Peter Wellington Alexander papers, 1835-1910

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0016
Bib ID:
4079103 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Alexander, Peter Wellington, 1825-1886
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
30 linear feet (18 boxes and 12 flat boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Other Finding Aids

Guide to the materials on microfilm, 1 volume, in repository.

Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and newspapers. These include over four hundred letters to Alexander, as well as miscellaneous letters and telegrams; some of his manuscripts and notes; business records of his law firm; military documents of the western divisions of the Confederate Army; copybooks and letter books; and complete and partial newspapers and clippings from the various Southern newspapers (in particular THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, the DAILY DISPATCH of Richmond, and the ADVERTISER AND REGISTER of Mobile) which carried Alexander's dispatches.

Arrangement

Arranged in 4 series.

Using the Collection

Other Finding Aids

Guide to the materials on microfilm, 1 volume, in repository.

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Peter Wellington Alexander papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Selected Related Material

Community Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks

This online exhibition includes a large amount of digitized material from the Columbia University Collection.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Alternate Form Available

Parts of this collectionm are on: microfilm. There are 8 reels of film. The finding aid is annotated with reel numbers.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Hamilton, 1974.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Hamilton, Mrs. Robert P. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/19/1974. Accession number--M-74-12-19.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged & arranged Christina Hilton Fenn 03/22/1989.

Collection processed by Mary Boone Bowling, December 1974

Microfilm Entered 05/14/1992 HR

Revision Description

2009-03-25 File created.

2009-05-04 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Colonel Peter Wellington Alexander, Confederate States of America, Georgia-born lawyer, editor and Civil War correspondent.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Abstracts (summaries) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Account books CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Biographies (literary works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Business records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Decisions (judicial records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Diaries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drafts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Illustrations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Judicial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Land grants CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letter books CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letterpress copybooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letters of recommendation CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Military passes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Military records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Muster rolls CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Newspapers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Postage stamps CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Receipts (financial records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reports CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
indexes (reference sources) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Beauregard, G. T (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Blunt, James G. (James Gillpatrick), 1826-1881 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Boudinot, Elias C (Elias Cornelius), 1835-1890 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brown, John C (John Calvin), 1827-1889 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brown, Joseph E (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bullock, Rufus B (Rufus Brown), 1834-1907 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Confederate States of America. Army CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Davis, Varina Anne, 1864-1898 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dawson, William C (William Crosby), 1798-1856 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fagan, James Fleming, 1828-1893 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Herron, Francis Jay, 1837-1902 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hill, Benjamin H (Benjamin Harvey), 1823-1882 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hindman, Thomas Carmichael, 1828-1868 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Holmes, T. H. (Theophilus Hunter), 1804-1880 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jackson, Henry R (Henry Rootes), 1820-1898 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jenkins, Charles Jones, 1805-1883 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Johnston, Joseph E (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lawton, Alexander Robert, 1818-1896 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lee, Robert E (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Marmaduke, John Sappington, 1833-1887 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
McRae, D. K. (Duncan Kirkland), 1820-1888 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pike, Albert, 1809-1891 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Richardson, T. G (Tobias Gibson), 1827-1892 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Roane, J. S. (John Selden), 1817-1867 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sherman, William T (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Shoup, Francis A. (Francis Asbury), 1834-1896 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Smith, James Milton, 1823-1890 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stephens, Alexander H (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stewart, Alexander Peter, 1821-1908 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Watie, Stand, 1806-1871 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journalists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lawyers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Legal documents CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soldiers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Veterans CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID