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 2
  Joe Hooker Post Minutes, N.J.,
  1887-1889English.
- box 20
  Large scrapbook, 118th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 60 typewritten letters by or to - 2 Large Scrapbooks.
  English.
- box 14
  Benton L. Thompson,
  1862-1865English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 3
  Scrapbook – unknown owner,
  1889-1910English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 4
  Scrapbook, newsclippings - unknown owner
  1890English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 5
  Scrapbook, news clippings,
  1858-1904English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 6
  History of the 73rd Indiana Regiment by E. K. Barnhill.
  English.
- box-folder 11 folder: 7
  Washington Light Infantry Scrapbook.
Subseries B: Manuscripts,
1861-1924, n.d.English.
- box-folder 12 folder: 1
  Allan, Joe M., Abbyville, Miss., Dec. 15, 1862 to his cousin Charlene Morgan, in Minn. Allan describes war, traitors, rebels deserting, burning bridges, describes his tent and "two black boys who do our cooking and take care of our horses." Also mentions Grand Junction and Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant.
  English.
- box-folder 12 folder: 2
  Bevel, G. A. (?) to 'Tom,' writes of service in the Confederacy until Jan. '63 when he 'played quits, scouting four months in Tenn. And then went 'over Cumberland Mountain into the Federal line,"
  1866English.
- box-folder 12 folder: 3
  Bierce, L. V., 3 letters, 2 written in 1870, 1 possibly earlier and possibly to Lincoln?
- box-folder 12 folder: 4
  Binion, James, 10th Ga Infantry, in Virginia, typed copies,
  1861-1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 5
  Bryant, Corp., S.O., 20th Michigan Infantry, typed,
  1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 6
  Burns, Calvin J., copies of letters,
  1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 7
  Burr, 'no first name,' Washington, D.C., Lincoln's death,
  April 28, 1865.
- box-folder 12 folder: 8
  Butler, Calvin to his brother W. A. Wolcott, Mass. Original,
  1864
- box-folder 12 folder: 9
  Carpenter, Lyman, writes from TN to his sister about battles in TN and getting smallpox and typhoid, typed,
  1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 10
  Chancellorsville Letter, typed, from Camp Convalescent,
  June 2, 1863
- box-folder 13 folder: 5
  Civil War Diary of G. W. Pennington,
  1862-1865
- box-folder 12 folder: 11
  Clift, R. H. to his mother, typed, re: Battle of Murfreesboro,
  January 10, 1862.
- box-folder 12 folder: 12
  Cluseret, Gutave-Paul, handwritten transcription of letters by Billings.
- box-folder 12 folder: 13
  Crawford, Samuel Wylie to George W. Reed original letter written from Huntsville Ala. Wylie reminisces about Sheridan's last campaign,
  July 10, 1869.
- box-folder 12 folder: 14
  Curtis, Lyman to Susan, original letter, writes about loss of son in battle,
  August 28, 1864.
- box-folder 12 folder: 15
  Curtis, Gen. Samuel Ryan, typed copy of letter to his nephew,
  July 30, 1862.
- box-folder 12 folder: 16
  Denver, Gen., letter on Sherman's March into Miss., original,
  1875
- box-folder 12 folder: 27
  Diaries, Memories (Civil War era) – all reproduced, transcribed, typed.
- box-folder 12 folder: 18
  Eliza – ltr from, to sister and aunt, writes about Christmas, original,
  December 26, 1867.
- box-folder 12 folder: 19
  Gillette, James (Capt. C.S.) writes to his mother about Battle of Chancelorsville,
  May 9, 1863.
- box-folder 12 folder: 20
  Grant, U.S. to Major Gen. W. Sherman, copy of original,
  December 18, 1864.
- box-folder 12 folder: 21
  Hyde, John E. (Private) of Mississippi, typed copies,
  1865
- box-folder 12 folder: 22
  Ladies Association for Soldiers' Relief,
  1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 23
  Letters, assorted Civil War, all copies.
- box-folder 13 folder: 7
  Letter, Civil War, copy of – brother Phil to brother unknown,
  1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 24
  Letter, partial to 'Bro' from 'unknown,' Lancaster, mentions 'Alexandria,'
  September 10, 1862.
- box-folder 12 folder: 25
  Letter from son to father, Gainesville, Ga. Letterhead designates 'Office of Commissioner of Railroads' and son writes of horse and cost of hay, peas, sugar,
  September 19, 1899.
- box-folder 12 folder: 26
  Letters, 4 original to Josie from Miranda – religious in subjects,
  1865
- box-folder 12 folder: 27
  Letter to Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, n.d., subject hospitals and religion.
- box-folder 12 folder: 28
  Manassas Junction, original letter from John 'undeciphered,' writes he had measles, the battle at Manassas, wounded, a 'Ball' in Fairfax and the ladies,
  July 28, 1861.
- box-folder 12 folder: 29
  Mansfield, Richard H. cartoonist, his cartoons from newspaper.
- box-folder 12 folder: 30
  McCarthy, John B. (?) Rockford, Illinois original letter, Aug. 31 '?', to '?' Clark writes about Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln.
- box-folder 12 folder: 31
  Merrick, C. Henry, 6 original letters,
  1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1869.
- box-folder 12 folder: 32
  Nine Mile Road, letter, brother to sister,
  July 1862.
- box-folder 12 folder: 33
  Pace, Thomas N., Indiana Volunteers, Certificate of Service.
- box-folder 12 folder: 34
  Phelps, Walter (copies of letters),
  1861-1862
- box-folder 12 folder: 35
  Quartermaster Receipt, blank, Confederate States.
- box-folder 12 folder: 36
  Reckmeyer, W., typed/translated, TN,
  1861
- box-folder 12 folder: 37
  Sackey, John to his cousin Miss Mattie Turner, original letter from Camp Near Winchester Virginia, writes that he is weak from being sick,
  August 3, 1861.
- box-folder 12 folder: 38
  Sewells Point Battery letter from L. C. Jones, discusses artillery,
  July 1, 1861.
- box-folder 12 folder: 39
  Sherman, W. T. Gen., (copies of letters),
  1863, 1864, 1888
- box-folder 12 folder: 40
  Sherman, W. T., signed by Sherman but written by unknown,
  1887
- box-folder 12 folder: 41
  Struthers, Jeannie Gourlay to Allen Clark, [Lincoln flag],
  1924
- box-folder 12 folder: 42
  Taliaferro, W. B. to General W. W. Loring, typed,
  January 29, 1862.
- box-folder 12 folder: 43
  Warner, Charles, 145th N.Y. Reg., letters typed and transcribed,
  1862-1863
- box-folder 12 folder: 44
  Wiggenton, Thomas S.R. to Capt. J. Thomas Clark, original letter written at Racoonford, VA writes about death, wounds and captures,
  August 20, 1863.
- box-folder 12 folder: 45
  Wolcott, I. H. P., original letters, plus typed and transcribed copies.
  1863

Series VII: Artifacts

English.

box 20
1 Jackson.
box 20
1 Lee.
box 19
Collectibles, various.
box 22
Daguerrotypes (4), Calling Cards, Medallions.
box 17
Elephant Fight, print from Chandni Chowk, Delhi.
box 21
Notebook of U.S. Grant III.
box 17
Stamps of the Civil War.
artifact object: 1
Robert E. Lee bust